The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-08
ADMINISTRATION APPROVED
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have fought was ana is a just one. They
are now lighting for the security of the
dives of peaceable non-combatants
throughout the archipelago and in just
reprisal for an uGprovoked attack. We
believe that the sending of seditious APP
peals to the American troops, engaged in
hostlities, is an act of reasonable char
acter. and that every appeal TO them TO
abandon their colors or disregard their
duty as soldiers. merits the lasting con-
demnation Of every patriot,
Fifth The government of the United
States should be, and we believe will be.
true to its principles in the disposition
of all questions that may arise in the
future in our relationship with the people
of the Philippine Islands.
Sixth. We regard the great issue of
the hour to be the success Of our country
in the performance of the duty which it
owes 10 civilization. Until this is assured
until armed insurrectiOn has ceased-we
have no terms TO offer but the American
, terms of unconditional surrender
Judge Horizons Remarks.
Judge O. II. Horton, the chairman OF
the general committee, in calling the Au-
ditorium meeting to order, said, in part:
1--WE are not here to consider expansion
or anti-expansion. But, In the language
Of the call for this meeting, il is a gather
ing of those who are in favor OF sustain
ing the government of the United States
in It's efforts to restore public order in the
Philippine Islands, and requiring the
obedience of all the inhabitants thereof to
the authority of the United States What
less than this can any patriot approve?
Nothing more than this IS the President
trying 10 do, and yet he is being abused
ana vilified therefor What would his
critics have him do? Would they have
him, as commauder-in-chief require Ad-
mral Dewey to humiliate himself and his
nation by clearing out of that harbor,
trailing in his wake the flag of his coun-
try in dishonor?
AS against our country and in the
support of the brave and loyal men at the
front, there should be no party, no sect.
no section, no nationality. no sophistry of
political economists. no fire in the rear"
Loyalty to Administration.
The Hon. William Dudley Foulke of In
diana spoke in part as follows:
1--WE come to-day to testify our loyalty to
our country and to the administration
which represents that country in its con-
hict with an armed foe. We come TO de-
nounce the efforts of the brood of mall
contents who would sow the seed of dis
cord among our people and paralyze the
arm of our executive i'm dealing with IN
surrection. We come to question the in
spired infallibility of those who know 80
much better than the man at the helm
how the vessel should be steered.
1.-The task of detraction is always easy.
In few fippant words the critic may dis
pose of the work of a lifetime, of a mas
terpiece In art or literature. But the true
standard Is this: Put yourself in the place
of the man you criticise and see what
would be the result of your own work
how much could you improve upon that
which you would belittle and arraign?
1.-THE criticisms of our President, the
encouragement given to Agoncillo while he
was in Washington, the kilograms sent to
our soldiers not to re-enlist may be in
spired by the purest motives, but their in
evitable consequence is to give aid and
encoura cement to our enemies in time of
war.
Let us upon our part do whatever We
can by word and example to strengthen
the power of the general government and
assure the President that he has our
loyal support and that he can count upon
our patriotic devotion.
Reason for Colonial Policy.
"You ask, why should we abandon a
life OF peaceful prosperity and plunge into
difficulties and dangers of the Eastern
problem? Is it then your ideal of ouI
fullest development that difficulties and
dangers are to be avoided and that our
highest good is to be sought in the quiet
enjoyment of our own institutions? Must
we live always in the valley and never
seek to climb the rugged peaks? For my
self l love not the character which is tc
be developed under these softening in
fuences, l love it neither In the man MOI
in the nation. When the spirit of adven.
ture shall die, when the love of lofty en-
terprise shall hold no longer a place il
| the American heart, the best days of oul
republic will be over Home Is a safe
| place and a happy one, but will any mar
| say that he can reach the full maturity
of his powers If his home life is all tn,
| life he has? Is the character of the wo
man who spends her days within the ha
rem TO be preferred 20 that of her wht
takes her proper share in society, In tn,
| church, aye, even in the state? Does no
| the wider sphere thereof influence max,
| her the better mother and the better wife
| Is that less true of the nation than of tn.
individual? England began the work o
| founding heI colonial empire at a tim
when her domestic government was ia
| more tyrannIcal than it has since grown
| to be during the years in which she ha
been confronted with these larger respon
| sibilities And shall we, the POSSESSION
of English blood. English institutions ant
| English modes of thought-shal we be
come contaminated by the things whicl
| have made her constantly more great an,
| just and pure2
~ have faith in my people and whe,
men tell us that we cannot rule these isl
ands that we had better stay at hom
and take care of our domestic concerns
l answer that the thing which Englan,
| has successfully performed in India, il
| Africa and in every part of the world
that thing Yankee ingenuity will find SOM
means to accomplish with equal success
| The first necessity is that we have conf
dence in ourselves. The fant-hearte.
| captain never took a city, and the fain
hearted nation never fulfilled the imperia
destiny which is in store for our great re
| public.
Bishop FaIlOw's Views.
Bishop Samuel Fallows spoke as fol
| lows:
American patriotism is not a weepini
and wailing and gnashng OF teeth be
cause American soldiers and sailors hav