The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-28

nave the safest Of all guides --experience.
ror more than fifty years the Atlantic
ocean has bounded our Eastern. the Gulf
and Kepabliu OF Mexico our Southern. the
racine our Western. and the British pos
sessions our Northern borders During this
period We have made marvellous strides IN
progress, the development OF our resources.
anu increase OF population. We have winged
'ne greatest OF all wars In our own borders,
placing In hostile conflict two arfnies either
ot which could have whipped the COM
pined legtons OF Napoleon or WELLINGTON
Since then we have nearly doubled our
resources and population and even now
we are demonstrating TO the world that
the foreign power which breaks our peace
must whip every man within our borders
from Maine TO Texas from New York to
California, before they can successfully
| give us battle. Why, then. extend our
borders more than 1000 miles In the racfio
OCEAN, TO do so will be a breach OF public
and National faith
December 10, 1910. Mr.. Webster an
| nounced that.
Tho government Of the Sandwich
Islands ought TO be respected, that no
power ought TO take possession OF the
islands, either as conquest or for
! purpose OF colonization.
! President Tyler. two years afterwards
reiterated the same doctrine,
| IN 1913 Secretary OF State Legare notified
our minister TO England
That we had no wish to acquire or
plant colonies abroad but would. II
necessary, feel justified IN using force
to prevent their acquisition by one of
the great powers OF Europe.
This, Mr.. Speaker. has been our estab-
| lished policy. Twice England has ooou-
| pied ihe islands and as often peacefully
retired Does anyone believe that In tho
face OF all this that even remote possir
| hility exists that any foreign power would
dare incur our disploasure by attempting
| 10 possess themselves OF these islands?
| must lass on, MIR. Speaker. IL Is not
only unwise thar We annex Hawaii, to do
| so viii be q bluudcr approaching the gray
| lily OF n crime. | know that by many 1t
| is not considered up to date TO quote MIR.
| Washington MIR. Jefferson or Mr., Madison,
| and yet ! can not believe that the great
| and unseliish advice OF these men, TO whom
| We owe SO much, should be lightly set
| aside.
would certainly. when in doubt, pre-.
| fer 10 80 to him who used his private
| means to aid the government and declined
| TO accept compensation MS commander of
the army and president of the United
| States and refused crown rath-
or than those who would convert
81 war for liberty and humanity
into a vehicle of conquest and commercial
gain. In his farewell message TO the con-
gross he warned US against a large stand
ing army and cautioned MS against cntan-
CLING foreign alliances. with patriotic, far
seeing statosmanship, he advised against
political connection with any foreign ma
ton. called attention To their interests in
volVing them In controversies foreign 10
our concerns Said he;
Our detached and distant situation
invites and enables US 10 pursue Il Diff
feront course. Why
He asked
should we forego the advantages OF so
peculiar situation? why quit our
own to stand on foreign grounds
That we might be the more secure IN
our position. In 1873 Mr.. Monroe startled
the world by putting the nations OF the
earth on notice that we Woull not permit
foreign powers TO extend their system to
any portion OF thls hemisphere lhese
polleies nave hecome ''ehr To lhc American
people without regard 10 phtf' puiu"u
thereby, wa have preserved our govern
ineni ana outstripred an hauopa III tne
race Tor supremacy we nave SURPASSED
every power maintaining colonial polioy'
having none ourselves We nave seen the
llnRs OF mohhrchles go nowh IN SCUM
America, Central America. ana the Islands
Oh the sea ahu rags over lpe,ty""Nlns 'e-
puhlios hoisteh IN lhelf stead
We have seen q ioreish emperor iett to
ny us ana unon 'no rulnS OF hlA thronc =,
rennphc created Whai more Gun we ash
why nor continue aiohs Wv my VI our
great d.Huhy. set',hg our lhtethhi gus
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stated:
lmp"rla' ieNdS eau pronuuo Ip"' ply
ducts Tor inc ehuro popu'a'''h CT 'He
United states
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The gentleman from indiana ,Mr' Johhbom'