Evening star., 1898-09-22

arms and luSter to the American name ma!
not been a party nor an administration o
partisanship. but of patriots m Our Presi
dent, serene, patient, sag&cious, sympa
thetic. great, has been the nations chiei
indeed.
What can political opposition rest upor
in this Campaign? There is .IothinS bui
academic discussion left for democratic
platforms They may denounce pTotecuVt
tariffs. but TO one viii care. They nave
nothing newer or better than the Chicago
,Iatforrn. from which tens of thousands ol
New Jersey democrats revOIted.
If that was dangerous and alarming
diversion Of democratic doctrine then. II
is now only ridiculous. 1t has upon ii the
double condemnation of popular defeat and
present absolute Inconsistency with every
great occurrence in our history since 1895.
When We are expanding and enlargin2
our place among the great commercial ma
-frns. il proposes t. destroy our honor and
r1rTit BY The adoption Of financial basis
At war with the system Of the business
world 1t deUoUuceS our system OF govern
I7eu+ rs oppressive To labOring classes, our
courts rs exercising unconstitutional and
syrauui-aI powers. and our executive Tor
frror-fng the laws. This when we are hoid.
Ing ourselves out net only as lnouelS ol
r,.yeTDn1anr to oppressed peoples. but nave
actually irtcrfered by arms to secure Tor
tha11 tn, same sort of order, liberty ana
xood govern uent which We enjoy
40 rot speak Of that other item which
re~tain newspapers and others are Trying
e. he iT4fipE issue VI til' "
car,ulfpD Forgetting the glory, the
achievement the success with when an
army Of 2uu.NOo men was raised OUT OF
nothing and n hostile nation almost wiped
out IN ninety days. they are h"EeTlhs lht
buzzards over the battlefelds and hospitals
euI eraYryartis. looking only for the mis-
srv and suffering aUd death which are in
<yitable IN war. Surely the democratic
party has not been reduced so low in its
supply of proper subjects for political dlVl-
sion as to need to rely upon yellow fever
and yellow literature.
Lift up your eyes to the heights where,
gloTy-CroWnCd. the genius of American lib
ertv points to a future pregnant with pro-
digious good to all mankind; to fresh fields
for the extension of American trade and
cammerce-new openings for the invest
ment of American capital; wider scope for
the active energies Of American young men
to more frequent glimpses of the Ameri-
can flag to VOyagers over the oceans; mer-
chant shipping multiplied manifold in the
larbOrS OF the world; with navy large
Enough and strong enough to enforce our
Just demands and the rights of American
citizens as promptly and as efficiently as
Dewey enforced the views of the govern
ment in Manila bay; an army large enough
10 serve the reasonable requirements of TO-
Wu 900 of people without putting the ad-
mlnlStTation 10 the risk of quick and ter
rible disaster in case OF sudden war; the
maintenance of our foreign diplomatic ser
vice upCn footing commensurate with our
power and Importance. SO that ii will no
longer be necessary to seek for m5aSSa-
dors and ministers among those only who
are blessed with private income sufficient to
maintain . proper establishment abroad
without regard TO the salary attached to
the Office
New StRtesmnnship Demanded.
The country demands now a branch of
craftsmanship new to Americans-the prop
er method and measures for the control
and the adjustment Of colonial interests
and affairs 70 the interests of the home
suvernIlznt-a field wherein partisan poll
but where broad and enlightened state pol
icy may have full scope to work out plans
whereby all the blessings of ess initial lib
erty end twentieth century civilization
may be assured to the peoples that are to
he under our paCernal care, and reciprocal
benefits may be obtained for our own cOun-
trymen.
These new duties and new relations will
add fresh dignity TO American citizenship
VIII raise the sense Of official and political
obligation as they increase responsibility.
They VIII take the people out of the tread
mill rounds OF domestic pOliuCS-where is
sues are TOO often artificial and transient.
NV thoughts, new questions. new fields,
fresh hopes. broader views, wider in
fiJcucc. all these Will come. as well as
troubles and appointments and tenn
IOrary failures and diScOura gements, which
VII but serve to call forth renewed energy
and effort until they are overcome.
Who can st bounds TO the expansive
spirit OF American enterprise? Only forty
years ago an American periodical declared
that the faukS of the Missouri river were
tho shores al The termination OF a vast
ocean desert over 1880 miles in breadth
which II was proposed to traverse, if at
all, with caravans of Camels. and which in
t-TppSed nnal barrier to the establish
D.. H. -=- Ne -
C.. mmerciaI. That desert now blossoms like
the rose. and parallel lines Of iron rails
bear the pruduce Of inmeasGrable acres of
fertile lands east and west TO the markets
o. the world. The ambitious energy of
American enterprise can take It's choice to-
day Of GeIvIug for gold IN the frozen wastes
within the arctic circle or Of tilling the
generous soil Of Islands washed by trOpic
seas where in the heat Of the day they
rest in IN shade of the palm tres, all un-
der the projecting guarantee Of our nag.
This has been a year uuequaled for prog
ress ana accomplishment. The hand OF
man has not fashioned nor his eye fore
seen the work that has been wrought Call
T. fate The progress Of events, Providence,
God. what you wilt has been a leading
upvar,i and on. the drawing forward by
irresistible impulses Of this people to a
place at the front OF the world.
To Captain GT8Iey at his post on the
deck gf the flagship Olympia on that
memorable May morning came the quiet
" ord Of command as Dewey said. You
may begin firing. Grid,ey" The guns that
responded sent forth death and destruction,
hut in the light OF their flashes was re-
Veaied a new hope and a better life for
millions for whom heretofore the sun OF
liberty and civilization had never shone
except through the Tnurky clouds of semi
tarhar!sm and superstition.
Entering New Era.
And 50 this nation enters upon a new era.
DO not doubt but that she will be equal
to the responsibility. ! believe in the ca
pGcity Of Americans to govern; TO govern
themselves and to govern others. 1 set up
no dogma Of iufaIlitility but expecting
mis- axes and delay and disappointment.
l believe that the bOuudless capacity and
the splendid courage OF America with her
high sense Of justice. her appreciation OF
the rights Of man, viii in the new duties
placed upon Us work out marvellous good
Tor the peoples that have come under our
Euar5laEshlp, ana greater glory for our
country.
And how We have been blessed already,
Al the old root OF bitterness between
north and south removed. What years and
years OF political effort could not do was
done Ia d moment when our standards were
set toward foreign zoe, and the consuIu-
mate tact and grace Of our republican
President refused to make any distinction
between federal and confederate. but put
Lee ana Wheeler side 10y side with Kent