The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-03-11
y = = p y q = = q
J" (HANP f:
= CLARK S ;
= LIE 7 Err ..
Especial Washington Letter


~ II. SCHURMAN, president of
ia Cornell, president Of the first
III Philippine commission. the be-
81 loved of William Mckinley, may
A% thank his stars that when he re-
Gently made his famous Boston
speech declaring that ultimately we
would grant their freedom to the Chris
uans of LuZon and NisAyas when they
ask ii and when they show themselves
capable OF ii he was not within the
jurisdiction of General Wheaton. for
that rate warrior declares that in the
Philippines men have been sent to pris
on for Just such reasonable tabbpr as
Schurman uttered
Senator Carmack of Tennessee stated
on the floor of the senate chamber that
high officer of the United States in the
Philippines said to an intelligent and
reliable American newspaper man that
the American Declaration of hide
pendence ia a id incendlary docu-
mentr' an opinion identical with that
held by George III. touching that i'm
mortal state paper Evidently some Of
our army officers entertain sentiments
differing widely from those gloried in
by such soldiers as George Washing
ton, Mad" Anthony Wayne Light
Horse Harry Lee, Francis Marion,
George Rogers Clark and other Revolu-
tionary heroes who fought eight years
to make Jetferson's declaration good;
but then, we must remember that this
is "a progressive age and we are a
progressive people"
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles
was publicly and scathingly rcprimand-
ed for agreeing with Admiral George
Dewey in declaring that Admiral Win
field Scott Schley was the real hero Of
Santiago, but there is no reprimand for
General Wheaton for intImating that
DR.. Schurman ought to be clapped into
Jail for uttering a peculiarly Amer
lean doctrine; no reprimand for Il
high officer of the United States for
declaring that the Declaration of In.
dependence is id incendiary doe
ument!"
Yes, we are progressing '-back to
the rank of Toryism of George Gren-
Vile and Lord North
When Henry NJ. Teller, the venerable
senator from Colorado, once secretary
of the interior under Republican pres
ident, suggested that by progressing
much further on the Wheaton plan 1t
would soon come to pass that senator
would be afraid to read the Declara-
ton Of Independence in the senate
chamber, Senator Lodge Of Massachu-
sets denounced the statement as "sil-
ly." True, when Senator Lodge cooled
off he apologized for using the word,
but he could not rub out the fact that
he used it! o temporal o mores!
Plantation manners from Massachu
setts
Nobody denied Carmack's statement
made in open senate Nobody defend
ed the high officer Of the United
States for uttering words which would
disgrace any citizen of the republic,
and 10 Republican senator wagged his
tongue in condemnation Of him. Yes
we are progressing rapidly
II any high officer Of the United
States did say, as Carmack AYERS, That
the Declaration Of Independence Is "a
ID incendiary document" he ought
to be stripped Of his uniform, broken
Of his commission and banished for life
to the Dry Tortugas. Such punishment
ought to be meteF out to him as to
cause all incipient traitors to keep de
cent tongues in their heads.