Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-17
"OUR FOREIGN POLICY
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whole country will never cease 70 be promo
and whose Suggestions, both On account OF
lis posigicn at toe head eff our departmen,
veli-xnown infease Americsnism and broad
Gai9ced wisdom, were entitled to the his hs.'
confederation (Appisase.)
The Nicaraguan Canal.
A pIper upon t1Is snbjscs devoted a.
moss s1elusively 10 cur relations With
sub Am = eau countries would be mos,
inco m pieis unless AZ least soma brief A.
lR,ion Vas mafe to the sui ct of the pei
icy OF our government win reference 10
the NicArssaA canal. The proposed route
Of this canal extends from the hsrbol
Of Gray Town on Csriibssa .eA to Brito On
the Pacific. Is total length 10 l69 $40
niles Ct whieh IS 3 10 miles viii b. exc,
Nce for the eaoai and the pest viii be s,
comp i,hsd BY navigation Of Lake Nicar
qua sni the river San juan. Let me most
o,is q call your attention 10 ZONE Of thu
bens fits ;ha! will result upon the &C mpl'
tion Of this work. The di.tsncs saved b.
tween New York sd San Francisco viii
be 10 600 miles; between New Orleans ard
Ssa Francisco. by reason o,
the si'u,sion Of Nsv OrIe'ns in the
Cult IL ,0o0 miles; between New York and
the Sand xicd Islands. 1900 miles; bstve, n
Liverpool AID San Francisco 1900 miles
As important as this great saving of time
and distance 10 concerned in fela'i,n to our
merchant vessels, it is Of slight conse 1snce
when compared viii the tremendously ia.
creased fscii les that will thereby be fur
pished to the government If our country
for protecting our coasts in case Of wars
with other nations. For instance, . naval
feet s!eaming ct the very rapid rate Of 400
miles day. would save Is days time in
going from any naval station on the A.
isntic to any part Of the North Pscifc.
Oar government has fully realiz not only
the importance Of this project. bu.- also
that this was matter in vhicn The United
States should have the fullest and moe,
absolute control. Senator Morgan from
Alabama in a speech to the Seuste said tina,
the canal is the mes. in por.sn: subject nov
connected with commercial growth and
progress Of the United States.
Congress, some years ago created co.,
poradon to construct this canal when
Nics,asua has williogly m sde the necessary
conrs ssiors. And Low the President OF
rht Uoitsd States in his last annual message
TO Congress has com mit.ed himtelf and has
adDinistra'ion in these most emphatic terms
50 the policy Of granting suhstsntiA aid to
this ente prise aud il Necessary to secu,e
the completion Of the canal by dire C, Sppro.
pristion from the national treasury. This
matter is so Intimately connected With our
national prosperity, The canal v ould be such
Al important factor in the time of TIRES :
ened way that the management and control
of it should Fever bs shared with any other
country on the American hemisphere OF
elsewhere. And am sure that the i'm
partial and patriotic people Of the United
miDistrarou only ore more proof of it.
wisdom and its broad, enlightened and
patriotic policy.
la conclusion, allow me to say that while
| believe it is but natural that during the
first century Of The country's life our PEG
pie should have devoted all their thoug hts
AID Il cir energies to the development oil
our wonderful resources, and that the al.
tention Of our federal goverrm ent should
have been largely turned in the direction Of
internal Improvements, that the time had
slresdy come when The people Of the Uni'.
ed States will never be satisfied with an,
standardization that does net make substan
tisl progress in advancing cur foreign trade
ard in all ~sys helping to place This coun-
try in its proper place in international sf
fair.
May we not believe that with 3 rapidly
increasing fore ign commerce the construc.
ton OF navy ,hst will enti;le Us to the n
spect of oil mefitime nations, with care fully
msiured plans fer the settlement OF inter
national dispu'es by arbitration, that in thi:
beloved country Of GU Wa are entering
upon a new era Of national prosperity, and
may not those of us who are IS hopeful fol
the future of the Republican party as We
are prod of its past, b:iieve that the sd
mi0lsrstion Of Pfe'itens Harrison is en-.
titled to the eve irg gratitude c f prs
perous people fur TIE great work which
bias been CONNER ced and so far advanced
during the last tn &c years.