Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
Followed PRECEDENT.

sparing cutting out Of corruption wherever
it was found.
Mckinley Followed Precedent.
We now come to the Philippines and to
the general question Of expansion. Many OF
the positions taken by the populstie Democ-
racy al the mohient are SO palpably disnoh-
est and maintained Ia such paNhble Dad
faith that To state them is sufficient. When
under jefferson the great West teyond the
mississippi was acquired; wh'u, largely
through the instrument 2iity IF Jackson,
tiorida was added to The Union, the new
provinces with their indian populations,
/ were governed precisely and exactly on the
/ Theory ander watch the Philippines are now
governed. President JET ers Ii secured the
/ LOUISIANA prrchase jus. rs President Me
hlniey secured the Philippines. and Andrew
/ Jackson varied against the Seminoes when
/ we had acquired tto-.da from Spain precise
/ ~ as Cen. Macarthur is now warning
/ against the bandits among the Tagals IN
/ LuZ0u.
| At Kansas city the men engaged in
preaching the gospel Of dishon0r and repudi-
/ alton solemnly asserted that imperialism
abroad Will lead quickly ANA inevitably TO
! desyctiSm AZ home lou men Of Minnesota
/ ana the llakot6s who are here this evening
! can appreciate the fatuousnoss of that state
/ ment ny the simple process of thinking
! whether your liberties have been abridged
by the return of the Minnesota and Dakota
I troops, who won such honor for themselves
/ in the Philippines. We cannot argue with
! them on this proposition, because no serious
man thinks for one moment that they be
iieve what they assert.
During the great civil war there were
| many preachers Fl the gospel of disloyaity
among the so-cal!ed copperheads of the
| North, and these men, Ike their representa-
| lives among our opponents to-day. prophe-
| sled the subyersien Of the country when the
/ great armies of Grant and sherman should
come back from the war; bat the great
4 armies of Grant and sherman returned to
/ civil life and were swallowed up among
/ their fellow citizens without a ripple. A
! considerable army was kept iwr a year
! two the indian frQuttpF and in or
the Southern States; but it never entered
/ the head Of a human being to attempt what
me comprehend prophets Of disaster had
| franticalIy foretold.
| In '9S or 90 you yourselves saw regiments
/ and brigades and divisions return from
| Cuba Porto Rico and the philip3ines TO be
| disbanded and swallowed UP in the mass of
the people II volunteers, and II regulars 10
resume their ordinary work In fort and cam
Torment; and after greeting them on the day
| they returned the bulk Of the people would
| never have been able to tell except by the
newspapers, whether tSay had come back
| or not.
Plans for philippines.
AS regards the Philippines, even the Kan
| sas City coDSention felt that they had to
propose some policy, and what they propose
| Is that we should first give them stable
| form of government; second, independence;
ana third. protection from outside Interior
euce. BY the order IN which they put these
propositions they showed their estimate Of
| their Importance. Well, what we are doing
cure stable form OF government III me
! Philippines, and the chief obstacle in our
hggi,afdta IiiaFob r. ~, W 49,, $3.50
among 10 nennin ,.b go o,!raa"tcd az
tba Ks,sa, nv ,,tartin 1fovH, now
We aat,,a1ix - .s,,;-,. M ~ ,,tiJo 49,,
trtaryaroa H. ~ " iiSi ' So ~, -, s.
MI - ,.-. ~. ~ iotnI -
give Them seif INV .rr,e-,t ~ rori1ir ne thav
are fitted for 1t.
,iXo +,1, i-,Ia,,,,,i%',,n a., 'i,. a. is,,o,a
e1,, ~ ,.l,ii Ia, sl nj, ~, i,,Ia
! - -" f't'iH ~ - 1850 nv =, ~ ~
ttnuenee - ~ Ml'Urs' .rtIe ~ MAINS ~
@e r. 49, ,a.ts,,i -. IL; - 80 r,,.os
i 80 y. ~ "a 40 -" - ~ -
- -, a., -, - i - ~ eup;,,
/ 4,,tfrcfi
! 49, " 49, - 80 -. .t.;. .,.. -. ,,,.s,,t
-. - -, ~, = = ,, e., ~ -, 'l' -, - -. -
nae, IA as - ~ wh H. sHaii.d snti
oa1iilSn' AZ ma ntCI ny pttIi
tlipe NJ, a. 4tou -. ~ ~
.id ~ ~ 10 g,,i
aidiop rnh ai5N ~ ~ p5iiin1ro nj We
Jant5 ~. ..t.,lt,I- . ia,,t ~ t., -, phiI
i pPte4 ths i',.i'S W. ~ , H. 80
pllts' ,nG pbnrS NV W ~ ,f5inio
-, - tti, ,,t9 1870 &c t6tsa
VIZ" ~ 49, " - 49,, SUN 9~e"N 80
VI nc o =, - ~ % t +noi word bara
"ueiI 3sA ttloSg Mng ~ ~ IIf ,t,,
49, P1t q ~ u -, " - - - :, - - ~
asaii!st " - tc',it ~ y. 80 f i;,
IN, ~ ~ ~ ~ tiI 70 Ia enIiinrs
ie Pun s - ~, oiit 'rt9t - "a ' h l
-. -, -, 80. 80 ~ 49,
Saws Exhaustion Brings peace,
Tnnre aro Ioub+1ess tn1nv uur+bv ond
I an,iable gentlemen Of humanitarian ,enden-
cies especiaIly In the Northeast who 9nposp
evnansion nov as mon like tben, haTa III
WAYS opnose1 expqnsIon. In ISL when
Ionisiana was an the noint Of heinp adj
| n,it+pd in+o the TInfnn ana Tho country no
| vond tha NIissiSsinni-thn conntrv new
| carrad into me ,rrent States from which so
nanv ~ nv hnSrers con1e1yraS haing tov1
1r,ad tarritorialIv a nro+otvna 90 ~, ma
arm NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. JosiSh Quincy nd
drnsssd Tho JIonsr Of Observation-Disclosures IN Ia n
,,ra.,o maj Win rsry sIigbt variation in{rht
go ~ NJ e,,sscesto.s to-Inv H.
snaach tbaf ,yanId he oI,jta in niSco az rho
IaHsas Git, conyentio9 or n, INV onti-ny-
"a iit ~ y 49, biI
I,n For v.itL ~, aGn,iSsio,, ~
Ia .NIfssissinni TERRITORY INTO tho
Tnion The liberties and tGn rights or the
whole people Of the Uaited States were 50
completely upset as to Justify revolution
Remember that expansion does not bring
war; it ultimately brings peace. 1t Is of adj
vantage 70 AZ. and especially TO the people
thereby lifted out Of savagery. We should
hail the advance of every civilized nation
| over b1rbarous peoples, so long as that az
vance is not made in some form prejudc'al
to the rest Of mankind. ! wonder how many
Of This audience are aware that up to $50
the United States paid tribute TO Algiers
to secure immunity for our sailors and com
merce FROM the Algerian corsairs. The REQ
son we ala ne. pay tribute AFTER that date
was because IL that wear France began TO
| over Turkestan and brought peace in her
/ 2 &c q r,Ood tb{rv for f.arfuapv RI