The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-02-17
Talks About the Philippines and
the Question of Annexation.
WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH WAR.
Il Costs Too Many Men Their Lives and
Taxes the Sur,i,ors-Bil is Against
Anne xatiOn.

great occasion for EXHAUSTION of MUD
and oratory, if not Of territory, aud l
IN proud to say that both in the senate
and the house our Georgia members
have born themselves we'll and added
luster to our States reputation for
forensic eloquence. It now seems to
be settled that the policy of the ad-
mlnIstration will not be sustained and
the Flliplnos will not be robbed of
their country. Mr.. Mckinley will have
to go back to his original declaration,
chat forclble annexation would be
criminal aSSresslon." Our twonty
millions are gone where the woodbiue
tw:neth and all We have left for conso-
istlon Is the glory Of the Maulla victory.
1t nay be worth that. provided We can
settle up thugs aud establish q perma-
nent peace. Peace - wuat our people
want. If Edward A:klusou's utter
ances even approximate the true sItua-
ton, we are la q Dad condition to carry
on any more war. He is a great con.
servatlvo statesman and is ALWAYS caro-
ful about his facts. !. fresh regiment
every month to take the place OF the
troops who die in hospitals from mala.
rial and venereal diseases. just th,ukof
it. No, we are not going to do it. Heard
an expansionlst say yesterday that the
Anglo-Suxon race must rule tho world
because 1t was manifest destiny. Who
are tue Anslo-Sa1ons, or the English
speaking race ~ they are now called -?
My reading tells me hat there IS no
such race. There ouce was, but it has
been lost by emigration aud lmmigra-
ton and amalsamation. 1t came
nrYUDnoilv fran rAr%t (Nor~, o,~x ~Lo
the SaXons conquered England. aud Is
moro Ientonic Ian English. 1t has
not preserved its blood nor its Ian
euaSe. as many other nations have
done The Russians aud Pruss,ans and
French aud Irish and Jews are today
more readily distinguished than the
AnglO-SAxou.
Their purity as q race is gone.
especially in these United States, where
the blood Of Cur forefathers has been
crossed aud recrossed until north of the
line not one man in ten can locate his
rsternal and maternal ancestry. Aud
even down south this corruption Of
blood ID going on. Who an I ? 4 across
OF English. Irish and Scotch. Who is my
vile? A cross ofEnglish andLowDutcn.
Reader, who are you? But the preach
ers say We all apeal English and that
settles our destiny un,ier God to Chris
tlan'ze tue world. Well. Calvin d.dent
ereuk 1t, nor Luther, nor John KNOX.
Tue Roman Catholics of this country
speak 1t. but our Protestant pre:cners
VINO are pleading for more missionury
ground 90 not recognize them as tit fox
missionary work. Verify. when | think
of trying to s~u,,jugate tho Philippines
to please the preachers. l am dlsyusted
and am reminded of that Sculpture
whlou saith, 1.-The Zeal of mine house
hath eaten me up and of what Pau
SAID, They have o Zeal OF God, bat
not according to ku~owIed.e." The
Lord does not favor al unjust war. He
may let 1t go on. just ~ tie hardened
the heart OF Pharaoh. that the plague.
might come to punish him, but 1t Is
~blasphemy to say that the Lord is be
hind this criminal aggression. Nigh
a. we'll say De was behind Napoleon Ia
making widows and orphan, Of u mil.
hon Of people. / tell you my brethren,
II the scriptures he true there is al evi
spirit called satan, aud he is still go,ne
, TO aud fro upou the earth aud Va kins
up and down III it. For reasons ",
:. know not, hs was not DESTROYED whsr
he fell and Is still permitted to temp
msnkindfrom allegiance TO the Creator
: 1h!s y not only taught III the script
. urres. but the greatest Of heather rhl
, tosophers. such a. Cyrus the Great an.
socrates. use the same language - d..
Paul, whoa he said. "Ev,I IL preseu
? with ne. That l would not do thu
!, do L"
Cyrus said I An ever consciou. O
: the existence Of two spirits With. No
> iscliainx 1s 70 evil aud the othe
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