The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-14
MIR. HAMBLY REPLIES TO REV. j
L IAWLER

MIR. HAMBLY REPLIES TO REV. j.
j. LAWYER.
In Wednesdays G b | find an at
tack upon me for something that l have
neither said nor done. Let me say at
the beginning that this whole unpleasant
ness has been caused by the thought
leSSneSS of a green reporter who, in his
eagerness to spring sensations, deliber-
ately charges me with saying things that
| never uttered. His reference to my pa
per made in quotations was makeup of
his own mind, misleading in the extreme.
| will assure the Rev. j. j. Lawler that
he mistakes me when he intimateS that
| have gone into false hiding to escape
open attack l would not consider him
capable of crawling out from under crit
icism, invite or unlimited, and when he
takes any other measurement of me he
misses his calculation, both as to the
distance and the character of the target
at which he so willingly fires. But since
he has gone beyond the person directly
concerned and has made a sweep at
Professionalism and discounted the Anglo
Saxon race, 1 shall in duty reply to him.
The Rev. ]. ]. Lawler says: mot the
least of SPANS gtories is her success in
Christianizing and civilizing, barbarous
peoples. Her record as a Christian civ
ilizer puts to blush the much-lauded
Anglo-SaXon record Well, let us see
about that. What countries has she
civilized, and if there are any. where
are they today? We all know that the
world was owned and controlled practi-
cally by Spain and Portugal not any
farther back than the latter part of the
fifteenth century. AT that period the
fever of the crusade, which meant con-
quering by the sword, had not left the
veins of nations. The discovery of Amer
lea by Columbus stirred the desire OF
every little country possessing a sea-
board, until in the delirium all were seek
ing the New World in pursuit of terri
tory and treasure. The countries above
mentioned We're rivals in conquest, and
in 1894 made an appeal to Pope AleXan-
der vi. to beStow the sanction of heaven
upon their conquests. Accordingly he did
so, and further he divided the world
between those two powers by an i'm
aginary line of longitude running
through the Atlantic ocean from pole to
pole, $40 miles west of the Azores He
gave to the Portuguese unlimited sway
over all the Countries that they might
discover east off thai line. sand pledged
himself to confirm to Ferdinand and Isa-
bella of Spain the right to every isle
continent and sea where they Should
plant their flag on the Western hemi-
sphere | will ask any student of history
or SchoOlbOy studying geography where
are SPANS possessions, on this CONT
nent today. A few of them are left
in South America, where Romanism has
full sway and so despotic is the power
of the church that nothing is acknowl-
edged that does not originate within that
church. Marriages, baptismS and burials
outside of Catholicism are considered IL
legal So bitter is the hatred of the
people for the church that they are
compelled to serve that they will wor-
ship within and then go outside and
throw stones at the building In the civ
ilization of America what have the Span
ish done? A veritable tyrQ in America
is he who. has not read Of the heroic
conquests over fdolatrys and" barbarism
made by the Spanish missionaries in
New Mexico and California, and the
whole of the. Southwest.
If my brother would turn to- Old Mex
leo, the landing place of Spanish mis-
slonaries he will find idolatry quite COM
great historical work. Mexico in Transit
ton, chapter two. declares that idolatry
was brought to Mexico by the church,
and by chicanery is made the means by
which the church's Golfers are enriched.
Do We need any better proof OF the utter
inability of the Spanish civilization to
raise country cut of darkness than
the experience in Cuba? The last dollar
Of the peasant was exacted for two
things, namely. the support of Spanish
soldiers and the church. A history of
colonial plumber. bad character treach-
cry, abundant injustice W thout morals
is all that that civilization which Mr..
- LAWYER eulogizes above the Anglo Saxon
race bequeathed to that unfortunate
country. The Saxon has been engaged
for three years in reconstructing the ISL
and and making it possible for any 9th
er person than Spaniard to live therein.
This reference to the success of the
Spanish in the Philippines is ill-timed
and unfortunate for him, coming as it
Goes so closely on the heel of the report
of the Taft commission. Let it speak for
itself. Before making any quotations let
me say that the Spanish friars for SOC
years ruled the country. They were its
lawmakers. school teachers, spiritual adj
Vise~s, civil magistrates and pract 'caHy
the direct agents-in fact, the plenipo-
tentiaries of the Spanish government
During all that time no records were
kept. All lands We're held by the inhab-
1tantS at the mercy of the friarS- with
derstandings or difficulties. On page Is
of the Taft commission report it is stated
that much immortality. prevailed among
the friars; the living together of mar
mony is not infrequent and not con-
oemned. On page 20 of the same: 1T
did not shock the common people OF
arouse their Indignation to see their
curate establish Illicit relations with q
woman and have children by her The
woman did not lose caste on that ac-
count, but often prided herself on tho
relations to the chief authority OF the
village and on the paternity Of her CHI l.
dren. THE Filipino priests who have
taken their place are fully as immora
as the friars.' On page 80 of the same
ut would. of course, be of much assist.
ance to the American cause if the Cath,
Ole church were to send among the peo-
PIE American priests with the love OF
their country that they always have
shown" On the point of education thai
the Rev. J. J. LawIer makes in connec.
ton with the Filipinos let me quote from
the same report: There were no school
houses, nc modern furniture, and unit
the Americans came there were no gooC
textbooks" '"The little school instruc
ton the average Filipino has had has
not tended to broaden his intelligence OIL
! give him power of Independent thought ,
Again 1T is stated on good authority
rot yxI1 ION fno aT1in 1cS h.
eral of the tribes Of the Philippine isl
ands could read and write their owr
language. At the present time, after 3O
years of Spanish domination the bull
of the people cannot do this And thi.
is the civilization that the Rev ]. J
| Lawler says gave the inhabitants OF
these islands such high intelligence ant
| moral greatness, and contrasts the sam,
with the failure of Protestant mission.
in the Sandwich islands"
These same islands in less than quar-
| ter of century under Protestant infiu
ence were changed from man-eating t.
ChrlSt-worShiping and furnished com
| mercial trade with San Francisco alon,
| of $500000 annually. and came within
half century knocking at the dool
of this republic for admission
into it. Rev. Mr.. Lawler init
mates that the intention and the policy
of the Anglo-Saxon has been one of race
ob1iteration, while that of Spain has beer
that of race preservation. Then asks
what savage race has Professionalism civ
ilized? ct unhesitatingly charge the Pro
of the barbarouS people among whom 1
lie i11tp vIyAf trao