Middletown transcript., 1898-08-20

/, ours can De TWISTED INTO VlOIhLlOH U
b the Monroe doctrine. The most tha
I; can be said is that it is an extension o.
: that doctrine, and that we are now
0 saying to Spain: You shall not en-
: slave, you shall not rob, anywhere that
we have the power to prevent it,
MONROE DOCTRINE NO BAR TO
: GROWTH.
Having taken the Philippines, the
: same humanity that dictated the de-
claration of what is called the Monroe
: doctrine, will force US to act there in
: accordance with the spirit of that doc
trine. The other day saw in the pa
: per an extract, think, from Goodwin
Smith, in which he says that if We
were to lombard Cadiz We would give
up the Monroe doctrine. l do not see
the application. We are at war with
Spain, and we have right to invade
that country, aid The invasion would
have nothing whatever to do with the
Monroe doctrine. War being declared,
we have right to do anything consist
ent with civilized warfare to gain the
victory. The bombardment of CAdiz
would have no more to do with the
Monroe doctrine than with the attrac-
tion Of gravitatioD. Ii by the Monroe
doctrine is meant that we have agreed
to stay in this hemisphere and to pre-
vent other nations from interfering
with any people OH this hemisphere,
and il it is said that, growing out of
this, Is another doctrine, namely, that
we are pledged not 10 interfere with
any people living on the her hemis-
phere, then iT might be called a VIOLA
tion of the Monroe doctrine for US to
lombard Cadiz. But such is not the
Monroe doctrine. If, We being at war
with England, she should lombard the
city of New York, or we should bonn
bard some city of England, would any
body say that either nation had viola
ted the Monroe doctrine? do not see
how that doctrine is involved, whether
we fight at sea or ON the territory of
the enemy.
FIRST WAR FOR HUMANITY.
This is the first war, so far as 1
know, in the history of the world, that
has been waged solely in The interest of
humanity; the only war born Of pity,
of sympathy. and for that reason have
taken deep interest in it, and | mu st
say that was greatly astonished by
the victory Of Admiral Dewey at Ma
Mia Bay. l think it one of the most
wonderful in the history of the world,
and think all that Dewey has done
shows clearly that he is man of
thought, courage and of genius. So,
too, the victory over the feet of Ger
vera by Commodore Schley is one of
the most marvellous and the most bril-
liant in all the annals of the world.
The craftsmanship, the courage, the
absolute precision with which every
thing was done, is to my mind aston
ishing. Neither should We forget
Wainwright's heroic exploit, as COM
mander of the Gloucester, by which he
demonstrated that torpedo destroyers
have no terror for yacht manned by
American pluck. Mat lila Bay and San
tiago both are surprisingly wonderful.
There are no words with which TO de- |
scribe such deeds-deeds that leap like |
flames above the clouds and glorify the
whole heavens.
WAR PROVES ANGLO-sAXoN SUPERB |
ORITY.
The Spanish have shown in this con
test that they possess courage, and they
have displayed what you might call the |
heroism of desperation, but the Anglo
Saxon courage and coolness-courage
not to be blinded by passion, courage |
that is the absolute servant of intelli-
gence. The Anglo-Saxon has fixed
ness Of purpose that is never interfered |
with by feeling; he does not become
enraged-he becomes firm, unyielding,
his mind is absolutely made up,
clasped, locked, and he carries out his
will. With the Spaniard it is excite
ment, nervousness; he becomes frantic. |
/ think this war has shown The superb
ority, not simply Of our ships, or our
armor or our guns, but the superiority
of our men, of our officers. Of our gun
ners. The courage Of our army abott
Santiago was splendid, the steadiues5
and bravery Of the volunteers magnif-
cent. I think that what has already
been done has given US the admiration
of the civilized world.
know, of course, that some coun-
tiles hate US. Germany is filled with
malice, and has just been on the crum-
bling edge of meanness Tor months,
wishing but not daring to interfere;
hateful, hostile, but keeping just with
In the overt act. We could teach Ger
many a lesson, and her ships would 60
down before ours just the same as the
Spanish ships have done. Sometimes
have almost wished that hostile Ger
man shot might be fred. But think
we will get even with Germany and
with France, at least hope so.
And there is another thing hope,
that the good feeling now existing be-
tween England and the United States
may be eternal. In other words, i hope
it will be to the interests Of both to be
friends. I think the English-speaking
peoples are to rule this world; they are
the kings of invention, Of manufac-
lures, Of commerce, of administration,
aud they have higher conception Of
human liberty than any other people.
OF course they are not entirely free;
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