The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-30

nss question IL coming TO the front,
ih.l Of the Aeq nisItion Of foreign territory
which hide far 10 oys.sh,dow ell other
questions iof time at least Shall We
hold Ms1tls, Porto Rico. and Cuba II cap
,Bredi 90 this question members OF oil
parties ar divided.
There are eoId arguments for both
andes Of this question, Tho scqai'iuon
OF these iilsnds sould doubtless have q
tendoooy TO ehlArge our trade and furnish
80 additional market Tor our productions
on the other hand il would Increase our
expenditures ss It would relaire larger
amy aud navy ard might lead to foreign
complication. SPAN never reaped advsn
tsse from holding these colonies, bat she
never treated thcm decgntly aud they
we're constantly 10 rebellion, spain has
se'tt received sny benefit from her colon
lee, except 10 the Arst years after their
eoaq iest when they produced enormous
qqsalltles Of gold ADD SILVER,
There Is no donbs that England has
rsaped wet beLeht from her foreign col
onies, bat her method Of dealing with
them h.s been entirely different from
that Of spain, II may be said that We
have territory enough OF our own. and
that Is true, bit 1t IL also true that We
prodnce more than so have ready mar
bet Tor snd an extension OF our trade iaoill
ties would be distinct gain.
We copy the following on the subject
from the Onilook Some men recognize
more quickly than others radical chsnges
Ia world conditions, some more readily
sbundon traditional policies when chang
rd conditions render them obsolete. II Is
not al all strange that somo men and
some newspapers are ende.rotng rather
90 zee how they can hold fast TO the policy
Of tbs fathers than how they can create
nee olici,s Tor uev eiigelcles, not Vt oil
s,rab, thsi come men should make Il
tLet tudessot rather 10 escape the new
olitp ations Of sbew time, or rednce them
tos minimum. than how 10 assume them
.ltl courage aud fnlhll them With sue
eess. IL IL, rather, strange tlSt 50 many
zee ~th at least some clesrness Of yition
th.t The nev epoch involves new obliss
,ots. aud are eager rather than reluctant
b. ume them, Tue spltit sth which
DrWcy sailed into the hatbor OF Maulls,
.n1 Hobson into the Jaws Of desth at San
li.so. Is typical Of The splnt Of the Amer
can people. VITO are adventurous 10 the
plint Of sniscity. 10 this spirit sdseu
turous. suJscious. self confident, bat
shly earnest. sincere. snd heroic --
the CREST body OF the American pee pie are
iarains their faces toward the future
TIE Oatlook scoepts the neu dates OF
the new hout without missiTingsl We
belteve tbs, abe uuited States mu.t hence
iorh take lie place With the other nations
OF the sorla and shsre With them The
responsibility for the world. develop
nsut We believe that Anefiei has the
.biliiy and the courage 10 act veil bsr
part She uill sometimes blander, no
doabt, sid Americans sppoi0ted TO repre-
seDt her all sometimes misfepteseni add /
disgrace her Bat the i4laeuoe uhlcb |
she has altes3y tIerte1 is ptessss Of I
what het itaaeucs is 10 be. Fgr DO Amer
iesn eau danbi that the ptaclsmstious OF /
q Jmtz 10 Cnhs dthoubcirg sewers penal /
ues Tor al violations Of civilized warfare /
b, Cubsn 80 diers. and AFuiusldo 10 The /
Philippines sililar IN effect, are due 10 /
ihe tset ,h. they hsVssa Ansricsu array 4
sad al Ameriesn 6eel a. their slllo..
The Oalltot. thefei0tf, wilb 90 childish /
istA 10 the iuPteeAtillly AID luislNbility 1
Of AneficA, bat with patriotic ianh 10
Anefiess general iaiellisesoe snd general
panty Of puiposs, msini.iEs The f.itb
that. from The day when Ds~sy's gurs
aat The spanish aes', and the uaited
States bad laid upoa i, The duty Of .b,n
dotiSs its former foreign policy. aud cn
ssrins ds;erntrsdly and eoarsseoasly or
o. oas radically di1etent
We qsots The following tfon = rscert
speech Of wm j. Bry.n Ga the ether eide
Of he sal,eOs; lIssume thai prnciple.
vtlsa we're isVolret ia The ipsnsaniioa
81 tie val sal be observed 10 in p,o.eeu
lieE and eOtslsuea la eoslusl unasf |,