The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-12

Democracy does not demand war, but
it does demand justice. And it does
demand freedom. 1t demands that the
modern man who wants freedom shall
| have freedom. The Monroe doctrine
was democracy's first great challenge.
1t was our service. And 1t is wonderful
that any nation should have had
spirit equal to that great self-dedica-
tion. Any further step is but another
stage of democratic evolution. Who
| can doubt at this day that democraC-
is great militant force. or that 1t VIII
| tend to drive an influential and power
| full nation like ourS--a useful nation like
ours-into complete relations with the
! world? Democracy knows, better than
| any other of humanity's great forces,
| that war is not the best agent of ideas,
! and the activities of democracy, or of
| democratic governments, do not mean
war. Democracy can be militant with
| out entanglementS or conflicts, but Ii
! cannot be militant and isolated at the
| same time
CANNOT BE INDIFFERENT.
Tho third Of the forces driving our
nation on to closer relations with the
world Is the sense of responsibility in
| herent In a great free nation and the
consequent impracticability of asso-
| ciatng pure isolation with national
greatness and grandeur. No truly
| great nation ever did or ever will for
a very long time remain isolated or
! feed it's soul on Indifference TO what
must become a part of the great
world and take it's part of the worlds
burdens; take its share of responsible
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| Thoughts OF human progress are the
| necessary food Of noble minds.
| Dreams of universal ameliorations are
/ the nOurshment Of all great spirits.
! The isolation Of greatness Is incon-
ceivabl". Greatness is responsible;
! greatness is interested in all related
| great things; greatness has relation
! ships, responsibilities, duties, which
are on the scale of its own proportions.
| Aud u really great nation must feel
! responsibilities TO the great movement
| of mankind, az represented in the ac-
! tivities of all the world together, You
might as we'll expect great man TO
! limit his interests to the life of his
! immediate family as to expect great
| nation to live entirely within itself.
1t is against nature, against charac-
ter against all human impulse.
| Therefor this growinG nense of nee
| essary touch on the part Of our great
nation with the civilization and inter-
ests of mankind.
NOT MERE LAND EXPANSION.
| Let il always be remembered that
| the new expansion is not mere land
extension or even trade extension. For-
! eien trade win be more and more a
part of our life, but foreign possess
| sions for the most part are only a nee
| essary incident of an expansion which
| essentially means a new share i'm the
| responsibilities of civilization, a new
share in restraining and guiding the
| forces of nations, a new share in mold
! ina the fate of men. l am.tha farthest
possible from eagerness for mere ter
! ritory. But ! would not shirk a national
| duty to escape territory. l would not
| shirk national duty to escape alien
! populations, ] hoped we might not
| he obliged to take very much Of
| the Philippines. But are we not oblig-
| ed to take them all? Can we take less
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