Imperialism and LibertyRonbroke Press, 1899 - 491 pages |
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Page 31
... officer to prevent this gratuitous bit of butchery , nor , of course , could any officer have interfered very well , if the soldier - as was said to be the case - was only acting in accordance with the wishes of the general in command ...
... officer to prevent this gratuitous bit of butchery , nor , of course , could any officer have interfered very well , if the soldier - as was said to be the case - was only acting in accordance with the wishes of the general in command ...
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... officer went up and deliberately shot one of the women with a revolver . " The attention of those who erroneously think that the Anglo - Saxon is an humane and civilizing race is respect- fully called to Mr. Bennett's conclusions : " I ...
... officer went up and deliberately shot one of the women with a revolver . " The attention of those who erroneously think that the Anglo - Saxon is an humane and civilizing race is respect- fully called to Mr. Bennett's conclusions : " I ...
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... officers of greatest experience with them are of this opinion . In time this could doubtless be done , but it will require education . By degrees , a company could be given to a regiment to be utilized as scouts and guides ; further on ...
... officers of greatest experience with them are of this opinion . In time this could doubtless be done , but it will require education . By degrees , a company could be given to a regiment to be utilized as scouts and guides ; further on ...
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... officers , who , incompetent in every respect , were ap- pointed by the high masters of the war as bribery for their support in future political machinations . It is all as clear as day . McKinley did not remove that national stench ...
... officers , who , incompetent in every respect , were ap- pointed by the high masters of the war as bribery for their support in future political machinations . It is all as clear as day . McKinley did not remove that national stench ...
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... officers mustered up courage to rebel and the " round- robin " was written to Gen. Shafter , a memorial in which the higher officers of the force united in declaring , that the army is disabled by malarial fever to the extent that its ...
... officers mustered up courage to rebel and the " round- robin " was written to Gen. Shafter , a memorial in which the higher officers of the force united in declaring , that the army is disabled by malarial fever to the extent that its ...
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Page 121 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 175 - ... of the people is so sprightly up, as that it has not only wherewith to guard well its own freedom and safety, but to spare...
Page 457 - O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Page 51 - Finally, it should be the earnest and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect and affection of the inhabitants of the Philippines by assuring them in every possible way that full measure of individual rights and liberties which is the heritage of free peoples, and by proving to them that the mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation, substituting the mild sway of justice and right for arbitrary rule.
Page 174 - For this is not the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance ever should arise in the commonwealth, that let no man in this world expect ; but when complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty obtained that wise men look for.
Page 100 - 11 keep the people in blindness,— Thet we the Mexicuns can thrash Eight inter brotherly kindness, Thet bombshells, grape, an' powder 'n' ball Air good-will's strongest magnets, Thet peace, to make it stick at all, Must be druv in with bagnets. In short, I firmly du believe In Humbug generally, Fer it's a thing thet I perceive To hev a solid vally; This heth my faithful shepherd ben, In pasturs sweet heth led me, An' this '11 keep the people green To feed ez they hev fed me.
Page 175 - Last, that it will be primely to the discouragement of all learning, and the stop of truth, not only by disexercising and blunting our abilities, in what we know already, but by hindering and cropping the discovery that might be yet further made, both in religious and civil wisdom.
Page 76 - This army must be moved at once, or perish. As the army can be safely moved now, the persons responsible for preventing such a move will be responsible for the unnecessary loss of many thousands of lives.
Page 456 - But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
Page 473 - My system is built upon this idea as a ruling one, namely, that we must Change the question before the public from one upon slavery, or. about slavery, for a question upon union or disunion. In other words, from what would be regarded as a party question to one of Patriotism or Union. The occupation or evacuation of Fort Sumter, although not in fact a slavery or a party question, is so regarded.