The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

According to President Jacob G. Schurman, of
Cornell University, and United States
commissioner to the Philippines, this slavery is
“not the cruel inhuman slavery, but beneficent in
form.” Some time ago the president of the United
States announced that the policy of this
government toward the Filipinos was one of
“beneficent assimilation.” This “beneficent
assimilation” policy has been pushed forward by
powder and projectile ever since it was first
promulgated. Now it has become so exceedingly
beneficent and assimilative in character that it has
assimilated into the body politic of the United
States of America and Asia the beneficent poisons
of concubinage, polygamy, and slavery. And as
seemingly these were too good to be garnered by
gunboats and Gatling guns like everything else in
the Philippines, they were purchased with Mexican
dollars.
Recently a treaty, or treaty-like arrangement,
has been effected by General Bates in behalf of the
United States with the sultan of Sulu. According to
the agreement this government pays to the sultan of
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