Washington sentinel., 1900-02-03
The EilipinOs iH the Light or
WOlCott's speech.
To the Editor of The Sentinel

1 . me EutfOG ~ tHG DSHtAHeE'
When imDerialsts fall out the lovers
OF liberty are liable to get their dues.
The Senator from Colorado the other
day took issue sharply with the utter
ances and the resolutions Of the young
Senator from Indiana, ohjecting first to
their "base and sordId greed" and
secondly, TO their "maudlin sentimen'
tality," 1t seems to me that these two
utterly contradictory motives, II mixed
thoroughly and well shaken before
taking, would result in the very COM
pound which all lmperisIists have so
much used and relied on during their
distress. DUTY and dry goods, benevO-
lence and beer, conscience and calico,
holiness and hemp, God and groceries
this is the medicine they have admin
istered to the American people ever
since they fired tile first rife and shot
the first Filipino IN the suburbs Of
Manila. The addition of slavery, poly
gamY official corruption and Moham'
mechanism on a salary, does not much
increase the lncongruitY of the elements
Of this hell broth,
have been shocked by the bold
compliments, one might say the iulsome
hattery. bestowed upon Aguinaldo by
the versatile junior Senator from Colo
RADIO, Mr.. Wolcott. He describes
Agulnaldo as being "brave, loyal and
patriotic applying to him the highest
tribute that was ever bestowed on
Washington. fhis inconsiderate praise
certainly went by cable to Hong Kong
and was IN the hands of the Filipinos
within four days. Four days! Think Of
Itl This eulOgY Of the "dirty little
Tagal, 'asanotheT soldier has designated
him, may already be read by Filipino
camp fires, may be used as an eloquent
oration by the little boys in the Filipino
school houses may even slacken the
flight Of the retreating brown patriots ia
front OF Gen. Anderson. Did the elo-
quent Senator from Colorado ioresee
these dangers when he uttered the praise
of their president, so well calculated to
encourage the insurrectIonW More Of
our soldiers may be shot as the result
ofthis i'll timed comparison of Aguinaldo
to Washington.
The Senator said There might be
a great deal worse probably IN store for
the savages Of the world as yet unre-
claimed than asking them to come with
us and TO take pot luck with the people
OF the United States in the protection Of
American laws, and TO sit under the
shadow of the American Government
How are we asking them to come with
usr" We are asking them with a Krag
Jorgensen rifle. We are inviting them
with q inch guns trained upon their
towns. We are requesting them with
torch under the thstch Of their humble
homes. And what sort of pot luck"
are we Offering them' We are offering
to make them our Yassals. We are
offering to subjugate and govern them
We are seiEng their territory without
promising that they shall ever vote or
have a single attribute Of a republic,
POT luckP yes, but they will take the
AANh dhN VIC 9tlalt NdhC AuC put
We are Offering, the Senator says. to
allow them TO "sit under the shadow OF
the American Government" Yes, but
perhaps they would prefer the light Of
liberty to the shadow Of the American
Government. The Senator says, 81
shrink at frequent and constant refer.
ences to Almighty God and his dealings
with the nations Of the earth" Ishould
think he would, Il does honor to his
sensibIities
Mr.. Wolcott says that "events con-
cerning which we had little share have
placed us in possession OF these great
islands" And that circumstances over
which we have no control, have got Us
into this trouble, This recalls the case
of Mr.. Dolls, the little dressmaker's
father, who, Dickens says, used to come
home drunk every night, owing to
Circumstances over which he had no
control"
MOI Let us be frank. The Senator
twists the fact beyond all recognition
when he alleges that events concerning
which we had little share have made us
an oppressor" Let US leave of the
pretense which tries to conceal an
apology Shakespeare says "ths IN
thought oi accident is guilty OF all we