Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05

would have the right, in an excess of senti-
mentality, to declare the Sioux and Apaches
free to expel all white settlers from the
lands they once held. The Filipinos offer
excellent material for the future; with our
aid they may be brought up to the level
of self-government; but at present they
cannot stand alone for any length of
time.
"A weak nation can be pardoned for Civ
ing up a work which 1t does badly but
strong nation cannot be pardoned for
fiinching from a great work, because for
sooth there are attendant difficulties and
hardships. The century which is just clos
ing has seen wat the century which is
opening will sure also see-vast strides in
civilization, the result of the conquest of
the worlds waste places, the result of the
expansion of the great, masterful, ruling
races of the world.
our opponents are fighting against the
stars in their courses, for they are striv-
ing to bring dishonor upon the American
republic. They can qualify, refine, differ
entiate and differ all they wish, but funda-
mentally their attitude is the attitude of
hostility to the flag, and hostility to our
sailors and soldiers. of hostility to the
greatness of the nation-the greatness of
the race. The other day in New York a
democratic club started to call itself the
Dewey club. and had to abandon the name,
because the members quarreled so among
Dewey because he was an eXpansionist.
Think of it. They dared not call them
selves after the greatest hero, military or
naval, whom we have produced since the
civil war, because they were not loyal to
the policy for which the hero stood 10
the policy which he has done so much 10
put into effect.
MY fellow citizens, this contest of yours
in Ohio is no mere state contest. 1t is
national contest. Our opponents are fight
ing on national ground. They take their
stand in favor of economic unrest, of finan-
cial dishonesty and of national dishonor.
We take up the glove that they throw
down. We meet them on every point. We
stand for a continuation of the conditions
which have brought prosperity to us We
stand for an intelligent effort to wipe out
any wrong that many arise without sub
stituting a ten-fold greater evil Finally,
we stand for upholding the traditional
American policy of defending the honor
of the American people in the face of any
foreign foe, and of giving free outlet to the
vigorous and aboundng strength of the
nation. If we finch from doing our task
in the face of the nations, if we flee from
the Philippines we shall have written a
shameful page in the history of our coun-
try, a page which our sons and grandsons
will read with bowed head. ] verify be-
lieve that the shame and anger such action
would arouse in our bosoms would force
us in a few brief years again to tread the
path upon which we have now entered: only
the delay would increase beyond measure
the difficulty and danger. We cannot shrink
from doing the task allotted to us, unless
we are content to see 1t done by stronger
hands and admit that we are not in the first
rank of nations Surely no American
worthy the name will make such an ad-
mission. In the present crisis we appeal
not merely to party, but beyond party; we
appeal to all good citizens, to all patriotic
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financial integrity and the conditions which
make for material prosperity at home, as
we uphold the honor of the flag and the
interests of the nation abroad"