The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-15

the regiment passed In review before the
president and listened to brief address.
Upon his arrival hefe tonight the presi-
dent found Companies B and D, Of the
South Dakota regiment, waiting to greet
him. The volunteers participated in the
parade in the presidents honor and once
more were reviewed by the nations ex-
ecutiVe.
Elaborate preparations had been made
to receive the pl esident and there was a
jam of people along all of the gaily light
ed and decorated streets. Carriages in
waiting at the depot brought the presi-
dent and party to the speakers stand, at
Ninth street and Maine avenue Imme-
diately behind the presidents carriage
marched G. "A. r. veterans. School chill
dren brought up the rear. Fully Il, 600
persons crowded around the speakers
stand and cheered when President Nc
Kinley appeared with Mayor B. H. Lien
at his side. Judge H. j. Keith introduced
the president. The president said:
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
We very deeply regret that we were not
able to reach this city at the time ap-
pointed. The reason for our detention is
in the fact that the First South Dakota
volunteers came in late at Aberdeen 1t
is the only time in the history of that
regiment that it was ever late. tGreat ap-
plause.) 1t was never behind time in any
one of the more than thirty engagements
which it had in the island of Luzon
Fellow citizens when war is inaugural
ed 1T usually has fixed and defin te pur-
pose You can have a purpose at the be-
ginning, but nobody can tell the end or
scope: Man proposes and God dfsposes.
The Civil war was Waged for the pur-
pose, of restoring the Union. There was
no thought in the mind of MIR. Lincoln
or his cabinet or of congress what would
be accomplished in its III ri results Mr.
Lincoln was N the habit of saying that
he would save the Union with slavery, or
would save it half slave and half free
only so that he could save it for he had
an oath registered in heaven TO preserve
the Union. He could not save it with
proclamation of liberty. That was not
the purpose of congress, for the congress
of 1861 had voted by almost a unanimous
vote that the war should cease when the
Un on was restored with all the rights,
dignity and privileges of the states un-
disturbed
So my fellow citizens when war with
Spain commenced in the interest of
humanity, commenced to relieve the Cub
an people of the oppression under which
they had suffered for long years rabody
at that moment had any thought either
of Porto Rico or the Ph lippines We
went to war with Spain in the interest of
humanity and civilization and to give
justice to the oppressed people In Cuba
ACT OF WAR
When war was declared we put our
ships In front of the harbor of Havana
and of Santiago We sent Deweys ships
from Hong Kong to Manila, directing him
to destroy or capture the Spanish fleet in
those waters and he did it. (Enthusias-
tic applause) And our fleet in front Of
Santiago sunk the Spanish ships in that
water and when, my fellow citizens
Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in Ma
Mia bay he was master of the situat on
He could not come away without dis
honor. if he had been disposed to do so
which he was not.
The responsibility for peace and good
order and the protection of life and prop
erty came to the American people from
that hour. When the treaty of peace
was subsequently made by which Spain
ceded to us the entire archipelago, VIII ch
treaty was ratified by more than two
thirds of the senate of the United States.
from that hour 1t became the territory
of the United States as much as any ter
ritory within our old domain. And when
it became our territory, there was but
one authority and but one sovereignty