Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-05

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i In6INI SsI'R|AT' IONS I
lne0 CONSISTENCY i n l|lI,
:rH et oBI!sETsVDR THINKS
sys ID U1s
sS 1irna Ds M who has Just return
seaSom sfhe philip pines and who had had
Eood nities While there to form
5pini On IL the character and ability bill
"a FIJI ipinos, states thai they I are
sb sss Bic than the Cub to govern
hsfIse iyes q nd that they are superior
stos t1s G ubafis In all respects Why 10 II
then that I'VE fought to free the Supans
and are now lighting TO sub5ugate the
gPhiIipp inos5 4 "; -,
NV beea IL q wal. Aprn 1888, for
me sa key Of Justice. We have gradually
D changed base until we have made TINS
war ofS Justice a war of oppression.
sWs.Went Into the fray to put an end
10 Spa nish tyranny at our por tals-in
i CUBA we drove the Spaniards from
that Island, which has history that
IA q sWri item In the blood of her heroes,
\ who have given up their lives in q
struggle to free themselves from the
Jmed faeval persecution that Spain had
goaded them with for ages. Nov, that
I'VE have freed them OF spain, why do
we press ourselves upon them? This in
4 itself Is bad-but when it Is considered
Ethat$we are at this moment practicing
i heiYery same tactics in the Philippines
that Spain practiced in Cuba, it makes
one almost weep at our Inconsistency
and 1T puts us-the nation Of liberty
before the eyes of other nations MS a
land Of tickle fools and unprincipled
sknayes- ~" American Pigs" as the Span
iardse called us
4 This nation, that in Its declared it.
lf5to be free, that by force Of arms
threw off5the yoke OF Great Britain,
z that even now holds up before the
world as immortal heroes those patriots
who i'll equipped, half clothed and fed,
] fought persistently and f1ercely for
freedom from oppression, that glories
lin the signal success it achieved, Is now
Swaging an unholy war on a people who
have fought for generations against a
worse oppression than this nation ever
experienced. What right have we to
war with these people. What have they
to do With Spanish tyranny in Cuba?
ssS The Administration cabled to Com
Amodore Dewey to proceed from Hong
King to Manila bay, and capture or de-
stroy the Spanish fleet there. and then
,!to proceed tat once to Honolulu. When
8 Commodore Dewey cabled to the Wash
y ington Administration that he had de-
Bstroyed The Spanish fleet at Manila, the
then cabled him to take
and hold Malina Mt all hazards, which
orders, with the assistance Of OUR
ALLIES. the Philippines. were success
fully executed, and the Spaniards
driven out. One of the wlsest things
I that Commodore Dewey ever did was
to cut the cable connection with an Adj
'ministration which could change It's
mind so quickly and radically. Without
the aid of The Philippine land forces
Commodore Dewey would have had a
very difficult task to perform when he
attempted to drive the Spaniards from
Manila and vicinity, but when these ma
tives, who regarded us as q nation that
had come to drive the Spaniards from
their country and establish their indie
ipendence, Joined their forces with ours,
the Spanish sovereignty over the island
quickly ceased. Very good, indeed, but
I the gentlemen who are at the helm
Of state had to do more, and they went
to work and bought from Spain at 50 n
head the very same natives, who had
aided us In abolishing Spanish author
ity and sovereignty in Luzon.
What right had any man or power to
\ BUY from vanqulshed Spain n nation
+ that she no longer owned, by right. that
mad been wrested from her by force Of
arms before the American fleet ever
maze It's gallant dash past the frowning
Spanish guns on Corregidor Island.
Abraham Lincoln a man whom the
American people honored with the
greatest gift In their power, detested ty-
s ranny and oppression. This man said in
one of his addresses: Our reliance is
In the dove of liberty which God has
Planted In us. Our defense is in the
spirit which prizes liberty ms the her
ttage Of ALL men, in ALL LANDS
EVERYWHERE. Those who deny free
dom TO others deserve 1t not for them
selves and under a just God cannot
long retain It,"
$.s DID Abraham Linsoln know what
deep prophecy there was in those
Words? Ibid he know that the nation of
winch he was then President which
9nad ever regarded liberty as its greatest
puiWark, would in such short time
I as s.; halt a century, be engaged in a war,
Srne END OF which is to deprive a fellow
y "a tlo,l OF It's God-glven freedom? Most
ouotedly NO. Nevertheless It is
I true but what is more,-will his pnonb-
ecy prove true. We deny freedom to
A s ol y! er'sTwill we retain 1t ourselves? Al
Sreaaay, We are feeling the effects of thi,
y t,IL,,Sa!itRsqmintstration. Trusts are formed
Inc workingmen are forced to tho wall
55Frices are increased or decreased at the
WI MI OF corporations. What will follow |
Are the masses going to allow them
serves to be continually goaded? We-a |
h nation, atton that a hundred years ago led
$ the World In most substantial and glor-
:ious reforms, that regarded all men "a
ssqna are now welding our mighty
slnfluence among man and maitland i,e'IL