The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-02-10
DISCUSSES QUESTIONS OF ANNEX.
ALTON AND EXPANSION.
WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH FIGHTING
Expense OF Maintaining Authority and
Rcplenishing Ranks Would BE
Too Heavy For Taxpayers.

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am proud to say that both in the SEN
ate and the house our Georgia mem
bers have borne themselves well and
added luster to our states reputation
sfor forensic eloquence. 1t now seems
to be settled tina, the policy of the ad-
ministratiOn will not be sustained and
the Filipinos will not be robbed of
their country. Mr.. Mckinley will
have to go back to his original decla-
ration, "that forcible annexation would
be Grim inal aggression" Our twenty
millions are gone where the woodbine
twineth and all we have left for conso-
lation is the glory of the Manila victo-
ry. 1t may be worth that provided We
can settle up things and establish a
permanent peace. Peace is what our
people want.
If Edward Atkinson's utterances
even approximate the true situation,
we are in bad condition to carry on
any more war. He Is great conser-
vative statesman and is always careful
about his facts. A fresh regiment
every month to take the places OF the
troops who die in hospital from mala
rlal anu Nehereal diseases. just thlnk
OF 1T. No, we are not going to do it.
Heard an eXpanslonist say yesterday
that the Anglo-SaXon race must rule
the world because it was manifest des-
tiny. Who are the Anglo -Saxons, or
the English-speaking race, rs they are
now called? My reading tells me that
there is no such race. There once was,
but it has been lost by emigration and
iiliiiSr"'ioh ana nmaigamatlon. III
cnihe orlg'naiIF from north Germany
"nen 'he 'aN"hS 'ohl"erru England,
an" 'S more lentonlc than English. 1t
mas not preserve" ITS blood nor Its
language, as many other nations have
"one. In" hnSSinnS Snd PruSSlams
an" rreh'h an" scotch "nu lrish ana
Jews are today more readily d1Stin-
guiSsed than tn" Anglo-SaNon.
Iheir purity as race is gone,
eSPe'lail! IN these lnlted States,
where 'he pio"" "l our t"r"'n'hcrs has
ncen crossed ahd recroSSed untll north
OF the iine not one man IN ten can l"-
cate MS pa'erhal and maternal nnceS-
'r!. Ahn even down south tins cor
r"pll"h OF MOOD is gong on. Who
am u cross Oh fhStlHl' irlSh ana
1'''rh, VINO 'S my Wilc! n cross OF
'-' '''i' az" 20" ''"'cI'' i'c""er' WI"
arc ,'': 'u' '"' Prea'herS say we All
P'"N S,'Nh an" tu"' st'''rS our
"eStlhy under 'ou TO lhflStianlHr TN"
"oriu: Wen, CALVIN dident speak 1t,
nor Luther' nor John hnoN. lhe
hohan Iathol'rS ot tins country speak
H. nnt our protestant preachers who
are pleading tor more missionary
ground do not recognize them aS htten
lor missionary work. \efily, when
!hink Oh Trying TO S'lhlugatc the Ihil-
ipP'heS TO please the Prenrhers,' am
"iSSusted ana am reminded "i that
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be truo tLoro l. ,.;I aul1
Satan orI ba ;s lii ,n;,dl -, ,1 c..
unon tho aor,l on1 ,..ii,7,a, al
down in il For reason. We know
NOT he wos NOT le.trorod yben no
fell and ;s stil rerr;tto1 70 to,,.,t
mankind from allegiance to the Gre
ator. This is not only taught in the
scriptures, hut the greatest of the
heather philosophers. such as Cyrus
the Great and Socrotes use tho Same