Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-22
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THE PRESIDENT AND His POLICY.
MIR, McKINLEY'S IDEA OF THE
NATIONS DUTY.
DREAMS OF IMPERIALISM.
TO BE CONTINUED.

.'The Free Can Conquer But to save"-
Wrongs of the President Made Right b,
the Blessings of the Future-Whole Mat
ter Now In the Hands of Congress.
The following is the speech of Pres
ident Mckinley at the banquet of the
Home Market club, in Boston, on
Thursday night:
I do not know why, in the year 1899
this republic has Unexpectedly placed
before it mighty problems which il
must face and meet. They have come
and are here, and they could not be
kept away. Many who were impa'
tient for the conflict a year ago, appa'
rently needless of its larger results,
were the first to cry out against the
far-reaching consequences of their own
act. Those of us who dreaded wal
most and whose every effort was di'
rected to prevent it, had fears of new
and grave problems which might fol-
low its Inauguration. The evolution
of events which no man could control
has brought these problems upon u.s.
Certain it is that they have not come
through any fault of our own part
but as a high obligation, and we meet
them with clear conscience and un'
selfish purpose, and with good heart to
resolve to undertake their solution.
War was declared in April, 1898
with practical unanimity by the con-
gress, and once upon US was sustained
by like unanimity among the people
There had been many who had tried
to avert it, as, on the other hand, there
are those who would have precipitated
it at an early date. In its prosecution
and conclusion the great majority o.
our countrymen, of every section
believed they were fighting in a just
cause, and at home or on the sea or ir
the field they had part in its glorious
triumphs. 1t was the war of AL un
divided nation.
Every great act in its progress, from
Manila to Santiago, from Guam te
Porto Rico, met universal and hearty
commendation. The protocol COM
manded the practically unanimous ap
proval of the American people. Ii
was welcomed by every lover of peace
beneath the flag.
The Philippines, like Cuba and
Porto Rico, were entrusted TO oul
hands by the war, and to that trust
under the providence of God and in the
name of human progress and civillza
ton, we are committed. 1t is trust
we have not sought; it is trust from
which we will not finch. The Ameri'
can people will hold up the hands o.
their servants at home, to whom they
commit its execution, while Dewey
and Otis and the brave men whom
they command will have the support
of the country in upholding our flag
where it now floats, the symbol and
assurance of liberty and justice.
What nation was ever able to write
an accurate programme of the war up
on which it was entering, much less
decree in advance the scope of its re-
suits? Congress can declare but a
higher power decides its bounds and
fixes it's relations and responsibilities
The president can direct the move
ments of soldiers on the field and fleets
upon the sea D.; but he cannot foresee
the close of such movements aud pre-
scribe their limits. He cannot antici'
pate or avoid the consequences; but
he must meet them. No accurate map
of nations engaged in war can be
traced until the war is over, nor car
the measure of responsibility be fixed