The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-20
THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING GO.

malaQy, put the CIOSer we get 10 them or they get to use. the closer our view and the less obscure our duty. Pa- triotism must be faithful as well as fervent, statesmanship must be wise as well as fearless-not the statesman ship which will command the questions of the hour, but of the future as well. There must be new life and purpose or there will be weakness and decay. There must be broadening of thought as well as of broadening of trade. Ter ritorial expansion is not alone and all ways necessary to national advance ment. There must be constant move ment toward a higher and nobler civili- zation, civilization that shall make it's conquests without resort to war and achieve it's greatest victories pursuing the arts of peace. In our present situ- ation, duty, and duty alone, should pre- scribe the boundary of our responsibil- ities and the scope of our undertake ings.
 "The final determination of our pur- poses awaits the action of the eminent men who are charged by the executive with the making of the treaty of peace and that of the senate of the United States which by our constitution must ratify and confirm it. We all hope and pray that the confirmation of peace will be as just and as humane as the con- duct and conSummation of the war. When the work of the treaty makers is done, the work of the lawmakers will begin. The one will settle the ex- tent of our responsibilities the other must provide the legislation to meet them. The army and navy have nobly and heroically performed their pas&1 May God give the executive and con- gress wisdom to perform theirs"
 The presidents utterances were greeted with vociferous applause.
 Gage on .sOur Future."
 In responding to the toast, ''Our Flu ture," Secretary of the Treasury Gage said in part: "An Englishman is quoted as saying Tn 1850 the United States of America will have popula- tion of 250000,000 and will be able to crush any people of the earth except, perhaps, the Slavs.' Tn his estimate of our future power, he misconceived the use of it. It is not our mission to crush any people. It is our mission to en- large, to nberate, to set free. The foundation stone upon which this great social, political structure rests, is the rights of the individual man. Over him, the man, sacred in his personality, however poor he be, is lifted up to pro- tecting Aegis of tn constitution and the laws. The future of which we are now thinking depends upon the faithful, continued, never relaxing enforcement and radical principle If the individual man be robbed of his rights whether by commissions of men or commissions of money, or power, then the citizen ceases to be slave, to be sycophant. Pray God that it be never lost. Upon it's preser- vation our national future primarily turns. The rights of the individual man are the condition precedent to all real and permanent progress wherein is embodied industry, commerce, art, do mestic tranquility, dignified living and happy homes.
 "The demands of commerce and in- dustry for the affairs of the worlds money medium has been neglected or ignored. Through ignorance or by a disregard of economic conditions this great commercial people are substan- tially paupers as to an American ocean marine. The army and navy have hith- erto been quite inadequate to properly represent the dignity and power of the nation. These neglects or shortcomings time will fully cure. The task of the statesman is now to be enlarged. New and proffered problems leading to strange or alien races will challenge his thought and test his wisdom. Surely the future is big with destiny for us Having learned the value of freedom can we wisely preserve it to ourselves and spread it's blessings abroad over other lands beyond the seas? In pa tience, courage and with the highest sense of responsibility to God and man the sublime task must be assured. Will
 we succeed. Yes, if over the word
 Liberty we write the word Law If over the word Country we write the word Justice. /"
 General Miles was the next speaker, and he was greeted by tremendous ap- | plause.
 General Miles in concluding his re-
 marks said "I believe we still main- | tain such physical force that we may be able to protect our citizens and our | interests in any quarter of the globe. I trust that in the future we shall not be found in a position requiring 50 | much time for preparation. Other na- tions are on the alert in preparing for emergencies by manufacturing military | equipment in great quantities and we ought at least to keep our powder dry' | General Shafter, who spoke next, was also given an enthusiastic greeting. He said: "No one can recall the devotion | to duty and the glorious deeds of our small army from the date of it's organ | ization without a sense of pride in race and country. I believe that the repug- nance to a standing army of considera- ble size is rapidly growing less and now that we are broadening out our sphere of action and adding to our broad do- mains the islands of the sea, the neces- l sity for an increased army force must | be apparent to all thinking men. It
 should be a source of pride to every l patriotic American that during ou1 whole existence as a nation the army of | the United States has always been i faithful to it's trust"
 Captain Charles D. Sigsbee responded
 to the toast 'The Navy" his address | being greeted with great applause.