Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-03
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this year has there been reason to lament
a departure from the great principles which
the Fourth of July heralded in 1776
I'VE are no longer upon the old founda-
ton, but have been carried to the lower
platform of the powerful military states
of Europe, to whom the public has been
an instructor. The ship of state has been
in troubled waters, but there is one of her
citizens who believes that the time is not
far distant when those who have endan-
gered her will be called to account, and
the principles of the Declaration of indie
pendence taken again the chart and
compass. which will bring back the repub-
lie to the high position from which it has
temporarily fallen"
j. Sterling Morton writes:
Good government, like charity, should
begin at home. After the American mind
shall have sufficiently expanded to per-
fectIy assiniiate Dr. Franklir's epigram-
matte injunction, Mind your own business,
it will be in condition to discuss the duties
which annex to citizenship. Up to this time
the average citizen considers only the priv
ileges of his citizenship. Few voters in the
United States recognize any duty to coun-
try superior to party allegiance. Party
ism has warped and shriVeled patriotism
throughout the republic. 1t has become so
fierce that in its blindness it mistakes the
dominant or administration party for the
government. All those who differ from or
crticise the policies of the administration
are denounced as diSoyal. The common
use of the words loyal and 'disloyaP Is an
evolution from the general trend of i'm
perialism."
Paradox in Nations History.
Herbert Welsh of Philadelphia, the we'll
known secretary of the Indian Rights AS
ISOLATION and editor of City and State,
writes:
July 4, 1T76, was the birthday of the
United States of America. This great his
70 m
the Declaration of independence. 1t was
the popular exposition of the purpose not
alone on which our revolution was based,
but human liberty throughout the world.
This declaration declared our belief in hui
man equality, and that the basis of just
government was the popular consent. 1t
has inspired the best thought and the no.
blest action in the patriots, statesmen and
soldiers. which our Union has brought to
light and made immortal
July 4, 1892 has witnessed a most eX-
traordinary paradox of our history. The
same free states which struggled against
the tyranny of George III, and century
later cemented themselves into what we
trust will be a lasting union for the eX-
tinction of slavery, are now waging an I'M
natural and cruel war in distant philippine
Islands, against a people struggling lor in
dependence as righteously and as passion
ately with as much reckless bravery and
stubborn determination, as We ourselves
showed in resisting the house of Hanover.
In union with the Fihpinos we fought but a
year ago to break the tyranny of Spain. We
gave them every moral if not formal. as
slrance of our sympathy in the great OBJ
ject for which they struggled-the indie
pendence CT their people
From many different sources comes
credible testimony as to the fitness of the
people for self-government Commander
John D. Ford, fleet engineer of the Asiatic
station, who has just returned from ex-
tended services in the east, pays a high
tribute to the Filipinos. He says: While
they fight for entire freedom, all they ask
is a chance for life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness, and they care not whether it
be a republic of their own or some form de-
yised for them by the great United States
Of America He further declared MS be-
lief that they would surrender and end the
war upon a reasonable proposition from the
United States, promising them freedom and
independence, and concludes his statement
most significantly by saying: No proposals
Of this kind, however, have been made to
the Filipinos
I've are told there is nothing now to be
done, whether in the beginning We have
been mistaken or not, but to fight it out
An utterance more foolish or more immoral
than that I cannot conceive. II we are