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^^^^^^^_ \ Tax S?KTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850? "Be Just and Fear not-Let all tlie Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established june, 13*?G Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. / SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9.1898. New Series-Yoi. XVIII. So. I? Published STsry Wednesday, -BY B3\ CS-. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS: ^?50 per aonuua-in advance. ?DVKSTISCUXKT: Oao Square first insertion.$1 00 S very subsequent insertion... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. Ail communications which subserve private interests will be charged forasadvertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. Prof. Norton of Harvard on "Tjie New American." Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 29 -Prof. Charles Eiiot Norton, io an address before the Graduates1 club of Harvard college, expressed sentiments which are likely to arouse as much discussion " among Harvard men and others, as has followed many of Prof. Norton's recent utterances. The speaker's subject was ,,Tbe New American " , In the course of his remarks be reviewed the condt ticn? which made this republic tn many ways an experiment io the history of democracies. Cootieuing, he said : **No one would bave thought the American nation so devoid of sense as to .go to war in the beginning of the bet season io a tropica! climate and without any adequate preparation* to carry that war to a successful issue. *'Tb!s war was a revelation. The old American came to an end with a declaration of war. The new Ameri? can three over many of tbe old ideals which have been maintained by this old America and substituted for them those of tbe other nations of the world. We must make up our minds to tie new condition. We are to be a mili? tary nation. *'Moreover all brutal tendencies will be encouraged by tbe recognition of force as the last appeal by the centra? government itself. And, too, entangle? ments with other nations must arise. Mes.n while we have DO leaders and hence we Sad ourselves with great re? sponsibilities and no guidance for the ignorant, unto forre ed, ioiammable pop? ulace, and we are allowing events to carry us into the most dangerous situa tiens The whole system ot government was needed to be revised and reor? ganised. The pension list is a list of corruption and has lowered the morals of the reeetpieats while it bas increased the national indebtedness. "is there nothing to be done ? The situation i?* to be met with courage and determination to get the best out of a bad case We must divorce the gov eroment of thef-e dependencies from politics, or else tbey will become dens oft corruption. Prof. Norton advocated leaving the Philippines to tbe care of Spain. \ It Will Not Work. It\looksnow as if the President's plan of buying tbe Philippines ?viii strikp a rock in the United States ; Senate It is by no means certain that J a treaty that involves the as sumption of Spanish debts or the payment of indemnity to Spain will preps the Senate, ao it must to be operative. ftuiite a number of Senators have aVreacly spoken. Tbe plan is op? posed by democrats and republicans ?like Senator Tillman is quoted as 'follows : Trenton, S. C Oct 31. I am opposed to paying the sum of money to Spain for the Philippines and equally opposed to holding them as conquered teraitory But if we demand their session we should not assume any debts on that account, and we couid then sell them to help pay the expenses of the war B. R Tillman This is the true d?mocratie position, true Americanism. The idea of buy ing islands in the far east is anti republican and foreign to the estab lisbed policy of the government. Senator Hale, republican Senator from Maine, is even more emphatic against the President's scheme than the South Carolinian. He says : "I would not take the Philippines, if Spain would give us $40,000,000 with them. The sooner we drop them the better. Eogene Hate When the true inwardness of the transaction is known, when it be comes clear that large quantities of bogus bonds alleged to have been is? sued for ' betterments'' and included in the President's offer, have been bought by an American syndicate in close touch with the President, it will be found that this Philippine deal is a hot potato to be speedily dropped. Public opinion should stand firm j Lobbyists wiil be found hanging around the capitol buying-here and there a Senator, but let us hope that tbe majority are still unpurchase? able.