Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-19
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no Christian nation, could nave turned
these people back to- Spain. Our COM
IniAsionsr when they insisted upon,
our retention OF the Philippines. voiced
the sentiments and wishes Of the
American people; and this nation has
assumed with wide open eyes and with
full realization OF the difficulties which
may be encountered, the grave respon-
sibilities imposed upon US by the
treaty of Paris.
What would the democracy have
us do? Give them up to rapine and
bloodshed and leave the islands as
tiotsam and jetsam on the face OF the
waters? There are parallels In our own
history. We purchased Florida from
Spain in 1921, when 1t had 1000 white
settlers. for s5,000,000 and other valu-'
able considerations. The Seminoles,
natives OF the soil, brave, resolute, hay-
ing far greater intelligence and charac-
ter than the Tagals, disputed our pos
session. We sent Andrew jackson
down to fight them and 1t took us
|twenty-one years to subdue them and
send what was left OF them west of the
Mississippi. If the 'anti-everythings'
had lived then they would, suppose,
have urged us to turn over Florida to
Osceola. the Aguinaldo of the Semi-
noles! Would you, after the war with
Mexico and the Gadsden purchase,
have given the great area south and
west of the Arkansas to the red
Apache? Not so did our fathers con-
strue their duty, and as they built, SO
shall we, their sons.
Instruction Against Legitimate Authority.
The insurrection against our legiti-
mate authority which. for the time.
impedes our efforts to establish gov
eminent for the Filipinos. involves us
| in sacrifice OF lives and of treasure.
The difficulties we encounter in the is
land of Luzon are many, but the chief
inspiration and encouragement of the
| Tagal instruction come from the dem
socratic headquarters In the United
Estates. craftsmanship has proved
| stronger than Patriotism, even while
our soldiers are being murdered by
lmarauding bandits, and If 1t were not
for the hope held out to Aguinaldo by
|sAmerican sympathizers the Insured.
tlon in the Philippines would long ago
have ended.
Never since 1864. when the voters OF
1.-The country We're called upon, to deter
mine whether the efforts of Abraham
| Lincoln TO preserve the Union should
be continued or whether they should be
abandoned and other measures at
tempted, have questions SO vital been
presented to the American people for
settlement. Their decision must deter
mine the maintenance or the degrada-
tion Of both our national credit and our.
national honor. A democratic presi-.
dent could paralyze the operation of.
the new currencyslaw as effectively as
If ii were wiped from our statute
books a democratic victory would In
fuse new life into the Tagal insurrec-
ton, cost US the lives OF thousands of
our gallant army in the Philippines.
impair or destroy our prestige, if not
our power, In the islands. make us a
Of the world and obliterate our intlu-.
ence in the settlement OF the vital
questions certain to arise when China
shall be opened to foreign commerce.
There is little room for fear. The
farmer and the artisan in their day of
prosperity still remember the impover-
ishnent and blight Of democracy and
1.-THE Chicago platform has no allure-
ments for them.
Our national honor il equally se-
cure.
Neither Paltroons Nor Pessimists.
The American people are neither
paltroOns nor pessimists, and they will
| not signalize the dawn of the new CEN
I5tury by the surrender of either con-
lvictions or territory. Every soldier
back from the islands, and they are In
almost every hamletin the land. res
turns an advocate of their retention.
Our dead are buried along the sands of
Luzon and on its soil no foreign flag
1 shall ever salute the dawn.
1 Whatever may be in store for US in
the new and unbeaten track upon
which we are entering. we shall not be
found with the unit lamp and the
ungirt loin.' Our way is new, but it is
| not dark. In the REIMBURSEMENT OF
world conditions. where we must take
our place with the other great nations
i3of the earth, we shall move With eau
| ton, but not with fear We seek only
70 lllt up men 10 Dettef3 Things, to blesE
4 and not to destroy. The fathers Of the
republic accepted with courage such
4 responsibilities as devolved upon them.
4 The same heavens bend over US, and
the same Power that shielded them
Il Will guard and protect us. for what we
seek is to build still more firmly. al
ways upon foundations of probity and
of virtue the glorious edifice of the re-
5|3public.
i I'VE stand at the dawn OF the new
century. Before it shall have reached
] Its meridian the youngest here will
have passed beyond this life or beyond
the sphere of usefulness. New recruits
will step into the ranks az we fall out
This very year thousands OF young
men will for the first time exercise the
/. right of gcitizenship and cast their bal.
4 lots at the national election. The
safety OF this republic must ever RESI-
in the courage OF young hearts and the
1 vigor of noble manhood Youth i.
buoyant and hopeful. No snarling
i criticism or gospel of a little America
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