The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-01

Will rise, ~ lifts their soaring
destinyJ whether they will pro-
coed upon the lines of national
development surveyed by the
ststesmen Of Our past. or wheth-
eF,s for the 0rst time. the Ameri-
can people doubt their mission,
Question fate, prove apOstnse to
the spirit Of their race and halt
the ceaselesx march Of free instf-
tutionss
Onward the Flag Of the Free.
VIII you say by your vote that Ameri-
can ability to govern has decayed. that
you are an infidel to American vigor and
practical sense? Or that we are Of the
ruling race OF the world; that ours is the
blood Of government: ours the heart of do
minion. ours the brain and the genius OF
administration? We do but what our ia
theirs debut pitch the tents OF liberty
farther westward. farther southwark: we
only continue the march OF the dag.
The march of the fiag liz 1859 the flag
of the Republic waved over 1900, 900 souls In
thirteen states, and this a savage terri
tory which stretched to the Mississippi to
Canada, TO the Floridas. The timid minds
OF that day said that no new territory was
needed. and for the hour they were right.
But under the lead of Jefferson we acquir-
ed the territory which sweeps from the
mississippi 10 the mountains, from Texas
to the British possessions. and the march
OF the Nag began. The inndeis to the gos-
pei OF liberty ravec, but the nag swept on.
The tide to that noble land out of which
Oregon. Washington. Idaho and Montana
have been carved was uncertain. Jeffer-
son obeyed the Angio-Saxon impulse
within him and another empire was added
10 the republic. and the march OF the flag
went on. Those who deny the power Of
free institutions 10 expand urgee every
bat the march Of the flag went on. A
screen of land from New Orleans to Flor
Ida shut us from the gulf, and over this
and the everglade peninsula waved the
saffron flag of Spain. Andrew Jackson
seized both. the American people stood at
his hack. and under Monroe the F.ori-
das came under the dominion CT the re-
public. and the march or the Tag WIN nn.
The Cassandras proplesied every prophecy
OF despair We hear today, but the march
OF the flag went OF. Then Texas respond
ed 10 the bugls calls OF liberty and the
march OF the Dag went on. And al last
we waged war with Mexico. and the flag
swept ever the Southwest. over peerless
oaAIornla. pas, tue gate OF gold 10 Ore
ocean its folds OF glory blaxed. And now.
obeyfrg the same voice that Jefferson.
Jackson, Seward heard and obeyed. Grant
aud Harrison heard and ohsye3 William
Mckinley plants the flag over the Islands
OF the sea, and the march OF the flag goes
on.
Splendid Fruits Of Victory.
Today we are making more than we can
use. Therefore We must ffri new markets
FOR our produce. new occupation FOR our
capital. new work for our labor. Ard SO,
while we did not need the territory taken
during the past century at the time IL was
acquired, We do need what We have taken
in iSe. and we need IL now. Think Of the
thousands O! Americans who Will pour into
Hawaii and Porto RICO when the repDsfic's
laws cover those Islands with justice and
safety. ThIuk OF the tens Of taolSs nsis OF
Americans who VIII iuyaIe the Philippines
when a liberal government SHAH establish
dTeds Of thousands OF Americans wao Will
build a seap~an&-water common school civ
tlixatton OF energy and Industry 81 Cuba,
when a government az law replaces the
double reign CT anarchy and tyranny
Tank of she prosperous millions .hat en-
press Of Islands VIII support when abedi-
eas 10 TIE law OF political gravifat!er,. her
can hesssw~-shc sacred orgfsr % the Stars
and stripes. the citizenship 90 the grea:
republic,
Mat does sn this mean sor every enc
az usg First az al. II means opportunity
fev al the glorious young manhood OF the
rssahssc. II means taat ;se resources ard
the commerce cf these immensely -feh d.
rl.nssns viii be Increased as mach ~
American energy Is greater than spar 81
neres.xe shcse resources and that CON-
ra@res- In Cuba aione there are IS nn. 90
acres os forest Cnargzasrted wssa the ak
THREE are izexhAssrsAse vrsaes ~ iron
There are priceless deposits Of manganese
There are rsSssosss ~ aevex yet xsuaxgasc-e<s
The resources OF Porto Reg have a.ssy
been lrstied With The riches Of .As pail
dagger tips CT modern methods. And they