-Spartanburg Herald. HOAR PROTESTS AGAINST EXPANSION. He is Vigorous and Outspo? ken on the Subject THE PRINCIPLE OF > QUAL? ITY. Worcester Mass., Nov 1 -A large and enthusiastic audience greet? ed Senator George F. Hoar, Con? gressman William H. Moody and Speaker John L Baies in Mechanic's hall to night. Three hundred Re publican leaders occupied seats upon the platform with the speakers Senator Hoar presided and was the principal speaker. He said in part : "This year has been crowded with history and crowded with glory. It is also, to my mind, crowded with danger The flag of Spain, formerly the proudest power on earth since the days of the Roman empire, has gone down in darkness and in blood before the victorious navy and army of the United States. The flag of the Uni? ted States had risen in the eastern sky like a new constellation. Let us not accept the duties and responsibil? ities of this victory in any temper of vulgar vainglory, still less of 8 vul? gar greed of power or gaiu. The United States comes to the oppress? ed people, east and west as a great deliverer To deal wilh this great occasion by talking about coaling i stations and trade advantages de? grades and belittles it. . We have not I overthrown Spain, we have not per? iled the precious lives of our sons, that we may add to our possessions, or that we may make money out of our new relations "It is by example and not by guns or by bayonets that the great work of America for humanity is to: be accomplished. And in my opinion we are to day in great danger-a greater danger than we have encoun? tered since the pilgrims landed at Plymouth. The danger is that we are to be transformed from a repub? lic founded on the Declaration of In? dependence, guided by the councils of Washington, into a vulgar, com monplace empire founded upon phys ical force. . "I for one am not dazzled by the exemple of England. The institu? tions of England which have en? abled her to govern successfully dis tant colonies and subject states are founded, as Mr. Gladstone pointed out, on the doctrine of inequality. Oar institutions are founded on the doctrine of equality If we are to outstrip England in national power it must be by pursuing our own path and not by following in ber's "It is said that Puerto Rico is al aeady ours It may be that Puerto Rico is to become ours But there is no authority under the constitution of the United States to acquire any foreign territory, save by a treaty ap proved by the senate in a two thirds vote, or by an act of legislation in which the president, the house of representatives and the senate must unite. It is said that the Philippine islands are alrealy ours by the right of conquest For one I deny the alleged right of conquest Human beings-men, women, children, peo? ples-are not to be won as spoils of war or prizes in battle It may be that such a doctrine finds a place in the ancient and barbarous laws of war, but it has DO place under the American constitution. It has no place in the code of morals of the people of the United States * * ^"Some of our good friends have said thoughtlessly in their zeal that where the American flag goes it must stay But surely they cannot com mit the country to that doctrine. We planted it on the City of Mexico. But no man demanded that it should stay there. If the war goes on the flag may be victoriously pianf ed on the coast of Spain, but we have no de? sire to hold permanent dominion there "If the Philippine islauds become oura, then under the late decision of the supreme court every child here? after borne in them becomes an American citizen, free to come, free to go Are you going to hold them as subjects ? Are you going to have a trained aud governing class ? Are yon going to have the national tax gatherer the most frequent and the best known visitant to every American house '! Are you going ; to increase manv fold your national debt ? "These things are involved in this wild and impassioned cry for em? pire For myself I disbelieve and hate the notion that the American people are to submit to such a trans formation." Tbe Voice of Calhoun. Wendell Phillips had great admira- j tioo for Joho C. Calhoun. Outside ot hie abolition fanaticism, Mr. Phillip* ! ? was largely in agreement with Mr. Calhoun, especially on the ?oaocial question. Before bis death, Mr. Phil? lips saw, wich consternation, that the agitation of the slavery question and the results of the war had brought this country into the domination of the money lenders an ) a soeoies of impe rialism. Since Mr. Phillips' death, bis ardent friend and disciple, Gordon Clark, has powerfully attempted, by writing essays and books, to bring back this country to the Calhoun doctrine of finance in harmony with free coinage of both gold and silver, allied with treas? ury notes. Mr. Clark predicted that, at some future time, monuments of honor would bs erected to Calhoun in New England. And now comes the Springfield (Mass.) Republican and shows how, in 1848, that ' great Demo eratic statesman," John C. Calhoun bad rolled back the tide of imperialism following the conquest of Mexico. History is simply repeating itself. One day John C. Calhoun rose in bis seat aod offered the following resolu? tion : Resolved, That to conquer Mexioo and to hold it either as a province or to incorporate is into the Union would be consistent with the avowed object for which the war bas been prosecuted ; a departure from the settled policy of the government ; in cocfiict with its char? acter and genius, and Tn the end subver? sive of its free and popular institutions. Resolved, That no line of policy in the further prosecution of the war should be adopted which may lead' to consequences so disastrous. Confronting the Jingoes of bis day, Mr. Calhoun, io a powerful speech; annihilated, the expansion argument ?od argued io this way : lou know the American constitution too well-you have looked into history and are too well acquainted with the fatal effect which large provincial pcs sessions have ever bad on the institu? tions of free states to need any proof to satisfy you how hostile it would be to the institutions of tbis country to hold Mexico as a subject province. The nations conquered and held as provinces have io time retaliated by de? stroying the liberty of their conquerors through the corrupting effect of extend? ed patronage and irresponsible power. Such certainly would be our case. The conquest cf Mexioo would add so vast? ly to the patronage of thia government that it would absorb the whole powers of the states ; the Union would become an imperial power and the states reduced to mere subordinate corporations. But the evil would not end there ; tbe process would goon and the power transferred from the E tates to the Union would be transferred from the legisla? tive department to the executive. All the immense patronage which holding it as a province would create, the main? tenance of a large army to hold it in subjection, and tbe appointment of a multitude of civil officers necessary to govern it, would be vested in bim. The great influence which it would be the meaos of controlling the legislative department and subjecting it to his dictation The struggle to obtain the presidential obair would become propor? tionately great-so great as to destroy the freedom of elections. The end would be anarchy or despotism ; as certain as I am now addressing the senate Differing only in time and degree. Mr. Calhoun's words io 1848 are prophetically opportune to-day. What be predicted of tbe executive encroach? ment has come to pass. It will become more and more menacing and terrible if tbe expansionists have their way io this epoch. Thc Republican pertinent ly says : "Mr. Calhoun's protest against acquiring subject provinoes succeeded 30 years ago, and the government plucked up courage to haul down the flag where ocoe it had been raised Since theo oo one has regretted that all Mexioo was not annexed to this conn- j try. But what a change in 50 years ; has come over tho land ! In 1848 the party cf the administration had a sena? tor of strong leadership who was cour ageous enough to rise in the senate to battle against what be considered a disastrous policy Calhoun did not "trust" in James K Polk. Where is the Republican senator to-day who is brave enough to perform the service Calhoun performed just half a century ago ? We hope to ?ee a Democratic senator or William J. Bryan emulate the un? fading glory of John C. Calhoun. Augusta Chronicle. Havana, Oct 31 -Advices re j ceived here from Santa Cruz dei Sur ! say that a majority of the representa j tive8 of the Cuban army at the meet- j ing held this evening are in favor of the dissolution of the Cuban Insul-1 gent Government, and the appoint- j ment of a commission to go to Wash- j ingtonfor the purpose of thanking: the American Government for its intervention in favor of the Cubans, J and to put themselves unconditionly j at the disposition of the Washington authorities, so as to enable the latter to develop their programme without any hindrance. The Cubans are also said to be in fovor of the disband ment of the insurgent army. PRESS ABROAD ON THE PHILIPPINES. How the Demand of the Uni? ted States is Viewed. GERMANS ABE VERY FRANK. London, Nov. 3.