The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-06-05

TO-, THURSDAY, JU.
plsss; and It is an attitude both absurd
Tho rules * warfare which have been
promulgated ~ !he war depsrtment aud
troops u The neld are The rules iaid aewn
/ bF Abraham Lincoln whan you. my hear
ers. were tlEhtlng for this anton. These
| rules proxiee, of course, for the Just ne-
Sr-lg s,,c, neesasarg ss ~ " sHr tee tsos, hs.
- AhDu weakness where nternness q de-
| mNnaed % iron need. But All cruelty u
Forbidden ana all baFsh7ess hsyuDd what
/ y called for By need Our eHenlse IN ths
philippines have not merely violated every
ruin nf war. but h0Vu made " these viola.
tlons thrir 0nly method q carrying an shr
Aifrnham LiRroln's rules ~ war IN !nn-
| hiteiy rrsatsr severity than has S'ecn
s,sovP Ihs 5sfs rss,ly 9 hat our ,.5 wsr,
on With singular humanity, FER every act
~ cruelty uy nuF men there hsrr n-~t'
tunninsrahae acts ~ furgeaFnucR, lnAk.
naniiuhY aRd EruerVns kindnesH These
are the aasliilet ahich have character
| lErd enc war o. d whole The efusisi78
have beRn wholly exceptional on our
The aautY 10 Ne ranishea.
| THE guilty nrc 20 be punisheai but IN
| puniNhing them, lrt thqse who nit 81 ease
1 a. lnms who Walk deliberately and 1--we
~ the Esfc places ~ the rpffh. reulelnher
I aiso lu d. thrni enmniuu 3uS,ire. t.st not
fAo nnoFtlsgH and the untemptsd raA uyec.
rinth ~ stfufsM mnn who with hiuna ana
~ sssi iacs ygafn of tel and aayH snd
I niahts ih arOny. AHd st need iHf dowh
their hvts in rum0ls tfopie luusirs %
| bring the lghi % civilization into the
l guTids dark places The warfare shst
ilon at the eHlanEa of barh1riam ani
/ fnvnErrg has pern for centuries one %
thr mnst poteui factors tn the progress u
hae always and everywhere been iiaBia TO
I dark ahuHaz
!, bshooyes ua to keep a viglian, watch
thosr Who c0mmit thsm. but Il because
of them We finch from nnishipH ihs
task on which vc have entered VT sheN
%orsy q 'if- H. sros from SSsss isiss we We
| spreng Tharg were abuses and tq spare
% ,thg ciyti war Your false frienda ihen
/ yuu who are listening % Inr ns NERVE
/ nurteg, as "isinc1inF htfrimga" Your
open focH-aA ~ the resglutira passed bY
accupcd you. a. great lgaEth. and With
much pafticuaritg, uf 'runtemptoua olA.
rsgard 81 the usnEvs 81 civiliHea var,
~ suhtrctiag women an9 children g.
"hanishfuent. ln,prisounsent, and death"
/ Of murder" q "EapinF. OF 'uufre6os on
women" Of 'iawicss cruelty, % 'porpc-
/
graceful 60 HaVaEcA." aud AbFahafn Lin
coin NaA singled out f9F especial attack
because og Us '.Eplrii " irirbaTous 70
/ ly slandsred you have their hcira to-day
/ IN those VITO traducc Gur armies 'u the
/ Phliili' pines who ns their ryeg an indi-
| last they become nllad ta thr great work
81 uraCr and frpedum that has already
been accomplished.
Pea-c aud Freedom.
Peace ana frocdam-are there two bet
| Ger objects Ter which q soidicr can AEhi
| W,h. thee" arc precisely thc objects tor
whniigh our n9idiorH $50 nEHtinE " he
remember HlwayH that by Tar the creator
proportion ~ these erusltiea have been
committed by tho Insurgents against their !
