The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-06-06

By Abraham Lincoln when you. my hear
era. were nghting for the union. These
verify necessary in war. The most as-
structive OF all forms Of weakness would b
manded by iron need. but ali cruelty IL
forbidden. and all harshness beyond what
- called for by need. Our enemies In the
Philippines have not merely violated every
rule Of war. but have made OF these viola
lions their only method OF carrying on tho
rhraham LiDco i ' rules OF war In ind-
nitely greater severity than mas been
shown. The fact really Is that our war.
on with singular humanity. For every act
OF cruelty by our men there have been
innumerable acts OF forbearance. mas
are the qualities which have character
ICED the war as whole. The crueltiee
have been wholly exceptional. on our
part.
The Guilty to lie Punished.
The guilty are to be punished: but In
punishing them. let those who sit al ease
at home. who walk deliberately and live
In the safe places OF the EARTH remember
also to do them common justice. Let nor
the cnortless and the untempted rail ovec.
sweat face years OF toll and days AMI
nights I'm agony. and at need lay DOWN
shsir lives IN remote iopld 1uh iSso the
worlds dark places. The warfare That
has extended the boundaries. Of cviliza,
savagery has Leen for centuries one OF
the most potent factors In the progress o.
humanity. Yet from its very nature x
has always and everywhere been liable 10
dark abuses.
II behooves US TO keep vigilant watch
to prevent these abuses and to punish
those who commit them; but II because
OF them we finch from finishing tho
task on which we have entered, we snow
worthy OF the sires from whose loins we
sprang. There We're abuses and TO spare
in the civil war Your false friends then
Had f.rup
you who are listening TO me as merce-
| naries, as "Iincoln's hirelngs. Your
/ open foes-as in the resolution passed py
the confederate congress in October, ls62,
accused you. at great length. and with
much particularly, OF contemptous uis,
regard. OF the usages OF civill1ed war
| of suhjecting women and children 70
''hanishment. imprisonment, and DEATH:
0 %o mnrae q "iawles er Cruelty. Of perpe-
trating atrocities which would be dis
| graceful TO sayages; and Abranam In
| because Of his spirit of barbarous fe-
rocity" Verify. these men who thus foul
~ slandered you have their heirs today
Philippines. who fix their eyes on ind.
viduai deeds of wrong SO keenly that az
of peace and freedom that has already
been accomplished
Pessre aud Freedom.
Peace and freedom-are there two bet
| ter objects for which a soldier can nsnt!
| Wei, these are precisely the objects for
which our soldiers are lighting in. the
Philippines. When there Is tax OF the
| cruelties committed I'm the Philippines,
remember always that by. far the greater
proportion Of these cruelties have been
! committed by the insurgents against their
own people-as well as against our sol
| diers-and that not only the surest but
the only effectual way OF stopping them
| is by the progress of the American arms.
| The victories of the American army nave
been the really effective means OF putting
a stop to cruelty IN the Philippines. ner-
| and such Is now the case throughout the
| greater part of the islands-all cruslties
have ceased and the native is secure IN
his life his liberty, and the pursuit OF
! happiness Where the insurrection stu
smolders there is always chance Tor cru
Our soldiers conquer; and what Is the
object for which they conquer To sstab-
fish military government? NO. Ise
the government OF the Philippines are to
increase the power and domain of the CIV
ii at the expense of the military author
tiles and torender even more difficult than
In the past the chance of oppression Tho
military power. j. used to secure peace;
in order that IL may Itself be suppanted
by the civil government. The progress OF
the American arms means the abolition or
cruelty, the bringing of peace. and the
rule Of law and order under the civil gov
eminent. other nations have conquered
TO create irresponsible military rule. we
| conquer to bring just and responsible civil
government TO the conquered.
Resnlts of Our Conqucsta.
But our armies do more than bring
peace. do more than bring order. They
hiring freedom. Remember always that
the Independence of tribe or "A commu-
nifty may. and often does. have nothing
whatever to do with the freedom OF the I'M
There are now in Asia and Africa scores
of despotc monarchies, each OF which u
Independent. and in no one OF which Is
there the slightest vcstige of freedom for
the individual man. Scant indeed Is the
gain to mankind from the independence"
ls.f a f.tf aaif xtfu af hn
abject and brutaizcd slaves. But great Is
the gain to humanity which follows the
steady though slow Introduction OF the
orderly liberty. the law-abding freedom
OF the individual, which Is the only sure
foundation upon which national indepen-
dence can be built. Wherever In the Phil
! fppines the instruction has been definite
ly and finally put down. there the individ-
ual Filipino already enjoys such freedom.
such personal liberty. under our rule. as
he could never dream of under the rule
OF an independent" Aguinaldian oligar-
chy.
The Art Of eIf-Gov-rnment
/ The slowy-learned and difficult art OF
self-government. an art which our people
have taught themselves by The labor Of
| thousand years. can rot be grasped In
day by a people only just emerging from
conditions OF life which our ancestors left
behind ,n II NE We d eefS %e e enn
rapidly teach The people Of the Philippine
islands not only how TO enjoy but how to
: make good use OF their freedom: and with
their growing knowledge their growth In
, self-government shall keep steady pace.
When they have thus shown their ca
pacity for real freedom by their power OF
self-government. then. and not till then.
viii II be possible To decide whether they
!. are to exist Independently OF us or be knit
10 us by ties Of common friendship and
interest. When that day Will come II Is
| not In human wisdom now TO foretell.
All that we can say with certainty Is that
r IL would be put back an understandable
. distance Of we should yield to the coun-
r sells OF mmanly weakness and turn loose
the islands, to our victorious foes
1 butcher with revolving cruelty our be-
r trayed friends. and shed the blood Of the
; most humane. the most enlightened. the
, most peaceful. the wisest and the best OF
, their own number-for these are the
r classes who have already learned to well
: come our rule.
2 Our Duty to Our Own.
: Nor. while fully acknowledging our du-
ties 10 others. need we forget our duty
! TO our own country. The Pacific scaboard
Is as much TO us as the Atlantic, as we
I. grow In power and prosperity so our In.
: tercsts Will grow In that farthest west
which IS the immcmoriai east. The shad.
: ow OF our destiny has already reached to
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