Arizona republican., 1899-05-13
PHGNIx, MAY ls, 1ss9-
sEDITION IN. THE CAMP.

On the very eve of the day that the FilipincB sued fer peace, after a campaign of eighty-thrae days in which General Otis ouJgen- eraled the rebel chief in every move, won every fight anu in- hictsd a loss of 10000 upon the insur- gents to 1,5O0 from his own forces. leading democratic journal had this 92 say:
 The fact has begun to dawn upon the presidents mind that the Philip pine campaign has net been conducteo with the vigor expected cf General Otis. who was Secretary Alge.s per- sonal choice for the command. There have been battles and victories without apparent results, and certainly with out accomplishing what the govern ment has had in view, namely, the sup p-essicn of armed resistance and the modification of the islands. There have been great blunders committed by the 1var nartuPu+ < This is all Cilt a par with war department perform ances in the West Indies, which have excited the disgust of the nation.
 This is quoted merely as sample of the many despicable assaults made by the democratic and mugwump press upon a war department and it's faith fuI generals that from the time of the first gun in the Spanish war 10 the present have not lost a skirmish, pat tie. ship or gun. Who but man soured by a hopeless political outlook or moved by a distinctly unpatriotic purpose could be excited to disgust by such a record or take pleasure in attacking our soldiers in the field? Equally shameful with such writers are the citizens who are reported IS hold ing mass meetings in various cities ta denounce the forces in the Philippines for their efforts to subdue a horde Of semi-saYages that have fired upon the flag and killed our volunteers. Most of these assailants of the government defend their course by claiming hu- manitarian motives and protesting to be shocked at the sight of '1nuocsnt' Fiipinos who 'sare fighting for liberty being 'tshot down" on their own soil These emotionaliSts have made little impression for the reason that thei F'ili- pines have assumed the status Cf mob that pillages, burns and murders while defying lawful authority and re- fusing to listen to reason. There would be no defense for mob of Americans under like circumstances, and stern force would be the only proper means of meeting their anarchy. But worst Of all is the action of those Amegicans who have been sending seditioas circu- lars to the Philippines to excite our volunteers to revolt-worst only be- causs most mischievous in results. 4 Washington dispatch says:
 General Otis has reported fully as to the receipt at Manila Of cable grams from men in this country whose names he gives, and they are a.i ws1l known, addressed to officers in the vol unteer regiments, which~ne chaTacter- izes as seditious, and intended to stir up dissatisfaction that would lead tJ n1utiny. He has also reported from time to time similar attempts to com nunicate with the volunteers by way Of Hong Kong. He has likewise re- ported on reasonable communications from this country to the natives which gave aid and comfort to the enemy"
 There was nothing worse than this in the acts of the despised copperheads of 1S61-65. Thcsa enemies Of the na- ton became marked men fer a genrr- atiol and their odium is written for ever on the page of history. A gener- ous governm= 4t spared them as It will spare the seditionists of tS9S-99, but the American people did not forget. ncr will they now forget their success sors. American patriots differed hon. est.y upon the Spanish war and the colonial question to which the war gave rise, but when the flag was at tackled, either by Spaniards or by FiI- ipinos, they rallied around the stars and stripes, and there they will always be found. They are of all of the po- litical parties, but they are first for the nation and it's soldiers. and they want to know ths names of the men who are now engaged in the despicable business of creating and fostering sedition at hone and abroad. They will attend to the rest.