The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-03-09

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make it. 1t is bugbear that the
Filippinos would be citizens OF the
United States and would therefore
have the same fights Of free travel
and free entry of their own tnanufac-
lures with other citizens. We will
do them good and not harm, il We
may, all the days of ohr life but
please God we will not divide this re-
public, the heritage of our fathers,
with them"
Contemplate this doctrine, coming
from man high iii the councils of
the republican party and, presumably
an authorized spokesman for the adj
ministratlon. Mr.. Reid proposes,
for all time, to forcibly hold from
the Filippinos the blessings Of re-
publican form Of government by au-
tocratically refusing to permit them
to establish q government OF their
own or to participate in ours. He
proposes to abridge one Of the natural
rights of man by forbidding them
the liberty TO travel into and from
the country which he proposes shall
govern them George III merely
taxed us without permitting US repre-
sentation, but he never forbade free
travel in England Our forefathers
may have justly considered him :
tyrant but he was model OF equity
equity and justice when compared to
this American Imperialist. Aguinal-
do is statesman when compared
with Mr.. Reid, His ideas OF human
rights are more in keeping with the
founders of this republic. Thoma6
Paine, Thomas Jefferson and James
! Madison all believed that q govern
ment derived it's power from the con-
sent of the governed, bat our modern
, Republican Imperialist believes In :
government by force.
Force means an increase In tho
standing army and even now the
Hull army bill is before congress- for
S the maintenance Of an army of one
: hundred thousand men. While the
variest autocrat in the world, tho
d Gar Of Russia, is advocating dis
G armament, our Republican expansion
s lists are clamoring for an increase-
e and this is our boasted land of
y freedom.
3 These simple, liberty loving black
J. men are only obeying the instinct
} implanted in all human beings, the
l. desire TO be free. So did our fore.
fathers The Filippinos have 5000,
q 600, the Americans had but 3, 600, GOO
= They have an Aguinaldo to lead and
le direct them; we frad Washington,
u We had Franklin, they have ar
} Agoncillo. They have their juntas
we had Jay, Franklin and Jefferson
'e rs commissioners to foreign courts
IN Their army is poorly equipped, 81
y was ours. They have government
VI based on and supported by the patri
ID olism of its founders So had we
u, They have enemies in the wealth.
We aristocsats that rule over them with
IL out their consent and so had we
III They are fighting for freedom t.
10 think, act and set up their own form
IS OF. government. So did we. The,
III are fighting against force too grea
sc to overcome, unless the Almighty !
ne with them, So did George Washing
as ton and his followers and yet the
K conquered in the end.
~ The stand taken, in and out Q
congress, by the leaders of the demo
cratic party against expansion an
imperialism, is one based on all th
y traditions handed down by our fathers
The opportunity, UNEXPECTEDLY granted
not as free option but as purchas
~ for a consideration of twenty million
Of dollars to free eight millihos {
people, should not be wasted nc
abused. The inherent sense Of justic
:, and fair play, which is the birthrigl
~ of every American citizen, prompt
us to extend a helping hand to thes
W poor blackmen-flot hand carryin
ie' rifle or sword, but one that e,
sss tends the olive branch and welcom
alo to Join the ranks of nations that hay
rec fought bravely and heroically Il
pe Gods best gift-liberty. The men
ACT ory of every one of these martyr
oy slain by the bullets of our own cit
ily zens, will rise like spectre betwee