Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11
VIE GENTLE FmIPINOs.

| An esteemed imperialistic contemporary
remarks that Il is new not oueStio" VI
acquiring the Philippines. but OF govern
To- ,horn seeing that we already have the
islands.
| No,hine of the kind II IS not true 'ha'
We have the islands. To begin witn' 'n'
bargain Mr.. McKfnley's peace co"i'''''
eloners forced upon Spain has hot
ratified by the Senate. when nhuer w
Constitution represents the o-o'o','".
troa,v making power that is vesteu :"
Tho states and the people Ana h'n0s'
g. ,b,s case. an appropriation Is invoNeu'
even II the Senate concurs III INV
the House. which more Directly rePi
| ,be neople. will have 10 take ao'o,' a.
a. IN rive tho agreement force anu CIV
c. {, annears that in this aspect a'o''
oro vet two long steps from haNi"e
,ho ,slands There are yet TWO o'"
80, barriers 10 be crossed. But aoiii''
49,. ,ha, those barriers will be cr0sS
80. form from the present ou''0OA
II would stlll be far CRY ~
islands. Tor the
W. u,ade Spain agree to sell US ior '"0
s,,,,, NJ 200 600 some 100000 fihphios'
q war and 200 insular parcels OF ianu'
- or less. together with the diViulhs
.,.o,ore INT Spain Is not now ana never
re- been in position TO deliver the goooS
-. l., ,ooapre mart. Indeed, some Oh INC
-. ha,,o On reality never been hers 10
deliver The Fllipinos who are suin'i'"'
" intelligent TO comprehend the trahs"0
ton. and whom we encouraged u
AGAINST Spanish authority not oiiy
oiiro IN he delivered TO us by Spain' pu'
90 he delivered" by us
from the bondage Of the sp.r,.
90 freedom. For the rest the "gehtie
Fuipinos are mostly scattered aiounu -
The swamps and the bushes ana aiiio"s
the volcanic rock of the mountains an
q &c doubtful whether they nave
ia ~ our emission of humanity NIL
liz % them inhabit territory tna' nus
- hoor explored. and over which SPAN
agreed 10 O''''l oesessed Spain
nromptly turned over to US the i'.ni
- and such pieces and parcels OF ianu
cd sucb waters as we have grabbed ou'
,bere her ability to keep her part ol Wv
aa,.oront about ceased and deterih'heo'
,,oar,ro mon what Spain has been
able 10 deliver, the Washihg'o" 0'
yesterday says that it must be evident -
t,. dullest intelligence that trouble anu
-, eorious trouble, for us, is brewing
T., r,o pbilippines. We know noW' con-
,,,,,,os the Post, that Aguinaldo mas no
i,tontion of accepting American domihloh'
and we know further, that ne Is DIT tue
head Of a very large armed force anu
tho Post might have added that II must
also be evident to the dullest ihteiliseno'
tbat even were Aguinaldo ana MS lhiihe-
a,ato followers eliminated from the situa-
Non we wouldn't have the Islands. Ihere
would still remain TO be dealt WIN hoiueS
or sayages and semi-savages, that SPAN
hos never been able to bring under her
sway.
Az the case now stands, therefore, the
croesino of the constitutional barriers
would be only a perfunctory performance
IN the matter of having the islands
The whole situation goes to show that II
the greater part of the goods are ever 10
be- delivered, we shall have to deliver them
TO ourselves, at greet cost of blood and
money. and through the erection OF
military establishment that will imperil
orr institutions. In short, all the signs
point to the fact that the having OF tho
islands means their subjugation. 1t means
taking up the work of slaughter in the |
Philippines where Spain dropped it, ana |
carrying it on with more up-to-date APP
n,iances than the Spaniards could COM