Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-30

no,ortatton of the former sia'o
HE descendants and restorauoh ~ -,
native Continent being imprae.,oa,pe, ne
angel of death passes wy" ,ardasa NJ
over the exiles, forceu Hi'o Trh,s
- ranaoitv Of the superior race lhis
onlv hone OF salvation, our oniy
a.. ., orress. and / do not wish IT TO
~ inferred that 1 contemplate with
,eoI,ng of exultation the thlckehlhg ooVh
of the negro on this Continent
put I am frank enough TO admit that
,,,,,hout the negro the Republican party
WI an r. represents would not be a
srock on the horizon, and the sooner the
negro goes the better for civilization.
They say "it is destiny that guides US
Well. McKinley's resemblance in air ana
shape to the great Napoleon gave SONS
excuse 10 his plea that We had ceased
70 direct the course Of our ship OF state
Why should we neglect any little ad-
vantage We may have over the average
man? But the Puritan or the matter-oI-
TACT man OF business who talks ABOUT
destiny TO the practical American at the
close of this century is doins worse thah
committing a crme-he has perpetrateo
blunder The excuse would be met Win
ridicule were not the consequences too
deep for tears. When thes secretary Vi
our NAVY talks about theT old heathen
divinities we cannot forget that we are
having many dollars and some dedTer
blood that he may have his joke. For our
civilian head Of the navy says we nave
been guided by destiny into war
that the present state Of the philippines
was forced upon us by power irreslsu-
bic and we must suppose that the s@ih9
influences may again do hkeWise.
This must not be, We are not IN the
habit of pleading the baby act, ana MS
ha nrnip
off so lightly 1t is now matter or gen
eral knowledge that our troops are hght-
ing in the Philippines that we may not
be suspected of having paid Spain twenty
millions of dollars for something she
could not deliver. IL would be too pad
not 10 insist in court upon our title 70
property while the ink was sui wet on
the deed. The Peace Commission dld not
want the Philippines; 1t was the Presl-
dent who insisted that the purchase Do
made Congress has not authorized the
attempt 10 conquer the islands-from first
TO last 1t is an administration war, into
which the administration has driven the
| country, and not destiny.
The British Queen could not have done
so much; the German Emperor would not
have ventured so far on such ground.
Even now every attempt is made to snow
US that We have no voice IN the
matter-we are rot allowed to know the
true state of affairs. Otis sends reports
which we are not allowed TO see, ana our
soldiers over there are not permitted ~
know what we think. The question Is not
that OF robbing a few Indians Oh
the land we had guaranteed TO them
forever by solemn treaty-we are now
setting presidents which may affect all
our future.
The result of the fall elections this
year will help to shape the public opinion
that is TO write platforms and nominate
candidates for the struggle of 1900 VIII
that decision, by its declarations direct
from the people, reverse the course Oh
the United States in the Islands? SNAIL
our country be entered as one or tnose
that will make history for the new ASA
now I'm the throes of BIRTH will it over
turn or disturb the financial status. or
give a new phase to pending questions
IN Europe by making clear the ue-
termination of a great Power 10 continue
the policy OF nOn-interVenuOn, or 10 In
augurate new era by throwing It's SWORD
into one side of the scales or the other
The elections of 1899 Will be anXlously
watched throughout the whole world De
cause they will afford indications OF what
orr course will be in 1900. Eleven OF our
States will participate in rendering TINS
preliminary verdict Six Will elect gov
ernors and other State officers Pennsyl-
vania will elect two Justices or the gu
irene Court and a Superior Court judge
Nebraska will be tested on her allegiance
TO Bryan by the election OF supreme
Court Justice; New Jersey VIII ei-gI
legislature. and New YORK VIII choose
l50 assemblymen, while IN Virginia ana
Nrississippi the senatorial contest VIII
absorb public attention. OF the six states
which will choose governors, Ohio Is
claimed as doubtful because OIL the
Mckinley Foraker split alone WINE
MARYLAND and Kentucky are really ue-
batable ground. which should De saIey
Democratic All OF the six States except
Mississippi, now have Republican COVER,
nors, but in others OF them 50 uouO'lui
is the election that the result VIII oe-
nend largely upon the character OF the
nominations and the method OF making
them.
ask: Shall destiny, by the hand ana III
the name Of the administration uIlll 10
into other wars and send our soidIeIS 70
die elsewhere at the ends or the earth
ora ebau we be TRAITORS" il we protest
and traitors II we refuse 20 pay '"e
MOOD and treasure that has become
| "pa+ionaI debt" by the act Of one man
desiring TO Justify his physical resem-
| htance 70 the hero of another race Be
II
fore we nav the price of one war TOT
conquest. shall we be driven into another!
mis- is for the people of the United
states to say. The south is in no sense
responsible and the masses or Americans
as little. When we set out TO free CUBA
| for charity's sake, how does It follow
mat We must shoot Filipinos TO make
! contractors rich
The reverberations following the battle
NJ the big guns awakened 10y the state
ment OF AIr. Havemeyer that THE tarir
is the mother of the trust have not
vet died upon the air nor ceased 10 echo
across the Continent, but reason begins
to recover from the paralysis which fell
upon her in the midst OF the fray, and her
/ SIN small voice should again be audi
bic. Trusts, per Sc, are the legitimate
| children of business conditions existing
in every community. and all Of us have
watched the principle at work. The trust
Der Sc. Is not iniquitOus. but may become
| SO when managed by interruptions men.
TWO 1ISTAKES.
There are
6G two mis-
nv takes that