The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-05

it, for it Is evident that Spain was forced
She certainly knew she could not with
her limited credit and 100000 of people
cope with our 100000 of people and good
credit Everybody knows that Spain tried
very hard to keep out of the war, and aft
er she was forced into it tried equally
hard to keep from fighting, but we just
went right on gaining one great victory
after another without resistance, as may
be said, until we destroyed her navy and
took possession of more territory and
people than we know what to do with;
that's what the matter now.
Tt looks to me that il is about time for
our high government officials at Washing
ton to begin to look around and see where
they are. If they do that, then this wild
scheme of expansion and Imperialism will
be laid aside. If they should fail, then
| the people should rise up in their power
and lay them aside, and stop the thing
at once, otherwise our republican form of
government is gone.
The people cannot afford to let this
thing go on much longer; if so, they may
wake up to find their hands tied by a
large standing army, in addition to the
numerous appointees to rule and govern
the people of our newly acquired territory
There are two great dangers attending
expansion and Imperialism. The first is
the loss of our freedom and liberty, al
ways enjoyed in good republican gov
ernment. The second is high taxation
bankruptcy and final loss of whatever sort
| of government we may have; for instance,
look at Spain and see what her expansion,
spread-out and Imperialism brought her to.
This spreading out business is no better
for nations than individuals. We often
see pretty good business men do well I'M
til their pride and ambition for show gets
ahead of their capacity; then they COM
| mence spreading out, which is generally
! followed by bankruptcy and the closing of
their doors.
There are two things that must be look
ed to all through Iife-overdoing and I'M
derdoing. OVERRIDING often brings about a
worse state of affairs than underloing.
We, as nation. have just overdone our
| selves; better go back a little than to
undertake to hold where we are Let's
turn loose these islands and people that
we have recently taken possession of. and
content ourselves with a superabundance
of the best territory that we already have.
| In so doing, We will save our republican
| government and thousands and thousands
of lives as well as millions and millions
of dollars. to say nothing of the great
trouble we would have in trying to gov
ern those people.
When we come to study the character of
the people we propose to look after il is
not difficult TO see a tremendous under
taking. My opinion is, the less we have
TO DO with them the better for us. Spain.
as We Know, has been trying to rule and
govern these people for 400 years the re-
| suit of which has been disastrous to her as
nation. So it would be TO us, for it il
wen known that they are hard set Of
peop.e to govern, as is the case with all
mongrels. We as Caucasians or Anglo
SaXons, cannot afford to take those peonle
INTO our government, for we already have
more negroes and mongrels than we know
what to do with. If the government had
used the money spent in the war with
spain in separating the races in our o&n
country we might have been saved the
degradation that awaits us as a n.aoDle
Tor II is evident that the two races can.
not remain together permanently without
matchmaking. That, above all things
should be prevented.
we, as nation of people, should aspira
20 the highest and nobest walk in life:
| 10 attain to that we must steer clear of
| mongrelism. That is one Of the nost SORT
Gus objections to the annexation of Cuba
! or any OF the Philippine Islands. as well
as Hawaiian
Who knows but Spain has got the best
end of the bargain in this war? She has
! got rid of good many islands as terri
Wy tHdt she QlO not need. and a Vervr
! nara set of people to rue and govern
who have brought her nigh unto an ie-nol
! minlous death as nation, to say NOTHING
| OF S2OOOOOOO i'm cash that we have nrom7
lsed to give her for the Philippine ISLANDS
with 100000 or 100000 of people thrown
! IN that she had no right TO sell.
MY! let's stop. this expansion. snread din,
! our Imperialism, and join the Gar of Rus
STA in preventing war in future.
| Instead of going to war with -Snain MO
| should have extended the effort made b,,
! Cleveland during his last term as Presi
! dent, in getting the nations of the earth m
| join in settling national and interua ttonal
! trouble without resort TO arms; more bu-
mainly in that than war
one of our distinguished warriors (Gen
sherman says; war is hell on earth >,
When we come to investigate the facts in
the case, It looks very much that wav.
Then why not do everything possible 20
prevent that sort Of ''hell on earth" If
we had gone TO work on that line. Cubans
would have been set free without firing a
gun. Arbitration is always better than
war. Wars are generally got up by a few
wicked, designing men, destitute of wis
DOM Wherever wisdom prevails. peace
Is found, Let $ do all in our power to have
peace reign throughout the human family.
Winter residence: Old Line Whig.
Thomasvine, Ca, Jan. 20, 1899.
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