The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-08
HUMANITY AND HUMANITY.

In the debate last Monday in the United
States Senate over the Philippine Islands.
Senator Canery said: Turn the Filipnos
loose as soon as we can get rid of them:
that would be better for them, and in
1nite1y better for u.s. We read in the
same newspapers where we saw the above.
and n the next column. All extract from
the London Mail. giving an account OF
the effect OF Mauser bullets when striking
English soldiers IN South Africa and
though many have been Killed and many
more have had their arms and legs
nianglcd, the account describes the bull
lets as humane IN the extreme OF
course, this, is by comparison, and it is
intended to say that as their extreme
velocity causes them 10 caalterize the
wound as they make it, hemorrhage is less
than with the OLD Mimic ball. But The
Mauser bullet kills all the same, and
it is but a poor consolation to the widow
and children OF the deceased soldier that
he would have lost far more blood if he
lost in the actual case Of death resulting
from Mauser bullet.
1t seems to US this humanity of the
Mauser bullet is tho humanity OF Senator
Caffery. 1t would be far better for the
F9lipinps, we suppose is his idea. that we
should turn them all loose and allow
them ~ destroy all the Filipinos there
are. than that we should shoot few Of
them IN the prosecution of our purpose
TO force them to live at peace with each
other. 1t is not the killing Of few
Filipinos that he objects to; 1t is that the
system will not kill all. That is one sort
of humanity, perhaps. Viewed from
very broad standpoint it may be human
ity to the whole race to rid the earth Of
the troublesome members of it. But, for
ourselves. we prefer the humanity that
ende,vors to ameiorate and that consents
TO the sacrifice of. few in an earnest
effort to amend the remainder.
Monday seems to have been good day
in Congress for odd ideas concerning the
Philippines. At the same moment Mr.
Z Gallery was giving his ner| views OF
humanity. a gentleman in the other
world into his confidence touching the
same matter. This gentleman is named
Champ Clark, is from Missouri, and judg-
ing from his usual utterances, is u sort
of 4 cross between circus clown and
a village attorney. When Mr.. Clark had
got through saving the air and ranting
for an hour or so. he made the following
r ~ \
man does not have to be an idiot in
order 10 be a patriot.
A man is not u traitor because he is
opposed to doing those things which
teopardize the life Of the republic.
An American is not a pesSmiSt because
he is unwilling TO see his country adopt
as a sdttled policy the political princi-
pies OF Alexander. Caesar and Napoleon.
In the hands Of political jobhers the
American flag, like the mantle of char
ity, will be made to cover "a multitude of
s1ls
l think more-far more-of the liberties
of my children than Of all the trade of
all the earth.
/ would like to leave them both rich
and free: but of the two 1 would rather
10 leave them free-free to labor, free to
work out their own destiny, free to SYM
pathize with and help all peoples strug-
where
Believing firmly that the annexation of
.the Philippines. either by force or with
their own consent, in the end will prove
dangerous, perhaps ruinous, to our gov
eminent of the people, by the people and
for the people am against 1t now and
for all the time
we suppose nnety-nine Americans out
of every one hundred will concur in all
of this, and with the same sort Of feeling
with which they would assent to the
correctness Of the multiplication table.
But would all of that justify us in taking
our soldiers away from the Philippine
Islands and leaving these half saNnges
TO cut each others throats? We have
assumed duty and we must perform it
at whatever cost.