The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-03-30
IN THE AIR"


sion is all right, and so do |, provided
it is OF the right sort.
1t is "A good thing, think, for all
concerned for Denny & Co. To buy up
the Frederic tract uf land. Also believe
that when the Lord wants the people
OF this county To go forward they
should advance. But | do not believe
that the Lord Of hosts has anGihing
to do with national expansion AZ the
present time. The history OF righteous
wars compare in no wise with the
present war in the Philippines. There
is no record where the Lords people
ever went and took by conquest and
then paid two dollars and a half per
head for Spaniards and cannibals and
then had To turn in and subdue the
people afterwards.
We have now various explanations
for continuing the struggle in the
Philippines. Some say we want the
Islands for a cOallng station. Others
say we want to carry Il civilization
into Asia. as it isour duty To christian
ize them. To the latter We would say
that the Indians for many years in this
country got the same kind Of a fluid
gospel that the heathens are having
administered to them now in the
Philippines. The American demijnhn
has made its appearance iuthe Phillp-
pines, and as a consequences ne power
| OF the whiskey traffic has been wei
established under American control
so far.
There seems to be a feeling Of sym
pathy that runs high in this country
for the Transvaal Republic. But We
must shut our eyes to the fact tina,
the United States is trying to subdu'
a people eight millions strong. A PEG
pie who want their independence anC
want it equally as bad as we did. ant
ought to be free. They have suffered
under the cruel lash OF Spain for owe.
four hundred years, and are rathe
the worse for it-jnst as u forefath
erS suffered before the British LiOl
was made to release them.
Go back and read the pages Of Amer
lean history and see what liberty costs
How our old patriots fought for year
to gain their independence, and we to
day glory In a free and Independent
republic, and well we may.
Now, let me ask You the question
that ! have asked those who hay
loyal sons. Do you think the Philip
pines are worth a huldred million
dollars and the death Of five Thousand
Americans? Stop and think. Ii
many cases the answer is yes.
4 Would you think so If one Of the tv
n Thousand lives was that Of your son
What IS your answer?
In last weeks issue Of the DEMO
CRAT-STAR our "expansion" autho
says he has seen a great deal writer
about 1.-THE Prince Of Peace that i
all rot. for his Bible says, Think no
that | came to bring peace, bat
sword" and that he would like T.
know of Bro. Bryan what he thinks %
Gods command to Israel to take Il,
land of Canaan and kin all the people
Our expansion has no resemblance
to the land Of Canaan. One was give
to Abraham by promise Of God. II
said that the people who yer in pos
session we're not worthy to inhabit II
and it was given to the Israelites fo
an everlasting inheritance. God gay
them the assurance that they woul
be able to overcome the inhabitant:
and according to promise they too
possession. But where is the con
parison? %
One would think that the sworC
us our author uses 1T 10 his articl,
would indicate that the sword tina
our Savior spoke Of Is the glitterin
steel that has been placed in the hand
Of the Americans 10 bring into stlbjet
tion the forces that desire libert,
I'm SIlch is MT the case.
We will have to turn back and rea
the pages Of history when we wei
r only one OF the colonies Of Great Bri
ain to know what the price OF libert
was. The truth is, the present admit
istration has taken the dog by I'll
ears, and if they hold on they may &c
/, bit, and If they let 80 they al
/, sure to. j. ]. NJ.
.Swartwout, Miss, March 81, 1900.