Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21

us, devoted 10 the arts OF peace, IN
touch with the commerce and trade Of
all nations, enjoying the blessings of
freedom, of civil and religious liberty
OF education and of homes. and whose
children and children's children shall
for ages hence bless the American re-
public. because 1t emancipated and re-
deemed their fathcrland. and set them
in the pathway OF the worlds best
civilization.
But, alas. we also heard Mr.. McKin-
ley Gas the gentleman from Buncombe)
at Atlanta; and il it were all mere
question OF talk we might conccde that
he gets us" He does, rather. But
why was not this 'flatterins tale" told
the Philippines. before the battle of
Manila, and lived up to, so as to avert
that battle and all the carnage 1t in
volved and is causing? He is of the
By-Ends family first cousin of Mr.
Facing Both-Ways; and his is an ex-
pert MISUNDERSTANDING one way, and
running the other-talking one way,
and doing the reverse.
That Mr.. Mckinley is an atlroit, willy
and pretty orator. we required neither
his Atlanta address. nor this Boston
speech to prove. lie had wheedled the
Ohio populace many time and oft;
ana We know of old his cunning way
Of shifting all responsibility on others
all harm on wicked partners,''-or
provocation on ferocious lambs. But
how can consuls. vce-roys, and impe-
rial Governors come. after flood OF
such talk as this at Boston:
no imperial designs Turk in the
American mind. They are alien to
American sentiment thought and pur-
pose. our priceless principles undergo
no change under tropical sun. They
go with the fiat
why read We not the changeless
truth?
The free can conquer but to save"
"If we can benefit these remote peo-
pies, who will object? If in the years
of the future. they are established i'm
government under law and liberty. who
VIII regret our perils and sacrifices?
Who Will not rejoice in our hcroism and
humanity? Always perils. and always
after them safety; always darkness and
clouds, but always shining through
them the light and sunshine: always
cost ana sacrifice. but always after
them the fruition of liberty and educa-
ton ard civilization"
Can the man who speaks thus harbor
Imperial dcsgns?" No. no. This glib
gentleman. if necessary. when the time
comes. will put on an injured air. and
complain woefully that the Imperial
designs" lay in wait for him, took mean
advantages of him. and that circum-
stances were entirely too much for him.
We know the man we'll! Besides. even
the gentleman from Ohio cannot wholly
conceal the forked tail and cloven hoof
as shown in the following confidential
bit of information. spoken Mt Boston
presumably in a stage whisper, behind
his hand. in an asde-though the re-
port doesn't say so:
"UNTIL CONGRESS SHALL d.
RECT OTHERWISE. il will be the
duty of the Executive to hold the
Philippines, giving To the people thereof
peace and order and beneiicient gov
errment; affording them opportunity to
prosecute their lawful pursuits, encour-
aging them in thrift and industry max
ing them feel and know that We are
their fricnds-nOt their enemies; that
their good is our aim their welfare is
THEIR ASPIRATION NOR OURS
CAN BE REALIZED UNTIL. OUR AU-
THORITY Is ACENOWLEDGED
AND UNQUESTIONED.
THAT the inhabitants of the Philip
pines Will be benefited by this republic
is my mistaken belief: that they will
have a kindlier GOVERNMENT UN-
DER OUR GUIDANCE, and that they
will be aided in every possible way
10 be Il self-reSpecting and self-goVern-
ing people is as true as that the Ameri-
can people love liberty. and have an
abiding faith in their own government
and in their own Institutions"
There spoke the absolute tyrant. lie
will hold the islands until Congress di-
reefs otherwise. and he will direct Con-
gress to "wissle- waggle." as In The
McEncry resolution,-whichi is a monu-
ment of Sena torial irresolutlon. He will
GIVE THEM GOVERNMENT ana AF-
FORD THEM OPPORTUNITY Of be-
ing good. obcdient and Industrious sub
jocts. ENCOURAGING THEM AND
MAKING THEM FEEL what good
master they have got! that their good
| (oh. We little oncsD is his paternal aim;
but that our ARBITRARY AND
! DESPOTC REIGN, though founded in
nothing but forcible annexation. crimi-
nal aggression. false pretences. n fraud
uicnt purchase ind bloody iHassaera,
MUST CONTINUE UNTIL OUR Az
THORITY" Is ACKNOWLEDGED
AND UNQuESTIONEr."
Upon what meat hath this. our Caesar,
fed
That he is grown so create
And the awful conjecture occurs to
every intelligent man who reads this