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Show ' THEY DID THE SAME. DEMOCRATIC PRECEDENT FOR FIGHTING THE FILIPINOS. War In New Mexico After Its Conquest by Direction of Democratic President Who Claimed "the Fullest High. of Sovereignty" Official Records. Little bv little it becomes apparent that the Democratic criticism of the methods of the present Administration in regard to newly acquired territory is a criticism of the methods followed by its own leaders and Presidents. All of the vast territory added to the area of the original thirteen States was under Democratic control, and the leaders of the party, in and out of office, of-fice, planned and plotted and schemed to add the islands of Cuba and Hawaii Haw-aii as long as a desire for more slave territory stimulated them to activity. Driven from their former positions by these developments, they now undertake un-dertake to criticise the fact that the President is using the army to put down the insurrection, notwithstanding notwithstand-ing the fact that the treaty with Spain was ratified by Democratic votes atter that insurrection had been begun. It ,seems hardly credible that men could attack the President for carrying to a finish a war that was in existence when the purchase of the islands was authorized by their own party leadeYs. Yet such is the fact The attack of with their hands threw fire and lighted shells into the interior. Another assault as-sault was made on the church door, which again failed, with loss. The artillery ar-tillery was then brought up within 60 yards, and after 10 rounds had been fired, one of the holes which had been cut with the axes was widened to a practicable beach, through which a storming party entered, dislodged the enemy, and took possession of the church. The next morning the enemy surrendered. The loss sustained by them W2S about 150 killed. The number num-ber of wounded was not known. The American loss in killed and wounded was 52. Under date of January 23rd, Captain Hendley, commanding at Vegas, N. ; Mex., reported to Colonel Price that every town and village, except Vegas and Tucoloti, had declared in favor of insurrection, and that the entire population pop-ulation seemed ripe for it. The insurrection in-surrection in eastern New Mexico was inaugurated by the murder of eight Americans at Mora, January 20th, 1817. and was continued in force until the following' July, having been marKed with many atrocities on the part of the Insurgents. Thereafter the insurrection insur-rection dwindled into depredations committed by various bands of Indians instigated and led by Mexicans. ' Hardly a party, large or small, traders trad-ers or soldiers, crossed the plains ot New Mexico without being attacked. Many men were killed and, large numbers num-bers of horses, mules, and cattle driven driv-en off. In the latter part of 1847 comparative com-parative safety was secured by stationing sta-tioning the trooDS at various points. the Filipino forces upon our troops In the Philippines, began on February 4, 1899, and on that same night Aguinal-do Aguinal-do issued his proclamation declaring war against the United States. Yet It was not until February 6, two days after, that the treaty was ratified, and that by ten Democratic and three Populist Pop-ulist votes. The statement has also been repeatedly made that some of these votes were cast for the treaty by the "advice and consent" of William Wil-liam Jennings Bryan. " By this action the leaders of the Democratic and Populist parties deliberately delib-erately bought a fight already going on, agreeing that the United States should pay $20,000,000 for it, and In so doing placed upon the shoulders of President MeKinley the duty of carrying carry-ing it on. He could not do otherwise. Yet they are criticising his course, though, of course, it is well understood under-stood that the criticism is for political effect only. But the leaders of the Democratic party did, in another similar case, just what President MeKinley is now doing, do-ing, and did it by the direction of a Democratic President. Papers compiled com-piled by the War Department show . that, after the conquest of New Mexico Mexi-co by the military forces of the United Unit-ed States was accomplished by the Of the insurgent prisoners, fifteen or twenty were executed by sentence of court-martial. The othrrs were turned over to the civil authorities. The events resulting from the Insurrection In-surrection did not escape the attention atten-tion of Congress. That body on July 10th, 1848, passed a resolution calling -upon the President for information in regard to the existence of civil government gov-ernment in New Mexico and California, Califor-nia, their form and character, by whom instituted and by what authority and how they were maintained and supported; sup-ported; also whether any persons had been tried and condemned for "treason "trea-son against the United States" in New Mexico. President Polk replied to said resolution in a message dated July 24th, 184S. in which he discussed the character of military government, taking the broad position that such a government may exercise "the fullest rights of sovereignty," thereby explaining ex-plaining the action of the military authorities au-thorities in suppressing the insurrections. insurrec-tions. The records show that a similar cours- of action was followed In suppressing sup-pressing the insurrection in California in 1848, and re-establishing the sovereignty sov-ereignty of the United States. campaign of 1846, General Kearney, the officer in command, organized a civil government for the occupied territory, ter-ritory, and filled the executive and judicial ju-dicial offices by appointment. These civil functionaries entered upon the discharge of their duties in apparent unconsciousness of exposure to more than ordinary peril.. In December, 1S46, the native Inhabitants organized a conspiracy to overthrow the Uniteu States authority in New Mexico. On the night of January 15. 1847, the gov-' gov-' ernor, the sheriff, the circuit attorney, the prefect, and a number of others, citizens and officials of the United 6tates, and Mexican supporters of United States authority, were assassinated assassi-nated in the town of San Fernando de Tayos. On the same night seven other Americans were killed at Arroya Hondo and two at Rio Grande. It was then apparent that the insurrection was general, and the purpose was to kill all the Americans and those Mexi- cans who had accepted office under the American Government. Col. Sterling Price was then commander com-mander of the army of New Mexico, with headkuarters at Santa Fe. He learned of the uprising and attendant atrocities, January 20th, 1847. and that the army" of Insurrection was marching against Santa Fe. He took prompt and vigorous action and marched out to meet the Insurgents with a force ot about 400 men. There were many serious se-rious and sanguinary engagements, but the enemy was no sooner dislodged from one position than it took refuge in another, ahd maintained a determined deter-mined resistance throughout. The losses were heavy on both sides. Owing Ow-ing to the mountainous character of the country, and the fact that the campaign cam-paign took place in the winter time, the American forces suffered many hardships before reaching the town ot San Fernando de Tayos, where the governor and party had been foully assassinated. A particularly severe engagement occurred at Pueblo de Tayos which had been strongly fortified forti-fied The insurgents took position in a large church which they had pierced with embrasures for rifles. The Americans were compelled to retreat to Fernando. ' The following day they returned nd renewed the assault but the ar-tiUery ar-tiUery fire seemei to have no effect oom the church walls. Ladders were Zn made and holes cut in the walls axes? through which the solars |