The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-13

friendship? Only a narrow and purblind
spirit could see in 1T anything exclusive. II
is poor starved heart that has room for
only one friend. 1t is not with England
alone that our relations are improved. We
are on better terms than in the past with
all nations. With Russia, our old-time
FRIEND with the great German empire, to
which we are bound by so many ties; with
our sister republic of France; with Italy,
Austria. and, in short. every European, ev-
cry Asiatlc nation, our relations are grow
ing in intimacy and cordiaiity every year;
and our friendship with our neighbors 10
the south of US. from the Rio Grande TO
Cape Horn, grows firn7er, more genuine, day
by day.
OUR TRADE DEVELOPMENT.
And why should IL not be so? Every one
likes to be on good terms with the peace
able. and the prosperous, especially II their
hospitality is of that nature that other peo-
pie profit by 1t: and this is precisely our
condition. Our trade is taking that vast de-
velopment for which we have been prepar-
ing through many years of wise American
policy of sturdy American industry. Of
thoughtful invention and experiment by
trained American intelligence. We have
gone far toward solving the problem which
has so long vexed the economists Of the
world-of raising wages and at the same
time lowering the cost of production-some-
thing which no other people have ever ac-
complished in an equal degree. We Fay the
highest wages which are paid in the world
we sell our goods to such advantage that we
are beginning to furnish them to every
quarter Of the globe. We are building loco
motives for railways in Europe. Asia and
Africa; our bridges can be built in America
ferried across the Atlantic, transported up
the Nile and flung across a river in the
| Sudan in less time than any European ma
/ ton, with start of four thousand miles,
can do the work. We sell ironware in Bir-
mingham; carpets in Kidderminster; We
| pipe the sewers Of Scotch cities; our bicy-
cles distance all competitors on the CONT
nent Ohio sends watch cases to Geneva.
"All this is to the advantage Of all par
| ties; there is no sentiment in IL; they buy
our wares because we make them better
| and at lower cost than other people We are
enabled to do this through wise laws and
the American genius for economy. Our
working people prosper because we are all
working people; our idle class is too meager
to count. All the energies of the Nation are
| devoted to this mighty task-to insure to
| labor its adequate reward and so to cheap
| en- production as to bring the product with
| in the reach of the greatest number for
! least money.
"Of course, our prosperity would not
bring us friends If we held an attitude Of
menace to other nations. But this we have
never done, and hope and believe we shall
never do. We have great latent military
power: we are capable at short notice of re-
markable military efficiency; but the habit
and spirit Of the American people is essen
| TALLY peaceful. The vast majority of our
people would be glad to think that the era
Of war was over; that not another battle
anywhere in the world shall stain the earth
with carnage or break the heart of a
| mother.
LONG-SUFFERING PATIENCE.
mo other nation would ever have shown
the long-suffering patience with which we
watched. for many years, the scenes of
| waste and disorder which make the recent
history OF Cuba. When the state of things
at our doors had become intolerable. we
took up arms to redress wrongs already too
| long endured without thought in any mind
| OF conquest or aggression. But no one can
| control the issues Of war. Porto Rico and
the Philippines ours, and the destinies
Of Cuba are, for the moment, intrusted to
our care. 1t is not permitted us to shirk
the vast responsibilities thus imposed upon
us without exhibiting a nerveless pusilla-
nimity which would bring upon US not only
the scorn Of the world, but what is far
| worse, our own self-contempt
But as we did not seek these acquisi-
tions-which came to US through the ire
| sistible logic of war-we are not striving
anywhere to acquire territory or extend our
power by conquest. 1t is no secret that in
more than one quarter outlying territory
only awaits our acceptance, but every over
ture Of this nature has been. and. 1 am con-
fident, will be declined. The whole world
knows that we are not covetous of land; not
chancery in Europe sees in US an inter-
ested rival in their schemes of acquisition.
| What is ours we shall hold; what is not
| ours we do not seek. But in the field of
| trade and commerce we shall be the keen
competitors of the richest and greEtest
powers. and they need no warning to be as
sured that in that struggle we shall bring
the sweat to their brows.
1T was written of old that a mans foes
shall be of his own household. The simple
fact is that at this moment the whole world
Is our friend, except certain leaders of the
Democratic party. All countries crowd into
our markets, but our opponents say our
tariff is barbarous. Our achievements in
| war nave received the ungrudglng praise OF
foreign nations, and meet with unjust and
carping criticism only at home All other
countries bid US God-speed in the work OF
bringing order and civilization to the Phil
ippines, and it was left to a man in Gin
cinnati the other day 70 wish that Otis and
his army might be swept into the sea- 1t
was hard to exterminate a rooted tenden-
cy-the Proverbs say something about bray
ing in mortar. The party which, by VII
cious leadership in 1861 was made to place
itself across the path of freedom and prog
ress, should take care not to follow the lead
this year of men as lacking in sagacity as
they are in patriotism. But we may take
comfort in the reflection that no leaders
can carry all their party into courses their
judgment must condemn and their hearts
reject. There are, thank God, many Dem
ocrats in Ohio who do not desire the humil-
iation Of their country or the dishonor Of
their flag"
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