Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-11
THE 1MpER1AL1sT,s Prayer.

as other nal1OnS, ana especially as tnOSe
poor Filipinos who have no rights which
Americans are bound to respect We
thank thee that wherever our flag floats,
there we send missionaries-and Schlitz
beer! We thank thee that thou art the
God and Father of America and the
Americans, and in lesser measure OF
the entire Anglo Saxon race, but not Of
other nations, races or people, and es-
pecially not OF the Filipinos. We are
thy special favorites. We know that
because Of greed, injustice, monopoly
and aggression Rome fell, but these
things, O Lord, will not effect us, thy
favored nation. We know that poor
old Spain owes her decline to her cupid
ity, intolerance and iniquity, but these
things, O Lord, will not effect us, thy
favored nation. For US, it is all right
to shoot down miners in Idaho and men
women and children in the Philippines.
We know that even Jerusalem OF old
was destroyed and ancient Israel scat
tered because they did not obey thy
laws, but we are in no danger, for we
are thy favorite people. and with us, as
General Otis says, the end will Justify
the means" We thank thee, O Lord,
that governments derive their just
powers from the consent OF the govern.
ed was true for our Revolutionary
forefathers but is false for the Filipinos
ot3today even though Admiral Dewey.
the greatest man in the world has said
that "these people are far superior in
their intelligence and more capable OF
self government than the natives of
Cuba, whose independence we have
pledged ourselves to secure. We thank
thee o Lord, that the Golden Rule is
good for other nations to apply in their
treatment Of us, but is not a rule for
our nation to apply in it's treatment Of
Filipinos, who would better be treated
to cold steel or hot lead. while the com
mon people of our own land are held in
subjection to the rule of gold. We re-
ioice that while it was wrong for Spain
to shoot down struggling Filipinos, it
is all right for us to do so. We thank
thee that although Spain did not own
either the Filipinos or the Philippines,
yet we bought them from Spain and
therefore own them now. Moreover,
we devoutly thank thee that, even
though the war which Alger and Nc
Kinley are waging against the Filipinos
is unjust, yet we must and will stand
by" the Administration; and we will
obey thee, O God OF righteousness, 80
far as the Administration, which is the
keeper of our consciences, will permit.
We pray that we may succeed in civil
izing the Filipinos, even though in order
to do so we are obliged to exterminate
them. We pray thee that we may
carry the blessings of our institutions
to foreign lands, even though we have
to repudate at home the very principles
upon which our institutions are based
and permit trusts, monopolies, land
lordism, militarism and plutocracy to
undermine those institutions. We pray
that the American flag and the Christ
ian cross may be carried all around the
globe, even though their whole meaning
and message shall be changed from
liberty and love to despotism and sell
fishness. And thine be the kingdom,
the power and the glory, subject Of
course to the usual Administration dis-
connt, forever and ever, amen.