The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-07
PRESIDENT At PEORIA.
lie Dedioates q Monument to tho
Heroes Of the Civil War.
OUR POLICY IN THE PHILIPPINES

Heroes Of the Civil War.
OUR POLICY IN THE PHILIPPINES
Attorney General GriGgs Emphasizes
the Decision OF tho Administration
in Its Proposed Treatment OF Our
Recently Acquired Pacific Islands.
Peoria, Ills. Oct. IA good part of
the population of Peoria, the second
city of Illinois. yesterday took part in
In elaborate demonstration to welcome
to their city the president of the Uni
ted States. The great event of the day
was the unwilling Of beautiful monu-
ment erected by Peoria's citizens as a
memorial to the soldiers Of the rebel
lion, living and dead. The president
and members OF thesparty first review
ed long processfbh of militia, vet
Grams of the war. and returned volun-
teers Of the Spanish war.
After his review of the parade the
president took his seat facing the veil
ed monument. by the side of Hon.
Martin Kingman. chairman of the
exercises. The monument was unveil-
I'd by Mrs. s. A. Kinsey, who has been
chairman Of the monument committee
since its inception in 1888 The formal
exercises of dedication were then pro-
ceeded with. The monument was pre-
sented to the city and county of
Peoria by Mrs. Lucie B. Tying, and ac-
cepted on behalf Of the county by John
c. Kingbury, chairman of the board OF
supervisors, and on behalf of the city
by Henry W. Lunch, mayor Of Peoria.
An address was given by Mr.. King
man, followed by the president, who
dedicated the monument in a formal
address.
The president said in part:
This monument awakens sacred
memories. fellow citizens. and that is
its purpose. 1t was erected by these
patriotic women, that 1t might for all
time perpetuate glorious page of
American history. 1t tells the whole
story of the war, the siege, the march,
the bivouac. the suffering, sacrifices Of
upheld the flag. like this symbol that
face today-the defense of the flag.
That is what we do whenever and
wherever that flag is assailed.
"You are proud of the monument.
You should be proud of the demon
stration today which led to its I'M
yelling. Six thousand children from
the schools marching with the flag of
stars In their hands and with the love
Of country in their hearts. I could
not but think as l looked upon that
inspiring procession that my country
was safe. God bless the schools OF
America. God bless the patriotic wo-
men of the United States and the pa
triotic band that projected and car
ried this monument to successful
conclusion"
The president and members of his
cabinet delivered addresses during yes
terday at Quincy. Macomb, Bushnell
and Canton. At Quincy the president
was most enthusiastically received at
the Soldiers Home. The speech of
Attorney General Griggs at Quincy
was especially significant as emphaz-
ing the Philippines policy of the ad-
ministration. He said:
"The secretary of the interior is
making a new map of the United
States of America, and he is embar-
raised to find room to place not only
the states but these vast new island
possessions that have become ours.
And what is their present condition?
What do these school children learn
about ithaca ioIo pdo that hoyo oop,a 70
Us? They will be told by their teachers
that within year there has been ad-
ded to our domain a vast archipelago
in the Pacific ocean, peopled with
eight or ten millions of souls, who !
speak more than score of different |
languages, who compose more than
two score of different discordant and
disconnected tribes. They will be told |
that for more than three hundred |
years these islands, rich in natural |
possessions, fertile in soil, have been |
governed by Spanish authority, and |
that down to the end of this nineteenth |
century of civilization and progress |
they have attained not much more in
telligence, not much more civilization,
not much more wealth, and no more
liberty than they had attained in those
days when the great Spanish galleons
carried home annually from these ISL
ands their wealth of gold and silver
to enrich the treasury of King Philip.
They will be told that today the
United States Of America possesses
by solemn treaty, signed and ratified
by Spain, accepted and approved by
the senate and the congress of the
United States and its president, pos
sesses the only lawful sovereignty and
authority over these islands, a sover-
eighty and authority recognized and
not disputed by any nation or people
on the face of the earth. They will be
told that In one OF these islands, one
Of these numerous tribes has raised an
army of instruction against the
American flag, that they, while our
soldiers were in peaceful possession of
Manila, attempted to rise and MUIR
der them and the American repre-
sentatives there. that they fred on the
American flag, that they defied its au-
thority, and that they have attempted
by murder, by confagration and by
arms to drive the lawful authority of
the United States from the Island of
Luzon. They will be told, these chill
dren Of yours, that these men who have
attempted this comprise not one-tenth
per cent of the people of these islands,
and the answer that is to be made to
those who ask what we are to do about
1t Is the plain and simple answer that
was given In 1S61-'if any man at
tempts to haul down the American
flag, shoot him on 1Ae spot
you believe, and | believe, 1t wise
purpose of Providence which, after 800
years of despotism and ignorance, has
opened the door Of these islands to
American intelligence, to American
civilization, to American progress, to
American prosperity. The full tide of
prosperity flows through this land,
majestieally and unrufiled as this great
river flows by your city, We want a
flow of progress and intelligence of
liberty and civilization to flow into
these Philippine Islands and over them
and over all, to float now and forever,
the flag Of the American Union"
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