Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-09-01
9ssrS County 5crRld,
FHIpNY. SEPTEMBER !. lN99.


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III Is ialr inference from the tenor
OF It's quotations and comments the
HERALD h'Il'N'H the FhIIlpllhr poIi"y "I
TINS government was entered upon amt
Is beng pursued Tor commercial reasons
else us quotations. concerning lhr'Nnah-
sion nl irad' Il, the expense ct 'i' II|'N
ana Ihrr'l'S on ",lnr peoples are ".'iii'-
y irrelevant ly' every n'"i'IS"n'
school 10y KNOWS there was not the re-
,,ot.H' '''""5'' ~ '', '''',, ~ ''H.'', I
Tn;tnd St,+nS of commercial ,,mmroodiyn-
mcnt when Dewey was despatched to
MANILA
Is not our esteemed contemporary
haSty N saying that commercial aEgran-
dlLemrnt WAS not considered at THAT time:
From the very beginning the commercial
advantages and disadvantages Of pro-
posed policies were discussed widely.
The immense wealth. the glory of a
conquest OF those islands and the ln'-
menSe advantages We would get Try ac-
curing them have been the c"vrtous
and ambitious considerations which
have been all along held out. and over
them the country was for time wild
with enthusiasm. And no one knows
that those dreams will not he realized
considering that the velocity and i'm
mensity OF conditions are SO increasing
that the expenses of the war were So
0oO,ooO III two months and the revenue
receipts for the time sufficient to meet
them. But however that may I've those
were the Inducements which We're held
out to certain classes while the spirit OF
civilization was invoked 10y representa-.
tons OF the benefits the whole world
would get from the civilization of the
benjghted and their restoration to order
and good government. Tn" Messenger
further says:
"As for some Of the others quoted by
'he l'LNALp' aSlih@t"n ana MadiS"l
.'aJ '',,, 'iJ','' 80 ',''I''i ''"'Ic '''
ot fine hnhnst of thn .lova nn,ror and
died bitterly disappointed man.
The HERALD will have to summon
DOl'rI WITNESSES IMAM alnSr contributed
H VI at u, '''i' ~ 'SS''" IL !, "'TN" 10 e'
''''liSn ''S l"S'''o" upon 'il' iHllPPih'
question:
The long and short OF that is that h"
cause those men acted Inconsistency
and Webster died disonnoint.l man
thorof,ro., ., .l,anl1 ,,...,,i,l., ;,,...;..'.
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Ill n'I'S Inconsistent ana barter away
the principles of life times at the behcst
of impprjalism and die bitterly d;son
no;r+ad man yvoh..,. ,oi, .o,,.;,
-, ~ ~
willie sue possessed Louisiana had hcId
the mouths OF the great rivers which
rise III Ihe western states ana now into
'lle ""'l Oh Mexico she mad disputed
our "S0 Oh 'noSo rivers already and
Mi''' " Po"efio' na''oN l" possession OF
'noSV o"'ie'S 10 'ne sea 1t Is obvious
'haV TIE commerce OF thc west was IN