The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-07
PRESENT DAY THOUGHTS.
BY G. Grosvenor Dave.

"iiu Aiiotnef. = by tne
TIME l!iis aTtlcle appears there will be
q iuii III LIE ieeEngs OF our people re-
earning the slaughter of 2,O0O or more
III III consequence there VIII
NC d ue.ler chance for the intrusion OF
Hltie Calm discussion regarding the
general principles involved. The deed
noi iiieu q iarse portion of our popu-
io'ioii anu " anolnef portion 1t was
~ ,eJoicihs; one portion, with
oul lesaIu 70 previous politics, de-
aion' aiio'iier portion defended every
aol 'liousn timex and through thin.
ooiie Wiieie between these two Is q
iis IL iiiie- Let US seek to find 1t.
IS ~ eiiose VINO oenounce the whole
pioIeeuiiis iel me PROFOUND a question
Will nave been your feelings
:. :, ihsleau VI an American triumph
'here nau peen Filipino triumph? In
So ina.'ea YOU are bound TO nave
% ,,pa .iies' Woula they not nave been
49, W., cnose VI your own klth and KIN.
~ ~ Ao iduil Oh their own, put
1inp1y ~ 'ne eAlsehcles Oh war, were
az ~ race with nosule ma
d PROFOUND credlt TO cur
-. INA. 1t can De moved
~ - ioi the ueieaueo, put II
~ "dtch tnat sucn sym
pe.ny us no' WANDER SO Tar aneld as
vs., III. oeledl OF our own 2ne
splii' u Don ciieer, poys' THESE poor
:: - -.. shoWn al oai1iaso
- u neoesoi'y the spirit OF all Oh US
"iio io' heoi 10, yet thal same spirit
al q INC Saint time nave IN IL the
~ ~ put up d gooo ngnt TOT
INA. WHICH appears 10 De right.
SURF 'iieii' that the 1eeilng we
nase snuMh IS periectiy genuine ana
INC aeAiie Tune utterly remote
..' ioi TIE oeledl ol our
o"n' ~ - sale u move on 20 TOUR .laln
poii,.0 ND. apparently give approVai
~ an .ho' has oeen uohe III the Fhlllp-
p.iee' oue " HicH III erect contain mucn
1.'' pp'oN al VI hietiious tnus SO Tar
si,o" IL
All parues would nave de-
nouiieeu any iuea OF giving the Pnlllp-
pines oach 10 SPAIN Her positive IN
aplilly 10 understand what progress
liiedilt-or what mercy meant = had
pioush. us 70 tne FISK ana the ex-
pe1se OF removing her heavy hand from
oii .ne shoulders OF the oppressed. II
Wouio pe teiner1ty 10 even mint that
the can upon US Tor ald ana Tor succor
Was not loud ana lnslstent. we all
nearo IL 10 the remotest crossroads o.
the country ana by our hands or by
our learts' ana py our prayers we ali
responded Party lines were broken
down LOT the ume, ana would have
bteIl dSdlIl, IL we Hdu RETURNED 10 UHS
mana OF the oppressor the lana OF the
oppressed. Surely we all agree on this
point
second = All parues would nave
questioned the wisdom of giving these
Islands over to any foreign Power. The
logic of the matter. appreciated in
stanhy by the national mind, was this:
Having fought for these feeble people,
ana having conquered their enemies,
they become our wards, and we were
therefore, in honor, bound to undertake
their retirement, no matter what the
cost or the embarrassment to u.s.
deed half done is never we'll done, and
child saved from a fire has but little
cause for gratitude if it is immediately
thereafter thowns out into cold world
without friends.
question among those who studied the
conditions of the mixed population Of
the Philippines to leave them instantly
to their own devices. The fierce re-
pressions to which they had been sub
jected had not even united diverse peo-
pies into common resistance or Spain
had been swept out long before The
Malay element would not work Well
h hn F. O
population was out OF sympathy with
both. In every direction therefore We're
the elements OF a most fearful anarchy
among ten millions of people. No CIV
ilizing Power, and least of all the Unit
ed States could bring itself to permit
deliberately the self-destruct1on OF
poor creatures who as yet had no I'M
derstanding of liberty except as license.
Fourth-Therefore when a non-repre-
sentative body of men-not more than
10000 out of 10000, COOLED by an ag1-
tator who had been bought off by the
Spaniards at least once-opposed every
measure for bringing the Philippine
-conditionsxinto the orderliness that is
so dear to English speakers, there was
nothing to be done both for the sake
for the honor and the dignity OF the
United States but to fight this agitator,
and having started to fight, to fight
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