The Greenville times., 1901-05-04
AN ILLOGICAL CONCLUSION.
Under the caption "a Logical Conclusion the Clarion
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Under the caption "a Logical Conclusion" the Clarion
Ledger prints the following:
George Ade one of the best newspaper writers in TIM
country, contributes to the Saturday Evening Post an ar
ticle on 'sCollege ant. Newspaper Work" Among
other good things, he says:
f the news Of the day is not fairly and truthfuy
ported there be right thinking by the mutitudes
II the premises false the most logical process OF
reasoning will lead to false and harmful conclusions Fol
instance, if the Fpinos are bloodthrsty savages ther
Jour military policy in the islands has been the only one
that could have been adopted. If the Filpinos are
cvjized people, with genuine aspiration for self Cover
ment then conduct has been shameful The solution
of the Philippine problem, of all other problems affect
ing governmental policy must come from correct under
standing of the situation"
| Mr.. Ade Is right, both to his remark about news
gathering and his remark concerning our relations with
the Philippines If the FpinOs bloodthirsty savages
the military policy of the administration has been correct
But of intelligence will assert that the FIpinos
boodthirsty savages Savages do not build great
Cities publish newspapers build schools and Churches
organize municipal governments found libraries and till
the SOIL The Fipinos have done all these things. And
conduct toward the Flipnos has been shameful We
have asked them to become allies, armed them against
common foe and fought with them side by side. Then
we deceived them irrated them beyond endurance and
then seized their country and made war upon them
Mr. Ade does not beat about the bush when he under
takes TO reach logical conclusion. He has carefully
selected his premises in this case and the logical result
the shameful condition witnessed in the Philippines
In short the Ledger has discovered that in the
Philippines which is just about as specific as
etc. and ON this fact by process of raocnatoD
which it elects to call ogca" arrives at the conclusion
that 'the Fpnos" beyond question capable OF estab
fishing and maintaining what call system of self
government If there non sequeter the C-L
has produced it here There would just much sense
in saying that 'he Africans fit for sefgovernment
because Cape Colony and dozens of other places
Africa there could be found churches schools, libraries
railroads, etc.
b,,t a Int
French English and Chinese, have made of Manila city,
the Catholic church has disseminated among compare
lively snail number Of people, residing an extremely
crcumscrbed section of the country certain amount OF
educaton as compared with the total Filipino population
an infinitely small number of men, Spanish blood largely
in nearly all o hem have been highly edu
Gated Upon these facts is based the claim that the Fill
pnos' refined, cultured people; that they shave
built great Cities published newspapers built schools and
churches, organized municipal governments founded
libraries and titled the SOIL" All of which, with advance
apologies for the OF the neegant expression. Isl
rot pure and simple
The c. IL. says 'no of intelligence will assert that
the Fipinos bood-tbirsty savages Neither would
any man of intelligence assert that an advance in the
scale of civilization but little than sufficient to re-
move the masses of the people from the primitive state of
"bood thirsty savagery, qualified those for the
exercise of the functions of segovernment The people
of SPAN not boodthirsy savages neither are they
fit for self government Were the hereditary head of
Spanish government and those upon whom he depends
and who really govern to abdcate and leave to the Span
ish ses-''the Spanish who correspond to 'tbe Fill
pnos-the selection of head, state of anarchy would
ensue that would compel the Intervention of Europe The
American negro not bloodthrsty savage; does the
Clarion Ledger consider him fit for selfgovernment?
Their number just about equals the estimated population
Of the Philippines, while their average of iteracv is in
~ .-1A -A1N
What about Central and South America. Cuba and San
Domingo The CaronL Ledger and its class to have
read their patron saint to but little purpose for Jefferson
did not believe people of Spanish extraction much less
half breeds negroes Indians and Fpnos fit to govern
themselves.
THE lMPUDENCE OF CONCEIT.