The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-30

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islands-alI cruelties have ceased, and the
native is secure in his life, his liberty. and
his pursuit of happiness. Where the lnsur-
rection still smolders there is always a chance
for cruelty to show itself. ....-. ; .
Our soldiers conquer; and what Is the object
fer which they conquer? To establish milf
tary government? No. The laws we are now
endeavoring to enact for the government OF
the Philippines are to- increase the power
and domain of the civil at the expense of the
military authorities, and to render ever more
difficult than in the past the chance of OPP
position. The military power is used to Sc
cure peace, in. order that it may. itself be
supplanted by; the, civil government. The
progress Of the American arms means the
abolition of cruelty, the bringing Of peace,
and the rule of law and order under the civil
government. Other nations have conquered
to create irresponsible. military rule. We
conquer to bring just and responsible civil
government to be the conquered. -,
- But our armies do more than bring peace,
do more than bring order. They bring free
dom. - Remember always, that the independ-
ence of "a tribe or a community may, and
often does, have nothing whatever. to- do
with the freedom Of the individual in that
tribe or community. There are now in Asia
and. Africa scores of despotic monarchies,
each of which is independent, and in no one
OF which is there the slightest vestige- of
freedom for the individual man. Scant in
decd is the gain to- mankind from the Gin
Dependence of a blood-staned tyrant who
rules over abject and brutaliZed slaves. But
great is the gain to humanity which follows
the steady though slow Introduction. Of the
orderly liberty, the law-abiding freedom of
the individual which is the only sure foun
dalton upon. which national independence can
be built. Wherever in the Philippines the
insurrection has been definitely and finally
put down, there the individual. Filipino al
ready enjoys such freedom, such personal
liberty, under our rule, as he could never
even dream Of under the rule of an .'inde-
pendent" Aguinaldian oligarchy. - : >"
The Art of seIf-Government.
The slowly learned and difficult art of self
government, an art which our people have
taught themselves by the labor of a thou
sand years, cannot beg rasped in a day by
a people only just emerging from conditions
OF life which our ancestors left behind them
in the dim years before history dawned. We
believe that we can 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
power Of self government, then, and not till
then, will it be possible to- decide whether
they are to exist Independently Of nus be
knit to us by ties Of common friendship and
interest. When that day will come it is not
in human wisdom to foretell. All that we
can say with certainty is that it would be
put back an Unreasonable distance If we
should yield to. the counsels of unmanly
weakness and turn loose the. islands, to see
our victorious foes butcher with revolving
cruelty our betrayed friends, and shed the
blood Of the most humane, the most .enlfght-
! ened, the most peaceful, the Wisest and the
| best of their own number-for these, are the
classes who have already learned to welcome
our rule.
The: Pacific seaboard.
| Nor, while fully acknowledging our duties
to others, need we forget our duty to our
| own country. The Pacific seaboard is as
much to us as the Atlantic: as we grow In
| power and prosperity our interests will
| grow in that farthest west which is the i'm
memorial east. The shadow Of our destiny
has already reached to the shores Of Asia.
The might Of our people already looms large
against the world-horizon and it will loom
| ever larger as the years go BY. No states
man has a. right to neglect the interests of
ours people ins the Pacific; interests which
are. important to all our people, BUT which
are Of most Importance to those of our people
who have built -populoLs and thriving states
on the western slope Of our continent - !:
=: Philippines No Party Question.
This should no more be a party question
| than the war for the union should have been
a party question. At this moment the man
| In highest Office in the Philippine islands is
I the vice governor, General Luke Wright OF
Tennessee, Who calamity wore the gray in
DIV
in hand with the head of our army in the
Philippines, Adna ChafTee, who in the civil
war CALAMITY wore the blue. Those two and
the men under them, from the north and from
the south, in civil life and in military life,
as teachers as administrators, as soldiers, are
I laboring nightly for us who live at home.
! Here and there black sheep are to be found
among Them but taken as a whole they rep
Present as high standard of public service
as this country has eyer seen. They are
doing a great work for civilizations, great
work for the honor anC the interest of this
nation, and above all for the welfare Of the
inhabitants; of the Philippine islands. All
honor to them; and shame, thrice shame, to
us. If we fail to uphold their hands!
I General. Ell Torrance, commander in
chief of the G.. A. R., followed the presi-
| dent with a few remarks, and then the
| services were brought to close with the
playing of america by the band, the
choir and assembly Joining, and, benedic-
ton by. Henry S. Stevens, department.
chaplain. .-.,:>l,-., e..,~- ~: 1890
= Monument to Col. tO'Connor.
Immediately after the memorial exer-
cises at the amphitheater the monument
erected to the memory Of Colonel Edgar
O'Connor Of the Second Wisconsin regi-
ment was unveiled in the presence Of a
number Of his comrades. The address OF
the occasion was delivered by Represen-
tative John ]. Jenkins of Wisconsin.
At Battle Ground Cemetery.
. At the Soldiers Home at Battle Ground
cemetery, near the site Of old Fort
1 Stevens and at ST. Elizabeth's, where lie
countless numbers Of veterans who lost
their reason as a result of military serv-
ice, and who were buried in the asylum
grounds and at other cemeteries appro.
| pirate services were held Secretary
Shaw delivered the grafton at Battle
Ground cemetery, and his assistant sec.
rotary. NJ. E. Allies, made the memorial
address at ST. Eliza beths.
4 Representative Washington Gardener
of New Jersey was the principal speaker
at the National cemetery, Soldiers Home
where. too. there was an immense gather.