Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
EXPANSION and Civilization.

III. only answer tho cxpansioaiss
thinks himself called upon 10 make 10
tho moral protest asains, our war upon
tho Fillipinos 10 iha, our civilization is
better than their bnrbafism and there.
fore they should bc compelled To Riop,
II. The question Of how good or ho~
had our civilization IL need no: bc raised
II, |. nothing to tho point. The princi.
pie Of tho iniisiinal,s sish: ani frNssiom
is ,ransgscssci whether tho thing forcci
upon him Ia good OF bad. Tho essential
thing Ia tho individuals ri.h, and FREQ.
dom TO determine what for him is good OF
bad.
Following mp your citation o! tho In.
habi,an, Of Mars. Let us assume ,ha, tho
governing authorities Of that supposedly
progressive planet should decide that
with all our advancement; on the Amesi.
can side Of this mundane sphere We were
s,ill dccidcSily -behini ih. timc~' and
should send down their airy navy os iiy.
ing machines TO blow us into smiihcrrcna
II We did not SEQ iii To acknowledge all..
glance 10 tho God Of Mars aud adopt his
peoples methods Of clothes aud conduct.
Would the principle VIC are applyin. 10
the Philippines hold gooi7 Would II be
wicked and rcbellious for is no, 10 nj
once lay down our arms and sink our in.
dividual nationality In the larger and
more civilized nationality of the Mar.
siansP Or TO put the illustration another
way: Suppose that tho government Of
Mars should have gone to war with the, TO
u. comparatively cifcic old monarchy Of
Great Britain in the days when our Rev.
olutionafy war was on. with the ayovel
intention o. setting Britain righ, in some
things she didn't know about colonial
government: hal whipped her and then
insisted on her giving up tho American
colonies: which under protest aud for
monetary consideration, she finally did
Would George Washington hay. been a
contemptible mercenRry and traitor II he
had still continued his figh. for liberty
and national Independence? II he hal ot.
Iecfed to his native soil and hia fellow.
coun'rymen being sold ont and bonpb,
mp like 80 many cha,tels2 Is the moral
sense OF the American peopl. still loo oh.
tuse, at this the end Of the Nineteenth
centnry. to sse the parallel Of this illna.
trationr Or, can the moral issue bc bn.
logged and disguised by ansverin,
that; The continual readjus,mep, Of
tue governmental machinery Of the world
must be done by human agencies. which
arc crude. clumsy and far from perfect
tools, and that Ideal plans have rarely
been successfully worked. either in ,ba
AFFAIRS nf nations or of iulivitlunIsS'. y.
Was the idea OF American independence
IL there is any truly self.sacriticipy
gentleman inhabiting tho plans, Ma
and lie can get over here on the earth nc
easily as philanthropic American can
get to the Philippine islands, there will
oc no objection raised TO his coming anJ
initiating ms into The humanitarian ideas
anu practices that obtain in his nn,iro
country. He can have the bes, ler,ur.
halls ~ the country. II he has apy now.
,ang,el devices Tor promoting human
oomIof', We are not averse TO his setting
~ ma,nniactory. We will give him
the price Of town io,sI and probabiy ,e
the people in order to pay him n cns,, Ia aA
nus. And il he has any higher e,b;coi
code than the Ten COMMANDMENT tLn
Solden ,lden Rule and the Sermon on tho I
mount we will let him preach t.
empty benches, largely.
a., inese same opportunities are omen 4,
the American philanthropis, who Gs" IL s;. 70
Ssereiy anSions to do something for I mo
oen'ghted Filipino. He will wol,o,ns ne
any any inaivldual American missionary who
E;'.t Eoes 'here with nseful invention mr. =
y, 'gner moral precept. especially II sa;d
missionary is willing to take his no, s".u
lu'ures. What he objects to ia hal ~
ou, ', 1ankee notions thrust npon h;,st
MMy.hllly, and having the rosnoi "' ~
;nch s ',nna Wn.ise hred into him with sixteen
'N guns q. II. TAYLOR.