The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-18

rangement any previous experiences
which have marked the presidential
trip in the south. The party arrived
from Montgomery at II a. M, reviewed
/ 10000 troops stationed around Savan-
nah, took a trip down the Savannah
river and was entertained this evening
at a grand banquet by the Chamber
| of Commerce and association of citi-
zens.
The enthusiasm of the citizens and
| the 10000 persons who it is estimated
came to the city from the surrounding
country to greet he president, was fully
| equal to the demonstrations which have
! distinguished the trip in other cities.
! At the banquet tonight in the De
! Soto hotel, where the presidential party
/ is staying, President Mckinley, amid
/ frequent applause, addressed an au-
! dience Of over 200 persons. In the course
of his speech, he said:
There is cause for congratulation
/ that, with the grave problem before us
/ growing out Of the war with Spain, we
are free from any divisions at home.
Our financial and revenue policies
cannot be changed for at least four
years, and whatever legislation may be
! had affecting them during that period
viii be to improve and strengthen, not
/ destroy them The public mind there
fore, reposes in reasonable security,
While business will proceed without ap-
prehension of serious and sudden
! changes, so disturbing to the CONNER
cial world and so distracting to the
business men.
1.-The country is free to consider and
discuss new questions which are imme-
| diately before us, unbiased by party or
political alliances. These new questions
are to be thought out and wrought out,
not in a spirit of partisanship, but in q
spirit of patriotism, not for the tenn
porary advantage to one party or to
the other, but for the lasting advantage
of the country.
We have entered upon new paths
We are treading in an unexplored field
which will test our wisdom and states
manship The chief consideration is
one of duty; our actions must be con-
trolled by it. No settlement is admls-
sihle which will not preserve our hon
or and promote the best interests of all
concerned. With a united country and
the gathered wisdom of all the people
seeking only the right, inspired only by
high purposes, moved only by duty anc
humanity, we cannot err. We may be
baffied or deferred, and often discour-
aged, but final success, in cause Which
is altogether unselfish and humanita-
rian, can only be deferred, not pre-
vented
OUR NEW TERRITORY.
iIf, following the clear precepts o.
duty, territory falls to us and the wei
fare of an alien people require our guid
ance and protection, who will shrinl
from the responsibility, grave though
it may be? Can we leave these help
less people, who, by the fortunes o
war and our own acts. are helpless ant
without government, to chaos and an
archy. after we have destroyed the onl!
government they have had? After de
. stroying their government, it is tn
duty of the American government t
provide for them a better one. Shal
we distrust ourselves? Shall we pro
claim to the world our inability to Civ
kindly government to oppressed peo
. pies, whose future, by the victories o
war, is confided to as? We may wisl
: it were otherwise, but who will ques
ton our duty now?
1T is not a question of keeping III
islands of the east, but of leaving them
) Dewey and Merritt took them, and tn
: country instantly and universally ap
plauded. Could we have brough
Dewey away without universal con
demnation at any time from the frs
of May, the day of his brilliant victory
which thrilled the. world with its bold