Washington sentinel., 1899-03-11
Our Philippine Elephant.

surrection from Spain. 1t be
hooves us now to quell it. 1t ha
cost US some lite and treasure. L
will cost us more. We have butch
cred some thousands OF savages
We will butcher more. The cIvi
lizing influence OF the Anglo Sax
on has begun, and the stencil o
corpses rotting in a tropical sur
smell to high heavep. Having
purchased an annuity OF blood, Il
is our purpose to collect it 70 the
ut,ermost drop. Having obtained
for sac, 900 900 ten million human
beings at So head, we will iondle
them, shoot them or even wash
them, as it pleases us. Are they
not our chattels by the right OF
money, and the right of might9
Shall we not handle our Own7
Shall we not improve the marks
manship Of our soldiers7 The
moralists be damned! What is
ours is ours. That which we
choose to do is right. The treaty
of Paris, by fair or foul means, has
been ratified in spite of the oppo
sition Of our Democratic Senators,
The duty Of the Legislative branch
OF the government is clear. lthad
to furnish the executive with means
to compel order in the archipelago.
Having done that much, it has
adjourned and gone home with all
speed. Any member Of the past
Congress who advocated this pol
icy, can live out his lite in the con-
sciousness that he once beloDg ged
to Americas chief aggregation of
idiots, bloviating jingoes and ras-
Gals. Having given the executive
the means to accomplish his end,
it she Id at least have kept its
grasping paws off the army. 1t
did not do this, OF course, but that
is what it should have done. 1t
has plunged the American people
into a sea Of trouble so deep and
wide that no man may sound it, or
view its further verge. 1t appears
to be the prevalent impression
among our legislators and news
paper writer's that we have the
right as we'll as the power to kill
as many savages as we please for
the greater glory of God and the
OF the prosperity oil
our commercial trusts. Hiding
behind that which is aptly termed
"the disordered genius Of Mr..
we propose to take up |
the white mans burden and carry
it across more than six hundred |
islands, Krag Jorgensen rifle in |
one hand and a copy of the Re-
Vised Statutes OF the United States
in the other. General Merritt says |
that fighting is likely to continue.
General Green views the future |
with doubtful eye. 1t will continue.
Of Americans, stiff and |
wasted in death, will 60 to cumber
that alien and unfriendlY soil. |
is no fool. His strong |
est ally and our.most fearful foeman
is disease. He will retire T. his |
brakes and morasses and noun
.ains and wait while we die.
Troubled
Congress did not establish
stable government for the Philip |
pine Islands. VIM. Mckinley is
therefore virtually a dictator of the
subjects whom we have bought.
How long will that be2 Alaska
was purchased from Russia nearly
years ago. Congress
has not devised for that territory
competent system OF
The past Congress
has done little toward establishing
4 fitting and permanent govern
nent for Hawaii. Porto Rico is
% be governed. Surely, inevita-
oly, Cuba is to be governed. Of
Ill the Spanish countries wrested
rom the grasp oil Spain VIM. Nc
as Commander-in Chief OF
he army, is dictator. For once in
he history Of the American Re-
public its head has become, not an
executive instrument for the con-
;retion Of the peoples will, but a
'raler" dE facto and per Sc. Here
S a man unable to govern coun-
ry school. Here is a man who
las in him nothing Of the strength
,r fiber or soul of greatness. How
.hall he govern these dissimilar
nillions1
Trouble1 Tons ofit. In the vain
rope to end speedily the Filipino
a stream OF blue is cross
ng the ocean. They are young
of heart and gallant. but they shall
break under the long strain. They
are naughty crests that shall be
n,,,arnd hu the smear of mortal