The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-12
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which is not fellowship and which indi-
Gates no mercy.
"lf the poets are right and there Is
such "A thing as a righteous war. how
do we know it's sides? First, IL may
be righteous because waged In self-de-
fence by "A nation whose very life is
threatened by the invader. II Finland
were strong enough she would rise
against the oppression OF other nations
and i'm spite OF all of my love for peace
1 wish Finland were strong enough TO
rise and crush the oppressor. IL l were
a Filipino. j should be an insurgent. III
as a citizen Of such a country, had re-
ceived an ultimatum OF peace conditions
from an invading country, then / should
wage war and in the defence OF ones
country may war be righteous. Judged
by this standard. the present war be-
tween tho Filipinos and the United
States is unrighteous on our part, but is
righteous on the part OF the Filipinos.
~ war may be considered righteous
II IL is waged TO preserve a union OF
federated states, union which. II
broken. would deprive some OF these
states OF blessings that would otherwise
accrue from IL. Our own Civil war is a
very clear illustration. II ever n war
was morally justi1abe IL was our Civil
war. The south had risen and repudiated
her obligations to the government, j be-
lieve that they were right who marched
at the call OF Father Abraham. But /
believe had more patience. more forbear-
ance been used. this Civil war had never
occurred. However this may be, our
present war with the Philippines cannot be
justified by the plea OF holding the union
together.
IA war may be n righteous war, IL Il
is undertaken for the protection and SAL
vato nof n weaker state. l believe that
Armenia should not have appealed IN
vain to the world for succor Our war
with Spain may have been iustifiabe
but | have not yet seen why 1t was SUCH
However, we may offer the excuse for
this war, that il was TO protect Cuba
from Spain, but what have westo say
concerning our present war? What we
have done for Cuba why cannot we do TOR
for the Philippines; what, but the de-
sire for conquest that has been going
on now for about three years. at cost
of about $l50.0CO,cOO in United States
money! Unwillingness to acknowledge
ourselves I'm the wrong and TO back out
OF a position that we should never have
taken has continued this war
80 far as we let slip from under our
feet the old fundamental principles OF
our constitution and the bill of rights
that we have forbidden 10 the Filipinos
the right OF petition. Comment ought not
20 be necessary but we have learned to
laugh and jeer for men and women who
brave death for the same principles for
which our fathers fought. If anyone had
told me that | should have seen in car
toons Uncle Sam posing with so-called
soothing syrup the people OF country
whose only fault is that they do not
want TO be governed by us, should have
repudiatcd IL with horror.
Men and women, newspapers innum-
cradle stand ready and willing TO shout
traitor at those who seek TO preserve
h, s,fip fr1f nf 1pfnngrarrNv Tlttt rl,.,
are the traitors? Who are the most loyal?
Those who stand and shout: My coun-
try always, whether right or wrong. but
always right II she be my country or
those who say always: My country but
not always right when she is in the
wrong2 I impugn no mans character
who differs I'm opinion from me in thus
sad business, but do say that n man
cannot be "A true Democrat, and at the
same time be an imperiaist. Either we
are n people devoted to justice or we are
not Either we are n democracy or we
are on imporialistic power. We cannot be
both ! believe that today more than
at any time since the firing on Fort
sumter sounds out the question from
Maine TO California, Choose yc whom ye
shall serve
II believe that the American people
will say, and that right speedily. that
We have been mistaken Oh for another
Lincoln TO charm the people with a
strain OF truth. straight from the com
mon life. But we need no new Lincoln.
Ills words are as good for this crisis
as they were IN the days OF old"
Mrs Spencer's forceful arguments and
convincing logic found an echo apparently
I'm the hearts OF most OF her auditors
Judging from the close attention paid 20
her words and the manifestations Of ap-
proval observed on every side.