Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-05-31

potent factors in the progress of hu-
manity. Yet from its very nature ii
has always and everywhere been liable
10 dark abuses.
1t behOCves us to keep a vigilant
watch To prevent these abuses and 10
punish those who commit them: but #
because of them we finch from finish
ing the task on which we have entered.
We show ourselves cravens and weak
lings. unworthy of the sires fr3m
whose loins we sprang. There were
abuses and to spare In the civil war
Your false friends then called Grant Il
butcher" and spoke of YOU who are
listening to me as mercenaries as
"Lincon's hirelings." Your open Goes
as in the resolution passed by the
Confederate congress in October, 1867
accused you, at great length. and
with much particularly. of "contempt-
uous disregard of the usages of civil
lied war" OF subjecting women and
children to Punishment imprisonment
and DEATH" of murder" of "rapne, g"
of "outrages on women" of '1awless
cruelty" OF ''perpetrating atrocities
which would be disGraceful to saw
{ ages:" and Abraham Lincoln was
singled out for especial attack becaIse
cf his spirit OF barbarous feroc1ty."
Verily. these men who thus foully
SlGrdcred YOU have their heirs today n
those who traduCe our armies in the
Philippines. who fix their eyes on indi-
vidual deeds of wrong so keenly shat
at last they become blind to the great
work Of peace and freedom that mas
already been accomplished.
Peace and freedom-are there TWO
better objects for which Il soldier can
fight? Well, these are precisely tie
objects FOR Which our soldiers are
fighting in the Philippines. When there
is talk of the cruelties committed in
the Philippines. remember always ,hat
by far the greater proportion of these
cruelties have been committed by the
insurgents against their own people
as well as against our soldiers-.-lI /
that not only the suresJ but the 3aly
offect1al way of stopping them is by
the progress Of the American arms.
The victories of the American army
have been the really effective means Of
putting stop to cruelty in the Philin-
pines. Wherever these victories nave
been complete-and such is now the
case throughout the greater part of the
islands-all Cruelties have ceased, and
the native is secure in his life, his lib
erty, and his pursuit OF happin ass.
Where the insurrection still smoldars
there is always chance for cruelty 10
show itself.
! OBJECT OF THIS CONQUEST
Our soldiers conquer: and what is the
object for which they conquer? 70
| establish q military government? No.
/ The laws we are now endeavoring to
enact for the government of the Phil
/ ippines are to increase the power anc
domain of the civil at the expense of
4 the military authorities, and to render
/ even more difficult. thar in the past the
/ chance of oppression. The military
I power is Lsed to seoufl pea@e, in oi=i-i
/ that it may itself be sUpplanted by thC
/ civil government. The progress of thC
! American arms means the abolition Ot
I cruelty. the bringing of peace. and the
/ rule OF law and order under the eiVi
! government. Other nations have con
/ quered to create irresponsible militar!
rule. We conquer to bring just and Ie-
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