Show SOME STOOP LOW TO CONQUER the harvard professor ahn wh declared that the american pe people aiple have no fine sense of honor was waa not simply giving vent to his feelings of dis disgust ast dst at thee curious turn given to the spanish american war he spoke as a critical student as an observer of certain evidences of remorselessness that are almost peculiar to the anglo saxon character what could be more scan scandalously dal bously perfidious perfidio ns than our pretensions of engaging in war with spain to free cuba one half of the americans had rather see cuba at the bottom ot of the ocean than to see her an independent country with a government justly administered solely by and for the benefit of all its inhabitants cuba will likely be less free now than ever before exen if the island be permitted to enjoy a quasi independence pen dence deace for a while it will be made to feel the pangs of treacherous intrigues before unknown the cuban sob soldiers liers that maintained the war with spain for three years were brave and sturdy patriots until we found ourselves in a position nosi tion I 1 on to seize the island when they suddenly becane to be a lot of rag tags t too ignorant and indolent to govern themselves and hence it would be a great sin to allow them to manage and control their own affairs if these cubans should be left in control the americans will bend every energy and resort to all intrigues in an endeavor to prove to the world that the cubans are incapable of self government and unworthy bf independence in order to justify further aggressions on our part what have a large proportion of the american press and people not done in 1 i n their en deavor to prove to the world that emancipation of the slaves was a mistake mist inist what stone have they left lef t unturned in their effort to prove that conferring citizenship the negro was a crime Is not the southern press today devoting all its energy to an endeavor to discredit negro soldiery in the hope of keeping the lines of prejudice as closely drawn in the army now as before the magnificent munificent achievno achievements of the negro soldier at san juan and el caney would they scruple at anything to prevent the promotion of negroes in the reorganization of the army gothere No there will be no rest for cuba unless by idle alleging gitig a desire to teach her people permit themselves toabe to be domi leered by the americans they will find that their scourge will not be of scorpions scorpio qs we will justify a seizure of cuba by alleging a desire to teach her people self gov ern ment we I 1 justify the taking of hawaii on the score of an alleged desire to teach lier her people our religion and civilization we have not jait ait upon a better excuse yet for seizing the philippine archipelago than the alleged necessity for a chalin coaling t station there does daies seem to be some justification for saying that the anglo saxon begins with you you by an appeal to tb heaven to witness his innocence and h honesty and ana ends by stealing your spoons philadelphia tribune |