The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-12-26
A MELANGE OF
LIVE TOPICS
Penned for Journal Readers
by a Local Scribe.
BAD BUSINESS.

mia states that tine lnsurTeCGlOH 10
about to. break out afresh II the
island of Luzon, that General
Chaffee is in alarm at the condl-
tions existing there, and to impress
the natives with wholesome fear
of American arms battalions of
troops are constantly paraded
through the sections where the
disturbance lies with the hope of
frightening the natives into keep
ing the peace. 1t is also said that
the forts and public buildings III
Manila are constantly held in
readiness to receive American
women and children in case of
sudden outbreak.
Luzon is supposedly one of the
"pacifed" provinces of the Phil
lppine islands, but it is evident
that its inhabitants love US no
more than do those of sections not
yet penetrated by our troops, and
they only await q favorable oppor-
tunity (when the Americans shall
be thrown off their guard by the
professions of good will of these
dissemblers) to strike a deadly
blow to our soldiers and to women
and children, as we'll. General
Chaffee says in his report: His
tory affords no parallel Of whole
people thus practically turning
war traitors and in the genius of
no other people was ever found
such masterful powers Of secrecy
and assimilation; but it is need
less to say that no powerful state
was ever erected or ever can be
erected on such immoral and I'M
enlightened foundations.
1t is a great pity that our gov
eminent did not think of all this
before it undertook the task of
making great, progressive, civil
lied and enlightened people IF
these known-to-be incorrigible Ma
lays. The experience of the Brit
ish government with this and 9TH
er inferior races ought to have con-
WINGED us that we could do nothing
with these people. King Edward
today has nominal subjects who
have never ceased to oppose his
governments authority from the
moment that Great Britain forci-
bly, took possession of their terri
tory. Great Britain is an empire,
and it is not necessarily implied
from its form of government, that
its colonies shall ever enjoy the
right of local self-government.
The United States are a republic
of limited powers with written
constitution which contemplates
that ultimately all territory under
our dominion shall have the same
rights and privileges. Britain I'M
der her constitution, can legally
hold it's unwilling dependencies in
perpetual state of vassalage.
America cannot. Even if we
could do so it would be very poor
policy to retain dominions which
we must fight necessarily to hold,
necessitating loss of life and rev.
enue out of all proportion to the
value, commercial and otherwise,
of the lands SO held. Missionaries
in the Philippines would do better
without the American control of
the islands than with it. The Fill
ipinos if free would not have that
malignant hatred for everything
American which they now enter
tain; and our protectorate over the
islands would afford our missiona-
ries. safety in their work.
We are in bad business in the
Philippine islands and the sooner
we get cut of it the better. If "nc
great state was ever erected or ever
can be erected on such immoral
and unenlightened foundations
we do not wish to be burdened
with such people.