Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-12-14
THE LAW APPLIED.

iHV IoloWlnB ID uH eulluIlui run
the Los Angeles Herald, In reply to-
an article which recently appeared In
the New York Evening Journal;
We may summarize the argument Of
the Journal article as follows:
]. The idea that men ought to win
because they are fighting for liberty
Ia erroneous,
2. The best thing In the world for o.
nation Is licking,
3. The Gauls were thrashed by Cae-
sar, and II was a good thing for Gaul
4, The Goths and the Vandals over
ran Europe and wiped out entire popu-
lations, but, in the long run, II was
fine thing for Europe.
.. In this country the whites
thrashed the Indians, taught them to
drink whisky and wiped them out. IT'S
good thing for all concerned.
Q. Aguinaldo will have to take hiS
thrashing, and the Fillpnos must take
what they can get. It will BIO a great
thing for civilization.
z II is not the abstract idea of lib
erty that wins,
Let Garner, the monkey man, teach /
our apes In the zoo to repeat the dec
laratlon of independence with slight
variations VIII that get them out Of
their cage?
mo.
And Mr. Aguinaldo's feeble para
phrases of Jefferson will not make him
rule where Jeffersons descendants
have raised their flag.
"The weak must go to the wall or
stay there-it's better all around that
they should.
Our time may come. II probably
will come, But 1t has not come yet.
Before II comes wen rule in Asia as
we rule at home.
There will be much injustice, much
exploiting of the poor by the rich
all our unpleasant home features.
But we shall establish in Asia
branch agency Of the true American
movement toward liberty"
II is rarely in our day we SEQ tho
idea that might Is right" championed
80 brazenly--set forth so categorlcally
and in such cold blood. The Journals
statement we apprehend, is calculated
to make some people vince. Even
those who are ready to appeal to the
hard, natural law Of the survival of
the fittest for the adjudication Of NOR
al questions do not generally put the
doctrine 80 bluntly, and they would
hasten to repudlate 1t II presented to
them with such brutal dlrectness.
BY way Of illustration, let us see how
the Journals line of philosophy might
be invoked to justify tribe Of South
sea cannlbals in slaughtering and eat
ing missionary:
l. The idea that mankind is any
thing more than part Of the brute
creation is fallacy.
2. The best thing that can happen
to missionary Is to be killed and
eaten.
3. A great many missionaries have
been killed and eaten. 1t has been q
good thing all around.
4. "The blood of the martyrs is the
seed Of the church" Our tribes have
been well fed, and the Christian rel.
glon has fourished. The world is bet
ter for 1t.
5. Let us kill and eat the mission
airy before us, because II will carry on
the good work.
Q. We will give him a chance to
pray II he wants to before we knock
him on the head, but 1t will not avail
him anything, The law of the survival
Of the fittest is in supreme command.
We are the strongest, and, therefore,
the fittest, The weakest must go to
the wall Tor the boiling poD; It's
better all round that they should. Our
time may come to be cooked in the
same way. 1t probably will come But
1t has not come yet, Before 1t comes
we'll eat all the missionaries we can
get
Ergo-The missionary must die, It's
better all round that he should