The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-05

state Of lawlessness on the part OF
some Of the native inha melted
and spurred on by that base wretch
AEuinaldo, it is certain that his re-
bellious career must soon come to an
end, and with it peace will be restored,
the insurgents will return to their
usual vocations, prosperity will reap
pear, the flag Of the Union will still
more proudly float, and they will learn
the lessons of liberty and humanity,
and live to bless the day when the
intrepid Dewey bearded the lion in his
den. and woke the slumbers of Manila
Bay with the thunder of his cannon.
amid the plaudits of his magnificent
triumph n,
And in the tight of history we are
making no experiment. Were our fell
low countrymen agreed with practical
unanimity as to the wisdom of the ces-
sion from Mexico of the territory en-
braced in the treaty of. Guadalupe Hi
da2go of which our own great State
of California is part? Did they all
assent to the purchase of Alaska?
Were they harmonious on the PROPOSE
ton of the annexation of the Hawaiian
Islands? And yet California, in the
face of the advice and eloQuence of
the matchless Webster, has become an
essential and inseparable part of the
Union. Bleak, .dreary and cold Alaska
has astonished the world at the i'm
mensity of it's hidden treasure, and
Hawaii within a few weeks after its
annexation demonstrated it's utility as
a naval necessity
More than this the time is coming,
and coming quickly, when Cuba, now
free and independent, will ask the pro-
tecting arm of the United States. Shall
we be magnanimous or will we be
pusillanimous? Is it possible for us
to begrudge to others those rights
which have been generously given to
us?
But casting aside the mantle of
charity and relieving the situation of
it's benevolent aspects, we, and we
alone, are responsible for the condition
of civil affairs existing this moment in
Cuba. 1t was the Intervention Of the
American forces that rendered possible
the ascent of the hill of San Juan and
the fall of Santiago, and we owe to- the
people of that island a government
that is stable, firm, and just, not
military pedantry nor militarism, but
a government of the people in so far
as those people are capable of self
government. And to supply their in
suffieiencies it is our bounden duty 10
go to their assistance. There is no back
ing down now without making our
selves despicable in the eyes of the
world. We have undertaken a task
which is not completed and will not be
until Cuba is able to stand unaided
upon her own resources.
They tell US that the trainers of the
Government were opposed to extending
our territory beyond the continent of
North sAmerica. We answer by saying
that the needs of the Government have
Outrun their most sanguine expecta-
lions. century and quarter of I'M
precedented progress has wrought ex-
traordinary changes and brought about
new conditions. From "a narrow vicin-
age of States we have developed into
great, broad nation, ranking among
the foremost powers Of the earth and
subject to be called to any emergency.
Moreover, ours is no struggle for a
mere existence. The contest is one OF
supremacy, and the spirit of pride and
ambition which prompts the American
heart will never permit US to remain
idle when we ought to act. The day
is approaching, hope it is not far off,
when we shall be the mistress of the
seas, with our colossal engines of war
darting into every nook and corner of
this terrestrial sphere, protecting our
and the interests Of our citi-
ha
If We wish our foreign relations to
be firm, vigorous, dignified and Amer
lean, if we wish our flag to be re-
spected abroad and the honor and fair
name of our nation upheld, we must
not be Indifferent to the establishment
of a great and powerful navy. The
preservation of peace and the security
of the Republic demand a naval
strength sufficient to cope with the
most formidable adversary. The great
battles of the future will be fought
upon the water, and If in time of peace
we shall prepare for war, then now is
the time when we should not only be
building ships, but be making reason
able preparations to afford th,fn lnlI.i-
tons and shelter.
Be not apprehensive of 1,ng,r f.am
the so called doctrine of expansion. IN
perialisa. is Fepugnant to or demo-
cratic institutions, and can never exist
side by side with republican forrs #
government. In the acquisition IF new
possessions We spread thu gospel IF
freedom. and GARY message Of peace.
Wherever the flag of Union floats,
there rises the star of liberty.
The Monroe doctrine is a permanent
part of our foreign policy. 1t is dis
tinctively an American policy which
should at all times be vigorously prose-
cuted and defended to the END that
the aggressions and encroachments of
European powers may not modest the
interests of the Republics of North AMI
South America.
Our immigration and naturalization
laws should be more stringently enact
ed and more rigidly enforced. We
are no longer an asylum for the OPP
pressed of all nations, but while well
coming to our shores the thrifty, intel
ligent, honest and liberty-loving peo-