West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-01-18
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special article Tor che Argus.
Away with him, cruelty hioa, g needs
/ De With head downward hc Is an inn
+ poster a traitor, guilty Of every chicancry
+ in ,hc catalog OF crimc
"Ii is never TOO late TO stop cruel war, '
il is 81 d--h0i it the vegdic, rendered hy
'EHpioo" (Iusargen, leader. modern phi.
lanihropist aud diplomat Of Recdsvi,lel IN
last weeks Journal oeains, "Zack, the
Gladcsvilc correspondents of TIN AeGus,
be tue. impartial one, that parsonage is
( doomed TO dismal disappointment Il he ever
had hopcd 10 dwell in the haven OF rest be-
yond The skies. where harmless, good.na-
turcd "FiGpiuo'' \ bound TO 60. "Zack''
might have gone there TOO, had he not sin,
ned in high Eden 10y par,akiug Of "tilpi-
nos" forbidden fruit, disloyaliy 10 wha, 2 ,
anarchy ,raitordom, treason. and other
kind, and qualities too numerous To mention.
Poor "Iack never heard of thc nuss Adam
got into Tor q ike sin, on he would have left
it all alone, I'm sure Blu, ignorance does
not excuse fellow down here. so "Zack"
must 81. We pity you, ''Lack. in your
hard luck, and would like 20 help YOU If we
could We might appeasc the wrath of
"filipino, and obtain, at least respite
10y pgoaered explanations of different atti.
tudes in regard 60 matters of Importance
confronting orr government to-day.
First as 10 che philippine Policy" we
surely are guilty OF gross trcachery and have
gone further In dishouor toward an ally
lighting with as than any other nation ever
went. The world acknowledges that Az
uinaldo is IAN honest, patriotic aud brave
man. that he was the chosen leader of the
people Of the Philippine Islands; that that
people have, from the beginning, desired in
dependence. and desire IL now
That this desire was communicated TO our
commanders when they gave them arms,
accepted Maj AID and brought, Aguinaldo
from his exile, when he was put in command
of 10000 Filipino soldiers, who were ahea,}l,
'1 arms and organized
That the people Of the Philippine Islands,
before we fred upon their troops, had de.
liyered their own land from Spain, with the
single exception of the town Of Manila, and
that they had hemmed in the Spanish troops
ON land by line extending from water to
water
That we could not have captured the
Spanish garrison, which was done by am
arrangement beforehand, upon mere show
of resistance, but for the fact that they were
SO hemmcd in by Aguinaldos forces and
could not retreat beyond the range and fire
of the guns Of our fleet.
That they were fit for indie endence they
had churches, libraries, works OF art and
education. They were better educated
within the memory Of the writer. Than ma,p
.fa'cyioau communities.
That the outbreak Of hosilities was mo-,
theiy fault, but ou,s
AS for the tribute paid Boy tZacl' to the
''ehampion Of polygamy,' Roberts, or the
Sultan Of Sulu which ? Roberts, though.
Of course, and this trade by 'Filipinop
was a gimlet-headed and sophistical as his
indecent and unsayory remarks would in
dictate. For instance. there is Sulu, in which
there are a hundred slaves for every o,se IN
Guam, with polygamy thrown in, and 5olh
these twin bra,s Of barbarism protected I'M
der the American flag by treaty with the
Sultan.
And had "nipino" been an adcp, in
preserving his own credit aud The credit OF
the g. @. p Or it has any, he would have
referred spadngly to the .'fall elections %
for these. with the campaign that gave us
the puzzle picture" in which to end The
President Mckinley Or Mark IIanpah,
cngendcred hotbcds Of trusts and cntangling
alliances, and The end is not yet ia sight
For fear Of occupying too much space wc
defer farther comment perfectly willing to
allow Filipino and hat other '1iero" "a
still proclaim.
"Our country! may she always be right,
but our country right or wrong
a 1oise man when wrong, alters his plan
fool never
/ Rccdsyillc, Ian. r. 1000