Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18

pinos against us to recall the letter n,
General Lawton written just before bjt
ieath, in which he pointed out that IN,
blood of his soldiers Redeemed the hand.
foes abroad. Some years ago when Ger.
tain fasteners were clamOring in IN,
name of humanity against the army off
s .ett,o who Warred to protect the Westcrr
dan wrote: Il do not know how far thes,
humanitarians should be excused on ac
count of their ignorance; but surely il is
the only excuse that can give a shade y
OF justification for aiding and abettinp
such horrid crimes"
The scheming politicians at Kansa;
CITY have not even the excuse Of ignor.
ance when they incite the insurgents t.
fresh warfare against our soldiers witt
the base hope that thereby they may fur
Their their own political advancement.
Expansion means in the end not war
but peace. But like every other grea,
EFFORT at the outset. Woe to us If We
shrink from such effort. Woe If we fail
20 do our duty because the first ster
seems hard to the weaklings and the
men of little heart. II we are to retain
The respect Of mankind we must do no
wrong and must not endure wrong from
,thers. We must strive with earnest
good faith to secure the steady, better
nent of the populations over which We
nave assumed control. We must show
ourselves anxious to work in spirit of
rank and open friendship with other
civilized nations. But we must no more
shrink from introducing orderly liberty
md Just and stable government in the
Stands to which our new duty has called
is than we we shrunk in the past from the
lied us from Florida and New Mexico to
Alaska.
This election is more important than
my that this country has seen save only
the election of "a, and We have the right
to appeal to every man worthy to call
himself a good citizen. that he shall
stand by us in this contest for upright
md honest legislation and administration
1t home, and abroad for the UNFOLDING of
the flag and the great privilege of dom,
the worlds work as beseems great
world power.
Study the Kansas City platform and
you cannot help realizing that their policy
is the policy of infamy. that their tri-
umph would mean misery so widespread
that it is almost unthinkable. and a dis
grace so lasting that more than a gen.
Grafton would have to pass before it
could be wiped out.
They stand for lawlessncss and disor-
der, for dishonesty and dishOnor, for
license and disaster at home and cow
ardly shrinking from duty abroad.
We ask the support of all Americans
who have the welfare of the country at
heart, no matter what their political affili-
tons may have been in the past.
We ask the support of all sound-headed
men who do not wish to see our material
well-being swallowed up in the abyss of
industrial panic.
We appeal to all good men who believe
in civic decency and shrink from the
faint of financial dishonor. ana we appeal
to all brave men who are proud of the
national name and reputa ton, and ask
them to see to 1t that we are not humili-
ated before mankind. and that we do not
abandon the position We have taken in
the forefront of the great nations of the
earth.
Gov Roosevelt concluded his perora-
ton at $50 o'clock, when the audience
arose en- masse and over 5000 voices
shook the air for about five minutes.
The governor at lbs was flying east
ward on his journey home.