Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-23

to death, if such disobedience shall
cause assassination, fire. robbery and
violation.
Given at Cavite, the 25th of May,
1898. EMILIO AGU1NALDo.
And again, after the bulk of the
Spanish garrisons stationed in various
places in the island of Luzon had been
subdued by the native arms and a
native government had been estao'
lished, their statues was explained on
the s3rd of June 1898, and petition
for recognition by the powers was
issued as follows: .~: Ea
To foreign Governments.
THE Revolutionary Government OF
the Philippines, on it's establishment ex-
planned through the message dated the
23rd of June last, the true causes OF the
Philippine Revolution. showing, &C
cording to the evidence, that this pop
ular movement is the result Of the laws
which regulate the life Of people
which aspire to progress and to perfect
ion by the sole road to liberty.
The said Revolution now rules in the
Provinces and it holds beseiged the
city of Manila.
In these Provinces complete order
reigns. administered by the authorities
elected by the Provinces in accordance
with the DEGREES dated the 18th and
23rd of June last.
The Revolution holds, moreover,
about 9, 900 prisoners Of war, who are
treated in accordance with the customs
of war between civilized nations and
human sentiments, and at the end of
the war it has more than 10000 COM
batants organized in the form of the
regular army. In this situation the
chiefs of the towns comprised in the
above mentioned Providences, inter-
preting the sentiments which animate
those who have elected them, have
proclaimed the independence Of the
Philippines, petiti2eing the Revolut-
ionary government that will entreat
and obtain from foreign governments
recognition of its beligerency and it's
independence in firm belief that the
Philippine people have already arrived
at that stage in which they can and
ought to govern themselves.
This is set forth in the accompanying
documents, subscribed by the above
named chiefs.
Wherefore the undersigned, by virtue
of the powers which belong to him as
President of the Revolutionary Govern
ment of the Philippines and in the
name and representation of the Philip
pine people, ask the support of all the
powers of the civilized world, and earn
es5ly intreats them to proceed to the
formal recognition of the revolution
and the independence Of the Philippines;
since they are the means designated by
Province to maintain the equilibrium
between peoples, sustaining the weak
and restraining the strong to the end
that by these means shall shine forth
and be realized the most complete
Justice in the indefinite progress of
humanity.
PRES. OF REVOLUTIONARY Gov.
In the face of this the only logical
thing for America 10 do was to recogn-
ise this government and enter into such
agreement as bbth parties could accept
on honorable terms; a friendly relation
could have been established at this
time to the mutual benefit of both par
ties. But alas! Another chicken was
being Matched at Washington which
should rebound to the everlasting
shame on the fair Lame of the American
Nation and which should cause untold
misery in thousand Of homes, broken
hearts, mangled, crippled bodies and an
untimely death to thousands already
gone and to more yet to come, not to
speak Of the wanton destruction of
property and the multiplied taxation
on the American people.
Perfidious to the Constitution and
the American people, perfdious to oath
of Office perfdious to a shortly before
when evil council had not yet prevailed
declared maxim that, forceable an
nexation is criminal aggression, the ad-
ministration at Washington chose to
instruct the military authoriti es sent to
the Philippines, as we'll as the civil
commissioner, to subdue the natives,
peaceably if the could, forcibly if they
must, for no other explanation can be
deduced from Gen. Merrits's declara-
tion to the Philippine authorities when
the two authorities came into conflict
ing contact, as they inevitably must
under the existing situation, and which
declaration has been received with so
much vainglorious vulgarity in many
quarters in America, towit:
There can be but one military author
ity in military government, and as
the commanding General of the Philip
pine expeditions Of the United States,