Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-07-20

believe that nearly or quite majority
of our people believe they are right
and ought to win. The character of
their opposition shows determination
to prolong the contest indecisively and
wait for their allies in this country to
come to their assistance. 1t is be-
yond question that in this alone they
rest their hopes. The utteranees of
anti-expansionist politicians and news
from all that they can gather they
have courage to believe that by play
ing waiting game they can so dis
/ hearten our people as to bring a re-
buke to the administration and so
win out.
The great hindrance topeace in the
| Philippines is thus seen to be the mall
contents at home. But for them tran
quillity would soon reign there, justice
would assert itself, business would re-
vive and war and bloodshed cease.
Our valiant soldiers could return
home, the immense waste and expense
of conducting the campaign would
cease and our flag woulG wave over a
section where its presence means good
government and justice for all. The
dissension at home has cost us hun
dreds of lives and may cost hundreds
more. It has brought death and ruin
TO thousands Of the natives. The
question is entirely natural is it not
time that something be done to sup
p ress this traitorous propaganda?
Though it would he exceedingly re-
pugnant to all, there is no doubt, it
seems to us, but that the government
has the right to do everything in its
power to stop the constant outpouring
OF abuse and criticism aimed at it for
doing its best to subdue the Philippine
insurgents and the utterance or publ |
cation Of anything calculated to en-
courage or inform the enemy The 7
Philippines are now a part of the /
United States and our right to assert /
complete authority throughout them
is no more open to question than it
would be in Vermont or New Mexico.
The treaty of peace with Spain, duly
ratified by our Senate, as the constitu-
tion provides, gave us the sovereignty
of the islands. The administration
has never formulated a policy of
government for the new territory, ex-
cept temporarily, until Congress
should act. 1t has no wish to usurp
the power of Congress to decide what
kind OF government should be devised
permanently for the Philippines. But
it has encountered at the outset an
armed resistance to United States
and its first duty is to suppress
it, the same as it would in Alaska or
elsewhere within its domain. Those
who by word or act are seeking TO
hinder it are just as disl0yal AS were I
he tories of 70 the English sympa-
hizers of 1912, or the copperheads of
81.
OR government is free govern !
nent, but it does not lack the right t
md power to defend itself from foes
,gfth;r aa ,.rall ~ ,,5ftLnut TIE ,,,,,,
Who hopes that we shall fail to sup G
'ress the Aguinaldo movement in the
is a disloyal citizen, be-
ause his government has, in regular \
nd constitutional manner, acquired
he islands and must assert its authori- '
T. BY this we do not mean to class =
5 traitors all those who do not be-
eve in the wisdom Of Philippine ex- Z
ansion. The proper time of max
~ their opinions as 10 this felt is s
then Congress decides what to do u
nth the islands, but not by coyertly :,
ncouraging the foe to continue re- (
istance. The sooner the insurrec- :
on is ended, the sooner the question t.
f permanent annexation or of what 2
ind OF government should be es-
can be determined. BY d.
leir factious opposition, the malcon- ;;
,nts are harming the very people :
HON they profess to be 50 DESTROYS 9
{ helping. Had there been no rebel .
on at all, had the Filipinos accepted {
ur sovereignty as heartily as we at =
rst hoped, they would never have .
nown the difference between the form Z
{ government that would have been =
ranted and absolute independence. {
One word more. Disloyalty of T,
'hateyer stripe has never proven |,
opular in this country. No party has s
yer won on il as an issue. No party =
r individual has ever been proud Of it |,
! after years. The party or man who r
a. LOYALTY followed the fiao wherever Y