Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-05
BUTTE CELEBRATED
The FOURTH.
Continued from Page 5.)

tlmld statesmen, who imagine they see
IN the magnificent destiny opening be-
lore us a cause of alarm and fear for the
safety of the republic.
We have annexed the Sandwich islands
and secured a resting place for our ships
and trade in the mid-Pacific ocean. Be-
yond them the stars and stripes are float
ing over the beautiful city Of Manila, Il
city and harbor which under the stimulus
of American enterprise n American
rule IS destined in the near future to be-
come a rival of the great ports of Hong
Kong, Shanghai and Yokohama.
IN a few years the great Pacific ocean
will rlva the Atlantic in the number OF
ITS ships and in the volume and value Of
It's commerce, and as the ships and trade
and of the Pacihc ocean null
tlply so will the entire Pacific coast
grow and expand in wealth and popula-
ton, and we here =. Montana, in ommon
with the rest of the Pacific slope, will be
among the first to feel the beneficent i'm
pulse of these new and enlarged condi-
tons. What the Atlantic ocean with it's
teem.ng commerce has lone in building
up and developing the east. the greater
Paclflc ocean is surely destined in the ru-
ture to do for the west.
Inc men who founded this nation and
framed its constitution builded better
than they knew. Their vision could not
forsee the enormous strides the young re-
pubic was to make. 1t was beyond their
widest dreams that the thirteen colonies
along the Atlantic coast We're destined to
extend from Porto Rico on the south to
Behr1ng straits and across the great
American desert and over the Rocky
mountains and to the islands of the Pa
clfic ocean. Yet Notwithstanding this, the
constitution which they framed has met
every emergency. 1t has successfully
wlthstood every test, including the awful
SnDcK and SIT rp' n of q ~ or ci1-,1 ,or O,,4
or the heat Of debate. out of the strife of
partlsanshlp, out of the fierce clash of
arms, from battlefields made red with the
plood of father fighting against son, and
brother lighting against brother, the con-
stltutlon OF our country has emerged
stronger. clearer, more compact and en-
during than ever before. And as it has
been N the past, SO l believe it will be in
the future. DoubteIs will continue to
question:. DIRECTORS will continue to OH
ject. critics will continue to find fault,
statesmen of the strict construction
school will continue to tell us that his
thlng and the other is unconstitutional,
pe'ss will continue to pirate of tn.
fall of Rome and to predict the down.
fall of the great republic, political parti-
sans Will, l suppose, continue to resort to
falsehood and Misrepresentation to Sc
cure party advantage, and demagogues
VIII continue to magnify every ripple
which GIstu.bs the onward current of
national advancement, into an impassa-
bic obstacle. All these things will no
douFot continue to happen IN the future
Just as they have happened for a hum
dred years past.
But with the American people there will
be no such thing as standing still. Pro-
sress is their watchward. We occupy
the first place in theprocesslon eff the ma
tons, and we shall continue right on in
t he nprFD1ID9 700 of NJ =, ~ p,epe+ AVA, .-J
in the discharge of the moral and other
great obligations which time and events
devolved upon us. There wiz be no
hating in the grand triumphal march of
CIVILIZATION, Of industry and
which We have embarked. Wherever
that flag has been rightfully raised, there
it will remain. And wherever that flag
floats there will follow enlightened Np-
otty and there also, in due time, will be
established peaceful, permanent republl-
can forms of government.
Call it manlfect destiny, or call it what
You may, | am one of those who firmly
believe that this nation is destined to be-
come the greatest power, the most potent
influence. Intellectually, morally. politi-
cally, industr.ally and commercially that
the world has ever yet seen.
10 accomplish these magnificent re-
SUITS will require patience and courage.
endurance and patriotism and a hlgh or
der OF craftsmanship, but these are the
qualities in which the American people
excel, and IN the bright lexicon of their
hopes and aspirations there will be found
no such word as fail.
And there need be no apprehension of
injury to any class or section because of
the extension of our territorial limits
or the extension of our trade and COM
Our constitution is broad enough
to protect all classes. all sections and all
| MI C1 isis and 10 nceCarN-a oil it1ct wa
necessary distinctions.
l have said that as a nation we have
made marvellous progress since the
days of '76, but there are many problems
of government left confronting us which
remain to be solved. Not all the abstract
contained in the Declaration Of In
dependence have yet been reduced to a
concrete form. Not all the great princi-
pies therein enunc.ated have yet been
crystallizedt into practice. The declara-
ton that all men are created equal and
that all are entitled to life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. remained
and void, a mere gliltering gen.
crafty, until the martyr Abraham Lin
coin, signed the proclamation Of emanc.-
pation which struck the shackles from
the Embs Of four millions of human
slaves.
The truth is that as fast as one great
problem is solved other problems arse
for solution. This is the history of the
past: it will be the history of the future,
Just at this the policy now be-
ing pursued of enforcing respect for our
authority and our flag in the Philippine
Islands is causing a division of sentiment
among some of our people. l have the
greatest respect for those who honestly
believe that the safety of our republic is
endangered by the policy which the
|ogic of events has forced upon us, al. |
though personally I believe their fears
are groundless.
The arguments against expansion are
based mainly upon that clause in the
Of Independence, to which
YOU have lust listened. which Saws that |