The evening times., 1899-03-06
Mckinley. the Eiberator.

While Dewey and Otis are waiting for
fresh troops. the rebellious Tagals give
evidence that they have not yet learned
their lesson thoroughly, and it is quite
probable that another severe drubbing will
have to be administered to them before
they can be convinced that there is nothing
in sight for them but submission without
any sort of qualification.
As the actual state of things in the Phil
ippines comes TO be better understood by
the American people, the criminal char
acter of the Hoar and Hale anti-eXpansion
doctrine grows daily more plain and horri-
BILE. The aged Senator from Massachusetts
who has been leading the fight against ma
tional prosperity, glory, and destiny has
been often quoted as saying that when the
public should rightly understand the stu
alton III our Eastern possessions vast ma
jority of citizens would begin to clamor for
evacuation, and demand that the Govern
ment should accord 10 the downtrodden and
outraged inhabitants of the isles the right
10 erect free, independent, and represent
ativc government of their own.
/ On this subject Mr. Hoar has always de-
. l4ANlt4 Alo LAtEldL dS pilS hdNiiIS the
! full knowledge of the facts We have been
sometimes inclined TO doubt both the ex-
tent and reliability of his information, but
il would be wrong to do so longer. From
statements recently made by official and
other credible persons familiar with the
Philippines we are able to believe that the
sage Of New England has known all along
just what the freedom and independence
OF the archipelago would mean 10 its popu-
lation and to civilization and humanity.
and that he and his philanthropic asso-
ciates-Schurz Carnegie, Pulitzer, Hale,
and the late Grover Cleveland-haye been
and are quite willing 10 abide by the conse-
quences.
What these consequences surely would
be it is not difficult 10 show in the light of
our present knowledge. We know, for ex-
ample that several of our large and popu-
lous islands are inhabited by Mohammedan
pirates. slave dealers and slave holders
and that on them uncounted thousands of
human beings are held in bondage under
conditions worse than death itself Our ami
able subject the Sulu Sultan, has a merry
habit of sending out expeditions TO capture
men. women. and children in any convent
ent part of the archipelago. Some Of these
he sells TO the Dutch planters in Borneo;
some he and his chiefs keep and work, or
butcher. as the fancy strikes them. A
more cruel and bloodthirsty lot of wretches
never befouled the earth's surface. There
are two things about them, however. that
naturally would appeal sympathetically TO
the heart Of a New England anti-eXpan-
sionist. They have a vast love of liberty
for themselves. always believing that the
just rights of government, as far as they
are concerned, are derived from the con-
sent of the government. And they do lot
mean TO be hampered in the exercise of
these rights. especially if such interfer-
ence were calculated TO limit their ability
TO steal, enslave, and murder their fellow
creatures. The second point of attraction
which they present is the exchangeability
I of slaves for New England rum, the manu-
facture of which blessing has waned con-
siderably with the desuetude of the African
coast slave trade. Now philanthropy and
the commercial instinct are so mixed up in
the consciousness of elderly statesmen like
Hoar that it may well be doubted if they
KNOW N0STe one DeSlnS ana the OIner endS
Thus. philanthropy admonishes us to de-
part in peace and leave the noble savages
and barbarians to themselves, and to en-
dow them with the opportunity for more
freedom and more slaves Commerce comes
along and whispers in the ear that there
is future great market for rum in the
pipe dream, Filipino Republic"
The people of this country have heard
quite enough from the Tory and Hessian
anti-expansionists in the line of appeal to
do a discreditable and Infamous thing in
abandoning the Philippines to saturnalis
of misery, blood, and horror. Almost to a
man, intelligent Americans are determined
that, as long as Providence has put the
islands of the sea in our charge and con-
troll, they shall be redeemed and civilized
and such filthy blots as slavery and canni.
balism wiped of from them. There is
golden chance for President Mckinley tc
pass into history as a great liberator
worthy to stand and rank with the martyr
ed Abraham Lincoln, as friend and bene-
factor of his kind. His countrymen will
: never count the money cost of such noble
emprise, nor grudge him all the men an6
ships he may need to make the issue sue.
cessful There can and will be no possible
retreat from the Philippines.
$ Now that President Mckinley has full