| Show t > rlX JALI Hilt HVIVA1IOV Wherever Spanish rule has been established es-tablished It has been Characterized by crue try The outrages committed In the West Indian and Pacific colonies are simply barbarous That a nation Professing 10 be governed uy the prill clplea of Christianity should still 14 l on a level with savages as regards the methods of government Is an anomaly and Is perhaps an Indisputable evl dnee of the fact that the Christianity of today Is I not that religion the ultimate ulti-mate aim of which Is I that the lion rJ the lamb shall repose together In a peace A people wading through the blood of ffHow beings deaf to tho lerclng cries of tortured captives find Insensible to the Pitiable sufferlnss of the victims of longer and nakedness can have no claim to recognition as the followers of the crucified One Spanish history accounts sufficiently for the peculiar characteristics of the rule exercised b bl that people over Others For years and Years the mhole nation was under the thumb screws of the Inquisition and the work of that terrible engine of cruelty very Irgely shaped the national character The presumption of that socalled holy of nee was that by Inflicting physical pain It could combat heresies I and de troy the enemies of the Almighty Its fforts wern therefore directed against ill heretics and blasphemers and all tnsiwoted of such crimes The victim of the Inquisition were numerous wIng w-ing f the fact that susnlclon very often was considered equal to gull and the methods employed were terrible ter-rible Torture was employed when the testimony ns Insufficient as well a Ivhen It was Considered conclusive III the former case for the purpose of is tabllshlne the rullt and In the latter that the accused may bI converted 10 tied find by means of this chastise mnl may savo their souls Just think of the effect of such Juris prudenre first upon the minions of the Inquisition high and low who bv COliI mnntlj wltnosulns the Indescribable tortures lit human bel nor became hinltmd to Insensibility and 1 then up nn the cimmun people when for gen rations Impressed with the belief that all this Kits from llodl What could the effect be but lowering the nation to the level of the brute that slays for sport The effect has been visible In every Spanish colony where cruelty has been employ no doubt for the supposed salvation of the people politically and spiritually In order to fully understand Spanish sentiment It must be remembered that the church dominating the country coun-try set Itn seal of approval on the bar baroui practices It Is well nUt n-Ut distinguished Inquisitors were honored by tho popes ns the defenders of the faith and Bt Ieter Martyr an 1 egnglous captain who achieved fm ns one of tho most relentless exterminators ex-terminators of heresy the world ever saw Is I described In the bull of his canonization ns being of sweet benignity I be-nignity of exhaustlcw compassion of wonderful charltj Common people ecessarily viewed those holy men In the same light regarding them as atterns of Christian love placed by the cruel heretics under the necessity of becoming the Instruments of the train of the Almighty Fur the peoples people-s their leaders were Mind and they till remain In mine dark To them It appears that We > lcr 1 has done his full duty lo big country and to his Ood he Americans who at last have gone forth In the spirit of duslavus Adol phus to rescue a race of martvts they undoubtedly regard ns Infidels and enemies of mankind The dungeons of the Inquisition have shed their dark deep shadows over the Spanish nation and blinded It On no other supposition suppo-sition can the following appeal from the governor over the rhlllpilncs to he people be explained lie said I before be-fore the battle of Manila American acamon undertake as on llcrprlse ipable of realization the substitution of Protestantism for the Catholic religion to treat you as tribes rrscloy 10 clvlllllon to take pos Plan of your riches as If they Isere acquainted with the rights of property prop-erty to kidnap those persons they consider con-sider useful to man their ships or to be exploited In agricultural and Industrial In-dustrial labor you will not allow the faith you pro fees to be made a mocker or Impious hands to bo placed on the temple of the true God or the images you adore to be thrown down bv unbelief of the aggressors which shall not pollute the 10mR of your fathers They shall not gratify lustful pas I Ions lit the cost of your wives and daughters honor or appropriate property prop-erty accumulated In provision for lour old age11 low lie knows he American people btler as will the whole Spain when she awakes from the long mediaeval spell And can judge of things ns they appear In the light of civilization Spains downfall at this time may prove her salvation for there Is I still much good In the Spanish nation and when that Is given predominance anew career Is possible |
