Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-03-16

French invasion, the blaclss OF st..
Domingo led by their black general,
Toussaint, had driven back tho fleets
Of Spaini and had defeated the Eng
lish and driven them from the islandl
Neither France, England nor Spain
were atlo TO establish and hold foot
Ing In ST. Domingo They were NIL
defeated and killed or driven oil In the
same decade, ending In 1909
The general rule here laid down may
be disputed, and the alleged conquest
OF India by Great Britain muy be cited
TO prove that am wrong, In reply |
will say that Great Britain has had on
hand the job OF conquering and Ossim-
Hating India about three hundred
years, and yet more than half the
provinces are still ruled by native
princes. The British hold cities and
trading stations on the sen coasts and
river banks where armed vessels can
penetrate,
lndln Is by no means conquered and
assimilated by the English after three
centuries OF hcrcuean effort, 1t Is
merely the conquest OF arobbcr over
his victim whose pocket he Is picking,
He has him down but he cannot per-
manently conquer him,
Even the case OF Ireland proves the
truth of my position. The people are
held down by British bayonets, but
they are not trusted with home rule,
lest IL may lead to Irish independence,
In many part0 Of Ireland the land
rents are collected, and tenants nre
evicted by an armed British constabu-
larry, and the alleged owners OF the
lands, in some cases, do not dare to set
foot upon their own estates. Ireland
Is neither conquered nor tanned, The
firing has ceased on the battle fields,
but II Is still heard in the potatoe fields
and among the huts OF an unconquorN-
bic tenantry; and, British orders are
still issued by the imperial government
from Dublin Castle.
1t costs the United States about 500
per head per annum, TO police, dlsci-
pline and manage u few thousand In-
dians Mt our very doors. 1t would cost
three hundred million dollars per an-
mum, and more, to manage in the same
way, ten millions TO hostile half con-
quered Philippines, ten thousand miles
distant
But, says one, when the Philippines
come to understand us they will not
demand independence They will will
ingly take the oath Of allegiance to the
United States and thus become Ameri-
can citizens, as proposed by President
Mckinley, and then ask admission
into the Union.
That view OF the case 10 even worse,
II possible, than the other. 1t Is case
in which close partnership Is worse
than hostility. 1t opens the door for
the admission of an unpaid or poorly
paid Asiatic labor into the United
States In competition with our present
home labor, which, even now, has n
hard time to find employment on very
distressing terms
More than half OF the the Philippines
nre said to be Chinese. Their wages
range from ten cents day downward,
to the point of actual starvation, And
the beastly morals Of these common
and lower classes are said to be OF the
lowest possible variety. When those
creatures take tho oath Of allegiance
to the United States, they become
American citizens Of the new state
when annexed, and as such, must en-
joy all the rights, privileges and im-
munities Of citizens in the several
states" And, then, these new Ameri-
can citizens residing In Asia, with no
American education, instincts or train
ing, when annexed, must send into the
American congress some fifty or more
representatives and two senators, II
admitted MS two states there will be
four United States Senators; and, in
the presidential elections the Philip
pinos will have about sixty ELECTORAL
votes; more than any two average
states now in the Union! Thus every
four years we must ask that newly
acquired Asiatic common wealth, who
shall be our next president Of the
United Statesl 1t will then actually
be " serious question, whether the
Americans are governing the Philip.
pines, or are they controlling us? 1t
will be like the British scout In the
Caucasus when he captured Tartar
prisoner. He could not manage him,
but on the other hand was managed
by him. And, when too late, he had
to confess that he had caught Tar
tart"
When all these things come about
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