The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-08-18

at any ,,nt necessary to own people IN Or or,
der TO trade with them. We tha worid.
trade to-day with every pa arxns ar more
RAPIDLY than the commerce OF any nan or
China, but we trade with tneir , pew ~ Gem
have not absorbed the repupncs u trade
tral and South America, but we ru 70
with them. II has not been nee 'si.h San-
have any political connections VIII rder IN
or the nations natter Trade Il efS Cannot be
maneutly profitable unless u y 1o no' the
tary. When trade is secured by IoEce nus, rnsf
cost of securing II ana reta ana he profits
are never large enough to cover We Ne de-
pense Such a system would never ie ex p
Tended but for the fact that me . eap nrnf
| is borne by all the people Wnlie wv F'
its are enjoyed by the rev.
Evils of Imperialism.
1nner,alism would be profitable TO me
| army contractors; 1t would pc pro pro-, i've
to the shipowners, who would cary And
| soldiers to the Philippines ana p Din. liz RI
soldiers back; It WOULD aop De tbe franchises
| and IL would be profitable TO the olne =, "a
whose salaries would be fixed mere a the
paid over there but TO tne iarn ma iority of
| those engaged in other occupatioi nt,,r,
would bring expenditure without ie'uiN
and risk without reward have az n
Farmers and laboring men nave, az u.s., q
rule small incomes, and, under systems
which place the tax upon all consumptlon'
| pay more than their falr snare VI a,e 10
| nenses of government. Thus the very peo-
| nIe who receive least benent from M
perialism will be injured most by the NIL
| itary burdens which accompany IT, .Lo
| Tn addition to the evils which ne ana tlie
farmer share in common, the laboring man
will be the first to suffer If oriental supJectss
| seek work in the United States; the nrsL
to suffer if American capltda rer'h in the
Philippines to supply the trade of China
and Japan; the first to suffer from the
violence which the military splplt au1Gs~Hs
| and the first to suffer when the methous
| of Imperialism are appneo 10 oui o"N
| government. .,Aor
1t is not strange therefore, that the lap 16a
| organizations have been quick to note the
| approach of these dangers ana prompt "
| protest against both militarism and I'M
| perialism. .,, ..,or.
| effective with certain classes, Is not nKeIy
| to be used SO often or presented WIN 50
much emphasis as the religious arguIneJh..
If what has been termed the gunRI1oiW;a ae9
| gospel" were urged against the t1llpinos
only, it would be sufficient answer TO say
| that a majority of the F1llplnos are now
| members of one branch OF the CnrlStlan
| church: but the principle involved is one
of much wider application and challenges
| serious consideration. linn.
| The religious argument varies in positive
ness from a passive belief that Providence
| delivered the Filipinos into our hands, for
| their good and our glory. to the eXultatlon
| of the minister VINO SAID LndL we OuSlt "
Thrash the natives (Filipinos) until they
| understand who we are" and that every
| bullet sent, every cannon shot and every
| flag waved means righteousness.
No Calling Gossip.
We cannot approve of this doctrine In
place unless are M poson te
blood of the hand 1t will ultimately reach
the heart. 1t is equally true that torclple
Christianity, If planted under the American
Ho In ha fo f-o q
later be transplanted upon American soil.
If true Christianity consists in carrying
out in our daily lives the teachings OF
Christ, who will say that We are command
ed to civilize with dynamite and proselyte
with the sword? He who would declare
the Divine will must prove his authority
special dispensation, The command, GO
we into all the world and preach the Gospel
to every creature" has no Calling gun at
tachment. When Jesus visited village of
Samaria and the people refused to receive
Him, some of the disciples suggested that
fire should be called down from Heaven
to avenge the insult; but the Master re-
buked them, and said: aye know not what
manner of spirit we are of; for the Son of
Man is not come to destroy mems lives,
but to save them" Suppose He had said:
stand who we are" how different would
have been the history of Christianity!
Compare, If you will, the staggering, bull
lying, brutal doctrine, Of imperialism with
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
self"
Love, not force, was the weapon of the
Nazarene; sacrifice for others, not the ex-
ploitation of them, was His method of
reaching the human heart A missionary
recently told me that the stars and stripes
once saved his life because his assailant
recognized our flag as a flag that had no
blood upon it. Let it be known that our
missionaries are seeking souls instead of
sovereignty; let 1t be known that instead
~ hat ha l1Tynv IaF
armies, they. are going forth to help and
to uplift, having their loins girt about with
truth and their feet shod with the prepara-
ton of the Gospel of Peace, wearing the
breastplate of righteousness and CARRYING
the sword of the Spirit; let it be known that
they are the citizens of nation which
respects the rights of the citizens of other
nations as carefully as it protects the rights
of its own citizens, and the welcome given
to our missionaries will be more cordial
than the welcome extended to the mission
aries of any other nation
The argument, made by some, that 1t
was unfortunate for the nation that it
had anything to do with the Philippine
islands, but that the naval victory at Ma
MIA made the permanent acquisition of
those Islands necessary, is also unsound.
we won victory at Santiago, but that
did not compel us to hold Cuba. The she'd
ding of American blood in the Philippine
ISLANDS does not make it imperative that
we should retain possession forever; Amer
lean blood was shed at San Juan hill and Ell
prom
ised the Cubans independence. The fact
that the American flag floats over Manila
does not compel US to exercise perpetual
sovereignty over the islands, that flag
ident has promised to haul it down when
the flag of the Cuban republic is ready to
rise in its place. Better a thousand times
that our flag In the orient give way to a
nag representing the idea Of self-govern-
ment than that the flag of this republic
should become the flag of an empire
An Honorable Solution.
:. There Is an easy, honest, honorable solu-
tlon OF the Philippine question. 1t is set
forth in the democratic platform and if is
submitted with confidence to the Ameri-
can people. This plan / unreservedlv in
dorse If elected, l shall convene congress
IN extraordinary session as soon as | am
lnaugurated, and recommend an imme-
date declaration of the nations purpose.
first, to establish a stable form of gov
eminent in the Philippine islands, just as
we are now establishing a stable form of
government in the island of Cuba; Sec
ond, to give independence to the Filipinos.
just as we have promised to give inde-
p pen to the Cubans: third, to protect
the t1Hpinos from outside interference
while they work out their destiny, lust
as We have protected the republics of
central and South America, and are by
the Monroe doctrine, pledged to protect
CUBA: An European protectorate often
results in the exploitation of the ward by
the guardian. An American protectorate
SANeS ~ TIE HdtioH protected the adVan-
tage of our strength, without making IT
the victim of our greed. For three-oilar-
tiers of a century the Monroe doctrine has
been a shield to neighboring Republics
and yet 1t has imposed no pecuniary bur
den upon US. After the Filipinos had aid.
ed us in the war against Spain, we could
not honorably turn them over to their
former masters; we could not leave them
to be the victims of the ambitious de-
signs of the European nations. and since
we do not desire to make them a part of
US, or to hold them as subjects, we pro-
pose the only alternative, namely, to give
them independence and guard them
against molestation from without,
When our opponents are unable to de.
fend their position by argument thew fall
back upon the assertion that it is destiny.
and insist that we must submit tn II ~
matter how much it violates moral nreo
cepts and our principles of government
This Is complacent philosophy. 1t oh
literates the distinction between right and