The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-08

will, while you live, make you wish You
had never been born; and, when you are
dead. they will now and then exhume
your skeleton to frighten those who live
after you.
Was there duty upon Senator Hosr
! to keep silence? His motives were unim-
| peachably pure. All agree that he was
not seeking the applause of his country
/ men of this generation. All agree that
/ he has the old New England conscience
and the old American fervor for liberty
and human rights. Possibly, he lacks the
mercantile spirit. He may not give suffi-
cient consideration to the metals and coal
and forests of the Philippines.
| There is a semblance of unreason In
charging the man who is trying to stop
| fight with the bruises and wounds that
ensue upon the failure of his efforts.
| A patriot may. if his conscience cannot
| otherwise be quoted, oppose war upon
which his country has entered; but If he
does so he puts his fame in the keeping
/; of a distant generation of his country
| man. or possibly of an alien people.
We must not forget that the soldler
who fights the war does not declare H.
He must not denounce it, nor must any
| patriot denounce him.
| AS to the doctrine of spheres of infu-
ence"-the modern euphemistic renderlns
/ of territorial -picking-we nave de-
MED it's application to this hemisphere ana
denied to ourselves the use OF II any
| where.
| A world power seems 10 be power
| having the purpose to take over so much
| of the world as ii can by any means pos
| sess. and having with this appetite lot
| dominion military strength enough 10
compel other nations having the same
appetite 10 allow or divide the spoils.
| There has been an attempt to associate
| the United States with the programme ol
civilization upon the theory that the
"Anglo-saxon' has a divine concession
| that covers the earth. This appeal TO
| divine decree is itself a concession TO lhs
| Anplo.Ssxon common-iaw rule that th'
plaintiff in ejectment must show tlte'
| The argument runs thus: THE earth =
the Lords and the fullness thereof. %
| much is of the record. The next step i
most difficult, for there is no prophet no
| sealed tranfer, no mention by name o. ~
| Anglo-Saxon. 1.-The meek shall lnhSrle
| the earth''-but the boldest advocate OF
| expansion dare not suggest as the mlhoI
| premise, that John Bull and Uncle Sd"i
| are OF that class.
| We must get away from all texts
| fear. Perhaps this is the best that ca"
be done; certainly it is the best that n@o
been done-Major premise: Gods purpose
| is that meE shall make full and the pes
|
uinion is one of His gifts, and the Anelo
Saxon makes a better use of donhilio''
| than the Latin or the Beers, or the Chl-
nese. Conclusion: The Anglo-SaNIou,
therefore, executes a divine purpose "hen
| he subdues these people and taxes oF''
/ their lands. ~
If to be "a world power is to do as tle
world powers do, then we must dlsc'ali,'
this new degree, which the EuroPe"',
College of Applied Force has coii 's,i,,
rson us. The taking over of the fhlnp
pines has been declared by those wno
should know to have been casual-ol ~
| cessity-the acceptance of d1viney ~,
posed duty The question of the dlsposi,
ton of them, when their people shai,
have submitted to legal authority
said TO be still open. All of wnich y ~
saw that the acquisition of these distah'
islands does not commit the nation 10
| scheme of colonization.
Let us not be a world power IN ahs
save the good old sense-ihat OF hatio'.
capable Of protecting In oil seas the Jus'
rights OF it's citizens and incapable even
where OF a wanton infringement Of Tn
| autonomy OF other nations.