The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-24

of tie few TIE ::I;:t, tie eira';"n OF iione;
above manhood.
The condition IS ere taa, ::e couatry must
meet. and ,.."et now. :sri the way to meet !; Is
bv = reasser.ion .; tie Democratic idea a:. the
election @; q Democratic president;
No one can question the ability. fhc c2r7!2st2c>s
The integrity OF tie Democratic candidates io1
the rescue of ali t.,t las ,a.:e america slorous
in the past ard ,ia; can ,na:.c hes siro:S n The
future I; is a duty 10 support tier election
Eco6.yink:nG the People.
One of the most un-American. un-
Democratic and un-I,epublican results
of the Philippine war is the rigid press
censorship which has been established
at Manila from almost the very begin
ming to conceal from the American peo-
ple what was really happening in that
far away and sin cursed land. In these
letters have frequently calles. atten-
ton to the fact that the Washington
Post is an independent paper edited
with extraordinary ability, but wlrile it
is independent it has q decided bias for
President Mckinley personally and for
his administration. but even The Post
is discusted with the bold and constant
instrumentation Of what is going on
over there. In a recent issue 1t con-
tanned the following caustic editorial
on the subject:
Is there any reason. either in morals OF IN po-
litical cxpcdiency, why the administration should
try TO deceive and ,nis;ead the American people
touching the condition OF affairs in .he Philip
pines? The effort has been steady ed persistent.
We have been assured, at stated intervals Tor the
past u or Is months. that icstilties were at an
ecd: that nothing left Of the so called lnsu'-
rection but few scattered. insignificant bands OF
marauding fugitives: that an overwhelming ma
iority OF the Filipinos loved and asked only to
be protected from the wicked designs OF the cut
laws We have had touching narratives OF the
affection subsisting between our authorities and
the grateful Filipinospicturcs OF the sweet peace
and mutual devotion prevailing or every lard
We have been asked to believe that the whole
country has been pacifed and that the Filip:nos
as a class ask nothing more than permission to
dwell in contentment and prosperity beneath oar
parental wing forever But why a.! this trans
parent, this tiresome and futile hu!nbuS? II
serves no purpose, either honest or unworthy: It
fools nobody with intelligence enough to kno"
his own name and it wcaries and Gisgusts q!
thoughtful men.
Useless Lies.
Leaving aside every consideration OF morality
and good faith and. regarding the question from
the very lowest and most sordid point OF view,
what profit, however mean. does the Republican
party expect tc reap: These repeated assertions
that the Eilipnos have been pacifed are notorious
" false. No one beLe1cs them. They are IN
answcra5!y coatradicteG by the Official announce
ments from day to DAY. They promote no useful
or creditable end. Here and there one finds
Murwunp dcvotce like the New Ic.k Times.
which, with General 3lacArthrr's report OF wa:
and carnage before its eyes accepts the Philippine
commissions optimistic bleatinss as so much gos'
pei TRUTH but, taking men OF Information, OF
wholesome minds and Independent thought, how
many do we find who believe these childish TO-
.nanccs as against the official assertions OF the
army authorities, who are IL t1e midst OF things
and know whereof they speak? On the very cay
last week. when the war department gave out the
report OF the Taft commission assuring US that
peace and sweetest concord prevailed throughout
the Philippines there came to an authentic OIL
cial statement from the military branch O. the
service to the effect that violence. hostility, even
organized warfare, ragged throughout the vicin!ty
of Manila In one action alone-in which. bT re
wav, our forces were driven back-rore 1hcn lna
men were killed and wounded or captured - the
Filip;ros Next day we were told by Genera!
Macarthur that the trouble was even worse and
more widespread than the press dispatches OF the
previous day had indicated Now. ny way Of con-
fir7,inS previous declarations. the Manila reports
announce new and even more disastrous lnci-
dent. Again the rebels have appeared upon
the sce2c-no doubt after an affecting and fra
.ernal colloeuy with the commission-and the re-
SUI, is thar 50 or more CT Our soldiers Eave been
eradcatcd
What VIC want to as, is: Dees It pay 20 Try 70
hooGwink the American people? Apparently: u.
administration nurses tie a:lacy that assurances
Of peace in the Philippines VIII make votes f.:
mex. November. We oid, CT re CONTRARY. !l;.F
il would be Infinite: e,tcr TO ;e.i the truth. a.
nit that We are in dire peri. and PIT 1t to the pa
tr;o.;c feeling OF Tic american people 10 SAT-
bv IS in the hour Q; t::ai ard misfortune S.cA
cours. woald iile:. u cvcr. manly sa:"re II The
land Tic course the ;,ovcr:alent is now pursuing
tends to ,iss1s, a:i a!eEa,e see respecting men