The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

not Indispensable to trade. SO, if we
seek industrial development and the
commerce Of the world, it will come,
regardless Of standing armies and
mighty navies and military strength.
1t will be ours by right of conquest,
by virtue of the genius of the =Ameri-
can people and the inexhaustible re-
sources of our great republic and the
splendid freedom and glory which
comes from the birthright Of American
citizenship.
The speaker next discussed the ques-
ton OF manifest destiny" and con-
tended that, sooner or later, the infiu-
ence of the republic would pervade this
continent, and the process of expansion
would continue until other countries
and nations became a part Of the re-
public. The Monroe doctrine was ex-
amined, and the various objections
which were urged against the annexa-
| ton of Hawaii and the Philippines
(predicated upon the supposed view
enunciated in the Monroe doctrine)
were taken up, and the conclusion
reached that a proper application of
the views of President Monroe did not
forbid the growth of the republic terri
| torially, beyond the confines of the Pa
cific slope The reasons which led to
the PRONUNCIATION of the doctrine were
alluded tc, and the many miseoncep-
lions with respect to the doctrine dis
cussed. The Monroe doctrine prevents
the European nations from implanting
their systems of political government
upon this hemisphere, but it does not
forbid the development Of constitutions
al government and the formation of
states and territories in the islands of
the Pacific or in lands which may be
freed from despotic rule.
Inc causes OF the war with Spain
next received consideration, and the
obligations resting upon us in respect
to the F'ilipinos The advantages are in
expelling SPANS sovereignty from the
island, and our government could not.
in justice, restore the people and the
islands to the dominion of Spain
| Whether the advantages resulting from
! annexation OF the islands would com
pensate for the dangers which would
| result might well provoke earnest diff
! ferences. The question of annexation
/ was one more or less of expediency; So
Geological questions were presented of
great moment when people sought ad-
mission into the Union, whose racial
! conditions were so diverse from ours.
! The great problems which had con-
fronted nations attempting to unite dis
! similar peoples and governments, and
! the dangers resulting therefrom, receiv-
! ed attention.
The legislation enacted by congress
! ~ 1CStAlCl IOIGlSl 1ultllSGdllOH, the
| chinese exclusion act, etc, deinonstrat-
J ed that evils We're deemed to have re-
| suited from the free access permitted
! inhabitants of other nations 1t is con-
tended by many that there can be no
permanent peace and lasting social adj
vancement where long intercourse ex-
! lists between different people of the
same government. Apropos of this,
many Students are contending that the
| gulf maintained between the white
| people and the enfranchised colored
people is in menace to our nation Shall
we annex, Unfortunately, peoples so
racially different, whose training, or
lack of training, units them for asso-
citation with our institutions? Our ma
ton stands at the threshold of a new
era; the dawn of a new century pre-
SentS great questions. The islands of
! the Pacific and the lands beyond are to
| become the thatre of mighty events
| Our nation has passed many dangers;
it has resisted the spirit of militarism;
its path has been upward and its course
| conservative. If it becomes imperial
istic in all that the term implies, seeks
military renown and martial glory, and
is seized with a lust for power and ter
ritGrial ACKNOWLEDGMENT to crafty an
unholy ambition, its high destiny will
be departed from and its great mission
will be unfulilled. It is to be an i'm
pt1icdi EctllO1l DSCduS6 Oh justice. It's
liberty, its constitutional DEVELOPMENT
and its mighty influence for good in
| the world. BY its example it inspires
! freedom; the fires of its civilization will
burn away the superstitions and the
slavery Of the present, as well as the
| future. Hegel, seventy years ago, de-
clared that England will be the great
missionary Of civilization, and Lord
Rosebery has declared that Great Brit
ain is the great secular agency for good
il ali tie world. But our nation, with
its benevolent institutions, will be the
! sJandard-bearer, and will prepare peo-
pies for republican institutions and the
liberty born of constitutional law and
the triumph of justice. It would be
unwise to say there will be no further
| expansion or. territorial additions, but
in adding to our International domains,
we should remember the inexorable
laws Of sociologic development The
constitution of our country is ordained
TO govern free people, not satrapies
and servile dependencies. without en-
gaging in employments of other ma
lions, we can strengthen the hands of
those who are struggling for a higher
life This nation is the guardian of an
other, midst the silence of the skies, the
watcher Of a beacon whose fire must
never die.
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