Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-17
The PRESIDENT IN BOSTON
CONTINUED from First Pagc)

| pators. No one can tell to-day what is
best for them or for us | know no
one at this hour who is wise enough or
sufficiently Informed to determine what
| form OF government will best subserve
their interests and our interests. their
and our well being. If we knew every
thlng by intution-and l sometimes
| think there are those who believe that
IL we do not they dove should not
need information; but unfortunately
most OF us are not in that happy state.
! Inc whole subject is now with Con
Srcss and Congress is the voice, the
conscience and the Judgment of the
American people. Upon their Judgment
ana conscience can we not rely? | be-
heNe in them, L trust them. | know of
no better or safer or human tribunal
than the people
DUTY OF THE EXECUTIVE.
Until Congress shall direct otherwise
II Will be the duty of the Executive 10
possess and hold the Philippines. giving
To the people thereof peace and order
ana penetcient government affording
them opportunity to prosecute their
iaWful pursuits. encouraging them i'm
thrilt ana industry, making them feel
ana Know That we are their friends
not their enemies: that their good is
our aims; their welfare is our welfare
put that neither their aspirations nor
ours can be realized until our authority
Is acknowledged ana uuquestioned.
Ihat the inhabitants of the philp-
| pines VIII be benefited by this republc
/ Is my mistaken belief: that they Will
| have kindlier government under our
! guidance and that they Will be aided i'm
| every possible way to be self-respecting
/ ana sell governing people is as true as
| thht the American people love liberty
ana have an abiding faith in their own
| government and III their own institu-
| tons.
| NO IMPERIAL DESIGNS
| NO imperial designs Turk in the
American mind. They are alien to
American sentiment, thought ana pur-
pose. Our priceless principles undergo
no change under a tropical sun They
! so with the fiat:
! Why read We not the changeless truth.
The free can conquer but to save"
If we can benefit these remote peoples
/ who will object? If, in the years Of
! the future, they are established i'm gov
| eminent under law and liberty,who will
regret our perls and sacrifices? Who
| Will not rejoice in cur hcroism and hui
| manity? Always perls and always af-
/ ter them safety; always darkness(! and
| clouds, but always shining through
them the light and sunshine; always
| cost and sacrifice, but always after
them the fruition OF liberty and educa-
/ ton and civilization.
y GLIMPSE AT THE FUTURE.
have no light or knowledge not COM
! mon 10 my countrymen. do not pro-
! phesy. The present is all absorbing to
! me- but | cannot bound my vision by
! the bloodstained trenches around Ma
! Mia. where every red drop, whether
| from the veins of an American soldier
or misguided Filipino. is anguish to
my heart. but by the broad range Of
future years. when that group of is
| lands under the impulse of The year jus
! past. shall have become the gems and
| gloricS OF those tropical seas. n land
| of plenty and of increasing possibilities.
"A people redeemed from savage indo-
| lence and habits. devoted To the arts
| of peace, in touch with the commerce
and trade of all nations enjoying the
| blessings Of freedom. of civil and rcli-
| gious libcrty.of education and Of homes.
and whose children ana childrens chill
dren shall for ages hence bless the
American Republic because ii cman-
cipated and redeemed their fatherland
| and set them in the pathway Of the
worlds best civilization.
! CHEERS FOR "DEWEY'S FRIEND"
| Postmaster General Smith, the next
| speaker. began with a culogy of the
! President ana entered upon summary
| of the work accomplished by the Adj
ministration in the revision Of the tar
| if. the restoration of business conf
dence and the re-uniting of the North
and South. Secretary of the Navy Long
followed with short address. He re-
| celved an ovation second only to that
Of the President. He was checrcd To
the echo. Some one in the balcony call
ed for three cheers FOR "Dcwey's
| friend"
| GENERAL BUTLER DISCHARGED.
| Washington. Feb l6.-rhc War De-
partmcnt has honorably discharged
Major Generals Butler and Summer and
Rrisadier Generals Kline, Mckee.
Wiley, Lincoln ana Comba. all OF the
volunteer army.