The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-03-03

they promised prosperity aad that pros.
perity has ccme. "Wc can easily answer
that" said Col. Bryan, 'hy merely reply.
ing that ii they only get the votes Of
those who have had their share of pros.
perity and we get those OF the people who
have received none, the Democratic ms
jority will be larger than ever received nv
any party"
The Colonial Question.
Col. Bryan went from the trust oue..
ton to the Philippine question, introduce.
ing his remarks on that subject with n.
statement that this was the p~lainest and
simplest of the three. "The consent ~
the governed" was the theme to start ont
with, and in this connection Col. BRYAN
recited some of the general laws laid
down in the Declaration of Independence.
He hen drew a distinction between i'm.
perialism and expansion. Imperialism
meant a large standing army, and The
speaker did not believe, if we are to have
Imperialism, that the present STANDING
army of l00,0 900 men would ever be small.
er. He then discussed the acquisition Of
such contiguous territory as Florida. Tex.
as and Louisiana. The President had said
the American flag represented the same
thing everywhere. That was not tue.
Here the Stars and Stripes represented
freedom and the right of self-%government:
in the Philippines they mean the right for
us to govern them. Col. Bryan then re-.
ferred to Sulu, and said there slaves could
be owned under the flag, but nothing of
the kind was possible beneath its folds in
this country. Some imperialists' contend.
ed that what they wanted was the flag to
be feared; what Col. Bryan wanted was
the flag to be loved. Some expansionists
were favorable TO this war of conquest
because of the claim that 1T will paw
He did not feel that it was possible to put
a money value on the life of a single
American soldier, and while 'they have
said' that we will get new trade, Col.
Bryan was not willing to sell collins and
shrouds in order to make the acquisition
Of the Philippines 'pay."
Colonial Policy Spectacle.
It takes, said the speaker, an army of
100000 natives to help the British army
of 10000. When England needs soldiers in
South Africa-and God grant she NAV
need more than she will ever be able to
i'end!-she cannot take her soldiers from
india. The people Of India are heavily
taxed. This is one of the causes of the
famines in India. Instead of sending
money to feed the starving people Of
India, England is sending it to extermi.
nate the South African republics. An au-
thority claims that less than l per cent.
of the women of India can read and write.
and less than 5 per cent. of the entire
population. This is what England is do
ing to educate the natives. Are we going
70 the Philippines to Christianize? 1t is
the Christian portion that is in revolt, and
we must hire M~ohammedans to fly our
flag there. A Republican Senator recently
said: "God opened the doors OF the
Philippines, and pushed us in and shut the
DOORS | want to know where and when
God told him this. If he will answer these
questions I'll undertake to prove an abb
for the Almighty. Convince a man that
it is his religious duty to take a mans life
or his money, and he will do it. Christ
said, "The Son of Man came not to de-
stroy, but to save" Against the doctrine
OF blood and conquest place these words.
When the ahsels came 10 announce the
coming OF the Christ, they came not to
soldiers, but to shepherds, and announced
peace on earth ana good VIII 10 men. IL
is worse Thar mockery TO appeal to God to
help us fasten upon q heipiess people a
rule and government whlch they resent
and resist.
In and Can't Get Out.
The third of the imperialistic argument
is that we are in it and we can't get out.
Who put us in? Those who wanted us In.
WHY can't we get out? Because the,
don't want us out. They say American
blood was shed in the Philippines and we
must stay. So was American blood shed at
Santiago. vet the President saws we will
ret ont of Cuba. Dewey DESTROYED a Spar
ish fleet at Manila; therefore, thew argue
we must stay. Did not Schley destroy q
feet at Santiago? The arguments thst
amply to Cuba apply with equal force "a
the philippines, ali save one. That is, VIC
promised liberty TO the Cubans, and we
did not promise it to the Filipinos. Dewey
saws that they are more capable of self
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