The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-12-16


connection il may bc well TO refer TO the
Fluctuations lately indulged Ia by the
Philip pine officials AT a iete held in their
peregrinatine capital city. The uamts
of certain fellow citizens Of ours were
greeted with tremendous enthusiasm.
and public thanks were proclaimed To
them for the manner ia which they had
supported the Philippine cause. II the
/ red badge az shame be not m unknown
quantity 60 these leading anti-expan-
sionists on our side OF the Pacific, II
must have famed hot upon them over
this news from the Philippines
\ In previous wars, our enemies have not
An been IA front OF az ia the field; they
/ have liecn lying snug at home holding
mass meetings, writing party platforms,
and Illuminating rhetorical mush through
! the newspapers. Sometimes they
were ca red traitors Il the civil war We
called them coppcrheaj-, and the telm
seems 10 1 not yet obsolete
Thcy fought a,a'lst the war 81 1912
bitterly, aud some OF them held the
4 Hartford convention whore behind clog
ed doors they ma le plans to divide our
councils aud aid our foreign foe.
Thee fell Into dreadful spleen over the
LOUISIANA purchase, and shouted them
selves red in thciace over the Mexican war
and over the acquisition 81 reyns and
/ California The Alaska purchase drove
4 them into ,,e-h spasm-, and when we
gained the Philippines ~ prize OF war,
they gnuwed the Tile with outwoin teeth.
Once they said ID was contrary 10 the
constitution and fundamental principal
Is al our government go cross the Miss
s,ippi for hand. nov they say it Is con
trnry 10 the fundamentals and a good
many other things that We should cross
| the seas Tor laud. They wiring
their hands aud sweat itaifully at The
dangers that arc chasing after ms, and
! that never seems Ia quite overtime rs.
SIS We have extended fee govern
mcnt over the entire territory west Of
the Mississippi and through all 81 these
changes. not one al the prophesiel dan.
gers has beillcu us. We have NO com
lpluutions uhcad of Us as difficult as
those wc have already solved
To confess that We cannot govern the
Philippines is TO confess that We cannot
covein ourselves. II We are not tit for
their government then We are unfit to
govern anywhere
According to The auutycNpausionists,
we are trying 10 Cypress the people OF
tho Philippines, ami we are eubduing
them n order To establish tyranny over
them. So thcy have George Washing
toned and canonized Aguiunldo until he
struts and poslurcs like the ass in the
lions skin, and brays compayccnt echo
To the paudits that reach him from this
country.
By what right docs Carl Schurz insist
that the cautry which gave him equal
rights and ,rccdom, will deny il to the
followers Of the Philippine cheiitain?
Wc shall soon establish peace
and good government iu the Philippines
and those Who have treated us with
suspicion aud hatred vi DC our grateful
friends
The occupation OF the friends OF Agui.
naldo viii thea be gone. They can hide
their talent until some later day when
our country : again IN stormy
weather 49, Later they will be max ing
afidavits denying TINT they ever com
pared George Washington to Aruinaldo.
and against the charge that they took
part ia MASS meetings in lis honor; they
vii prove the strongest alibi
We commend this letter to a
few 1--WE are pleased to say a
fcw) OF our Democratic towns.
men and to some exchanges
who. foolishly act and speak upon
the theory that because the war
is being managed by a Republi.
can administration they must
oppose it. Such procedure is
un. American, and they will find
that the great majority. of their
Democratic colleges will re-
pudiate their actions and utter.
ances. The couquering OF the
Philippine rebels is not a ques
ton of party politics. It's a
condition that exists and must
be met. To shirk from the re
sponsibility is TO give the lie TO
all our boasted civilization and
governmental ability and to
make us the laughing stock OF
all other nations of the earth.
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