The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-09
RINGING RESOLUTIONS.

The sentimentalists of Chicago and
vicinity having had their day in con-
clave assembled, the friends OF the Gov
ernment have now been heard from. In
that same city two great mass meetings
have been held to express the senti-
| ments of the upholders of the Admins
tration. In point of intellect, repre-
sentative citizenship and patriotic spirit
the last meetings completely eclipsed
the gathering of the sickly sentimental
lists True, there were not so many coll
lege professors and theorists among the
people on the rostrum, but there was
what is better sterling American citi-
zenship and bold and fearless men who
i've but who are not so cowardly as to
advise the retreat from the Philippines,
the first meeting prayed for.
The resolutions passed have the right
ring They recognize the condition of
war in the islands prosecuted against
our humane authority by insurrection-
lists; that the cause Of the war Is not
chargeable to this nation, as the first
meeting declared, but is due wholly to a
sequence of irresistible events having
their beginning in a. humane, justifable
purpose on our part. 1t is declared with
emphasis that from August, 1898, to
February, 1899, peace prevailed in Luz
zon, and our authority was respected.
save only by the Spanish, with whom
we were treating for a permanent
peace. But in February the Aguinaldo-
ties attacked US under cover of night
and precipitated the conflict now on,
at the time intending wholesale destruc-
ton of property and massacre.
Then comes an Indictment that has
snap and vigor to the brim; an indict
ment made repeatedly in these columns,
overwhelming, namely, that 1.-The chief
encourag cement extended to the insur-
gents has been from some of our mis-
guided fellow citizens, and to them must
be ascribed much of the bloodshed and
ruin which has followed" Indeed, this is
putting it mildly These misguided
citizens" had been warned what the re-
suit of their whimpering and protest
ing would be, but with traditional cop
perlhead persistency, they entered upon
the matter Of giving aid and comfort to
the enemies of their country, and one of
the leaders, Mr.. Atkinson, is SO shame
less as to boast of his acts, and to de-
clare that he viii repeat them on every
convenient opportunity.
The resolutions then proceed to recite
historical facts, our endeavors to pre-
serve the peace, our efforts to bring
hostilities to close, the appointment of
that under the American flag they will
| have peace, prosperity, liberation and
every right the free man may justly
claim The army and navy are praised
for their valor and devotion, and the
President is commended The meetings
declared their firm purpose to hold up
the hands Of the Chief Magistrate until
the stress of the whole matter is over.
! With patriotic fervor and straight
forwardness these meetings pledged the
1 citizenship there represented in the
hour of warfare 'tto know only our
| country, its army and its executive
We pledge to them while our flag shall
be in battle our unfaltering support"
| The seditious appeals sent out by such
as Atkinson are vigorously denounced,
confidence is expressed in the nation to
deal justly with the people of the Phil
! ippines, but unconditional surrender as
a condition precedent is insisted upon.
And so, with fervent patriotic speeches
the meetings closed; not the first, but
the chief of gatherings which have taken
UP the subject. Such assemblages should
be held throughout the land The army
and the navy in the Orient should be
sent the tidings from assembled Ameri-
can multitudes that the national heart is
all right, and that they have no reason
to fear the tears and repinings or the
doleful representations of the SWIVEL
ing copperheads at home.