The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-24

We must go or be crushed with the great
weight Of our own enormous productivity.
CHARGES OF BRUTALITIES.
Do they tell US Of the brutality of Amer
lean soldiers? War has TO record Of mercy,
tenderness and care that compares with
the American treatment OF prisoners in the
Philippines. Generals Otis, Hughes and
Macarthur have testified 70 the kindness
of American officers and men to Filipino
prisoners. They are cared for even as our
own. / have seen wards Of our own hos
pitfalls turned over TO Filipino sick and
wounded American physicians attend
them, American nurses minister to them
We are told OF recommendation camps. And
what are they2 Great tracts of fertile land,
not surrounded by fences and stockades,
where the people may live and work in per-
feet liberty protected from murderOus des-
peradOes demands. Read the story Of
American RECOMMENDATION in Martinique.
The Filipinos there were fed with food
bought by American money. When those
captured Filipino physicians signed volun-
tary statements that the peoples health
within those American lines was 80 per
cent. better than il had been in their
own homes And those people departed to
their field, at last made peaceful, with re-
joicings on their lips that they had finally
been rescued from their own oppressors.
and with blessings on the American flag
and the American soldiers who had worked
that deliverance.
The Republican party stands by the
American soldier in the Philippines to-day
as il stood by the soldier of the Union forty
years ago, stands by him now, and Will
stand by him until the last gray and hon
ored head bows to the Conqueror of us all.
To those who now denounce American SOL
diers the American people will give the
same answer they gave to the defamers of
the boys in blue in the old days: 1--WE stand
by the boys beneath the flag"
The boys beneath the flag, God bless
them everyonei And God defend them from
enemies at home and abroad, foes in the
field and foes in the rear. Foes in the field,
the American soldier fights and cOnquers;
foes in the rear he cannot reach. Think of
men rejoicing when American soldiers fall;
Are there such men IN America to-day
Ask yourselves who would be helped in the
coming campaign by the news of American
disaster? American officers will tell you
that instruction has been prolonged by
American encouragement. American sol
diers are fighting for the flags supremacy,
for the Republics advancing power: and
there is no nobler cause for which to battle
and to die than to plant American might
and righteousness where duty points the
way.
This is no season for bitterness. 1t is a
time for loyalty, love and brotherhood in
all American hearts. Sections are more;
they have passed away in the progress OF
the great Republic. The twentieth century
opens with the mightiest people OF history
marching onward TO supremacy. with Fra
ternity" as their watchword. We will not
denounce even the maligners of American
soldiers; we pity them instead for they
know not what they do. Our greatest
leaders loftiest words is our motto still.
Malice toward none, charity for ALL;
loyalty TO the flag. Upon the grave of every
American soldier, wherever he yielded UP
his life, let the grateful tears Of the Nation
fall. And for the cause for which American
soldiers have given their blood let the whole
world know that the American people are
united. Let watching nations learn that
this new world power rising I'm the West is
not divided by classes, rlven by strife,
weakened by faction, and that those who
stand against advancing banner must
meet single, devoted, united people fol-
lowing after. Let history record that we
are in fact, as well name, the people of
the United States Of America.