The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-19
Address by President Sorthrop-

ria1reG and des3grs1 cE Ire AaasteF Ct
American peopie.F
Address by President Sorthrop-
During he afternoon ave meetings were
/ nela iu different Tar-S 81 re city 4 large
fceet.zg Al st1Ge0sEsr nat was addressed
a;sa Pfe&:den; cyrus Nortarap 9. ne
University e Minaeso'a- PFeEiSssn' SoFtA-
rep w .a. d, ,one o.,, c,,,,.-v r n. future
! wiIi - re hg.1e % liberty. Or justice ar
/ Q: humanity, ard & Is rot a bad way
Promote these al home 70 % something
/ for Hearty and tus'ics. ard humanity II
( ,a@ islands q fhs ocean. TEE man whe
( thinks Only Of himself grows narrow AM
mean. AID SO does The nation. We nays
! gwen of our bounty 70 the weak ana me
/ suffering. and even while We were glv-ns
/ ne pi~ss'ns came upon u ~ tne Is"
| u7eaaofe-the hearts OF or own people
/ ~ere united again N love. an1 the SEC
/ aonai fssang ard ar mos passed away,
/ ths bitterness 0: party spirit aad he shit
/ boie;h OF party hate cLsagDed, the sym
/ pathy and good will OF the mother eoun-
/ try comma nded the neutrality o. Europe.
| as.d IN turn won for herself from tnls
/ country love stronger and nearter thah
was ever felt by tins people TOT tIFta
Britain since the Pilgrims left her shores
| We want no formal alliance even With
| England. but henceforfn. il The contests
| that enda8eer the liberty OF The rights OF
/ met these two countries VIII stand to-
| rether. and the crowned heads that afs
| Ia speculatlng on The necessity OF main
tanning the balance Of power and using
| Turkey as a weight IN the scales mus take
notice rhaf the United States IS hence
| forth 20 ~ reckoned one OF the powers
/ o. the world hose wishes are not 20 he
| entirely disTegarded by the Httie CONT
| n-ni OF Europe
| The N3caraguan canal should unques-
| fonsbiy be built. either by private com
! nauy or by the nation. but not by any
| union % the two the naion furnishing
| The money and the company the expeN
eace and In the end the company naV.aS
the money and the nattoc the experience.
| There has been 200 much Of that let us
have no more of IL bat let the canal De
| built, our treaty obligations not being over
looked. rs influence on our future pros
| perify Is beyond calculation; and If our
dreams OF commercial srea tneSs IN ghe
| East are ever realized fa.s canal WIZ oe
3ouh.y important; Let's be built. honest
| ~ b1ili. for the good Of mankind. and il
| vii add ar2ely % American prosperity.
Il am glad tina; Hawaii Is ours, II ought
| to he / am CAD that there Is hope that
| Porto Rico will be ours. the people not b"-
| sng unwilling. ! do noi desire CUBA out /
/ you'd take care OF cuha. or make her take
| care 81 herself. / do not want the Philip
| cine archIpelago--out ! would hold Manila
certainly and tie Island Of LuZ0n, and ]
think I would let the rest Of the archipei-
| ago Try ~ hand a. self-government- Re
| leved % Spanish taxation and repression.
allowed to use their money for their own
| improvements stimulated by the sigh; Of
| American liberty. American schools. Amer
| lean justice / believe The archipelago
/ might be safely left 10 work out ia own
| saiVation-aud II & can 1t IL great dea.
| better of tnan II would he under our add
| minis; ration.
Il cloee with tfle simple hope that in the
| future oar people may De industrious. pros
| porous. virtuolis and happy. that our rul-
| ers may be men " no fear God and work
| Righteousness. that our nation. by rs eX-
| ample OF liberty and justice for all may
| ha the means of oVerthrowIuc tXTanny and
| oppression everywhere and OF Hitting up
| and comforting the downtrodden and the
| Oppress' d. and thai in wise employment
| OF the iudustr rial forces 81 home II may
| secure the high utility of capital and The
| mott abundant reward OF labor for all peo-
| pie Of the country.
Gen. Miles speaks of Patriotism.
At The Columbia theater Gen. Miles, Gen.
| Henry NJ Duffield. Of Detroit. and Booker
! T. Washington, Of the Tuskogce. Ala. In
| sfstute addressed an audience limited only
by the size of tile theate-.
In the course Of his speech Gen. Miles
| said.
our government has carried rs through
/ all the vic.sSstudes OF the mos. violent and
. destructive OF civil wars. and has given us
| an unhroken chapter of victories in all oar
| wars With foreign countries.
shall this era OF prosperity continue?
| Are there greater fields yet 70 be deVei-
| oped? Are there loftier heights 70 ascend
| in the march Of civilizations Shall our nl-
| ton continue 10 grow strong in moral pow
| eT, IN purity. ana both strong and Just in
| our political relations with other nations
/ or shall the national. state and municipal
affairs he contaminated by mercenary in
| husnces or parti~au or personal Coussdefd-
| tense TIE future alone AN answer these
| Questions. ana Il WI depend entirely upon
| the interest and devotion our people have
fur the welfare Of our government. not only
a. I whole. but !n each and every one OF
| thf.' IS component parts
We may have thought lightly of our
| relations With other governments and Of
thu army and navy. which constitute the
| physical force If orr nati0u. yet during
| The last few months we have witnessed
| such a grand uprising ~ the stalwar;
| patriotic, noble the very flower II our
| splendid manhood crowdjng thu avenue -
var as 10 festival seeking the front
| ranks - t1bE.r pflP3tton ard ~ suffer-
! Ing While the ch.vatry ~ the south
| ana the yr0manry of the North Q.ed wj.h
| each othtr IN thcir deviation - the cause
| - thftr coun'Tv ana ia their pride I'm It's
| dac which 0rated over all T. n a glor;~
Qua fact that patriotism "as not confined
e. tan any enc setter Or faoe gcr the sa"-
white race vas accompanied hv me . =
'artrv Of the black as .hsv sweut Over
'ntFench.3 lines ana latsT volunteered -
buried ,he dead fu tha yellow feyer hrsnI-
Ia ami 'Ne Cu'an camps
The navy anf army q the United
s; 4f-~ have written stuo~ the ~ac4S ~
history chapter That Is r'ilo5 with
vhirh every American can pojnt
w!th pride"
The remarks 81 th, commanding gem
! s-tf - th~ 3r0Y nef w5th great favor.
I sn1 2" " }s again 7r6 again rCV-s,ilat}
/ F., how Ais ackue al. ts.aYents 80 me an
/ p}a0Se tAst greeted hH1 az ~ finished
cad~ md smnlI critics scored
"to undertakes s3rn.ta- - :ha, mar
/ ve'auS,y AtrsH o't~ha3 - thr {-nrr9
States oNertaNrA 'he ep)en. 4 eenj1s ~
/ HAIR in the tr.maan NY re stC} fresh
~ the r1Ea> ~ history. Vas arn.h -
{ nation htfEs-i errh fc@5'-= tta y -vf
would s,l.l he ecrn'0x i's ee}f-kiariaratl>.r