The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-13
Things Not ON the Bill.


Things Not on the Bill.
Some things have rappened which wera
not promised, nor even foreseen, and our
purposes in relation to them must not be
left in doubt. A just war has been waged
for humanity and with it have come new
problems and responsibilities. Spain has
been elected from the western hemisphere
and our flag floats over its former terri
tory Cuba has been liberated and our
guarantees to it's people will be sacredly
executed. A benefcent government has
been provided for Porto Rico. The Philip
pines are ours and American authority
must be supreme throughout the archi-
pelago. There will he amnesty broad and
liberal, but no abatement of our rights,
no abandonment of our duty.
There must be no scuttle policy. We
will fulfill in the Philippines the obliga-
tions imposed by the triumphs of our
arms and by the treaty of peace, by inter
national law, by the nations sense of
honor, and, more than all, by the rights,
interests and conditions of the Philippine
peoples themselves. No outside interfer-
ence blocks the way to peace and stable
government. The obstructionists are
here, not elsewhere. I y may postpone,
but they cannot defeat the realization OF
the high purpose of this nusion to restore
order to the islands and to establish Il jusa
and generous government, il which the
Inhabitants shall have the largest partici-
patton for which they are capable The
organized forces which have been misieti
into rebellion haze been dispersed by our
faithful soldier and sailors. and the pco-
pie of the islands, delivered from anarchy,
pillage and oppression, recognize Ameri-
can sovereignty as the symbol and the
pledge of peace, justice, religious freedom,
education, purity of life and property and
the welfare and prosperity of their several
communities.
We reassert the early principle of the
Republican party, sustained by un-
broken judicial precedcnts, that the rep
resentatives of the people in congress as
sambled have full legislative power over
territory belonging to the United States.
subject to the fundamental safeguards of
liberty justice and personal rights, and
are vested with ample authority to act
for the highest interests of our nation
and the people intrusted to it's care" This
doctrine first proclaimed in the cause of
| freedom, will never be used as a weapon
| for oppression.
| situation in China.
l am glad to be assured by you that
what we have done in the far east has the
approval of the country. The sudden and
terrible crisis in China calls for the gray
est consideration and you will not expect
| from me now any further expression than
to say that my best efforts shall be given
to the immediate purpose of protecting
! the lives o. our citizens who are in peril,
with the ultimate object of the peace and
| welfare of China, the safeguarding of all
| our treaty rights and the maintenance OF
| those principles of impartial intercourse
to which the civilized world is pledged.
cannot conclude without congratulate
ing my countrymen upon the strong ma
tional sentiment which finds expression
in every part of our common country and
the increased respect with which the
| American name is greeted throughout the
world. We have been moving in untried
paths, but our steps have been guided by
honor and duty. There will be no turn.
ing aside, no wavering, no retreat. No
| blow has been struck except for liberty
and humanity and none will be. We will
perform without fear every national and
international obligation. The Repub
lican party was dedicated to freedom A
years ago. 1t has been the party of lib
| ertv ana enanclpatlOn from UnaG hOuT-
not of profession, but of performance. II
broke the shackles of 100000 slaves and
made them free, and to the party of Lin
coin has come another supreme oppor
tunity, which ii has bravely met, in the
liberation of 1o0Oo,o00 of the human fam
lily from the yoke of imperialism. In it:
solution of great problems, in its perform
ance of high duties, it has had the coop
GRAFTON of all parties in the past and con
fidently invokes their cooperation in thu
future.
/ Roosevelt Hears the News.