-The Paris cor? respondent of the Morning Post says : "It is expected that a rupture of the peace negotiations between the United States and Spain will be officially announced on Friday. "The feeling here is that the atti? tude of the Spaniards is irrational in view if the financial proposals of the United States and that they may i ultimately regre? having failed to agree quickly with the adversary." The Vienna correspondent of the Times says : ?'The Spanish commis? sioners cannot be ?surprised neither can the Spanish government by American decision to take the Phil? ippines. Possibly the Spanish peo? ple were not prepared for it and the commissioners were pretending sur? prise so that the government may be better abie to face public opinion. Certainly everybody outside of Spaiu must have understood that the archi? pelago was lost to Spain." The Berlin correspondent of the Standard says : "Russia and another power are credited with the inten? tion of intimating to the Washington authorities that the annexation of the Philippines must be preceded by a common agreement on future action in certain circumstances. The German papers express their feelings very frankly. The Ham? burgische Correspondenz says : 'The United States are conducting the peace negotiations as they conducted the war The mask of humanity is being gradually dropped, revealing the broad hand of strength. When the protocol was signed not a foot of Philippine soil was in American hands. President McKinley demands the complete surrender only because victory in the forthcoming elections depends upon it. The American de maud, however, is less a blow to Spain than to the European powers, which seem desirous of selecting na val stations in the Philippines "The B?rsen Courier admits that the powers have no cause for inter? fering, but urges them to watch American expansion with jealous eyes. "The National Zeitung saya : 'If Span cannot obtain compensation sufficient to cover the Philippines and Cuban debts, she would be better off without the islands. Looking at the commercial and strategical value of the Philippines, we would not be sur prised at resistance on the part of some of the powers. Moreover, it is evident that the inhabitants do not calmly acquiesce in American annex at i on ' "The Frankfurter Zeitung thinks that after the elections the American commissioners are likely to make some concessions, since the chief question is rather how to conquer the Philippines from the inhabitants than how to overcome Spain's resist? ance " "The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says : 'The Aus? trian cabinet considers an English protectorate of the Philippines the only proper solution of the ques? tion.' ? ?? - Aguinaldo Issues Two Pro? clamation. Manila, Nov 2 -Aguinaldo, thc in? surgent chief, has issued r. proclama? tion pointing out that although the stringent orders previously issued by him have been generally obeyed, a few Filipinos have refused obedience and offecded in various ways ; and he now warns ali such that they arc liable to be declared outlaws and ro incur the extreme penalty. The reference is ap? parently to the anti Amcricao Fili? pinos In another proclamation issusd simul? taneously, Aguiaaldo allows all armed foreigners, except Spaniards. <o travel in Philippines territory, but all such are forbidden to approach the fortifica? tions or take photographs of defensive works. The Ucited States cruiser Charleston bas gene sou;hwarii for a month's cruise First in Centuries. Karlin, Nov. 2 -Emperor William's acquisition of a plot of land from the sultan and bin banding it to thc Cath oics is regarded as tho final touch in a long and carefully prepared scheme to mollify ibe Centriste (tho Catholic parfy in the reichstag). tho chief fea? ture of which scheme was the ven? geance taken for thc murder of the Catholic missionaries in OSina. Emperor William i the first Christian to visit the tomb of David since the year 1187, the tomb being one of the most eacred Mohammedan shrines. WWI The Spanish Members Withdraw. At Washington It ls Thought They Will Not Accept Washington, Nov. 3 -By way of paeparation for what may happen at the meeting of the peace commis? sioners in Paris to-morrow, it may be said that the officials here have no idea that the Spanish reply will be an unconditional acceptance of our late proposition relating to the acquisition of the Philippine islands On the other band, they do not expect an unequiv? ocal rejection. What is likely to oc? cur is that the Spanish commission? ers will come in with a counter prop osition, the basis of which probably will be a considerable increase in the som of money to be paid to the Span? ish government for the Philippines This will pave the way to negotita tion8 on that subject, and, inasmuch as the commissioners spent about six weeks in considering the sections of the protocol dealing with Cuba and Puerto Rico, it is reasonable to believe that at least a few days may be probably allowed for the dis? cussion of tbe Philippines Io short, it may be said that the officials here do notTexpect a final breach of relations between the commissioners to occur to-morrow notwithstanding