The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-08-04
ACQUIRE t11e same territory and Germany

acquire the same territory and Germany
| make compensatory seizure near by.
/ Next to China, the Pacific possessions OF
| the United States are the most inviting
objects Of attack. Under existing conli-
| tons their defense would be difficult. Had
Spain triLmphed at Manila as decisiyelys
as did the United States, her navy could
have seized Honolulu and have operated
from there upon the entire coast OF the
! United States from Mexico to the Yukon.
| An overwhelming European force in the
same waters could do the same thing So
could Japan.
Inc condition IL plainly one of alterna-
t1Ees. The United States must become an
eincaents element in the .Asiatic situation or
Il must entirely abstain from any partici-.
patton In it, return to it's own shores, re-
celVe the smallest possible share of its
| commercial advantages, and prepare for
| It's own defense against the same aggres-
slchs which have reduced China to her
present CONDITION. 1t may be objected that
| all this is without precedent. So it is. But
ali great human evolutions must precede
precedents in order to create them
Inc prest mt war restored confidence to
| those who feared that the spirit OF our
people and their patriotism had been en-
ervated by long end prosperous peace.
Ihat they would support the government
no one doubted. But it was only family
hCpeo tnat war. not onerous when cOm-
pareo with our resources would complete
! ~ 1use all political and sectional differ
ences, into unanmity of support to the
horor dignity and safety of the nation
IL is now manifest that the United States
' Ill be, at the conclusion of this war a
great and actual naval and military pow
er. Many thousands of her citizens will
| be t1aine d to modern warfare on land and
| sea- The military spirit has inspired the
! people. They have been raised to high
| pane OF patriotism. The additions to our
| meet nave been very considerable and that
meet Will never be less. The approDria-.
tons for it's increase, already liberal. will
continue to be so. The astounding victo-
res or Commodore Dewey and Conmo-@
| uore Scnley have convinced our people Of
! the vital Importance of the sea power. The
organization and operations Of great ar
my and navy will teach them their own
strength.
! The heroism Of our soldiers and sailors
VIII be heritage Of national glory and
honor Our people are carried to the high
| est top of national pride by witnessing at
Manila and Santiago Ito paraphrase Ma
| pler) with what majesty the American
sailor fights. 1t is also perceived, with the
greatest satisfaction, that certain expo
nents of European opinion. who, until re-
Gently spoke with a condescendine as
sumption of superiority, of intervening in
the present contest, have abated their hau-
| teur of expression. Z
The Monroe doctrine in the sense of an
| expression by this government to inter-
we're to prevent Entertainments by Euro
pean nations upon the republics of the
western hemisphere, has been confirmed
ana mas received a steadying force. The
press OF continental Europe has adopted.
during the last few years. fashion of re-
sentlng even any theoretical assertion OF
this great principle of American security.
Which was recently characterized by Bis
| marck as doctrine of uncommon inso-
lenca' iS ohoI1
ropean power will deliberate before acting
upon that assumption.
| The necessity for the Immediate con-
structlon OF the Nicaragua canal has been
unoenlaoly demonstrated by recent events.
Inc voyage and perils of the Oregon are
conclusive upon this proposition.
The unpleasant relations which have ex-
lsted between the United States and Eng
land for so many years were caused bv a
tradltlOnai aversion, which was aggravat-
co by certain events of our Civil war and
by many minor Irritating controversies.
the worst feature of which is the fact that
few of them have ever been settled But
| through all this it has been felt by the req
Pc OF both countries that a tie binds
them together, however much they NAV
| 1r1tate each other by straining it.
Aversion and even specific controversies
between peoples so related are often COM
posed by the force of events with which
thclr connection Seems merely ideal and
sympathetic -
Not for hundreds of years will this cere-
naony De again performed. But of one in
dub9table and changeess fact we can feel
assured. and that is that when, in A dis
tant age "a corner storle shall be laid for
anotner and gre alter capitol of Minneso-
a. they who place it, in contemplating
the reverend structure here begun will
glory in and emulate the glory of their
fathers. = -
For, as great raster of English, a seer
IN economics and an authority in art, has
truly said OF such structures raised by
states:
Men cannot benefit these that are with
them as they can benefit those that come
AFTER them; and of all the pulpits from
which human voice is ever sent forth there
IS none from which it reaches so far as
from the grave
NOR is there. indeed, any present loss, In
sucn respect for futurity Every human
action gains in honor, in grace. in all true
mag nlhcence, by it's regard to things that
are to come. It is the far sight. the Quick
and confident patience. that, above all 9TH
er attributes, separate man from man and
near him to his maker; and there is no
action nor art whose majesty we may not
measure by this test. Therefore, when
we build, let us think that we build forey-
er. Let it not be for present delight nor
for present use; let it be such work az
our descendants will thank US for, and let
US thlnk as we lay stone on stone that
time is to come when these stones will be
held sacred because our hands have
touched them, and men will say as thew
look upon the labor and wrought suti-#=
stance of them: See! This our father
did for us!''.- =
For indeed, the greater glory of build
ing is not in its stones. or in it's gold, Its
glory is in its age and in that deep sense OF
volcefulness, of stern watching, of mys-
ferrous sympathy, nay, even of approval
or condemnation which we feel in walls {
that have long been washed by the pass
ing waves of humanity. It is in their la asst
ing witness against men, in their quiet
contrast with the transitional character Of &
all tE11'gs, in the strength which, through
the lapse Of seasons and times, and the
cecllne and birth Of dynasties, and the
changing of the face of the earth. and Of
the limits of the sea, maintains its sc1ln &
tured shapelfnesss for a time insuperab HE.
connects forgotten and following ages with
each other, and half constitutes the identi- 3
ty, as it concentrates the sympathy of ma
tions. -.
It is in that golden stain of time that We
are to look for the real light, and color.
and preciousness of architecture and Il Ia
not until building has assumed this