Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-09-22
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MR.. EP|z00T WILKINS !
He Thinks That "Mr. Aguinaldo Il Provin fisself 4
ter Be an Efishunt Ally NV the Dimicratic Party" 4
Edward Atkinson's Opinion. 4

about it. One thing hez astonisht me,
and tibet wuz tn find so menny people in
this kountry hoo don't kno nothin about
konstitooshunal law and liberty, after
foolin with it fer more than one hundred
and twenty yeers, and to find tibet one
young man in the Fillipeen Islands he'd
the right brand and knew moar about it
than all the rest Nv us put together. I
sent a letter to Mr.. Edward Atkinson,
NV Boston, tn explane it, and he SEE it il
OWN tn the fact tibet we hev drifted
81 29-114 NV the distance frum the old
konstitooshun ez interpreted bi our four
fathers, and tibet whit we he'd lost in
the wa Nv liberty and independence he'd
bin caught on the fly bi Aguinaldo hoo
wuz goin tn plant it in more congeenial
soil and sho us whit real liberty wuz.
But wun obstakle stood in the wa, and
tibet wuz the crooel and oppressiv policy
NV the administrator in deelin with the
Fillipeenoze and p%reventin them frum
doin whutever tina pleezed. Mr.. Atkin-
son further sed, in hiz reply tn mi letter,
tibet it wuz excrooshiatinly depressin to
kno tibet the Presidents policy seemed tn
hev the support Nv a large majority Nv
the Amerikin people, and thare wuzn't
enuff like hizself tn cut much NV a fgger
in mouldin publick opinyun. He Good
only hope tibet the time wood soon cum
wen we shood stop murderin our Fill
peeno trends, withdraw the Amerikin
forces, and let Mr.. Aguinaldo establish a
form Nv government tibet wood maik the
descendants Wv George Washington
ashamed Nv their own in less than 80
days and 40 minits.
The first dooty Nv the hour, ez Mr.. At
kinson writes me, IL fer us all tn maik a
grand stand pla agin the administrashun,
tn shoot off our mouths in opposishun tn
whutever it proposes, tn discredit our
soljers and belittle their victories, and
tn proclame frum our housetops, if we
own emmy, tibet Aguinaldo IL a pure and
onadulterated patriot hoo il bein diabol-
ically pursooed bi tyrants hoo ware the
uniform NV the Yoonited Stats. It il
also our further dooty tn convinse our
own citizens that their liberties are likely
tn be upheaved and overthrow if we
allow the Fillipeenoze tn be wound up tn
suddenly.
am afrade it IL going tn be a big job
tn maik the Amerikin people believe
tibet their President, their generals, their
admirals, their ~soljers and sailors, and a
large majority Nv the voters air wrong,
and that Mr.. Atkinson and hiz friend,
Mr.. Aginualdo, air right. 1t seems like
uphill work tn stem the tide Nv publick
opinyun, wich seems tn be mostly 1 wa,
but l suppose 1 hev got to maik a start
and l shall begin hi ritin tn A%guinaldo,
hizself, and tell him just whut we expect
NV him. I hev sed all along tibet a set
back tn our army in the F%illipeens, or
anything tibet looked like a permanent
toomult, must help the Dimicratic party.
The setback hez cum-and the Fillipee-
noze seem tn be able tn hold our army in
check ontil we can git sum moar men in
the field. This IL our oppertoonity, and
we must maik the most NV it.