The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
CLARK PIERSON, Editor.
LAMBERTVILLE, y. J.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1899.
BLOOD WILL TELL

The editors and orators Of the same
party that sympathi2ed with the rebel
hon in 81 are now in sympathy with
thePhilippinos in their treacherOus at
tack on the {. S. army. They Justify
them in shooting down our troops and
call il patriotism and liken the treach-
erous bushwbacking fighting of these
half-civiized Philippines rs ON level
with TINT Of our revolutionary slres
against Great Britain Such talk shows
both their utter inability to reason
and their reasonable instincts. so
far from there being any likeness be-
tween the war Of the Revolution and
that of the.Philippinos there is no re-
semblance.
Suppose Spain had had possession
Of the American colonies for three or
four hundred years, and had been in
frequent warfare with the various In
dim tribes who desired to drive them
out, but had not been able aud final
~ had gotten into war with France,
which nation defeated Spain IN great
naval battle and took possession of the
country for the time being because of
its being wrested from the country
with which it was at war, and that i'm.
mediately following its victory, before
even terms Of peace with Spain could
be fully arranged, the Indians, who
had been greatly benefited by the
success Of the French arms, were to
demand TINT the French clear out at
once or at once give assurances that
all that the eonceiied and ignorant In
dian thought was his right should bo
forthwith granted, and upon refusal,
planned massacre in one Of the cities
and began war against those who had
practically delivered them from their
enemies what would he thought of
the men who defended them in such u
course and declared them to be pa
triots. when they showed themselves
to be ingrates aud worse
The fact is the leaders of the Phil
ippinos have shown themselves to he
unworthy of any sympathy from our
people The rank and file are too ig-
norant aud un ciyiliZcd to assume self
government and the leaders nre self
seeking and corrupt
To say that our armies have no bust
ness there, is to talk nonsense. They
are there by right of conquest of Spain,
which was the recognized authority
for three hundred years. To say that
our army has no right to defend itself
when attacked and TO shoot down those
who attack il, il 10 talk like IDIOTS.
\ patriotic American will moi consent
to have the army TINT carries the nng
Of this country driven from the land
they have conquered Mt the demand of
Il lot of semi snyages, backed mp by
assassination. massacre aud the torch.
4 coteue Of men md women. too good
for heaven aud too cranky fer the
other place, Join the Democratic cop
pcrhends of % in declaring Tint the
American army is massacreing the
Philippines, and demanding that the
army be withdrawn forthwith and the
Philippines be left 10 Auginaldo aud
his followers Some of these people
have even written to our volunteers to
refuse longer to fight and TO demand to
he sent home Just such people rs
these have often been tried by court
martial and shot ns traitors The place
Tor them is over among their friends
II is time that all nations, peoples
and cranks be taught that the United
States will never suffer itself to be
compelled 10 do even n right thing at
the point of the bayonet, particularly
when it has not been afforded time to
do ii before force is attempted much
less II weak and foolish thing.