The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1900-10-03

ed States attempts to abolish 1t, we snail
have a war on our hands which will
probably last until the Moro population
is wiped out"
Republican party leaders frequently
boast that the Mckinley administration
is business administration. Is it
business" for the American people to
hoist their flag and assert their SOW
ereignty where slavery must be tolerat-
ed among Christians as well as among
Mohammedans and where polygamy
must not be disturbed for fear of war;
The American people will not forget
that IL trds William Mckinley ulo signed
an agreement rhereiu purchase wds made
Tie method Of emancipation and wherein
SEQ per head was fixed as the price Of hu-
man freedom. The situation described
by Carpenter will bring the blush of
shame to many American citizens.
THE ONLY APOLOGY.
The only apology ever made for Mr..
McKinley's infamous Sulu slave agree
ment was made through aletter written
by Frank G. Carpenter and printed in a
number of Republican newspapers Aug
ust ), 1900.
Following is an extract from Mr.. Car
penter's interview with General John
G. Bates:
How about the slavery question,
Generalf" asked.
That is D serjons matter, replied the
General. When was sent there to
negotiate the treaty, was told that l
could assure the Moros that they should
not be affected in any way as to their
social or religious customs and that we
would protect them in their liberties
and allow them to judge for themselves.
When came to the negotiations, l
feared there might be some trouble
about slavery, and Of my own volition l
inserted a clause in the treaty stating
that slavery might have to be given up
but if so, the Moros would be paid
market value for their slaves. wanted
to put the price at so pesos each, but for
some reason the Moros preferred the
words market value, although the
average price of slave is not over 40
pesos.
Now it is said that Congress wants
the slaves freed without payment. This
seems 10 me mdnitestly unjust. The sldres
are the property of these people. They
hare regarded them so for ages, and haze
paid for them. l do not think they
should be taken away ,citho,d pay and
don't see hOc you can ireR explain such a
proposition to the Sultan. fear that it
may cause trouble"
What kind of slavery is it, GeneralH'
III Is genuine sldUery, in that the slave
is the property of his master, and can
be made to work for him without pay,
but as general thing the slaves work
very little. They are treated rather as
feudal retainers than as slaves in our
sense of the word l don't think there
is much cruelty practiced, and the slave
driver is unknown"
This has strikingly familiar sound.
1t has not been forgotten that many
men in our own country insisted that
the slaves of the South were property,
and if freed the masters" should be
compensated Compensated emanci-
patton" it was called in those days.
Subsequently the American people
amended the Constitution SO that it pro-
vides that slavery shall not exist with
in the United States or any place sub
ject to their jurisdiction"
General Bates may think it ''mani-
testify unjust" to refuse payment for
human beings held in slavery. But the
American people long ago decreed that
whenever slave came under the folds
of the American flag, that moment the
shackles fell from his limbs. General
Bates apology is that he inserted this
clause in the treaty of his own yolition.
That is not important. WILLIAM
MCKINLEY SIGNED THE TREATY,
KNOWING THAT CLAUSE TO BE
IN THE TREATY, and the American
people will hold William Mckinley re-
sponsible for his un-American and I'M
constitutional act
1t will be observed that General Bates
admits that it is GENUINE SLAVE
RY, in that the slave is THE PROPER
TY OF HIS MASTER and can be made
to work by him without pay" And
WILLIAM MCKINLEY SIGNED AN
AGREEMENT PROVIDING THAT
THIS OUTRAGEOUS SITUATION
MIGHT BE ALTERED WHENEVER
THE SLAVE PAID TO THE MASTER
THE USUAL MARKET PRICE FOR
A SLAVES BODY. Can anyone ex
plain HOW 1T WOULD BE POSSIBLE
FOR A SLAVE TO OBTAIN MONEY
WITH WHICH TO PURCHASE HIS
FREEDOMS IF NOT, then even this
provision was NO CONCESSION TO
LIBERTY. But even though every
slave was able to steal enough money
with which to buy his freedom, the act
of William Mckinley in giving his
sanction to that INFAMOUS METHOD
OF EMANCIPATION was A DIS,
GRACE TO HIS HIGH OFFICE AND
AN INSULT TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
Aud yet we are told that it is the duty
of every patriotic American to commend
the acts of a chief executive who has
BOLDLY DEFIED THE CARDINAL
OF AMERICAN PRINCIPLES.
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