The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-14

| the globe, and the sun Will never set on
| American soil. PREDICT that we are
about to enter upon the most prosperous
and glorious era of our national history.
We hear much talk in these days about
our new expansion policy-our imperial
or colonial policy. American expansion
is no new idea. American expansion
was advocated by Benjamin Franklin
in 1775. His plan was to annex Quebec
ST. John. Nova Scotia, Florida and the
Bermuda islands. John Adams wrote
in 1885, Canada and Nova Scotia must
soon be ours. Thomas jefferson advo-
Gated the annexation of Cuba and Porto
RIGA. William II. Seward. who was the
strongest friend of expansion, urged the
taking of Mexico and Canada.
The policy of our country has always
been expansion. When we began our
national existence we possessed only
narrow strip of trritory along the At
lantic In 1903 Louisiana territory was
purchased from the French. In 1919
Florida was obtained from Spain. In
1874 Texas was annexed. In 1S4S Cali
fornia and New Mexico were purchased
from Mexico In 1868 Alaska was OBJ
tanned from Russia, and in 1898 Hawaii
was annexed to the United States. In
view of this historical array who can
truthfully say that there is any change
in our noIicvo Expansion growth.
nrogress has ALWAYS been the American
policy.
colonial exnars,on nol;cv vo,,Id he
oood for the world and fo,. America
The worlds civilization and nrosress
has beer tho loser because Of the all
ssnca Of American ,nA,,ance in inter
rational affairs America is one of the
foremos. nations of the world in the mat
ter Of Cbristiap civ;liyat,on We have
= deht we owe 70 the rest of the world
and we sbo,,,a NOT he s,oyv IN nav it
10 creat Hritoin belongs tba plo,.v Of
,non;,g IN Tho dork nortiors of tha
,,,orld n Crbristion c;v,lirotion and while
her glory is nartlv shrouded because of
bor se,fisbness and lard-grabbine vat
these liberated countries owe an untold
49, ~ rr.+;t,do "a tbaf, daliyarars
,,,,a,.,o. shor,d boya long era tbis hoo,
lai,,r ha,. ,,rt In bring,rg tho Mor,d
70 tho enovpoep+ of Cbris+iar oivi1iza
.,or
Tha n,,o-coxons ORC tho o,lv naon,o
who ora c,n,hIo of goyarping raIonios
,,itbout rohhiny thew of tbair freedor,
ooi, a. C,r,do r,,dar Ano,Io. e.avo, rulo
and tho, turr to Cuha and see tho effects
cf 1.t;, r,,a Avail c,x.o,, ,.,,Ia II,
Crho porto pioo ond Tho rb;1;nrinas
would e,i,,o +ba,,, fraodor, r,rosna,.itI. ard
~bris,ion oi,.iliy.tior and thus he on
untold hlessipc to the WORLD
A oo,on,ol eS+a,s,or would ho , h1ors
;,a n nc Amar,cor noIitios hove emf
rared from lack of weiohtv and Lofty
nr,ncn,es The only o,,estion before
copgrase ;s t,,e ouastion ne adnipis+r.
tion and tbs onlx, ambition is to moninu-
1ate the snoils ,rbe colonial sveton,
womb bring great nrobIems and far-
reacbinr ideas which would devaIon of
orr national canital broad minded
stat.smer instead of snoils-see,,ino nal
iticions
War IAN extensive Injury orr war
;s costing ne at the rate of a million dol
lars q dav The war deht vii, nossih,v
axceed s500 onO 0Oo While this is In
monitariap war var II viii cost A,,a,io.
thousands of mon and millions of n,onav
,-hi,.h sor,e ono n,ust nov Aninaa,,,,,;
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Al the end of the Ia ct war win Tnr,xa,,
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