The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22


nounced them in the name OF the new gos-
pei of peace. Their cry was peace even
peace at any price and II was these
nunciation of Abraham Lincoln and OF the
Northern people. and their frantic inFec-
tives against every measure OF the govern
ment finally stirred 10 madness the DARK
and gloomy souls that are always TO oe
found on the outskirts of such a movement.
In 1858 the preachers OF the doctrine OF cow
ardly peace were responsible for the terri
BILE and bloody outbreaks In New York city,
which we know BY the name OF the draft
riots In 1865 these same craven preachers
of peace were responsible for the murder of
Abraham Lincoln. Nowadays, their success
sors, who use their exact language In de-
nouncing our conduct In the Phinppines,
have stained their owr souls with the blood
of our soldiers and Of their Philippine foes:
The Governor then paid his respects TO
Congressman LentZ and his treasonaDle Ut
terances. Continuing, he said:
Remember that expansion Is not only the
handmade of greatness but, above all. IL IS
the handmade of peace. Great civilized pow
ers are, firmly believe. growing more and
more able to live in permanent peace with
one another; but no civilized power Is or
ever has been able. permanently, TO Keep
peace with savage barbarous or semi-oar-
barous peoples, because these latter are not
able TO so conduct themselves to render
peace possible. The day when universal
peace is possible can only come when the
nations of the world have grown civilized.
come about merely by growth of civiliza-
ton in the state itself: elsewhere ii has TO
come about by the expansion OF the great,
orderly, peace-loving powers, we Oh the
United States are not i'm the slightest dam
ger of any trouble with the Canadians on
the north, nor with the Mexicans on the
south: il is not conceivable that difficulty
should arise with either that could not be
settled by peaceabe methods. So, in the Pa
cific. l most firmly believe that we shall
be able to work hand in hand with Eng
land. with Germany. with Japan. win evsry
civilized power that has interests in that
greatest of all oceans With every orderly.
small, we can work with perfect harmony.
But with sayagery there can be no peace
until we have first made evident our
strength.
EXPANSION MEANS PEACE.
THE whole history Of our century shows
a diminishing tendency to war between
civilized powers, and shows also that the
existence of a savage or barbarous state
inevitably means war sooner or later.
Every expansion of a civilized power is
conquest for peace. Remember that even
this great country Of ours, as well as all
European countries, paid tribute TO the
Moorish pirates as late as 1880; and piracy
in it's most abhorent form was not abolished
in the. Mediterranean until the French ex-
panded into Algiers and the Turk was
driven from Greece. Then peace came TO
done i'm Algiers the English have done in
Egypt and the Sudan. While Egypt was
under Arab Pasha and the Sudan Under under
steadily back into mere savagery- Until
they were held by a strong and civilized
and nd prosperity @ have come to both countries:
Turkistan was a mere chaos OF murder and
lawlessness until the wave of Russian ex-
pansion swept over the country to the great
good of mankind and brought peace In its
train. Now Germany has the Carolines,
and under her administrator they will
doubtless flourish in peace. What she has
undertaken to do in the Carolines are we
to shrink from doing In the Philippines?
Are we alone among the great nations or
the world to announce ourselves too weak
to do our share of the task, too timid 10
bear our part of the burden II extending
the reign of law, of order. OF peace over
the whole world? That is what expansion
means. 1t means not only the extension of
American influence and power; it means the
extension of liberty and order and the
bringing nearer by gigantic strides OF the
day when peace shall come to the whole
earth.
the Philippines could be made for the
Aguinaldo could be said for Sitting Bull. As
peace and order and prosperity followed our
expansion over the lands of the Indians, SO
they will follow us in the Philippines, If
we had refused to expand over the West
do you think that the West would be peace
full now? If instead of your forefathers set
Indians do you think the country would
have had peace? Indeed it would not: Just
so long as there was an independent Indian
power on your borders you were exposed
to the certainty of constantly recurrent
war. If now the United States was to
walk out of Alaska out of any of our
Indian reservations as our opponents wish
Us to walk out of the Philippines war would
thhei themselves or between % the natives natl I and nd
white intruders, and if we did not again
step in and settle the matter, why, some
take the work which we had proved our
selves too feeble or too foolish to per-
A NATIONAL WAR.
Remember that the war In the Philip
pines is absolutely and without Qualifica-
tion a national war. With characteristic
perversion of the facts our opponents have
spoken though this war was unneces-
sary, as if it were now waged by President
Mckinley on his own authority and with
out the warrant Of Congress. In the first
place. what We have done was inevitable
so far as the administration and the Amer
ican people at large were concerned. There
the anti-expansionists, the peace-at-any-
price people had not delayed the treaty in
had not misled the Tagals we should prob
ably never have had any war In the Philip
pines. Aguinaldo's proclamation proves
gents have held out on the strength of the
hoped for aid from the Democratic party
home. Had those men not given the i'm
preston that the American people was
divided. had they not worked for delay
lhCiO "ouiu PiOUAuly Hasc ucSu ho icfoil
and no bioodshed. By their clamor and by
their obstructive tactics in the Senate they
not only delayed the adoption of the treaty
but gave TO Aguinaldo and his people the
idea that they would receive moral support
in war against our flag, and, moreover,
they have actually given this support. They
are primarily responsible for the war We
are the true party Of peace, for a lasting
peace can only come through the course OF
conduct we advocate.
In view of the attitude Of certain Of our
people, the struggle was inevitable. When
that the islands would fall into chaos unless
either the United States, or some other
strong power took possession; unless we
were willing to see the fleet OF another
power sail into the harbor as Deweys feet
sailed away.
fed by the Senate, but il was not ratified
by the Spanish government until fortnight
after Congress had adjourned. leaving the
President to act as the Nations representa-
tive. The lower house had, meanwhile,
taken it's share In the ratification (the cppo-
sition was SO small as to be insignifcanD
by passing the appropriation Of $2oOo0.O00,
as required by the treaty. The islands.
thus, by the ratification of the treaty and by
the action of the Senate and the House of
Representatives in passing the $40 10000 APP
preparation bill. became part of the United
States; and IL was just as much the Presi-
dents duty to keep order in them by the use
order in Arizona by the use of the army in
case of an Apache outbreak. Nor Is this all.
In passing the army bill, Congress explicitly
recognized the fact that there was Philip
pine insurrection and that II had 10 be put
down by the use OF our armed forces. II
and over $1,000 volunteers, especially with
view of meeting the present exigencies: AZ