Washington sentinel., 1900-07-07

willing to remain Representative
| Lentz found that IN the original 1t read,
volunteers unwilling to reenlist, but
willing TO remain until further transports
arrive
"The people have been made the
victims OF a confidence game, " declared
Mr.. Schurz. with energy. They have
been fooled by sanctimonious cant
disgusting evil deeds.
"If the American voters indorse the
conduct of the Administration in using
the services ofthe Filipinos as our allies,
| leaving them IN the belief that they were
| fighting tor their own independence
and then robbing them of that Inde.
! pendence as soon as their services were
no longer needed-thus betraying our
our allies IN most shameless
| fashion, and turning what we had
| heTalded to the world as a wal Of liber.
alton into a war of conquest, and OF most
treacherous conquest at that-then our
moral credit with the world will be gone
, forever, Unless the people at the polls
discountenance this scandalous wrong
no one will again believe in any probes.
sion Of goodness or virtue we may put
forth.
ct is supremely important to the
American people that they shall not
become unfaithful to the fundamental
principles OF their democracy; that they
shall not lose their high ideals ofliberty,
Justice and right, and that they shall
wash from the escutcheon OF the Re-
public the blot put upon il by such
outrageous faitnlessness to allies.
Administration adherence to the
impe rialistrc policy divides Americans
into two classes, first class Americans
who take part in the government, and
Americans of the second class. who are
to be ruled. Instead OF government
OF the people, bv the people and for the
people. we have a government Of one
part OF the people, the strong, over
another part Of the people, the weak
: The imperial policy IS teaching the
young that might is right, teaching them
, 10 scoff at the Declaration OF Independ
? ence, to make sport OF the high ideal:
! OF liberty, to rdicule the teachings o
, Washington and oil Lincoln as antiquateC
t nursery rhymes, and even TO consider
that the Constitution is to be lighiH
, brushed aside when il stands in the wa
t Of land grasping schemes"
: II is this moral aspect OF the matter
r Mr. Schurz insists, that will bring tn
{ question home to the conscience Of tn,
Y people, which so far could be depende,
, upon ultimately to enforce that whlcl
was right.
e "Do you believe the moral side Of tn
C question will influence the average vote
# as against the commercial advantages O
!, expanslou7" l asked Mr.. Schurz.
e "In the first place." Mr.. Schur
i answered, 1.-THE moral question IS supe
t rior to mere commercial problems.
r. the second place. when the imperialisi
? say the subjuPation OF foreign countrle
If IS necessary to the expansion of ou
n commerce, they say that which is falls,
"As our official statistics show OF
II foreign commerce, and especially th
Is expor .ation OF American products-nS
lie only the product OF the soil, but mani
,, factured goods-has Of late years tr
mendously increased without any teri
10 torial contest, and even without It
s display,of formidable armaments. The
IS have increased, not because we DO
lie sessed more guns, but becau
to we furnished superior goods at comps
ne atively lower prices. And there is q
I'D the slightest reason for doubling tr
VS. they would continue to increase in I
ch same way il we continued In a Peaceal
! a way 20 offer to the worl4 the sai
inducements.
by IT have.repeatedly and publicly ch
ers enged the imperialists to deny that