The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-20


American ideas, will be turned back upon our
selves to Our own destruction. Which COURSE
leads to the nations glory2 will not argue
the question. 1t is enough to ask 1t.
The Fair Question Of Opportunities.
Think Of the careers this plan Of material pro
| gress opens to the young men Of the republic In
every direction Our consular service must be
improved to meet the needs OF this policy ol
advance; there are places in, that service for
you, young mon, II you have the necessary abil'
ity and character. Our diplomatic service must
be improved, broadencd, s,stcmatizcd to meet the
necessities Of the republic as the worlds first
power There are places in that service for you,
young men, II you have the necessary ability and
| character We are to become the administrator
| of American possessions which need American
purest, administrative service in the world Will
be that provided by the American congress for
the government Of our fortunate dependencies.
There are places in that service TOR you, young
men, IL you have the necessary ability and char.
acter. But all these places in all the service OF
the republic are few and arduous and poor com.
men, in private life, by the plan proposed by
the party of construction. Because this great
plan of national advance will in every direction
create new industries upon the land, launch new
activities throughout the entire world OF Ameri'
can enterprise. And in each Of them is place
for you, young men OF America, according TO
your ability, your industry and your character.
And yet this is the plan OF progress the party Of
destruction asks you to destroy. 1t Is the plan
of progress the party of construction asks you
to approve-aye, not only to approve. and make
possible-yes not only to make possible, but to
be part of. For by your efforts alone, young
men Of America, can the great plan Of Ameri'
can advance, which Providence higher than
for the American people, be carried out And
appeal to you by your prospects OF individual
success in life, by your hope that the republic
shall be the sovereign power of earth, by your
1nvnf ON fn fhn Hnr rylhn iln1n
the story Of advance and for whose onward march
you would gladly battle and in battle die, by all
that means prosperity to- yourselves and the true
grandeur of our nation, l appeal to you to rally
around that sacred banner of our fathers, and
carry it forward, they carried it forward, to
still broader dominion and still wider glory.
The Scare Over Militarism.
Can the young men of this nation be fright.
ened by the words "imperiasm," "militarism'
and all such shibboleths of fear? Who can es'
tablish an empire, young men OF America with
out your consent? Where will come the soldiers
who will set their bayonets at the throat of our
free institutions, if you, young men of America
yourselves, do not become those soldiers? Mill.
will you strike your colors to a fear and that
fear fear of yourselves? Your future is in your
own hands. Your fate is in your own hands
There can be no standing army which you your.
Such "A standing army is powerless except as you
equip it; purposeless except as you direct it.
And how will this programme of national ad
vance require standing armies?
Study the standing armies of the world. Study
the causes that produce them. You cannot find
a single instance of militarism caused by Il col
onial policy. On the contrary, in America, such
a policy will prevent standing army. Our en-.
ergies will have an outlet; prosperous employ.
ment will keep busy those hands which, when
idle, are always dangerous. for idleness in the
ranks OF labor, in the ranks OF business, in the
ranks Of tinance--aye, even in the ranks of pro.
fcssional life-is the only danger this nation has
to fear. Glass hatred, sectional strife, internal
dissension-these are the rocks on which this
republic will founder, If it ever does; and it is
from these rocks of disturbance at home that
our active policy abroad draws us safely away
1t is better to employ few American soldiers
to maintain that order which American admins.
tration will bring in other lands, and at the
time supply field abroad for American
activities and work for American hands at home,
than to employ many soldiers at home to sup.
press riot, disorder and insrrrection here caused
by the very fact that we have failed to find an
outlet abroad for American energy and market
abroad for American surplus products.
army. There is a soldier in the breast Of every
free man. Nilitarism in America 1t is here,
indeed-here in the blood we young men Of
America have inherited from our fathers. Every
generation of Americans have been soldiers. Mill
tarism in America! Yes, indeed there is enough
militarism in the blood of the free young men
of this republic not only to defeat the world in
ourselves which might seek to overthrow the re.
public The future of the institutions of the
republic are in the hands of the republics young
men, and in their hands those institutions are
secure, I have faith in you, young men Of
America l have faith in our institutions.
have faith in our flag But thej party Of de-
struction doubts you, fears you, denies the
minds, the purity of your purposes. The party
OF destruction fears that you will change the
flag of the republic into a flag Of an empire:
Will YOU enlist with them or with us? will
ynO orph Wi thn nf oHvn yyhnsn
very soul and breath of life is faith in the Ameri-
can people and belief in the vitality Of American
institutions will you march with the party
lief in the American people and infdelity to
American institutions?
Chronic Obstructionists.
The forces that are resisting our national ad.
vance today. only few decades ago declared
that the nation could not charter a national
bark; but the party Of constitutional progress