El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-04
Philippine Problem
A FALSE ANALOGY.
Written For the HERALD.


Written For the HERALD. 7
Seesssse eoosoee;
"When 1 heard the gentleman lay
ing down principles" said Wendell
Philips, addressing an excited gath
ering in Faneuil Hall, Boston, which
had been called to condOne the muir
der of Lovejoy, the anti-slavery agita
tor at Alton, Illinois, (which placed
the murderers of Alton ON the same
plane with Adams and Putnam, with
Hancock and Otis, L fancied those pic
tured lips pointing to the portraits o
the heroes on the wallis had parted tt
rebuke the recreant American, the
slanderer of the dead"
When in this crisis of our history I
hear the members of the anti-expan
sion party laying down principles
which place Aguinaldo, the Malay
half-breed, and professional mercensry
and rebel, on the same level with
| Washington. and Adams, with Jeffer-
son and Madison, 1 fancy there may
be q rumbling and crumbling
of the earth, an overturning OF
| Quincy, or at Monticello, and a rising
of noble shades at midnight, and q
sepulchral voice may be lifted up to re-
buke the misguided and unpatriotic
Americans OF today, and their unhal-
lowed dissertation of the illustrious
names Of the founders of our govern
ment. When hear these base agita-
tors. these bold obstructionists, COM
pairing the cause of Aguinaldo and his
fanatical followers, with that of We sh-
ington and his com patriots, fancy the
earth might yawn to swallow up these
bold traducers of the champions of an
holy cause.
Blinded by an Incorporate zeal and
ruthles massacre of the true prin-
ciples of American iberty,-rushing
on, as it were like fools seeking gold
at the end of the rainbow, the MEM
bers of the anti-imperislist party, So
called, are aGtem pting to create q free
government for the inhabitants of the
before they are able to
what asgovernment really
is, or how 1t works. Like the seekers
after gold at the end of the rainbow,
they are trying to frame government
for half-civilized people which must
necessarily rest upon aerial founda-
tions.
1t has been truly said that "Fools
rush in where angels fear to tread"
Our president has laid under tribute
the ablest and best informed men of
the country,-statesmen scholars, dip
lomats, and men well versed in practi-
cal as we'll as theoretic principles of
and institutions, as we'll
as those having an intimate knowledge
Of actual conditions in the Philippines,
yet none of these eminent minds have
been equal to the task of solving the
grave and complex problems connected
with these islands. AS Q matter of
fact the emissaries of our government
and the Philippine commission, have
been securing the islands for months
seeking class of men competent to
undertake the formation and admins
ration of proper form of civil gov
None have been
SuDa Of and affairs SO od shs Yes
,he fool-hardy snti-imperialists,-
shouting themselves frantic with the |
cries of Criminal Aggression" and |
,ther species of fanstical nonsense, |
,ravely advocate the cessation of the |
var, and that we should leave to Agui-
,aldo the herculean task of forming |
Ind administering a government for
he islands. Just think of it! Leav-
ng to the mercenary, unprincipled
4 guinaldo.-a man utterly devoid of
capacity, Judgment, or practical ex-
,erience in state craft, the task of
stable and responsible
government for the islands, when an
'rmy and navy of large proportions is
ecessary to maintain order and pre-
ent anarchy in the torn and distract
d country. Verify, the age of mira
les is still running onward in an i'm
1utsble course.
The position of the anti-imperialists
) due to false analogy, induced by
verheated imaginations. and blind
cal in the cause of liberty, between
he status of the Thirteen colonies of
lmerics, and the band of half-civiliz-
insurgents under Aguinaldo. It
hould require no great stretch of the Il
no very subtle powers of
to perceive that there can
ween the conditions that prevailed I
hen the Thirteen Colonies revolted
gainst the authority of Great Britain
nd the conditions attending
le cause of the party led by Agui-
aldo in the Philippines. On the one
and we have race whose ancestors 4
nd rulers worked out-after long and
rievous conflicts, system of govern
ent'which embodied the most perfect {
berty known to history: on
lie other, q race whose ancestors and
llers were consumate masters Of the
It's of oppression and cruelty. On
le one hand race celebrated for its
telligence, its patriotism and it's ad-
ance in civilization and prosperity;
/ the other a race whose civilization
As ever been hundred years behind
e age, whose advance has been slow
i'd tOrtuous, and to whom true pros
Gritty was unknown and unattainable.
q the one hand a race of exalted pa
lots; on the other predatory undis-
plined band of half-breeds, rushing
indy forward with no definite aim or +
lrpose, save, perhaps plumber or con- .
lest. On the one hand a patriot of 4
e highest type, a statesman of rare i
sdom, and the most uncorruptable !
tegrity: on the other an unprincipled, Z