The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-14
NO GOLD FOR PEACE.
President Says the
Nation Will Never
Purchase 1t.
CHEERS FOR NEW POLICY.
North Dakota Hearers Show
Their Broad Patri-
otism.
CHEERS FOR new POLICY.

Fargo, N. D., Oct. 13.-The president
was received here with wild demon
strations. In his address to the First
North Dakota volunteers, he was fire.
quently interrupted by demonstrations
OF approval regarding the Philippine
matter. He said in part:
My fellow-ci For the past 10
months this country has witnessed i'm
pressive testimony of the patriotism of
the American people. The call for 200,-
600 troops was promptly responded to
by the people of the United States,
without respect to party, or creed, or
section, or nationality. The alacrity of
enlistment and the celebrity of execution
have few, if any, parallels in the mill
tary annals of the world. We did not
go to war until every effort at peace
was exhausted, and when the war
came we thought that the sooner it was
ended, the better for all concerned.
Il have come here tonight, travelling
a long distance, that 1 might meet the
people of this new and growing state,
a state which / had the honor, as a
member of the national House of Rep
reSentatives, to vote to admit as a sis
ter into the national family 1 am
proud of the state, proud of the vote 1
gave for her admission. l come here
to speak of the patriotism Of the state
of North Dakota, not only the patriot
ism of the men who entered the Phil
ippines but the patriotism of those
other brave soldiers of your state, who,
less fortunate than the Manila volun-
teers, were not able to see fighting ser
vice in the field, but did their duty as
you did yours. | have come especially
that l might look into the faces of the
North Dakota volunteers who saw SER
vice on the battle line in Luzon. l
came that / might speak to them a
welcome word and say well done. You
did your duty and you filled my heart
with joy when, with other volunteers
and regulars, you sent me word that
you would not quit the battle line in
Luzon until I could create a new army
and send it there. You refused to beat
retreat or shirk your colors in the
presence of the enemy.
No matter who wanted you to go
home, you said: We will stay and keep
the flag stainless in the presence of the
enemy No soldiers of any country
ever had any more delicate or trying
duty. This army, of which this
fragment from your state formed a
part. remained in Luzon, waiting first
for the treaty of peace which was be-
ing prepared in Paris, then for it's rat
ification by the Senate of the United
States, then until the exchange of rat
ifications between the United States
and Spain; waiting through all that
long period, accepting the insolence of
the insurgents with dignity, because
they were ordered by the executive of
the nation that they must not strike
a blow pending the treaty of peace, ex-
cept in defense. They accepted, there
fore, the insolence of the insurgents
with a patience sublime We never
dreamed that the little body of insur-
gents whom we had just emancipated
from Spain would turn on the flag that
had delivered them from Spain. Then
it was that the insurgent leader made
an attack upon our men, and then our
boys let loose. But it was thought
the boys were quite ready for it. Great
applause.)
I want to do them the credit Of say
ing here in the presence of their neigh
bors and friends, their fathers and
mothers, that these boys forebore all
things rather than disobey the order
of the government they were serving
The leader of the insurgent forces says
to the American government You can
have peace if you will give us independ-
ence. Peace for independence he
says.
HE had another price than that for
peace once before, but the United
States pays no gold for peace. Cap
plause.) We never gave a bride for
peace in all our history and we never
will. Great applause.) Our flag is
there where you left it, you boys of
the North Dakota volunteers. You left
it there in the hands of those who took
your places, without blot and without
stain. And wherever that standard is
raised whether in the western or east
ern hemisphere, it stands for liberty,
civilization and humanity And we
propose to put sixty-five thousand men
behind that flag in Luzon to maintain
the authority of the United States and
the honor and glory of the republic in
the interest of civilization and human
ity. We accept the responsibility of
duty at whatever cost"