The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1900-09-22
I|HE !. s IN SULU land.
FoLyoAmy AND sLAvERYlN syLu
Southerner's Sharp Re-
view - Constitution No
longer Counts-Forms of
Slave There But the Spirit
of it Nearer Home.
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Neither slavery or involuntary
ervitudc, except as a punishment
NJ crime, whereof tie party shall
haFe been duly convicted, shall
& sx;st within the United States, or
8!,5 place subject to their juris-
Iction. The Constitution.
Zen. Bates, as the representa-
tive of President Mckinley, con-
fIoded ''solemn treaty." to use
Z 0no of President McKinley's fav.
fsf{te expressions, with the sultan
0f Sulu. The United States agrees
f0 pay the sultan $500 q month in
rotfrn for his allegiance: and il is
\ fQrther stipulated that the pecu-
Far institutions of polygamy and
R Asiayery shall not be molested, ex-
sept that slaves may purchase
fbcir freedom at $40 each.
NC anathematize plurality of
5Ixes in Utah, but subsidize har-
cans In Sulu. Furthermore, Po-
iYghmy is contrary to the Edmunds
law; however. it may be contend
\ ea That Sulu is not q territory of
thA United States, but merely
United States territory; that Sulu
4 Is not annexed, but merely sat
tached," as Senator Depew would
say, not a part, but an appendage,
merely colony of our empire.
Inc statesmen of 80 years ago
pi'oyided for some such refine
mont in the use of words when
we adopted the 18th amendment
81 the Constitution, which says
that slavery shall not exist within
the United States, or any place
aalbject to their jurisdiction" The
Suln treatysays: "The sovereign
Il Of the United States over the
entire archipelago is acknowledge
Hd." Tolerance of polygamy and
slaYery in Sulu is a wilful and fla
giant violation of. the Constitu-
fI0n; however, the partisans of
lz1porialism will contend that we
lIve sovereignty, though not iur-
lsllIttion over Sulu.
Ehe Sulus are Mohammedan
aaq savage; the Filipinos are
Uhlistian aud civilized; the for
u1er are polygamists, the latter
1!lpnogamists; the former are part
akayes, the latter would be all
free. We treat with the Sulus,
why not with the Filipinos? The
answer is found in Ecclesiastes,
sAlI is vanity" The Filipinos
must flatter us BY taking the oath
ol fealty, acknowledging that we
dre their lords and masters. Until
affer they have done this, we will
make no terms with them; or, in
the words of President Mckinley:
They assailed our sovereignty,
and there will be no useless par
les-~no pause, until the insurrec-
tioniis suppressed and American
aslthprity acknowledged and es-
tall l!shcd.' Then, unless the Fl
Iipinos acknowledge sovereignty
fllzt has never existed, this adj
IIlinistration purposes to wage a
af OF determination. This is
7ef1evolent assimilationl"
The war of the rebellion result
H{ Id the abolition of chattel sla-
vtYt and it seems strange that
ore who, like Maj. Mckinley, has
u long and honorable record there
IN, 8hould nullify its effect by
prps<ituting his most exalted pre-
sldential Office, trampling under
fNot the laws of the land and our
Aaefed Constitution, both of
which he is sworn to uphold and
defend, setting the solemn seal of
bIa approval on polygamy and
ohattel slavery.
War was forced upon the Fill
l}Incs for the twofold purpose of
s'}Terting attention from domestic
affairs to foreign relations, and of
Increasing the army. Increasing
fll< ar,ny is intended for a three
+ 'tffi{Ntsifec Gu
iFHtly, large standing army
5YIl rive positions to the admins
tiatloE's favurites: secondly. a
laF3o standing army means in
sfl'eRSnd taxation, and this is in
l6terest of the money power;
md chiefly, the Increased
'1failyis tobc'used as a police force
tt elSlsl the rebellion that will
sNrH come unless the money
power has the wisdom to relax its
gl'asi) on the throats Of the Amer
<|Qn people. The eworm will turn. (.
oxeys army is an omen of a.
larger army. not Of tlamps, but Of
x',eman, carrying not batons, but.
baT0nets.
One journal sent a correspon-
Enf TO Sulu, and this emissary
N]Iartales to show that in Suln
|lxefy is such a mild and bene-
ent institution as to be bless
N|x father than curse. BY way
Ilustration he recites that one
5Ebnine Ga datto, or lord), kill
Two of his slaves, one for
8ch of confidence, the other
01{Iirting with aconcubine; thus
||I@Wing that masters have and use
Il& power of life and death over
El'Fsr slaves. Surely, murder is a
1lf venial sin these days.
likewise, DIR. Henry O. Dwight,
81 reputable periodical as the
<'zpln. tries by an ex parte ar
8a1ent to make the same thing
EAR. Both writer's cast an un-
dispersion on the slayehold-