Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-08-30
Does Not Believe la Turning Loos5 An4 6i tIe Isialds seizsd From
 the Spanish Government.
THE FUTURE OF
 TIE UNITED STATES.
He Says the Nary Must Be Increased and Be Made as Good as Any h tlle Narld-Tlge Pacific Must
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New York, Aug G0-sIae American people are agIese with patriotic fever and the utmost ealmness is necessary con sidefug our future courses said United States Senator Gnshman k DaxIs 10 World reporter before leaving the city for his home fo prepare for his journey to Paris as one ef the i've commissioners to arrange the final terms of peace be. tween the victorious United States and defeated Spain
 Events have nladens one af the great powers of1the earth. ae eontin- ued. Whatever we may have desired ourselves heretofore. destiny has forced upon us responsibilities hat We must recognize and accept. Ne have bee5ane 8 potent 1actorin the worlds prqeress 4 great and actual naval anu nlili- tary power We are already 37e are nor strong. enough yet. huf not an houa must be lost In eauipping ourselves to cope with l4sgy emergency tha5snlaas confront us. 8ar volunteer army is as good, Ii no6 better. than any force of the kind in the world, but we cannot rest secure ln that thought We must have q large regular army zat cal in the future. We mnst have as good 3 navy as any nation on earth. Nc have an excellent beginning. snip for ship, we need fear noroiy. But We must build ships with 1rue American energy Moth ing must defer us. We know that we have men to put behind the guns. Love 5,s g,lTIliJI i5 1ls l4ls.riUsln cilarac- teristie When We were boys all Of us knew how to handle firearms. | gun is the earliest thought of the American youth Men are only grownup boys That explains our success at Manila and Santiago
 How are v-e likely to be nleuaced in the future?' was asked.
 Actually, WIG are not 3 whit more ex- posed to attack as a colonial power than we have been every hour since ths ac- tive advent of steam power The glori- ous victories Of our navy have brought us new responsibilities, bu6 tlse Philip pines C. the Sandwich islands are not more 1sclatesl fhan are parts of our Pa ciflc coast. Hereafter oar power nnst be felt n the P.rifc ocean The mare addition Of a Jew hundred square miles Of territory hg capture or treaty does not increase our danger
 s.China Is The coveted part of the earth's surface today; fut who could have predicted six months ago that Russia, C5ezmssIly or Japan would not eogct a 8oo4aold oa tine North American continepte Now we see the trend of events In 1he east Providence has stepped in to 4oint ont the future course for
 We must police the Pacific ocean. Us coast has been our vulnerable point.
 ssYa an understand. I am on record as favorinm the retention of territory mat has baen aequigea bv fhe splendid vie tories Of nur arms. am an American citizen. speaking as such. and ag re- marks have nothins b ae wlfh afieial duties that shall undertake on 0ef I, asa semniissianar 10 the congress at paris
 'sNyhat that hoay will T will nor do, wonld naF pred-et | s:unla. l am talking If tine sisumion as Il cx1sta to- day. anu as every AiaericAu eltizen can see il. Tho int@es Of the United States mnst lse 5es lons ' guarded from this hour onward Y9e nave been re- miss and indifferent il 1he past. Think of the Nirginius m-lss acre. That was the hour in which we shonId have taught Spain her lesson. Long years of suffering and bloodshed would have been ayerted. Itis idle to say thaf the Yirgnaius was not an American ship. Many Of the men aboard Ter were American citizens. and the ship was caught on the high. .seas. The men. were