The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-05

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ed to their bosoms the Mauser bullets
ward TO victory. III the far away
Philippines, Dewey, who was born in
the green mountain state, met and
vanGuished the foe upon their chosen
ground with unparalleled skill and
bravery, and, within the throat OF
Santiago's harbor. guarded with iron
teeth Hobson, who was reared by the
bay of Mobile, sailed within the jaws
OF death with a courage and lofty pur-
pose which no danger and no difficult
ties could encompass.
Bagley, the boy from North Carolina,
and Gridley, the gallant captain OF the
Olympia, are mourned as martyrs TO
the cause of freedom. The blood of the
north and the south, of Fifth avenue
and the unframed west, of New Eng
land and of the rocky mountains has
been MINCED and the sorrow of the
nation at the oss of brave and unself1sh
heroes is softened by the thought that
their dying demonstrated our complete
unification and the immenseApower of
10000 900 of people animated by COM
mon purpose.
CONQUEST NOT THE OBJECT OF
THE WAR.
This is not a war of conquest 1t is
not of our choosing. 1t was forced
upon US by events which we could not
control. 1t was not begun, and the
people will never consent that IT shall
be waged in a spirit of selfishness,
entered upon that suffering humanity
should be benefited, we will never
permit it TO degenerate into crusade
for power Neither will the people be
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barbarous rule of Spain be ended upon
the western continent. The purpose
for which the war is .Waged will not be
ACCOMPLISHED if the yellow flag or
Spain is permitted to float over a single
foot of soil which shall be conquered
by our heroes. American ideas
must be advanced. American 0rinciples
must be maintained, and neither in
Cuba nor in the Philippines shall the
people be longer oppressed. If such a
policy involves a protectorate, it will
be our duty to assume the burden. Let
the people in those islands be aided in
their efforts for freedom. Let them be
instructed in the principles OF free gov
eminent. Let them be encouraged In
their struggle to govern themselves,
and let them be protected by this ma
ton until, as children of America. they
are competent to stand alone. Through
it all, let there be no selfish desire to
increase our own power, but, at the
same time, let not the bugbear of i'm
perialism' deter the people and our
public men from bravely assuming
whatever responsibility the occasion
may demand.
DOES NOT INFRINGE ON THE
MONROE DOCTRINE.
This course involves no infringement
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trine. That idea is simply this: That
foreign powers shall not be allowed to
extend their influence upon the west
ern hemisphere. 1t involves no alli-
ance with any nation of the old world,
and any such alliance. no matter what
sentimental arguments may be adj
vanced, should be avoided. We are big
enough, intelligent enough and rich
enough TO stand alone. We are well
want no foreign dictation as to our
fiji noes, and we need no foreign as
SiStance to assert our rights. With no
entanglements and animated with a
desire TO. do right, there need be no
fear of the future. and there is no more
occasion for becoming terrified over the
possibility of an imperial policy" than
there was when California became part
of the Union. American principles are
bound to advance. American enterprise
is bound to burst our geographical
lines. 1t is sweeping across the Rio
Grande and bringing within its con-
troll the undeveloped possibilities of
Mexico. 1t will seek out the fertile
islands of the sea, and it will build
there school houses and teach the peo-
pie the Declaration of Independence. 1t
will defy the icebergs of the north and
run lines of railroad through the jun
giles of the far south, and wherever it
shall go it will take with it our lam
guage, our customs, our laws and our
home life, and they will crowd out and
destroy all that which is antagoniStic.
The conquest will be a peaceful con-
quest but it will be none the less COM
plete, and we, the present government,
proud of the achievements of our peo-
pie will protect them wherever they
may be and aid them whenever they
may call.
BUILD THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
To meet the new order of things we
have now arrived at the period, when,
by reason of the necessities of trade
and for the purpose of defense, we
should enter upon the building and
soon complete a canal across the 18TH
mus, which shall bring into closer
touch the coasts of the Atlantic and
the Pacific. The necessity for this great
public work has already been demon
strated by the war. The trip of the
Oregon around the Horn, watched as
it was in every hamlet, was an object
lesson which will not be forgotten. The
necessity for the Nicaragua canal is
greater today than was the Pacific
railroad in our civil war. With ii, if
we were attacked by powerful enemy,
we could ready shift our fleet from
ocean to ocean, and thus protect our
commerce and guard our towns. We
could control the trade of the orient
and the islands of the western sea.
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
We have now reached a point in our
national progress when we should, at
all times. be prepared to assert our
rights and to protect our citizens. We
reed no great standing army. but we
should provide the nucleus from which
and about which a great army can be
readily gathered. IT has been demon
Strated that we cannot depend upon the
militia as at present organized. We
need more trained and educated Of
ficers. We should educate young men
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