The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-23

to their own fate had such course been
followed. in which case d series of bloody
massacres would have taken place. and
the war between the Spanlards and the
F'ilipinos would have dragged along its
wretched length until some outside inter
ference took place, or else what is far
more probable, as Dewey's 6eet sailed
out. the fleet of some European power
would have sailed in, and we should have
had the keen modification of seeing the
task which we shrank from, begun by
some nation which did not distrust its
dare to be great Dewey had to staY and
we had to finish the job we begun. The
caiiy achieved their independen5cep - IS of
course the veriest nonsense. Aguinaldo,
who has turned against Us, owed his re-
turn to the islands to us It was our
troops and not the FaIipinos who con-
quefed the Spanlafds ana as a Gonse-
quence it was to US the Island fell and
we shall show ourselves not merely weak
Hngs unfit to take our place among the
great nations of the world, but traitors
TO ne cause 2L LII Lne f aCra4ceInenL OF man
task which destiny has entrusted to our
the F1Hpinos to butcher one another and
sink slowly back into savagery than We
sentimentaiity TO declare the sioux and
Apaches free to expel all white settlers
pinos offer excellent material for the fu-
ture; with our aid they may be brought
at present they can not stand alone for
any length of time.
giving up work which it does badly but
Il strong nation can not be pardoued for
t5 forsoot5 the there 9he attendant because dife
1iculties and hardships The century
century which is opening viii surely also
see, vast strides in civilization, the result
spaces, the result Of the expansion Of the
great masterful, ruling race of the
our opponents are fighting against
the stars in their courses. for they are
lean republic They can qualify, refine.
differentiate, and differ all they wish, but
tude of hostility to the nag, Of hostility
to our sailors and soldiers, of hostiIitv
ness of the race. The other day in New
York a Democratic club started to call
don the name because the members quar-
relied 50 among themselves-half of them
repudiating Dewey because he was an ey-
pansiOniSt Think of it They dared not
call themselves after the great beroO
military or naval. whom we have pro-
were not iovai to the 1oiicT foE ubiI fiieE
that hero stood. to the policy which he
has done so much to put into effect.
yours in Ohio IS no mere e STATE f9n{e9T Contest
1t is q national contest. Our opDonents
are fighting on national grounds. They
take their stand in favor of economic
unrest Of financial dishonesty and of nat
that they threw down. We meet them on
Of the conditions which have brnneRt t5Rt
prosperftv to rs We stand foT ~, iyI@ai ~ II
ligent effort to wipe out any wrong that
may arise without substituting a ten-fold
greater evil. Finally we stand for IN
holding the traditional American policy
OF defending the honor OF the American
people. in the face of any foreign foe, and
of giving free outlet to the vigorous and
abounding strength of the nation. If we
finch from doing our task in the face of
the nations. if We fee from the Philip
pines, we shall have written a shameful
page in the history OF our country, a
page which our sons and grandsons viii
read with bowed heads. I verify believe
that the shame and anger such action
would arouse IN our bosoms would force
Us In few brief years again to tread the
path upon which we have now entered;
only the delay would increase beyond
measure the difficulty and danger. We
can not shrink from doing the task al
1otted to us, unless we are content to see
It done by stronger hands, and to admit
that We are not in the first rank among
nations. Surely no American worthy the
name will make such an admission. In
the present crisis we appeal not merely to
party: we appeal to all good citizens to
all patriotic Americans, to stand with us
as We uphold financial integrity and the
conditions which make for material pros
perity at home, as we uphold the honor
of the flag and the interests of the nation
abroad"