The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-18
LEST WE Forget"
Freedom Of Cuba and not Slarchte7
Of Filipinos
PURPOSE OF THE CUBAN WAR,

PURPOSE OF THE CUBAN WAR
Charlotte Observer.
The American people are beginning
to realize that they have come to The
parting OF the ways and have taken
step-Which, If not retraced-wiu leac
far on the way toward destruction. i
IS the step taken by every nation that
has reached the zenith OF power in tIae
worlds hlstory-the step taken BY the
Ten Tribes Of the children OF Israe
when they denied the divine right O
Rehoboam, son Of Solomon; the ster
taken when the four generals of Alex.
ander diylded among them the king
dom and conquests of Greece the ster
| taken when Julius Caesars hand WAS
| reluctant to pushing away the crowd
offered by Mark Anthony; the step
taken when Spain inaugurated the In
QUESTION the step taken when Ma
polean dared the power of England.
Let history keep US mindful how dam
gerous is complication seeking imperl-
alsn !; for the American people have
taken step upon the slippery stairs to
the thorne. All history teaches, in the
incidents cited and in many others.
that republican form OF government
can only prosper as strickly republican,
conservative and consistent. We have
as a people, through our public servants,
abandoned consistency, and are about
to scof at conservatism. this is un-
pleasant to belieye, but it is the truth,
and the proof Of it is found in cur re-
cent history.
In conversation with Admiral Dewey.
some time after that great command
er's victory, Of May l, 1893, news
paper man said "It does seem that
the hand Of God directed and aided you
throughout"
Il believe it, I firmly believe it," re-
plyed the Admiral "How else could
it haye been possible tor Us to do what
we did and with hardly the loss OF
man"
From every pulpit in the United
States and from thousands of chances
in Britain this doctrine hos been preach
ed ; and the peoplo OF two countries
believe it. The same Is true Of the
battles. land and sea, OF Santigo, and Ct
the whole Spanish war. tt
American victories were miracles which
pointed out that the God OF Battles was
on the side OF the right in
the war for humantty's sake. Nothing
i'll all history can be compared to them
less than the victories of tie Children
OF Israel i'll the conquest Of Canaan
The purpose OF the war was the deliver
ance OF Cuba from tyranny aud inh;l-
man oppression, and by the direct hep
OF God of our fathers, who sought AID
were given His aid in the war OF the
Revolution, that purpose was glorious
ly accomplished and with marvellous
little loss. Then the people, through
their public servants, began a war Of
and is the help sof the Al |
nightly any longer with our armies +? |
Do we ever receive from the Philip
pines such news of victory as year
ago the news columns OF this paper
were crowded with? Instead Of read |
ng OF cur raw troops drying discipline
I'd soldiers in superior numbers like |
,haH before them, we read in the daily |
aeWs budget OF our big army in the |
Pacific islands being daily harrassed by |
guerilla bands" and OF cur young men
going into captivity which is terrible 10
,hink OF and, worst Of all, that bet
er army than was at Santiago cannot |
conquer an army by far inferior to t hat
which Joe Wheeler and Shaftcr SO east
y forced to surrender. We can read
ly believe that the Almighty decreed
our success against Spain, but not our
Of a people fighting Tor exact
y what our forefathers fought for to
prove that taxation without represent
,tion is tyranny" and that government
should be derived from the Consent .!
he governed
The aimsy argument that we are 60
ng to "Christianize" people who do
lot believe in the Christianity of a
nation that has no state religion, and
hat we are going to 'civillze" them
~ practicing barbar1ty in destroying
hem by wholesale, falls to the ground
before the fact that the evidence OF the
good will OF the Judge Of the Nations
Gems not to be with us aud against
hose who are fighting for their homes
and their freedom.
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DISCOVERED BY A WOMAN.
Another great discovery has been