The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-06

and impregnable because buttressed by
the seas; the home of the only clNlllzei
people on earth who are economically IN
dependent and self-sustainng and bounl-
less in their resources: long the Branary
and now fast becoming the workshop or
the world; gaining in its new acquisitions
the gates of the Caribbean, the mastery
of the Isthmus and the key of Asia; en-
bracing within its own wide territory, as
no other nation does, the varied and eN-
changeabe products of the temperate
and tropic zones and all the necessities
of complete and self-centered national
existence and thus fronting the coming
time of worldwide rivalry with round
ed development beyond any other nation,
with the new need of commercial extern
sion which springs from these unlimited
capabilities, and with the stepping stones
and facilities brought within our posses
sion by provdential events which tho
imagination had not dreamed six months
ago. Surely, as we contemplate this vi
sion we can justly feel that the mistress
of the future is ;he noble figure of the
Republic whose torch of liberty enlighten-
ing the world is no less the beacon of
commerce and humanity.
A HIGH MISSION.
Shall we be worthy of this high mis-
sion? | have fun. faith in my country
men. | believe in the spirit and capacity
of the American people. This war and
its tremendous questions have given us
new elevation and dignity and purpose.
How it has dWarfed and diminished our
domestic differences and our petty Conten-
tions! How it has kindled the patriotic
fires and quiCkenod the true national in
stnCt! How it has lifted us to a higher
plane of public consciousness and to Il
broader view of national greatness! In
the large work before US of governing and
developing our new possessions of anne
lorating and advancing the condition of
the new peoples who have been brought
under the protecting folds of our flag, ana
Of achieving the fulness of the new possi-
| bilities within our grasp there is call for
| all that is best in our American courage
and statemanship and character.
| There is call for thoughtful, conscien-
| tious and patriotic devotion on the part
| of the people. In dealing with these
great questions which concern the future
of our country and its relations to the
world there ought to be 40 room for
| narrow partisanship. Let us coniine our
| partisan differences to domestic issues
| let us limit our family contests to the
| family circle; let us with patriotic spirit
! end them at our own shores and when
| we come to front foreign questions and
| foreign nations involving our honor, our
world, let us stand united as one people
| forgetting that we are Republicans OF
| Democrats and remembering only that
We are all Americans together.
| The president Of the United States has
| set us the worthy example. In conduct
! ing the war and concluding the peace. In
choosing the captains OF our hosts and
| the negotiatOrs of our treaties, he has
! nobly put aside all impulse of partisan
| yI,,4,
| as executive of the whole people with
| single purpose and with unerring wisdo I
he has called his aids and his associat,
in the great work from all parties anC
all sections, and through all the conflict
and the settlement his sole thought has
been the welfare and glory of his country
1t Is for the American people to NEE
these new questions in the same 4loftS
spirit of patriotism, with open eyes rol
| the broader career before us and opnr
hands for the higher duty and destiny
| OF the Republic