The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-01


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Pacific, the Ladr0nee another. vcsA9
further tnfe the rsgicn cf slsases ana -
cua1asFce.. Annth a1aOeees e - S.s,..
drc<ls q niIHc1a AmeEteaa merenants.
American manufacturer. American f1<m-
efs aave - Good ri{es e teos1 g 49, 81.
Asia, whose commerce with England alone
amounts % hundre(iz Of milaona Of ooGa1
every year: Asia. TO whOen Germany aOoks
soundrles and nails: ASH. whose doors sAea
not be shat a4zinx< An1erican trade. via
in two decades the bu.k OF Oriental com
IN the world n the light OF that golden
future our chain OF nAW-won stations rise
like ocean sen.ineas from the night OF
isssaaian sssai Z greater sues: Hawaii.
the Ladrones. the Philippines. command
ing the Pacific. All. as cur commerce
siobe and the highways Of the o~eean-carry-
Ing trade Of all mankind be guarded by
the guns Of the repHblic. SHAH this future
q the nee e kss With shose yn n,,, ui sf
immortal GLORY. or, shall VIC risk II to these
who would build dam in the current OF
destiny's large designs. we are ENLISTED
will never end until American cofnmerce
has made the conquest or the wofid, suntlt
American cittSensntp has become the iozo
sof civilization. and the Stars and stripes
the flag Of flags throughout the world.
No wonder that In the shadow
Of coming events, 80 great. free
sllves - already q memory. Men
understana to-day that the great
est eennese& ~ tAe weird nust
be conducted with the steadiest
standard Of value and most COM
! venient Hedian Of exchange
human in9enaity can devise.
T1ns, that unerriAx reesOaer.
Has settled the silver question.
Front n an unansverable arBn-
meat.
lie investors win b making fortunes devel-
oping our island interests. tens OF thou
sands OF Democratic farmers VIII be sell
ing their pork and beef and wheat TO
Antilles and the gardens Of the Pacific and
to the homa market our foreign trade VIII
create. tens Of thousands Of Democratic
workinsmen VIII be al Work IN our factor
les and not Democrat of them Will con-
sent to be paid in any money but the best
Silver is today as innocuous as nat paper
money.
stable Finance Imperative.
Now on the threshold Of our career as the
first power of earth. Is the time to per-
American people have tina most tremendous
tasks OF history to perform. They have the
mightiest commerce Of the word 10 con-
duct, They cannot halt their progress OF
wealth and power to unsettle their money
system at the command OF ignorance.
Think OF Great Britain becoming the COM
mercial monarch OF the world with her
financial system periodically ASA led. mink
Of Holland or Germany or France yet send
ing their nag In every sea, with their money
at the mercy OF politicians seeking for an
issue. Sixteen to one s passed In our career.
Why go back to II like the victim OF opium
to his deadly pipe? Now when new rivers
OF gold are pouring through the fields OF
business. the foundation of al sslver-stano-
ard argument that there IS not enough goid.
Is swept away. Why mumble the meaning
less phrases of tale that is told when the
golden future is before US, the world calls
us. It's wealth awaits US and Gods CON-
inand Is on US?
There are SO many real things to be
done-canals to be dug. railways TO be
laid, forests to be felled, cities to be build
ed. unviolated fields TO be titled. priceless
peoples to be saved, civilization to be pro-
claimed and the flag OF liberty flung TO the
eager air OF every sea. Is this an hour to
Is this season to give our destiny over
to word-mongers and prosperity wreckers?
No! 1t Is an hour to remember your
lie the opportunities Fate has opened to
this favored people and to yop. 1t Is a
time to bethink you Of the conquering
march OF the flag. 1t is time to be-
think you Of your nation and its sovereign
ty Of the seas- 1t is time to remember
that the God OF our fathers Is our God and
that the gifts and the duties He gave to
them, enriched and multiplied. He renews
to us. their children. 1t is a time to sustain
that devoted man. servant OF the people
and Of the most high God. who Is guild
ing the republic out into the ocean OF in
finite possibilities: 1t is a time to cheer
the beloved president OF Gods chosen peo-
pie. till the whole world is vocal with
American loyalty to the American govern
chief.
Americans Chosen of the Almighty.
Fellow~Americans, we are Gods chosen
people. Yonder at Bunker Hill and York
town His providence was above us. At
New Orleans and on ensanguined seas His
hand sustained us. Abraham Lincoln was
His minister; and His was the altar CT
freedom the boys in blue set up on a hum
dred smoking battlefelds. His power d.
rected Dewey in the East. and He deliver
ed the Spanish fleet into our hands on Lib
erty's natal day as He delivered the elder
Armada into the hands of our English
poses are revealed In the progress of the
flag. which surpasses the intentions of con-
crosses and cabinets, and leads us, like
holier pillar OF cloud by day and pillar Of
fire by night, into situations unforeseen
by finite wisdom and duties unexpected by
the unprophetic heart OF selfishness. The
American people cannot use a dishonest
medium Of exchange; it is ours to set the
world its example OF right and honor We
cannot fly from our world duties. 1t IL
ours to execute the purpose OF a fate that
has driven us TO be greater than our small
intentions. We cannot retreat from any
soil where Providence has unfurled our
banner Ii Is ours to save that soil for lih-
erty and civilization. For liberty and city,
ilization and Gods promises fulfilled. the
flag must henceforth be the symbol and
the sign TO all mankind.
Before the last lines OF the speech had
died on the lips OF The orator the crowd