the comments of unfriendly newspa? pers in that line. Paris, Nov. 3-The generally ac? cepted view here of the peace negoti? ations is that the Spaniards will no agree to the propositions submitted by the Americans to ta?se the Philip? pine islands and to reimburse Spain for the money spent upon permanent improvements in those islands. But there is a conflict of opinion as to whether the Spanish commissioners to morrow wiii present a counter proposition. This matter, it is add? ed, is undecided Paris, Nov. 3 -Having beard the American proposition, the Spaniards might have immediately declined it as they certainly will do at to-mor? row's session. Whether they will accompany the refusal with a counter proposition, has not been definitely ascertained, though at a late hour this evening that course seems im? probable. The result will be that the commissioners will retire from con? fronting positions until one or the other shall be confirmed in its lines for the next meeting, which will pro? bably occur noxt week. A correspondent of the Associated Press ascertains from Spanish sources, beyond question authentic, that be fore the Philippine question is settled the Spanish commissioners will declare that they are not here 8oiey to gain ail the money possible from the United States. If the United States feel it a high duty to retain the Philippines Spain's envoys will declare that she has an equally sacred duty in holding them to the pledge of their revenues in I honurable indebtedness i London, Nov. 3 -The Paris cor ! respondent of the Times, who repu? diates as "calumny" charges of hos tility toward the United States con? tained in letters be has been receiv? ing from Americans for some time, says : "I understand that at to morrow's (Friday's) sitting the Spanish com? missioners will reply textually aa fol lowe : " 'It ie impossible for us either to accept or refuse the conditions the United States impose. We do not desire to declare a formal rupture, because it would oblige Europe to run the risk of beholding the humil? iating spectacle of an American fleet bombarding European shores. " 'We do not intend to furnish America with a pretext for the reali zation of such an event, but we can not subscribe to dictates which are not in conformity with the stipula? tions adopted in the common agree? ment that terminated the war. ?? 'We withdraw because we do not feel we have a right to sign the abdication sought to be imposed upon us We withdraw leaving public conscience and history to judge the act of violence of which we are the subject, and although we are unfortu? nately convinced that your attitude will nave no effect upon the minds of our conquerers we cannot assume any other, because by accepting the con? ditions imposed, we should become accomplices in an injustice and a violation of international law, to which we may submit, but in which it is impossible to ask us to take any share of the responsibility.' '"' London, Nov -1 -The Times, com ! menting editorially upon the dispatch of its Paris correspondent, says: '"The American demands may possibly be hard, but we cannot endorse the statement that they are in violation of the protocol Nror is it altogether to be regretted, eveu from the Span? ish view point, that Spain should be relieved of the heavy burden of re stori?g Spanish dominion in the Phil? ippines." \ New York, Nov>* 3.-A dispatch to the Evening Post tcovA Paris says r The reported rupture (if peace nego? tiations between Spain ^and the Uni? ted States is not creo?ted in the French foreign office, fiance wilK I ingly will serve again as an interme? diary in the hope of puttinj under permanent moral, as financial obligations, thus streng! ing her own positfou in the balance of power Paris and Brussell bankers arl taking active interest in the question^ of Spanish debts. Madrid, Nov. 3 -The announce-, ment of the intentions of the United States regarding the Philippine isl? ands has greatly excited the public here. It is generally recognized* however, that it would be absolutely futile to appeal to Europe, v/hich has? abandoned Spain to her fate. STABBED BY A SOLDIER. Unfortunate Row in the First Regiment. Columbia, Nov. 4 -A very sad affair occurred at Camp Fuller yester? day afternoon Sergt. Gr. W. Burbage" of Co. F, was seriously though not fatally stabbed by Private Davis of Co. F. It seems that Sergt. Borbage, while endeavoring to stop an altercation between Davis and another soldier, was stabbed io the forehead. Davis made a second thrust at Burbage, but some one standing by knocked Davis insensi? ble with a bayonet., and Barbage's life was saved. He was brought to the city in a carriage and Dr. Neville attended bim. 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