The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-09

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City OF Mexico finds there q national
cemetery owned by the United States
and cared for By American citizens
Our nag etill floats over our dead. but
when the treaty with Mexico was
signed, American authority Withdrew
to- the Rio Grandeg and Il venture the
opinion that during The las, fitty years
the people OF N sxico have made more more
progress under the stimulus Of indie
pendenee and; self government than
they would have made under a carpet
bag government held in place by bay
onets. 4 z. ( q J, = z. q, *
The Doctrine Must be General.
We cannot approve Of this doctrine
In one place unless we are willing to
apply It everywhere. II there is poison
In the blood, Of The hand 1T will uiti.i
niately reach the heart. 1t is equally
true that iforcible Christianity. L plant
ed under the American flag In the far
away Orient, will sooner or later be
transplanted upon American soil. II
true Christianity consists In carrying
out In our daily lives the teachings 81
Christ, who Will say that We are com.
manded to ciyil,ze with dynamite and
proselyte with the sword. He who
would declare the Divine will must
prove his authority either by Holy Writ
or by evidence OF c special sdispensa-
tim. The command. Go We into all
the world and preach the gospel to
every creature. has no Calling gun at
tachmeRt. When Jesus visited q Village
of samarIa and the people refused to
receive Him, some OF the disciples sug-
gcsted that FIRE should be called down
from heaven to. avenge the Insult; but
the Master rebrkrd them, and said: 'Ye
know not what manner OF spirit ye
are OF: for the Son OF Man is not come
to, destroy mems lives. but to save;
them Suppose he said: We viii,
thrash them until they understand
who we are. how different would have
been the history Of Christianity. Com
pare, II you VIII, the staggering. bull
lying, brutal doctr,ne OF Imperialism
with the golden rule and this COM
mandmeat, Thou shalt love thy; neigh
Dor as thysclf.' NJ. Z
The Democratic Policy
"Thsre is an easy honest, honora-
be solution Of The Philippine question.
1t is set forth In. the Democratic plat
form. and 1t Is submitted with conf
dence to- the American people. This
plan I unreservedly 5indovse. = II elect
ed. I shall convene congress In extra
ordinary scssion as soon as am in
augurated. and recommend an .imme-
.diatc declaration of the! nations pur-
pose: first. to establish n stable form
OF government in the Philippine ISL
ands, Just Us We are row establishing
a stable form OF government in the ISL
and OF Cuba; second. to give indepen-
dene to the Filiplnos, list as we have
promised to! give Independence ito the
cubaas; third. to protect the Filip.nes
from outside interference while they
work out their destiny. Just as we have
protected the republics OF Central and
South America, and are, by the Mon
roe doctrine. pledged to protect Cuba.
"A European protectorate often. results
in the exploitation OF the ward by the
guardian. An American protectoratc
gives to the nation protected the ad-
vantage OF our strength. without max
ing It the victim OF our greed. For
threc-quartcrs &C n century the Mon
roe doctrine has been shield to
neighboring republics, and yet 1t has
imposed no pecuniary burden upon us.
After the Filiplnos had aided US in the
war against Spain, we could not hon
orably turn them over to their former
masters: We could not leave them to
be the victims OF the. ambitious de-
Signs OF the European nations, and
since we do not desire to make. them
apart Of us. or to hold them as sub
jects. We propose that the only alter
native Is, namely. to give, them their
independence and guard them against
molessation fror. without.
Republic Whose Flag is Loved.
Il II can conceive Of a national destiny
SURPRISING the glorles or the present
and the pasta destiny which meets
the responsibilities OF to-day and meas
ures up to the possibilities. OF the fu-
ture. Behold a republic. resting Sc
curelf upon the foundation. stones
duar.ied by revolutionary patriots
from the mountain of eternal truth
a republic applying In practice, and
;proclaimIng to the world the self-evi-
dent proposition: that all men are ere
.atcd equal; that they nre endowed with
inalIenable rights; that governments
nrc instituted among men to secure
these, rights: that governments. derive
their Just powers from the consent OF
governed. Behold n. republic In which
civil and religious liberty stimulate all
to earnest endeavor and in whichCthe
law restraints every hand uplifted for
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