Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-03-04
SATURDAY, MARCH 4.
NAYL0R AN INsURdENr.

when the storm was raging, the
snow drifting, the winds bowling,
and the thermometer "done gone"
away down below zero, the mail
messenger handed in your Journal
of Civilization" containing an ed
itorial, astonisher and paralyzer,
which reads as follows:
~. C. Naylor is still on the side of
Spain and agin the government.
Naylor has been trying for three
years to make Republican out of
Capt. Eastman, but as II has turned
out the conversion was the other
way"
| &c. Nayior, still on the side of
Spain and agin the government!
]. C. Naylor, converted by Captain
Eastman! The great God! Why,
bless your innocent heart, I have
been fighting Spain for $50 years,
man and boy. When the naughty
old hussy first determined upon
her piratical policy of conquest
and colonial empire, and was start
ing De Soto to Florida, Cervera to
Cuba, Cortez to Mexico. Pizarro 10
Peru. and Phillip to the PHILIPPINES
"under the flag of humanity" with
the sword of the robber, warned
her of the consequences. In bro.
ken Spanish told the old lady she
was making the mistake of her life;
that she was the empress of a
proud, prosperous nation and peo.
pie; that her army for home pur-
poses was invincible and her navy
master of the seas; and that she
had better let we'll enough alone. ]
told her that the Persians, Mace.
domains, Assyrians, Modocs. Charles
XII. Napoleon and many other ma
tons and individual would.be mas
tiers of the world had tried the same
game, and went down and out in
smoke and ruin.
Yes. Mr.. Editor. / did all this and
more, but to no purpose. Spain
was then az the United States is
now, great. strong and prosperous.
She was ambitious to enlarge her
dominions and extend her power;
a la our jingoes. She wanted colo
nial possessions far out in the
ocean, and to that end, regardless
of my advice and solemn warnings,
she marshaled her splendidly
equipped armies and navy and set
sail in search of other worlds to
conquer for the sake of humanity"
At first everything went well with
the deluded old lady. Her navy
swept the seas and her victorious
armies planted their flags (of hu-
manity) in Porto Rico, Cuba, North
and South America, Mexico, the
PHILIPPINES and elsewhere, in all of
which priests, plumed knights and
tax collectors strutted like turkey
gobblers in barn yard. Before
all this panoply of saints and sin.
ners the poor benighted God forsa-
ken natives bowed flor a time) in
humble submission. But alas,
where are they now? Where is
Spain with her once splendid navy
and her invincible army? Where
are those plumed knights and tax
collectors? In what colony or for.
eign country does her proud flag |
float, and her plumed knights strut1
Her colonial possessions are all
gone; her money 10 gone; her credit
at home and abroad lie gone; her
battle ships are gone; her army has
been sent home prisoners of war,
and her home government ia bank.
rupt and lettering to it's foundation
stills.
Now, Mr.. Editor, because I tried
to save Spain from her present de.
plorable condition you say I am
her friend. That 10 not true. was
her friend and did what could TO
save her from the jingoes who
plunged her into the whirlpool of
midsummer madness and carried
her to destruction.
In view of the miefortunes which
have befallen Spain and every other
nation that tried the idiotic expert
ment of colonial empire, is IL wise,
lie II right, is il prudent for our gov
eminent to follow in their wake?
To jump into Spain's old shoes.
and sail away 10 q remote part of
the world in search of somebody to
piunderf The experiment has al
ready cost us ten thouraud young
American lives and several hum
dred million of money, while the
play, IL the colonial policy is to be
pursued. has but just begun. The
war In the PHILIPPINES will be fol-
lowed by q war In Cuba ne soon as
our government finishes paying the
Cuban troops for services against
Spain, and then we shall have two
wars on our hands until the most
blood-thirsty humanitarian 10 sat
isfied.
This little pleasantly of shooting |
the gospel of humanity into these
barbarians will cost us the lives of
q few thousand of our boys and q
few hundred million of money each
year, but what does that amount TO
In comparison with the pleasure of
killing annehndx under prefenae