Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-07
SUPPORTS ADMINISTRATION
Citizen of Avery Argues in Favor of
the Presidents Policy in
the Philippines.

ANbh1 NcD., June DO the Editor OF
The Bee: Kindly allow me to reply to an
article in The Bee Of May 20, signed A. L.
Hunting OF Arapahoe.
While l sympathize with MIR. Hunting In
his bereavement as to. his son, who lies
wounded In a hospital at Manila, | doplore
his course and that of all true Americans
who have seen fit to ~criticise the admins
t~ration's course in regard TO the Philippines.
Some are honest citizens, some are doubtless
the whines Of willy politicians who seek to
throw any obstacle in the way Of Mr.. Nc
Kinley and his brilliant and thus far sue
cessful administration, industrially, fnan-
cially and politically.
MIR. Hunting says that he has voted for
every republican from Lincoln to Mckinley.
For this Mr.. Hunting deserves credit, also
for enlisting in the war for the union in
1861 and 90, as my father and three brothers
did. Also, like MIR. Hunting, l am proud
OF 1t.
A favorite expression Of all anti-expansicn-
lists, as well as Mr.. Hunting, is the Oft
quoted passage: Governments derive their
just powers from the consent Of the gov
erned.
Why not carry this phraseology to a log
ical conclusion and see where 1t will start
and finish?
What right had the white man to take
the country from the Indian through bride
or bayonet? What condition do we find
him in today?
Why did Mr.. Hunting enlist and fight to
drive the seeding states of the south into
the union; for, in my opinion, what is sauce
for the goose Is sauce for the gander.
Governments derive their just powers from
the consent of the governed.
If Billy Bryan is successful as another
John C. Calhoun in making the west believe
the east is its enemy, as he often has stated,
and that the west has a right to secede, as
the south did in 1861, then Mr.. Hunting will
not lend a helping hand to drive them back
as he did when he enlisted in 1852.
Then from this standpoint we are only as
a government an aggregation Of states. This
being so, 1t borders on the doctrine of squat
ter sovereignty. Any state has a right to
secede and establish a government Of its
own and so on until we have forty-five gov
ernments and more territory to hear from.
AS there is only one step from the RI
diculous to the sublime, let us reflect a mo-
ment on what President Lincoln told the
delegation of preachers which waited on him
at the beginning of the war, whose spokes-
man, among other things, reminded Presi-
dent Lincoln he hoped the Lord was on our
side. But President Lincoln reminded them,
the preachers, he was not so much concerned
about the Lord being on our side as he was
about us being on the Lords side. To say
this government and its people have not
been ruled by the hand Of the Omnipresent
would be acknowledging that biblical history
in regard to Moses and the children of
Israe: was a myth and Ingersoll was the
wisest man of the present and past genera
tions CT men.
1t seems a little singular that all the
great inventions and discoveries that have
been made for the use of mankind were
left for the Americans to bring out; this
too, in the face OF the fact that other nations
have stumbled over them for centuries and
centuries.
No other form of government except the
American can enjoy the blessings of these
inventions and discoveries. No other form
Of government can consume SO much Of the
worlds products. No other people under
any other form of government can enjoy the
blessings that we do.
The spirit of liberty is a potent factor as
to higher wages. Higher wages mean the
| consumption of more Of the necessities Of
everyday wants of all the people, which
leads to a higher plane of civilization
whether here or in Europe. Beginning
with England, France, Germany, Belgium,
Italy, Russia and ending with China the
spirit of liberty is graded and wages, too.
Canada on our north with a territory larger
than the United States and a population
less than the great state of New York
is an object lesson. Climate Of course Is
q drawback, but not the greatest by any
means. Mexico on our south has and is
drawing inspirations from US and drifting
to a higher plane of civilization year by
yea. It seems only selfishness or coward
ice forbids the American, | care not who
he is. from reaching out the dand Of fell
lowship and comforting the blessings Of lib
erty that he enjoys under the American
government when opportunity presents it
self as it does Porto Rico, Cuba and the
Philippines.
hardly believe Mr.. Hunting or any
other true American will say to Mr.. Nc
Kinley: Call off our army and navy and
let the Philippines establish their contem-
| plated government throughout the islands"
Then why all this hue and cry Of antici-
patton, when we take into consideration the
circumstances surrounding the battle of
Manila? The government found itself. either
by accident or providence, in the position it
now occupies and time will right the
wrongs, if there be any, or uphold the right
for human liberty. Whether at home or
abroad wherever our flag has been raised
in the interests of humanity, | care not
whether 1t be for and in the interests of
the slaves of our own states or those po-
litical slaves lately of Spain's. In Justice
to the southern states, however, l will say
1t took five years to drive them back into
the union. i believe it will take ten years
to drive them out of it now, judging from
the past and present responses to patriot
ism from not only the new generation, but
from those that took part thirty-eight years
ago to destroy our union. All honor to
those who uIhcld our flag, no matter when
or where. S. c. MALIN.
Here's II New soon" Game.