Washington sentinel., 1900-01-20

were ideals to be finally" reached.
More Imperialist sophlStrv. Now
Thomas Jefferson did not say that
all men would be Finally" born
equal. He said they "are" born
equal. Mr.. Grow says that the
consent OF the governed only ap-
plies where the governed are fit
ted for self government" But who
is to decidep There is an impress
sion abroad that Pennsylvania is
deplorably lacking in many Of the
elements OF self government. But
should the United States abolish
the State Of Pennsylvania on that
account Mr.. Grow defeats his
own argument by saying that La
iayette advised the GROWING of
Louis Philippe in preference to the
establishment Of French Repub-
lie. That was because a kingdom
seemed to him the government that
was to them "best suited" at that
time. And thew were to decide.
Now let the FIlipinos decide. That
is all Anti. ImperialIstS ask.
Mr.. Grow compares "Anti I'm
perialists" to "Copperheads."
q nd this IN the face OF the tact that
that ex Confederate Joe Wheeler
is Sighting in the Philippines. This
is a phase Of the question that no
patriot will stir up at this time.
The desire Of the Anti-ImperIal-
lists is to preserve the Union in it's
integrity, not to destroy it by
either 'dlsunIon" or Colonial
ISM" They are for an indissolUble
union OF indestructible States.
Many OF them fought to preserve
the Union. In fact the charge,
like many others made by Mr..
Grow, is too ridiculous Tor consid-
Grafton.
COMMISSIONER ScHURMAN's Con.
TRIBUTIoN.
The burden OF Mr.. Schurman's
story is that 1--WE have put our
hands to the plow and we must
finish the work." This was the
dominating idea Of Pharoah till the
Lord scourged the Egyptians even
to the death other first born before
they would let the Israelites 60. 1t
was the thought oi George III.
through seven years devastating
war on the Colonies; it is the guild
ing idea of England today in South |
Africa, leading to the wholesale |
slaughter OF her best and bravest;
it is the damnable doctrine oi |
brute force"
He says we must send mission
aries to the islands, but that we
should send only one sect oil Pro-
testants lest we should confuse the
minds OF the simple inhabitants.
Here comes in the dishonesty of |
the man. Why not let the people |
know the truth and the whole
truth7 Why lead them to believe
that there is only one sect oil Pro-
testants when there are many.
But Pecksniffian "piety and |
patriotism" has so warped the
minds of the Imperialists that they
barefacedly aVow the most i'm
moral principles. The Constitu-
tion, the Declaration of IndePend-
ence, the Sermon ofthe Mount, and |
even the Ten Commandments are
assailed and their meaning per-
verted. He admits however that |
many of the Filipinos "were ami
mated by the highest idea oi 10y |
atty to independence" And he
thinks that "Aguinaldo is one OF |
this class, and that he is an honest
man."
STATEMENTS OF Mr.. COMFORT.
Mr.. Comforts letter is dated |
"PIneda, Luzon, P. l., Nov. ao."
1t IS perhaps the most important
contribution yet made to Filipino
information. inasmuch as it is un-
biassed. He bears testimony t.
the wholesale looting Of churches.
American espionage also bears
hard on the FIlipInos. And worst |
oi all IS the clubbing OF the Filipino