The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-13

~ for humanity and with it
:SA- have come new problems
and responsibilities. Spain
has been elected from the western
hemisphere and our flag floats over
her former territory. Cuba has been
liberated and our guarantees to her
people will be sacredly executed. y
benefiCent government has been pro-
vided for Porto Rico. The Philippines
are ours and American authority must
be supreme throughout the archlpel-
ago. There will be amnesty broad and
LIBERAL but no abatement of our rights,
no abandonment of our duty. There
must be no scuttle policy. We will full
fill in the Philippines the obligations
imposed by the triumphs of our arms
and the treaty of peace; by internal
tional law; by the nations sense of
honor, and, more than all, by the
rights, interests and conditions of the
Philippine people themselves. No out
side interference blocks the way to
peace and a stable government. The
obstructionists are here, not elsewhere.
They may postpone, but they cannot
defeat the realization of the high pur-
pose of this nation to restore order to
the islands and establish a just and
generous government, in which the in
habitants shall have the largest par
ticipatlon for which they are capable.
The organized forces which have been
excited to rebellion have been dispersed
by our faithful soldiers and sailors and
the people of the islands, lifted from
anarchy, pillage and oppression, recog-
nize American sovereignty as the SYM
Dol and pledge of peace, justice, law,
religious freedom, education, the So
curity Of life and property and the well
| fare and prosperity Of their several
communities.
We re-assert the early principle of
the Republican party, sustained by un-
broken judicial precedents, that the
representatives of the people in con-
gress assembled, have full legislative
power over territory belonging to thl
United States, subject to the funda.
mental safeguards of liberty, justice
with ample authority to act for the
highest interests of our nation and the
people entrusted to its care" This doc.
trine first proclaimed in the cause OF
freedom, will never be used as 6
weapon for oppression.
I am glad to be assured by you thai
what we have done in the far east has
the approval of the country. The SUD
den and terrible crisis i'm China calls
for the gravcst consideration, and yol
will not expect from me now any
further expression than to say tha
my best efforts shall be given to tn,
immediate purpose Of protecting th
lives of our citizens who are in peril
with the ultimate object Of the pcac
and welfare of China, the safeguard
ing of all our treaty rights, and III
maintenance of those principles of i'm
partial intercourse to which the civil
lied world is pledged.
cannot conclude without congratu
lating my countrymcn upon the strOn
national sentiment which finds expires
sion in every part Of our common
!, country and the increased respect wit
which the American name is greete
throughout the world. We have bee
moving in untried paths, but our step
have been guided by honor and duty
There will be no turning aside, n
waverng, no retreat. No blow ha
been struck except for liberty an
humanity, and none will be. We wi
perform, without fear, every nation0
and international obligation. The Ro
publican party was dedicated to free
3 dom forty-four years ago. 1t has bee
} the party of liberty and cmanc!patiO
from that hour; not of profession, hu
of performance. 1t broke the shacklo
Of 100000 slaves and made them fret
and to the party of Lincoln has com
another supreme opportunity which
has bravely met in the liberation {
p 100000 of the human family from tn
= yoke of Imperialism.
, The old adage 10 the effect that 81
, news is good news" fails to affor
= comfort In the case Of the unfortunat
I legations at Pekin.