The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-01-25

against their will an unwilling people
What blessing has England given tt
her colonies that has justified this
plan throughout the world? ireland
came first, and the persecutions of Ire
land were justified on q doctrine o.
benevolent assimilatiou--that the,
were Catholics, and therefore, unless
they were converted from Catholicism
they would 60 to the devil, and it wa,
Eng lands great and grand mission tt
make them Protestant anyhow. She
has succeeded neither In the one nor
the other. Her course in Ireland has
been one OF the blackest pages in the
history OF the world-starvation and
plunder.
II England will govern Ireland as
she has done, what right las she to the
claim that sbe can confer benefi upon
any country. What is there in Eng
undertaking the same work2 Tue mis
erable, miserable, contomptible rot OF
Rudyard Ktpl ng where he talks about
the white mans burden 1t seems to me
in the light Of English history is con.
mptible-the white mans burden to
confer the curses Of English rule upon
tho other natlous OF the world
England commenced with Ireland
How is it with Isdia? They have
made no converts practically to Chris
tianity in India ; neither Eave the ma
tives learned tho English language
! Mono OF the people Of Iadia talk Eng
ltsh. They have to keep an army OF
2l0. 600 men to hold them in subsection
aud prevent them from securing mo.
dern implements of destruction, while
they trample upon their rights as q
people. What bleseing has England
conferred upon india? Nothing but
the fact that taking away her food
supply has caused the starvation OF o
million OF men In India every year for
years, and some years six or seven
millione Of people in year One hun
dred and fifty million dollars worth of
away to pay pensions In Eng land, and
the result is that the want Of that
| tood causes the people Of India to
starve.
| Compare the provinces Of India that
DO not recognize English rule, that are
under an English protectorate, and you
| Will lind that there Ia no starvation
there. The native princes rule, and
the people govern themselves, and L :
gland simply has suzsrainty over
them. There Ia no starvation in those
provinces the starvation ia in the En-.
| Silsh part OF India, where the English
System OF robbery and plunder holds
sway: India gives no money 10 the
English treasury, but India Is u field
or exploiting private enterprise, and
thus further enriching the already
'ver-rich classes that govern the En-
glsh empire.
What Of New Zealand Did the con.
quest Of New z ;aland confer the bless
ngs Q! Christianity upon New 2 salandp
why, 1T resulted in the destruction of
the Inhabitants. To-day agreat colony
>f Engli 50 people are in New z 3aland,
but the inhabitants who formerly oe
cupied that land have disappeared as
the result OF English government.
How 10 IL in Egypt? The Egyptian
| government was bad, and bad Tor the
same reason that the Englirh govern
nent was bad bat Engle3d went in to
| Egypt to enforce the collection of a
| usurlous debt for money which Egypt
| never received. England went there
to force upon that people debt which
was composed almost entirely OF inter.
est at 26 per cent. on small sum Of
money, until to-day every acre Of
| Egypt that is tillable Ia taxed $lO @
year.
| Every man, woman, and child In
Egypt of native population, toiling
md tilling the soil, is slave to the
Engl ish tsxgatherer. Three thousand
live hundred Eaglishmen wiring the
:axes by imprisonment and by the lash
from those people, and yet the so-called
civilized world looks on with approval
l n order to better enlarge their capa
nty to pay taxes and bear burdens, the
Engl lish officials have compelled those
people to toll in Systematic manner
leaving nothing for themselves but q
Iare existence and q bare subsistence
30 1t is everywhere that England ha.
gone.
AS said before, EngIand's first con
quest was Catholic Ireland, and the ex.
cuse for oppression there was that the
irish were Catholics. How appropriate
that In our frat act in the drama OF i'm.
perialism we should undertake the
conquest OF another Catholic country,
should undertake the conquest OF the
Philippines, and should make the same
miserable and contnmptible excuse
which has justified Eogland's atroci-
ties In Ireland during all time. From
the pulpits OF this country we hear
prayers for our success In order that
we may introduce Christianity. o.,
Mr.. President, II We are to 90 to war
against Catholics, it ia not necessary
to go half way around the world to do
so. We have more Of them at home
although there are 5000, 900 OF them
In the Philippines.
II these islands were rich in every
mineral men desire, II their supplies
OF gold surpassed those of tho Trnns.
vaal, II every Otker metal precious and
desirable were In unlimited quantities,
If their soil were so fertile that it sur.
passed even the famous valleys OF the
Nile, If they could produce everr com.
fort with half the effort with which 1t
can be produced elsew where throughou,
the world, yet | would oppose the an.
nexation OF these islands becauee 1t is
wrong, becausee 1t leaves those whI
have sneered at US in our claim tina,
we were advt Gates Of freedom a JUS
titicatiOn for their sneers In tho fu-
ture.
But, Mr.. President, hold that we
can not profit from these islands. None
OF our race live Within the Tropics.
There is not q colony Of our race, the
Aryan race. anywhere within % do
grees OF the equator. The men OF our
race who have been doing O com mercal