9Nn pcoplo-ag well as against our sol- /
dlers aah that not only iho Eurcsi but (
the only encrtual way ~ stopping them Z
~ by the progress ~ the American arms I
been the really effective means NJ puttins /.
a stop 10 cruelty w The Philippine. shfr- /
ever lhgN~ Nlripfws nave ntrn c9mpifl,
and such O. nov thr cese throughout in0 I
creator part " the lalAud8-Hii crneltioH I
have ceased, nud IN" native Oh secure ~ /
hts ne. hts lih"Tty, and th" pufsuh OF /
sm1ldors there b. always o. chance for cru- /
city 60 show irnN
our soldiers guus1er, aud what " On" i
object Tor which they conguVrs To eatab- I
llsh military ruyerumrnt7 No. The I
laws we are now rudsavaring To- *uACi Tor Z
the government ~ th. fhihppines are 70 I
q al the CErrurr ~ the military author I
itiss aud 10 uryudcy even more difficult than j
m tan tfJt tlsr chance ~ oppression Tho 4
niiMary powrr is used 90 %"cufe peace, 4
ln order that ID may hgeil be Euppisatgd /
hy the citA government ihr progress Of 1
the American arms means tho abolition % /
cruelty. thr bringiHa IN peace. and the |
rule ~ law aUd order under the cirii goy- /
eminent other nations nave conquered I
20 create irresponsible military rule. We 4
conqurr 70 bring Just ard responsible civil I
government 81 the conquered.
Rssulta Of Our Conaaests
But our armies do more than hglnE 4
peace. o. more than bring order They 4
ihc Independence % q trtb. OF "a cainmu.
nifty may, and often does have nothing .
whatever 20 DO wtth the freedom Of the In I
There are now in kria and Africa scores
ef dcSrotie monarchies. each Of which " I
independen!. and in No one. gi which ia /
the individual ulaa. Scant indeed is the 1
gala 60 mankind from thE Independence
q = blood stained iyraRt who rules over /
the gain 10 humanity which follows the /
STEADY though slow Introduction nf the 1
orderly liberty, the Law abiding freedom /
af the individual, which is the oniy sure 4
foundation upon which national indepen- 4
dencc can BE- built. Wherever lH tha Phil /
lppines the lnsurrection has bcen definite
ual Filipino already oninys such freedom,
such personal liberty. under our rule. as /
ne could never dream Of under the rule /
ehy "'S
The Art Of s~if-asvrrnmsnL
The ai0wty-learnsd AMI difficult art OF /
self government, m art which cur propls /
thousand years, can not he srasPea IN q
dny ON a people only tast emerging from
conditions OF life which cur ancestors left /
tory 1"a aaWnsd % S bsess ar ,bst 1eiSfs @s e sss
rapidly teach the people of the phlijnpins
Islands not only how to enjoy but how 10
make goe'i use of their freedom and with
their growing knpwfgsEs tssif growth N /
self eh-KovefnnlaSs shall keep steady pace 4
When they have thus shown their ca.
pacity for real freedom by their power OF /
aeif-EoNtrameni, then, and not tiii then
viii II tsu possible 20 decide whether thsy l
are 10 exist Independently % w or be knit
10 ua rs ties OF common frlendahiu and 1
interest. When that 6ay wa come Il Is i
not IN human wisdom nov % fureten /
al thHt We can say with certainty r. thai
distance Of We should Yield 10 ihe coan.
Neis OF uuWaniy weakness and turn ioogs
The islandss to see our vietoriuaz tp-s
butcher with revolving cruelty essr he
sFaycd friends, and shsd the bleod Of IN
most humane. the most enlightened. the !
most peaceful, the wlSest and the brst of
rianseE WIN have already learned 70 wei.
etiine nuF Fute
Oar Daty an oar owa.
Nor. white fully acknowledging ossr ssa l
ties to others. need Ne fcrHet cur autN
10 our uwn country The Pacihc senbaaTe |
II a. rnuch 10 nn as tEe Atlantic. a. ws
grow IN rnrer and prosperity 20 oar IN. I
tnfests Win grow IN fnat farthest weef 1
which ts the tFnmetBnrksl east THE xhad.
ow OF our dcatiny has already reached 10
tht shores Of Asia. The might Of cur
peurie already tooms ssrpe against tha
world horizon. andH viii loom ever sargcr
as tho wears go ny No statesman has y !
right "a neRieel the interests Of our pen.
PIE IN the Pacific interests which are I'M.
porthnt to all gur people. h,it which ar~
81 most importance 80 those af cur fsrsh. |
nie ussa hssa Taii, pauulnus and thrtrins
NtafsA on the western slope nf Cur con.
tiuNnI
Net Q Pprty Question.
This should M more b. 4 party s9na~.
tian than the war faF ths nninn should
have bern . PARTY question. ~ this mo
nenf khe aan IN highest ofhce ~ sho
philtpptHe tslAndH Is the vine-eoyeFnaF
Cen Luke Wright ~ Tennessee vghn