Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-22

I iPttlNtu NShlhl'lp WIN HiilltlfN
honorS, or in any WAY recognized the
80 called Fill pino government.
After reviewing briefly the TWO
camprigns OF the American forces
against the insurgents, Mr.. Lodge,
referring to the time the United
States troops last took the field, said :
"Sincc that time Northern Luzon
has been cleared and its ports opened.
The same work has been nearly, if
not quite, accomplished in Southern
IMzon. The insurgent forces have
been scattered: the insurgcnt govern
mcnt has been broken up, and moth
ing now remains but guerilla fighting
and brigandage. Aguinaldo, the
titular head OF the insurrcction, after
some weeks of rapid flight, is in
hiding. Ills Cabinet, or advisers,
nearly all military prisoners. There
is no longer any scmblancc of gov
ernment there to be recognized. The
government which Aguinaldo per-
sonally established, and which some
people in this country were SO anx-
ious to recognize, has ceased to cx-
list. There never was anything
really to be recognized except Aguin-
aldo himself and the adventurcrs
who surrounded him, and now his
counscllors are in prison and he can
not be found. lie, with his govern
ment concealed about his person, is
lost somewhere in the Jungle.
"To have recognized Aguinaldo's
government and helped him to thrust
it upon the other natives, or to have
drawn aside and allowed him t., try
to wade through slaughter to Il
throne by himself would have been
crime against humanity. Those
who have urged or who now urge
such policy should study with care
and with thoroughncss the govern
mcnt of Aguinaldo. They never do
SO. They never take the trouble to
learn the facts about the dcspotism
which Auginaldo and his friends
tried to set up. They laugh ut facts,
drridc all who are in position to
bear witness, snecr at history and
experience and dcclaim against the
Government for not giving rccogni-
ton and support to something which
never existed, which is the mere
creature Of their fancy.
"lIow different their attitude when
! they come to considering the actions
of their own countrymcn. Men who
will take the lightcst word of 4 half
bred adventurcr, Of whose existence
they had never heard two years ago,
| impugn the actions and doubt the
words Of the highest officers of our
Government, of the commanders Of
our fleets and armies, of men who
have gone in and out before the
American people for years and whose
courage, patriotism and honor have
never been questioned or assailed 1t
must be Il weak and bad cause indeed
which rests it's support upon acc,lsa-
tions of falschood and prcvarication
directed against the gallant and
honorable men who wear our uniform
and lead our army and our navy in
the day of battle.
"Fhc opponents Of our policy have
searched the record for every care
less word they have thrown them
selves eagerly on every idle rumor !;
they have twisted facts they have
imputed the worst motives to men
who have proved their devotion to
their country on the field Of battle
ard III every department Of civil
life. Let us be ust at least to our
own. | ask no more. Take the evil
dcncc OF all men who have been in
those islands and whose KNOWLEDGE
and experience cntitlr them to speak ;
take the official record, from dav to
day, since the Spanish war began ;
examine the report Of your commis-
Moncrs, your men Of science, your
army and navy officers, read the ut
tcranccs and the procIamations of
the insnrgrnt leader, weigh, sift, dis
cuSs Then face the facts, all the
facts, and set down naught in malice,
II this is done there can be but one
result. The government of Aguin-
aldo viii stand out ~ ! have de-.
scribcd it, for there is no escape from
the evidence.
"Bchind all this lies the policy OF
the President, which our officers fol
lowed hy sea and land. History vii
say that it has been firm, ronsisicn