We cannot be a republic and an empire at the same time. it is perhaps possible there are two kinds of civilizations-those for home consumption and those for the heathen market." -mark twain, 1899 what government action is mr. twain protesting? the continuing importation of africans to be used as slave labor in american farms and factories the recent massacre of native americans at wounded knee and the violation of treaties the mexican-american war and the subsequent confiscation of new mexico, arizona, and colorado the american annexation of the philippines, guam, puerto rico, and the brutal treatment of the filipino people