The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-10-06
FOREIGN CONQUEST.
Carl Schurz Condemns the Presi-
dents Despotic Policy.
Triumph of Imperialism Is DemOrali-
zing-Filipinos Entitled to Inde-
pendence-Griev Wrongs
to Islanders.

At meeting of the Anti-Imperialis-
tic league in Cooper institute, New !
York, September 2s, Carl Schurz made |
a lengthy address upon the subject of |
Imperialism in the Philippines and
other islands recently acquired by the |
United States. He vigorously de-
nounced the presidents course
throughout and urged democrats to
renewed activity to defeat the ends
of the imperialists at the polls. Mr..
Schurz said:
Let me say at the start that l con-
slider the manner In which the imperial
istc policy is being commended by some
persons to popular approval is the hugest
confidence game ever practiced upon free
people In my whole long life have never
known of such systematic use of distortion
of history, hypocritical cant, garbling OF
documents and false pretense. am here
to speak a word of truth and justice, ana
in doing so 1 shall call things by their
right names.
''Some imperialists pretend that the pur-
chase of Louisiana by Jefferson and the
legislation connected with 1t furnish
fuy eoey NTH Porto
Rico and the Philippines. This l en-
phatically deny. Whatever that temporary
legislation may have been. Is mere mere any my
is the essential the true point-that 1t
was the spirit and intent of Jeffersons
act and of the legislation referring to 1t,
to hold the acquired territory perpetually
as a vassal dependency outside OF our con-
stitutional system subject to arbitrary rule
by the president or congress? tPo Poes naay- any
| stood intent and expectation that the ter
| ritory of Louisiana would be filled by peo-
pie substantially our own S VINO w99la tth borm I'm
| full measure of constitutional rights?
| Whoever denies this or equivocates about
It only seeks to falsify history. 70 slanoer
| Thomas jefferson and to deceive the Amer
| lean people.
Expansion then in the historical and
| truly American sense. means the exten-
sion of our constitutional system. together
| with the extension of our territorial area.
| In this sense we are all expansionists, pro-
| vided the expansion be honorably effected
| "But when we annex to this republic
foreign territory with the intent and ex-
| pectation that such territory shall never
| come into our constitutional system, but
shall as to the civil poticai p and ana et6bnomr,I tb mi,
of our central government in which the,
are to have no determining share. thos'
countries being thus vassaL provinGfhs PROV ,hst an'
not mere expansion. in the historic Ameri
can sense. but that is Imperialism. An,
when such countries are ahnexea nm f ana nc suci tn,
by what President Mckinley has yer,
properly called criminal aggression'-it /
imperialism IN us WORST iorLn-
Another Name for Despotism.
"lt helps the imperialists nothing to sa
, that they intend to give the subject popu
lations as much self government as ma
be good for them. For who is to decid
how much self-government will be goo
constitution, but our arbitrary will w
may give II and we may take 1t away
This Is arbitrary rule, another name 70
"i am aware that President Mckinley
his recent letter Of acceptance denies tha
, the war against the Filipinos was a wa
1 of conquest. He devotes nearly 1900 word
: to the task of persuading us that it is onl
a war of duty and humanity, and that a
y that has been done was done not fc
. ACKNOWLEDGMENT, nor for pride of nigh
nor for trade or commerce, nor for e,
1 ploitation, but for humanity and civilizs
: ton. These are words of unctuous swee
: mo, from whatever side We may loo
t at It. this Filipino war was. from the b.
ginning, and Is, barefaced, cynical W;
a When Dewey had destroyed the spanis
feet he brought to Manila bay on Units
!. States vessel Aguinsldo, the chief Of Il
II he h' had invited to come. Why had Dew,
l. Invited that chief? Because, as he tel
,. graphed to the navy department tn
nSer eyes and wi
. his aid in the way Of arms and ammur
= tion .Asuinaldo organised q large arm
enn Emmett en seo Of w Which Dewey was duly no no
q fed. Who were these Filipinos with Ag,
o naido at their head: They were a peoI
IF il lust as the Cubans wereHoniy that tn
were much stronger and far more succes
full in the field and had far better orga
.aaa Asd SHn what MID did they do7 They valiant
Ia fought against the Spaniards.. who
Dewey designated to them as the 'coi
ol mon enemy defeating them In many e
IA thnnSan
OF them prisoners. until the Interior
IS the country was well cleared of the CO..
> spanisrds was eooped up in Manila. bloc
m AIDED by our forces on the sea side a
~ tightly hemmed In by the Filipinos on
ie land side, so that they could neither
a. interior. The Spanish commander me
~ toned this fact as one of the main re
a The high value of the services rendered
"a the Filipino army was officially testif
IN to by several Of our most respectable o
- GERS.
81 Mckinley Turned His Back.
n Nov, when the time came for det
It. mining the future OF the Philippines
:. the peace treaty with the common e.
no my. our president. having nothing
his mind, Of course promptly invited
Filipinos, who had rendered such gt
service against the common enemy.
= ANY lust and benevolent man would h,
ed been eager to do this. Alas, our pr,
Mt dent did not think of 1t. But when
Ffiipinos asked to be heard he at lie
10 kindly gave them audience? No. not e.
on that. He coldly turned his back VI
lis "And how do the presidents defend
th excuse this atrocity? By saying that
owe the Filipinos no moral considerat
OF that should have kept us from doing
hr The Fflipinos were. In fact, our allies
~ the war against Spain. They had b
ne called by Dewey to our assistance to
ri. military work which at the time v
the forces we had we could not have d
ourselves. They had an army Of 20. .00
- 5000 men, and a well-organized civil 9
ernment effectively ruling large !
X OF the population. and recognized by "
"A nigh the whole of It. Nay. they were pl
~ tically recognised by our commanders
la allies even to the extent of having II
\. sands of Spanish prisoners, partly ia
oe by our forces. turned over to them.
ill practical recognition as allies go furtf
an II they were not our allies, what v
me "Buut why was their ofacial recosni
ro- as allies refused them? Because
-. claimed their Independence. And
've should they not claim their independel
Irtr Night they not just as rightfully e.
their Independence as the Cubans ciai
| theirs, Why not? And here the pl