The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-02

surely take he better part NJ
to repay to us through tho 'e7,.r,
possible trade with the phif,a. VI Az
thing like the neormous sun a05-
Filipino war has already cos, tas
What, then, have We gairc57
told that We have gained a rrar1 '' APO
as a world power. But ala , ''S.E7
q grand position as a world 's7r
cially since our civil war fe- '..'-
the solidity of this Union
deed that the strongest AMI have.
sea power in the world paid nor.
ence to this republic than 60
neighbors. even while We had
navy large enough to count W..-
have we now?
OUR MORAL CREDIT GONE
Among the evil effects th.,
ready come TO the nation Ntr
names these:
The reputation OF this rru.....
friend OF peace and as Il cns-..
human rights has been Gr-,-
Our moral credit with r-
has been thoroughly rrf~.s
Our self-reSpect a> Il U.g-.
people is gone.
1t has perverted the SOlpu-'r r-....
ed war of liberation and hum
a war of land-grabbing corar...
inal aggression and suhiugatior tr..
stroying the belief Of mankind .r tn.
cerity of our virtuous profession
| ing us as a nation OF hvpocriir- .-r
stroying our moral credit With -r. ..-.
1t has seduced us TO commit the r..-
misdeed a nation can commit. .-..
betrayal of an ally and the wantor sr....
ter of innocent people. 1t has r.-as
former friends in the Conuuerr5 .n-r..
hate us with an undying hatred. IT lr.
volved us in an unnecessary, wicked anil
abominable war that has already ,n-,
thousands Of American lives and -..--.
two hundred millions of money. and ,.t
cost incidentally more. 1t has m.F. a-
President commit a fragrant usurual,ar ..
power. that if condoned and ..-
precedent will become i.ore dan-,r
Gus to our free institutions. In t.s
put to contempt and ridicule the flnla-
mental principles of our democracy and ID.
undermining the popular belief In or-
old deals of right. justice and liberty
which alone furnish the conservative ,ls-
ment Indispensable TO a democracy work
ing through universal suffrage. II has
taught our people that might makes right
and other Ike lessons. which. unIcse
sternly rebuked. will utterly demorsIg.
public sentiment and transform the polt.-
cal life of our democracy into wild un-
scrupulOus and, eventually, anarchist.
struggles of selfish passions and greedy
interests.
CENSORSHIP OF THE NEWS.
1t has lone something more which IS
alarmingly characteristic of its tendeu-
cies. In this republic. which should Dee
governed by an intelligent and weII-in-
formed public opinion, it has introduced
one of the most insidious practices of
deSpOtic governmentS-a censorship o.
news. hat censorship has largely falsi-
fed and still more largely concealed from
the knowledge of the people the informa-
ton to which the people are entitled as
citizens called upon to act with intoIl-
gent judgment upon their own affairs. This
practice of secrecy in the conduct Of or
government has gone SO far that, for two
years, one Of the most fateful petI0is
in our history, our people have not been
permitted to see. a few items excepted
the most important diplomatic corrcslon-
dence and the directions to government
agents entrusted with most momculous
business. We are now WITNESSING the
strange, the unprecedented, spectacle of
the President. as a candidate for ~re-eIeo-
ton, in his letter of acceptance, a par'l-
san campaign paper, drawing upon hli-
den stores of official knawledEe. and pub
fishing detached pieces of as
they may be advantageous to his and his
party's interest. He has no reason TO
complain Of the widespread suspicion that
if all those documents were published
entire, they might bring unwelcOme light
-or, as ] have shown. his 'bcneyolen'
assimilation order, that usurping dcnl2T-
alton of war against the Tilipinos. stand
ing up for freedom and independence. OH"
whole of which happens to be known
appears in his letter of acceptance in a
garbled condition, misleadingly omItt'nE
he most important parts. Here we have
l repeat, IN attempt at secret government
one of the worst practices OF unad1i'tE
ated desnotism. You deny the ina1on"'
Of Imperialism on the character OF our
government? Here you have an instance
These are some of the known things
Imperialism has already done for As
What may be still in store you may .'A
lecture. And what benefit have we u
show for it? A shadoWy prospect OF ''"
mercial profit, which, so far It dfpe''
upon our sovereign rule over the d'I'.
dencies, will cdound only to the h'''
of a favored few, at the heavy eHpen@. '
the Taxpayers; but which, so far a. Nv.
generally useful expansion Of our jo'''--
is concerned, might have "".".
and might still be, fully obtained "'.a.'
any crimina aggression, without me ...
cities of the Filipino war, simply hF i'"
ing those people as we have pToml7..
treat the Cubans.
WHAT MAY NOW BE DONE.
The speaker then takes mp
kinley's excuse AL apologize f"T
policy Of wickednesS and bIH"".
After reviewing them he say.
What. in view of all this. IS no"
done? There is a simple moral tt
which every honest man and every "
nation will recognize as binding. "..
ever you have done any one a "I9'-
committed a wrong to be done
behalf. YOU must repair it 10 ny"
of your ability. Let no seltlshuF
false pride make you hesitate.
you are on the d~oWnward slope
4 grievious wrong has been -.-
the Porto Ricans by denying Ih'