The times., 1899-09-24

our honor except through victory. If We
have no moral right TO interfere in the
Philippines, then we have no moral right
TO interfere in an Indian reservation. If
we have no right in Luzon and should leave
it to the Tagals, then we have no right in
Alaska, and should leave it TO the Indians
and the Esquimaux. People tell you that
the Filipinos are fighting for independence.
This was exactly what the copperheads of
1861 said of the Confederates.
Standing by the Flag.
"No man can hesitate in this struggle,
and ever afterward call himself a true
American and true patriot He must
stand by the flag; he must uphold
the honor and interest of the ma
tion, and the only way in which he can
stand by the one and uphold the other is
TO oyerwhelm the party that dares to
assaif both. Undying shame will be his
portion if he does not stand with US in
this crisis.
The only honorable and humane way
out of the present situation is to put down
armed resistance in the Philippines and TO
establish a government Of orderly justice.
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 any
length of time. When great nations fear
TO expand, shrink from expansion, it is be-
cause their greatness is coming TO an end.
Are we, still in the prime of our lusty
youth, still at the beginning of our glo
rious manhood, to sit down among the out
worn peoples, to take our place with the
weak and the craven? a thousand times
no. 4 thousand times rather face any diff
Guilty, rather meet and overcome any dan
ger, than turn the generous and vigorous
blood of our national life into the narrow
channels of ignominy and fear. Our oppo
nents are fighting against the stars in their
courses, for they are striving to bring dis
honor upon the American Republic. They
can qualify. refine, differentiate. and differ
all they wish, but fundamentally their at
titGde is the attitude of hostility to the
flag, of hostility to our sailors and soldiers,
of hostility TO the greatness of the nation
the greatness of the race.
Let me sum up. Our opponents seek
10 make their points by denouncing trusts
and expansion. They denounce the trusts,
but the measures they propose against
them. are purely political; are not eco
noInic not remedial. They strive to win
Bs pdoSaOds " doS
that the passion thus infiamed will over
come sound judgment They propose either
no remedy, or else they propose remedies
so absurd and SO vicious that they would
tenfold aggravate all existing evils. Mr..
Bryan has developed an entirely visionary
scheme OF national supervision, a scheme
of extreme Capitalization, which would be
unworkable at the present, and which
might cause great havoc to industry. Cor
porations (for what We commonly call
trusts are generally, merely big corpora
tions) render great services and are indis-
pensable instruments of industry in our
modern life; but their growth has been
accompanied by the growth of evils which
We can but remedy by common sense and
common honesty-not demagogic outcry.
Our opponents say We have no plan. We
have. and the plan is, as a first step, TO
try the effect of publicity. and then to sup
plement publicity by taxation and then by
licensing or whatever measure experience
shows to be effective. Before hitting we
must know exactly what We are hitting
al. and whether the blow will hurt more
than il helps.
Our opponents because the body is
diseased, threaten to use the knife before
knowing where the disease is. My plea
is for the diagnosis first, and then for a
free use Of the knife, but an intelligent
and not blind use.
The Question of Expansion.
$50, again, when they come to deal with
expansion. they juggle words. They say
they are against Imperialism. So are we.
rialism, and they know this. They pro-
fess 10 fear the evils Of great standing
army and great navy. They know that
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the Army and Navy larger relatively to
our needs of the moment than they have
been to our needs of the past. We are not
imperialists. We are expansionists, and
that we have got to be whether we wish to
or not. The work of expansion is going on
about US before our eyes. Every miner
who stakes out claim on the Yukon, every
new settler who takes up unoccupied land
among the foothills of the Rocky Noun
tains, is unit in the great work of ex-
pansion. Every man before me tonight Is
here because his forefathers were expan-
sionists when they crossed the AlleghenieS
and came this side of the Ohio. Expansion
means growth, neither more nor less. I'm
perialism is simply the catchword of those
who wish TO retard our growth, TO stunt
US, TO hinder the development of our might
OF all our power. All great nations mus
expand just so long as lHey SION ant
flourish Do our opponents mean that De
mocracy is the only form of government
under which the greatness that comes b!
expansion is barred? Do they mean tha
our mighty Republic is too weak TO do
work which, as q matter of fact, will cal
for but fraction of its giant strength?
mot This nation must be true TO it
mighty destiny. This generation must no
finch from its allotted task, and must shoy
itself worthy Of the mighty men who il
the great Civil War saved the Union, s,
that now the sons of the men who wor,
the blue and of those who wore the gre,
stand shoulder to shoulder under the glo
rious banner which from henceforth wher
ever 1t floats marks stride in advance TO
ward the reign OF peace progress, justice
and orderly liberty throughout the world.
Nearly all of the audience left at the con
| clusion of Governor Roosevelt's address
Judge Nash also spoke, delivering a verl
able review Of the issues of the campaign
| After delivering his address Governo
Roosevelt returned to Cleveland and a
midnight departed for New York.
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