The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-16
.he Wlessenger.
THE TWO WARS.

tina can be urged for sympathiZing
with the British in Africa in their war
against the Beers, that cannot be urg-
ed in defence Of the war OF his coun-
try Upon the Filipinos. IN both in
stances it is the strong warning upon
h weak, and a vain attempt to make
might cases OF right. When the Brit
ish government in 1776 began it's seven
years war against the Thirteen colo
MES in our own land the arguments
were of he same sDecious character
as those used now in defence of the W
wars wased by the two great powers
of the English speaking race But in
England there We're illustrious n
truly great and wise statesmen like
Lord Chatham Edmund Burke,
the latter the very greatest philoso-
phical statesman Of modern times, who
denounced tine war against the colo
MES. There are people living now no
doubt American born, who are deeply
regretful that the British did not come
OUT conquerers. There are people also
living now who believe in depressing
the weak and in kicking out of the way
both the American constitution and
the national Declaration of Independ-
nee. But if there were ever any wick
ed wars waged for pelf and commerce
instead of for justice and m~agnanimi-
ty they are the two wars the English
race is now waging in the Philippines
and in Africa. There is a strong anti
war sentiment in both countries
against the iniquities being pressed
upon the weak peoples. 1t is now said
that Germany is hot against England
and but for her navy being too weak
would take a hand in the African war.
Germany would have prevented the
war if the navy had been the equal of
Britain. There are hundreds of the
most independent and among the
abIest OF American that
are not at all in sympathy with Great
Brftain's 'unwise and constituencies
war of conquest" as the able Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot brands it.
an American writes to The New
York World in this lively strain:
The position of our great country,
as defined and marked out by the
Hanna syndicate. is IL crying shame
and disgrace.
''One cannot help imagining how diff
ferent it woul be were a Jefferson or
a Lincoln at the head of this nation
and n a smoOth-tOngued hypocrite
like good Mr.. Pecksniff Mckinley.
To ~sympathize with and to supper
the Beers in their brave struggle
against the rapaciOus selfishness of
Great Britain, etc"
Colonel w. J. Bryan is in full SYM
pathy with the Beers, and at his in
stance the meeting of the democratic
state committee of Nebraska on the 5th
instant, adopted a resolution of SYM
pathy with the Beers.
1t is reported that the British are
now arming the savages in Zululand
to fight the Beers. That will be all
right up north for in the great war
against the south the same thing was
done to fight the south, and Lincoln
declared that he would issue the proc
1amation he did in the hope that the
negroes would rise uD and slaughter
all the women and children and old
men in the south, and Lincoln is an
idol in that part of this country TO this
hour. The British cid not hesitate to
use the Indians in colOnia times
against the people fighting for liberty
and independence. That passes for a
high grade of civilization among some
superior people. The Norfolk Vir-
ginian-Pilot thinks that "a duplica-
eion of hat infamy in the Transvaal
would send a shock to the conscience
of humanity more lasting and terrible
than would follow the slaughter of the
Dutch burgrhers by the overwhelming
force of British opportunity" Hardly!
1t would not so move Great Britain or
the northern states.
In Connecticut leading democrats
and Irish are holding meetings to sup
port the Beers. A dispatch on the 7th
to the New York Tribune. said:
Democratic leaders all owe the
State are taking a hand. The presence
of such men as Alexander Troupe,
Homer Cummings, John Murphy, Pat
rick Walsh and other democratic lead
erS confirms the report current that
the claim of Boer sympathy is a bid
for German and German-American
votes at the coming election. Three
different meetings were held east Of
the Connecticut river Friday, four
were held last night, and a number
of Hibernian lodges and Clan-na-Gaels
will meet in their halls and clubrooms
today to perfect plans for assisting the
Beers"
Edward Atkinson. the well known
publicist and statistfcian of Boston,
calls the war in the Philippines Grim
inal aggression and "accursed." He
writes to The New York World set
ting forth the cost of the Mckinley
imperialistic craze. This country
bought a title from Spain that proved
TO be useless, paying $40, OOO. 900 for it.
1t was rot a title of possession, but
was followed by a prolonged and
costly I&r. Atkinson, not a democrat,
mind you, says: