The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-22

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true. From any other basis all reasoning
/ must be artificial and false
The sovereign tendencies OF our race
govern so well that we govern ourselves.
| We organize by instinct. Under the flag
Of England our race builds an empire out
| Of the ends of the earth. In Australia ii
| IS today erecting nation out of the frag-
| ments. In America it wove out OF seq
| regated settlements. that complex and
| wonderful organization called the Ameri-
| can Republic. Everywhere it builds.
Everywehere it governs. Everywhere il
| administers order and law. EVERYWHERE
| 1t Is the spirit of regulated liberty.
Everywhere it obeys that voice not 70
be denied which bids US strive and rest
| not, makes Of US our brothers keeoer
and appoints US steward under God, of the
| civilization of theworId.
God did not make the American peo-
| pie the mightiest human force of all time
simply to feed and die. He did not give
! our race the brain of organization and
neart Of dominion to no purpose and no
end No. He has given US a past equal
| TO our talent. He has appointed for US a
| destiny equal to our endowments; he has
made us the lords of ciyiliza ton that we
may administer civilization. Such ad-
ministration is needed in Cuba, in the
philippines. And Cuba and the Philip
pines are in our hands.
IF It be said that at home tasks as
large as our strength await us-that poll
tics are to be purified, want relieved. mu-
nicipal government perfected. the relations
OF capital and labor better adjusted / an
swer: Has Englands discharge of her
duty to the world corrupted her politics ?
Are not her cities, like Birmingham. the
municipal models upon which We build
our reform? Is her labor problem more
perplexed than ours? Considering the new
ness of our country is it as bad as ours /?
And is not the like true Of HoEand-even
of Germany?
And what OF England? England's i'm
mortal glory is not Agincourt or Water
loo. 1t is not her merchandise or COM
MERGE 1t is Australia, New Zealand and
Africa reclaimed. 1t is India redeemed
1t is Egypt touched into modern life.
Englands imperishable renown is in Eng
ltsh science throttling the plague in Cal
cutta, English law administering order in
Bombay, English energy painting an in
dustrial civilization from Cairo to the
Cape, and English discipline creating SOL
diers, men, and finally citizens perhaps.
even out Of the Fellaheen of the dead
uand OF the Pharaoh's. And yet the lib
critics Of Englishmen We're never so Sc
cure as now. And that which is England's
updying fame has also been her infinite
profit, so sure is duty golden in the end.
And what Of America? With the TWEEN
tetk century the real task and true life
OF the Republic begins. And we are pre-
pared. We have learned restraint from
hundred years of self-control. We are
instructed by the experience of others
We are advised and inspired by present
example. And our work awaits us
The dominant notes in American his
tory have thus far been self-government
and internal improvement. But these were
not ends; they were means. They were
modes OF. preparation. The dominant notes
IN American life will henceforth be adj
ministration and world-improyement 1t
is the arduous but, splendid mission of our
race 1t Is ours to govern in the name of
civilized liberty. 1t is ours TO administer
order and law in the name of human pro-
gress, It is ours to chasten that We NAV
be kind. to cleanse that We may save TO
build that free institutions may finally
enter and abide. 1t is ours to bear the
torch Of Christianity where midnight has
reigned for a thousand years. 1t Is ours
to reinforce that thin red line which con- |
stitutes the outposts of civilization around
the word
If it be said that this is vague talk of |
an indefinite future. we answer that It -
the specific program of the present hour. |
civil government is to be perfected in Por- |
to Rico. The future of Cuba is to be work /
ed out by the wisdom of events. Ulti-
Eately annexation is as certain as that
stands exstance Even if Cubans are
capable Of self-government, every inter
est points to union. We and they may
olunder forward and timidly try the de-
vices of doubt. But. in the end. Jeffer
sons desire will be fulfilled and Cuba will
De part Of the great Republic. But what
'ver befall us, definite and immediate work
awaits US. HaTbors are TO be dredged.
established, highways built.
constructed, postal ser
5ice organized, common schools opened
al by or under the government of the
American Republic.
THE Philippines are ours forever. Let
aint hearts anoint their fears with tina
bought that some day American admin
stratiOn and American duty there may
nd. But they never will end. England's
occupation Of Egypt was TO be temper
Try; but events, which are the commands
4 God, are making it permanent. And
low God has given US this Pacific empire
-Sr- !
ice of administration is order. Order must
,e established throughout the archipelago.
The spoiled child, Aguinaldo may not
tay the march Of civilization. Rebellion
gainst the authority of the flag must be
rushed-crushed without delay. for hesi-
2 ton encourages revolt, and without an
er, for the turbulent children know not
What they do. And then civilizatio must
e organized. administered and main
aimed. law and justice must rule where |
avagery. tyranny and caprice have riot
q. The people must be taught the art of
rderly and continuous industry. A hun
red Wilderness are to be subdued. In
enetrated regions must be explored. In
ioiated valleys must be titled. Uumaster-
4 forests must be feEed. Unriven noun ,
aims must De torn asunder and their rich
5 or gold and iron and ores Of price must
e delivered to the world. We are 10 do
4 the Philippines what Holland does in :;
ava. or England IN New Zealand. OF the
ape, or else work out new methods and
ew results OF our Own, Dobler than any
he world has seen. AL this IS not in
ednite; it IS The very specification OF J
utv.
The frail o; faith declares that these