Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-08-18

overcame a soldier who, in the midst of
battle, discovered that he had slain his
brother. 1t is written: AN ye are breth-
Ten. Let us hope for the coming of the
day when human life-which, when once
destroyed, cannot be restored-will be so
sacred that II will never be taken except
when necessary to punish a crime already
committed or to prevent a crime about
to be committed.
II 1t is said that we have assumed before
the world obligations which make it neces-
sary for us to permanently maintain a
government in the Philippine islands, /
reply, first, that the highest obliga alton of
TINS nation Is to be true to itself. No obli-
gatlon to any particular nation, or TO all
nations combined can require the abandon
meni OF our theory of government and the
substitution of doctrines against which
our whole national life has been a protest.
ana, second, that our obligations to the
Flllpinos; who inhabit the islands, are
greater than any obligations which we can
owe TO foreigners who have a temporary
residence in the Philippines or desire to
trade there.
Capacity of Srn- Governments.
1t Is argued by some that the Filipinos
are incapable of self-government and
mat therefore we owe 1t to the world to
take control of them, Admiral Dewey, in an
oincldI report to the navy department de-
clared the FiliDinOs more capable of SELF
government than the Gubans, and said
hL /, Re. -
olIa ne Ia9fu It nls opinion upon knoWl-
tbs caso 80, oIe9' .I' iSut WIN not rest
OF the Filipnos. Henry Clay, in defend
Ing the rights of the people of South
America TO self-goVernment, said:
IT Is the doctrine of thrones that man
nartiean og - Sof Sll nliiaelL. IHelf
eTe to tSsgt ms iitapaclly IN feter-
mand universal assent to the proposition,
n,J o,, teiiialIue9 % ~ par Llcu ar HdtIohs'
Irfta,, 'u1 Pi rue anu our presumption 700
49, ttitNt eoIEci ls oi us; contend
20 70 iaiIdiSh me ulsposl (lon OF
- tuNiCc iiliiseIl' 10 suppose tudt lie
,,s las a,sli pIedle4 peiisS !neapabIe OF govern
anu 10 pc trainpied on Dy
hIih h t ncit 80 Etiililieht Eti Is the natural
S'1a,t t''iryiC ,,,, Uj man rr,t,,a - ,.
oiaS ltS vas Ma ilGH|, IHeIe are uegFeeS
,t oL Ptotv,eic{ h', IN t1e aIL ot seIttLsoEeIn
iIslt, nc put lt rs d ISilec tIQIl upon tile Crea-
~ ~ 70 SIy ttl"t lle ~ QolIcu u W any pSople
edInif fbet soe naoioio o9
self-government, and that Others are not
and that the capable people have a right
to seize upon ana govern the incapable
ana you make torce-brute forCe-the only
foundation of government and invite the
reign OF the deSp0t. am not Will
ing to believe that an all-WiSe and an
all-loVlng God created the flllplnoS, and
then left them thousands OF years helpless
until the islands attracted the attention
VI ILuI OlCdll udilOllS'
Republicans ask shall we haul down
the flag that floats over our DEAD IN the
PhlllpplneS! Ihe same Queston might
have been asked when the American nag
tioated oven, Chapultepec ana waved over
the dead VINO 1elt there5 but ihe tourist
who visits the city oil Mexico mas there
national cemetery owned by the United
states ana cared LOT by an American
citizen. Our flag still tloats over our
dead, but when the treaty with Mexico
was signed American authority withdrew
to the Rio Grande and 1 venture the
opinion that during the last DO years the
people of Mexico have made more progress
under the stimulus of independence and
self-government than they would have
made under a carpet-bag government held
in place by bayonets. The United States
and Mexico, friendly republics, are each
stronger and happier than they would
have been had the former been cursed and
the latter crushed by an imperialisttc pol
ton"
uosporsibIlftv of the Nathan
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can We not govern CulVHIts we aIe
asked. Inc queslou - ny WHY We tai, tI.l
DO put What we ouslt 70 40 ms i IdtoiI ~ ~
can 40 Whatever IL qg9lISs " ~ pHS w. ~
must accept tespoilslpilllg Ioi Hi'u ~ tba
people can amend the constitution. = ,I re-
peat the natloh can 20 WhaieNtI IL utsli l- "a =
ao, pul II Cdliot aSola sle "' ~ w.
leslumate results OIL lts own cp!luuSl' - ~
C9p 'i53 5o Wat he nieases lie can disregard
Inc tearh{n'ge Of bis ma arents. he can tram
Ts no, tbaf - h. has haen taught to
PIE upon an tIldL ne nag , pteIi 'aosiie i @ rC
CQhsluer sacred ne can 1isu1e$ NY t1 ~ " . :
laws Of cod He can etamn failure upon
his life and make his very existence a curse
to his fellow men, and he can bring his
& anu nI4'lgt ,i M ta % 70 uttV .rbo
o,aees of sir Ss d"atb HrJ so with MS
nation. 1t is Of age, and it can do what ii
pleases; 1t can spurn the traditions of the
/ past; it can repudiate the principles upon
] which the nation rests; it can employ force
/ instead of reason; it can substitute might
for right; il can conquer weaker people;
1t can exploit their lands, appropriate their
property and kill their people but it cannot
repeal the moral law or escape the punish
ment decreed for the violation of human
rights,
Would we tread In the paths of tyranny,
Nor reckon the tyrant's cost?
/ Who taketh anOther's liberty
His freedom is also lost.
| Would we win as the strong have ever won,
Make ready to pay the debt
For the God who reigned over Babylon
Is the God who is reigning yet.
Some argue that American rule in the
Philippine islands will result In the better
education of the tilipnos. Be not de-
Ceived. II we expect to maintain a colon
ial policy we shall not find it to our ad-
vantage to educate the people. The edu-
Gated Filtpinos are now in revolt against
u.s. and the most ignorant ones have made
the least resistance to our domination. If
we are to govern them without their CON
sent and give them no voice in determining
the taxes which they must pay we dare not
educate them. lest they learn to read the
declaration of Independence and the con-
stitutlon of the United States and mock
US for our inconsistency
The principal arguments, however ad-
Vanced by those who enter upon defense
] First. That we must imDTOVp the present