The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-29
GENUINE DEMOCitACY.
A Progressive and Thoughtful Young
Citizen OF Anderson Gives his Views
OH the Questions OF the Day
Ho Endorses Senator dc
Laurln's Position.


| newspapers in this State are to be rc-
lied on, tho Expansionists hereabout,
usually dubbed Imperialists, should be
| doing timo. According to their char
acterization, Democrat OF the Nc
Laurin school is an unclean creature.
whose Inst for "pap" has scared his
conscience and Transformed him into n
: renegade, all apostate, an assistant Re-
publican and Other dcvilish things.
Tcrscly put, if you dare style yourself
a Democrat and modcstly opinc that
the present administration is handling
this Filipino problem as capably as cir
cumstanccs will allow, you're politi-
cal lobster and ought to be fried in
your own grease. But ii you will line
up win Sir. ABuinui,iua anu Billy =; Jan
and latIcr rprOnunciamentO with Il
lot OF vague baidcrdash about "brolcn
pledges" "niad career of empire" not
forgetting TO dilatc ut length on "thc
lesson the downfall of Athens tcacll-
cs,' then yon'rc Il .JcllcrsOnian Demo
crat, Thoroughbred, and some day,
like En0ch of old, you'll. promenade
with God S,laIi.
Several weeks ago Ex-senator But
Ter, in IN admirable interview which
first appeared in the Washington
1ImrS, commended the attitude of
Senator McIaurin with reference to
pending issues and frankly declared
that tho junior Senator's course in tho
Senate met lis hearty approval with
the possible exception of his alleged
support of tho Ship Subsidy bill. 1t
would seem that Buffers record US
statesman and soldier ought tn insure
respectful consideration of his views,
but certain newspapers that did nOt
agree with him attributed his alleged
''change" to unworthy motives and, by
implication and insinuation, tho sim
cerity Of his position WAS iiscredited.
Such editorial chOwder is bad enough,
but when HamptOn's name is dragged
in rs one who cannot be bought, and
one reads mess of disgusting slObber
from the pens of latter day admirers
who, in '02, labored successfully to
GUST him from tho Senate, then u feel
ing of lassitude stealcth over one and
one yeurns for stimulants.
Your enthusiastic Anti Expansionist
always keeps u gaudy line of language
in stock. lio seems to suffer from what
Arch Bishop Huct was wont to Gull "a
diarrhOen of garrulity." Naturally.
such flux of throbbing verbiage blurs
his perspective and causes his under
standing to jump the track. Conse-
qucntly he weepeth great tubs of tears
over the plight of the hapless Filipi-
nos, and kOwtows to AguinaldO ns tho
" ashingtOn of his country. "Uucle
Sam" voluntarily relieved tho Philip
pine Islands from tho tyranny Of Spain.
Then, to show their appreciation, the
FilipinOs turned their weapons Oh
"Unclc Sans" soldiers and began to
shoot lead and poisoned arrows at
them. They are still engaged, in IL
dcsnltory way. in this interesting tar
get practice. Up to date, they have
cost liz millions IF dollars, have Grip
pied our trade in the orient and slain
thousands of our brave soldiers. This
is Oul reward for playing the good
Samaritan. Mr. Anti -EXpansiOnist,
however, seems to be satisfied with the
bargain and would have us announce
to Aguinaldo that we had forfeited all
right to tho islands, and would hence
forth leave him and his subjects to
suited them. Iie talks long and elO-
quently about tho Establishment of
power and the consent of the governed,
and ropes in the downfall Of Athens 70
point moral and adorn tale. Yet he
knows that if "Uncle Sam" should
withdraw from the Philippines they
would be speedily absorbed by some
hungry power. giving said power O
vantage ground which would enable 1t
to poster our trade in the antipodes.
ie there any reason. any real philan-
thropy, any common sense. in that sort
of fool policyq Mr.. Anti -Expansionist
will reply with dry -as- dust disserta-
ton on the Constitution and the De-
claration Of Independence. He be-
lieves IN international isolation" and
brands as assistant Republicans those
Democrats vho hol6 20 the opinion that
such policy, ceased 20 be either wise
industries had outgrown the demand
ct home" What feeble. futile, fatuous
folly. Why this ''craven fear Of being
great9" Hearken to this: "the great
desire of the American people to-day,
if we may judge from the trend of pub
lie opinion, is not for more territory or
greater influence in the political activi-
ties of thS world, except as it may help
to open new and broader channels Of
industry, the inventive genius, tho
restless energy, which have begun to
lack "elbow room" in our vast domain,
even while the work of development 10
still incomplete" That. it appears 70
me, ia fair definition of what has
been termed commercial Democracy.
Is there anything 30 very criminal
about itY
Mr.. Anti Expnnsionist, however, con-
tinues to sweat and grOan over this
country embarking on o career of ''con-
quest and subjugatiOn." He can take
such career for text and prognosti-
cate "Uncle Sans" finish beyond the
shadow of peradventure. And yet
pleasant business since the beginning
of creation. When Mrs. Eve induced
Adam, who must have been q trifle
"weak minded" to take the advice of
that talking snake and nibble at the
forbidden fruit, it disgusted God and
He told them both to move on. Since
then all of us have had to hustle.
Pears like everywhere we went we
found some race in possession of that