The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-20

the United States. Partisanship ha
proved stronger than patriotism, eve
while our soldiers are being murdered b
| marauding bandits. and If it were not TO
| the hope held out to Aguinaldo by Ameri
| can sympathizers. the insurrection In tn
Philippines would long ago have ended.
Will Civilize the Filfpinos.
THE obstacles to the establishment Of I
civil government in the islands are many
but we shall overcome them. Mistakes
Will undoubtedly be made, but we shall
remedy them. We shall In time extent
over the archipelago the aegis Of our pro-
lection and of free government. and we
shall gradually. but surely. lift these alien
and savage races into the light OF civiliza-
ton and Christianity. Meanwhile, Ameri-
can enterprise and ingenuity and push
may depended upon to develop the re-
sources Of the islands. and make them an
added source of wealth to our country.
The wise craftsmanship Of the President
and our able Secretary of State has already
brought from the countries of Europe a
recognition Of our right to share in the
vast commercial advantages which will fol-
low the opening OF the Chinese Empire to
foreign trade; the Nicaragua Canal will
be soon constructed; Hawaii, with its
valuable harbor. is ours; We possess the
best Of the Samoan Islands, with its mag
nificent roadway; the Philippines are
almost at the door Of China, and IL coun-
sells OF fear do not prevail, this generation
will see the American Nation girdling
half the globe with it's flag. extending its
foreign commerce to the uttermost parts
of the earth, and taking its place among
the great world nations. power for good.
for peace. and for righteousness.
Never since 1864. when the voters Of the
country were called upon to determine
whether the efforts OF Abraham Lincoln to
preserve the Union should be continued, or
whether they should be abandoned and
other measures attempted, have questions
SO vital been presented to the American
people for settlement. Their del ion must
determine the maintenance or the degrade
tion OF both our national credit ard our
national honor. A Democratic President
could paralyze the operation OF the new
currency law as effectively as II it were
wiped from our statute books. A Demo-
cratic victory would infuse new life into
the Tagal resurrection, cost us the lives Of
thousands of our gallant army in the Phil
ippines, impair or destroy our prestige, il
not our power, in the islands, make US a
byword among the other great nations CT
the world, and obliterate our influence in
the settlement Of the vital questions certain
to arise when China shall be opened to for
eign commerce.
Little Room for Fear.
There is little room for fear. The far
mer and the artisan in their day Of prosper
ity still remember the impoverishmt mt and
blight Of Democracy, and the Chicago plat
form has no allurements for them.
Our national honor is equally secure.
THE American people are neither pol
troons nor pessimists, and they will ne
the surrender of either convict.ols or ter
ritory. Every soldier back from tie
islands. and they are in almost every ham,
let in the land, returns an advocate Of their
Our dead are buried along tie
sands Of Luzon, and on its soil no fore ga
lag shall ever salute the dawn.
Whatever may be in store for US in the
new and unbeaten track upon which we
ire entering. We shall not be found with |
he unlit-lamp and the ungirt loin.' Our |
way is new, but it is not dark. In the re- |
adjustment of world-conditions, where we |
must take our place with the other great |
nations of the earth, We shall move with |
.aution, but not with fear. We seek only |
md not to destroy. The fathers of the |
Republic accepted with courage such re-
possibilities as devolved upon them The |
anne heavens bend over us. and the same |
'ower that shielded them will guard and |
protect U.s. for what we seek is to build |
till more firmly, always upon foundations !
4 probity and Of virtue, the glorious edi-
Ice Of the Republic.
At n Century,s Dawn.
1--WE stand at the dawn of the new
entury. Before it shall have reached its
meridian the youngest here will have
assed beyond this life or beyond the
phere of usefulness. New recruits will
tep into the ranks as We fall out. This
cry year thousands Of young men will,
or the first time. exercise the right of
citizenship and cast their ballots at the
ational election. The safety of this Re-
ublic must ever rest in the courage of
Dung hearts and the vigor of a Loble
Manhood Youth is buoyant and hopeful
10 snarling criticism, or gospel of little
merica, or prophecy of despair, will find
esponse from hearts that beat full and
trong with courage and with faith, and
hose creed it is that
Gods in his heaven,
Ais right with the world.
Whatever else in the past has suffered
hange or decay, the Republican party,
'hich for forty years has been identified
18th everything ennobling and uplifting
] our history, was never as vital, as
irle, and as vigorous as today. And the
eritage We shall transmit to the new
sntury, to the coming generation, and to
leir children. and to their children's
1iidren, shall be record clean and I'M
an unquenchable faith in free
lstitutions, an unalterable belief in the
atriotism of the people. and an undying