Excerpt from To the American People The Presidential election is now approaching in the great North American Republic, the nation whose principal emblem is the government of the people by the people itself, the government deriving its just powers from the consent of the governed. Those fundamental principles which are incarnate in the Declaration of Independence have undoubtedly been the regulator of their rapid progress and general prosperity, which have caused the veneration and astonishment of the whole world. But - sad as it is to say so - to-day they seem to forget those sacred principles in the Philippine Islands where between those who were friends and allies, war is now going on, causing material as well as moral damage everywhere. Indeed this unfortunate land is not yet pacified and is very far from being so. And why? Because so far the people have not been satisfied with regard to their legitimate aspirations based upon their independence, aspirations which have been wrongly described by those who have a personal interest to represent them under another aspect to the honorable American people, and who are making every effort to succeed in their designs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.