The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-31
PRO PATR|A MORT
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Wheeler drawing his sword to advance
our flag with Miles and Lawton on foreign
soil. No wonder The chivalry. of Spain
melted like snow before the fierce rays
of the summer sun when the sons Of the
united veterans swept away. military
axioms and went up the hills OF santiago
in a hurricane of inv1ncibie Vaior thal
nothing could stay.
But your monument is here to preacn
as well as eulogize or recite. what the
brave have won in war the wise must
secure in peace. What they dared ana
died for We must conserve, or what the
bloody sickle of war has cleaned not a
blade must be lost. Our highest duty to
all the heroic dead, from Bunker Hill TO
those of today, whose eyes close lovingly
on our flag in the far Eastern Archipelago
is to make sure that the best results Tor
ourselves and all human kind shall pc
reaped from their sacrifices. Internal d.
visions must not be allowed to waste the
golden opportunities that come to men
and nations. If at all, seldom more than
once. We can take no step
but we must be sure that our iorWara
steps are not only wise and polite but
Just and true. Let us have deliberatlon.
investigation and moderation. instead 81
khysteria and the men cunning OF self
seeking partisans. Let us not be moved
by hopeless pessimistS and destructive
critics. or the dismal hooting and cav
ing of those cynical and ~acidulated ma
lures of limited capacities and vast con-
| ceit who resent in the bitterness OF nar-
rowed minds and hearts withered and
tanned with corroding selfishness, that
liz MIL ii6AA SONA c6 of0
ly high intelligence and self-controI or a
great, broad, big worlds man like George
Dewey should attract universal adm1ra-
ton, while they sputter in corners or
scream in halls in a vain attempt to eaten
the public eye. Why they cry, will
the world watch Dewey act when they
pie are sound at heart and will do JUS
tice to every soul under the flag. II they
make mistakes they may be trusted TO
generously rectify them. Above all things
let JUS not form judgments on men-par-
rot ones-let US have the facts first and
the Judgment after. On the great ques-
lions of. our foreign policies and rela-
lions let us strive to eliminate partisan
politics from the will of the nation as
to its external affairs and to run in GER
tain well defined lines, and at all times
have the support of the vast majority of
the people. Our foreign policy at pres
ent suffers from lack of continuity of pur-
pose and vaeillates IN ITS desire 70
VIII be a very happy day for the United
States when its foreign policy is clearly
defined and substantially separated with
the Monroe doctrine. The aim should De
to have certain well grounded rules con-
corning our foreign relations far removed
from partisan considerations II shoulc
be considered a species of treason against
the United States for any considerable
number of men to consciously subordinate
its national interests to their own or their
party's advantage. or course, there VIII
Be honest differences of opinion and these
should be encouraged. but beyond certain
and well defined lines there should be a
Mr.. Richard Olney, who in force of char.
acter and intellect, was probably one OF
our greatest Secretaries OF State, made no
our will was law in this hemisphere, tnal
! our will was law in this heisphere, that
is. that our material interests and our po-
Iitical prestige are such as to p~reponderate
over those of all other natsonalities. In
Great Britain and in the leaalng Sonu-
- nations tho prQ1f external and IOr-
| eign questions which affect the destinles'
the interests and the rights OF those couil-
tries are never made the subject OF parlf-
san divisions. Up to a certain point lne
| details are matters for honest differences
| of opinion, but where the whole trend OIL
the national history is in a certain dlrec-
ton all parties unite in supporting the
government of the day, Honest partisan
| differences when subjects for polltlca1 de'
bate and public discussion can readlly
arise as to the methods OF the government
and the manner of conducting the pubic
business without impinging on the great
and substantial grounds of national pohcy.
One step toward this end will, In my
judgment. be a radical reform IN the con-
sular and diplomatic service I,
AS If is now, the shifting character of
the personal, the want of early training.
the lack of security of tenure q once
lessen the efficiency of this branch of the
government. 1t is quite true that IN some
of our larger missions we nave been very
fortunate in securing the services OF men
l O1 uluSudl 1ltCllCCt. ooiiAt Sio
but as our interests have increased IN
such a large degree, It is essential to the
efficiency of this service that 1t snould De
as thoroughly trained, as secure IN once
and as free from personal partisan con-
siderations as are the officers of the army
and navy. Did not the people OF this
country rest more secure last summer IN
the knowledge that Admiral Dewey, who
owed his office to no party and was
thoroughly trained. for the WORK, was
practically our ambassador to all foreign
nations represented at Manila. 1t IS no
dispara cement of many of our able pubic
men to say that 1t would be very difflcult
to select any one of them who could nave
handled our case so well at Manila as
this trained and skilled nav officer who
has spent the greater part of his lie IN
foreign governments. AS a matter of fact
and daily practice, especially in the Gen.
trail and South American countries; naval
work, which only goes to show the e
against amateur effort. With the growth
Of our nation. in Importance in an inter-
national and foreign sense it is incredible
to believe that our foreign posts are to be
traded off at Presidential conventions Tor
the benefit of those who are utterly IN
apable of measuring the Importance or
the work they have undertaken. me
peace and happiness of our people must
not continue to be jeopardized py the
Ignorance, incapacity and lack of tact OF
ambitious and greedy partisans..
/ said that this monument should preach
| as well as T6cllS, duu nOoiN ~
worthy Of the task to which you have
assigned me If / did not briefly refer to
one or two lessons which the occasion
suggests. We have just emerged from a
foreign war and we have seen the nation
again summoned to arms. we nave
watched with deep interest and quicken
ing pulses the supreme test of.the 10y
alty of the citizens to the Republic. Nhen
the wal with Spain was first declared,
while there was substantial unanlm1ty
on the part of the vast majority of our
neonle In favor of the declaration, still 1t
would be idle to deny that it was bitterly
opposed by certain factions and inter-
ests. Next to the success Of the war in
the field was the fact that during its
actual operations the atmosphere was so
s11rcharged with patriotism and loyalty
that no discordant voices were raised.
Self-interest and faction SUNK back
abashed and the nation presented to the
world a solidarity as unexpected to our
critics as it was pleasing to ourselves.
LET US nope tina deep into the hearts
of our people%sas sunk the lesson that
our highest duty is to cultivate a pa
triotism which in every crisis OF the ma
tons history yields implicit and unques-
tioning obedience to the constituted au-
thorities acting within constitutional linz
its. and that in every great crisis or our
co1ntry's history where the honor of the
nag. the safety of our institutions, the
assertion of our rights and the defence
IF our soil are at stake the voice of fac
tion will be lost in that of the nationals
the roar of Niagara browns all lesser
sounds. To this end I believe, within GER
tain well defined limits, 1t IS beneficial
rather than otherwise to encourage a falr
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