The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-06
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We who live today are but. standing at
the commencement of the lofty career
which is opening out for our country
Before many decades shall have rolled
around believe that our merchant mar
the ocean and that American ships. man
ned by our sealnen and flying our flag,
freighted with the products of American
mine and farm and factory, shall crowd
the waters of every sea. Is it not our
duty to look at things as they are and
understand that the old order changetn
yielding place to new Is 1t not the
headed. to face the problems of a new
era and welcome its responsibilities
rather than burrow in the past and CON
who have gone before? 1t was the work
of one generation to establish the indie
pendence OF this nation. and of another to
wipe out the stain of human slavery
and, at awful cost Of treasure, tears and
blood. redeem the pledges of the constf-
tuition and give union to the. nation and
Grafton along the paths of honor, enter
prise and justice to advance the indus
trial banner OF our people into every cline
and every zone. The fulfillment of this
mission will bring US into closer contact
with foreign powers. and the duty Of
protection to all the rights of our citi-
Zenship will expose us to the dangers of
foreign Irritation. but we. must remem-
Der that great prize has ever been
cheaply bought and that this rough and
practical world has never provided for
nations such asylum as that to which
Hamlet babe Ophena take herself for Sc
curity and repose.
DOESN'T KNOW IMPERIALISM.
If have given the right definition, we
are all expansionists because we all want
to trade and all are willing to protect our
citizens while they trade Something
might be said about imperialism. but the
speaker is uncertain as to the meaning
| n r he torr 4 al Ia iYpn
means that the president and the army
are going to do something very bad. we
are all opposed to that. For my own part
| i have read somewhere that the president
carried a nusket four years in defense
of the laws of his country; no one has
ever suspected Gen. Miles of aiming at
a crown. and the admiral is a good Dem
ocrat, and, consequently, can do no
wrong II these three should, however,
somehow attempt to go aStray we may
safely trust that they will be set right
by the good sense and love Of Justice OF
great and honest people which has
never knowingly done wrong In the
meantime We should recall Edmund
Burke's fine figure about the OK and the
crickets. and remember that perhaps
some of the hysterical persons who ere
concerned for the preservation of our lb-
critics are not nearly so much alarmed
as they appear. Seriously speaking, it
seems to me that the acquisition of this
of detail to be decided by the justice and
the expectancy of the particular case.
Events which are now TRANSFERRING DEM
onstrate that we are apt to have as much
trouble over a cargo of American Hour
on the high seas as it is possible to have
over coaling station or an Asiatic ISL
and
We read much nowadays about what is
called tmilitarism" and many patriotic
and intelligent citizens discover ten
deney to. drift toward the European policy
of standing armies and the exaltation Of
force. It Is well, however, here as else
where, to be careful of definitions. There
is the same difference between mflitarism
and militancy that there Is between the
Bowery bully looking for trouble and the
athletic, manly man invading no right Of
any one else, but prepared to defend him.
self and the weak and oppressed.
AMERICA IS A MILITANT,
but not military nation. /, for one, am
not ashamed Of the militant spirit which
blaZed out a few months ago when for
the first time in the history Of the world
nation turned aside from business and
money making to draw the red sword of
war and send its best sons to battle for
the rights of an alien land. In the COM
ing centuries when the vitality of our In
situations shall be put to the supreme test
their most dangerous foe will be the dry
rot of commercialism and selishness sap
ping the manly faith and courage of the
serve American institutions is the militant
spirit of chivalry and devotion to the
cause of truth and right which in every
period of our history has responded to
the call of duty, be the danger what 1t
might.
But there is no need of further discus
sing the theme which has been referred
to. The eloquent words of my predeces-
sOr Gen. Reeve) reflect the Yale spirit
and are the words of gallant officer and
patriotic citizen. While he spoke there
came to my mind as to the minds of all
who are here, the sublime lesson of sacri-
flee and devotion to duty which was
taught by another Of our brothers in
obedience to the highest of standards,
Greater love than this no man hath that
he lay down his life for his friend.'
When the rough riders mounted the hills
of Ell Caney, far In the front of the adj
bore a name famous in the history Of his
college and in the history of the land. It
had given leaders to the world of thought,
of business and of craftsmanship and
those who wore 1t have left their impress
on our history forever. And yet in the
years to come whatever they did of use
fulness and merit will be recalled chiefly
and perhaps only by the picture of that
beardless face up-turned to the Cuban
sky and that stalwart form crushing the
Wfthered grass of the Cuban chapparal,
dead on the field of battle and of honor
Gentlemen, so long as the story of Hamil-
ton Fish shall live in the hearts of the
people of this land the future Gibbon Of
the world may write the decline and fall
of other states, but the republic of our
hearts best love, blessing and blessed
shall endure forever
The next toast on the list following Mr.
Lawler was Heroes and Hero Worship"
assigned to Amos P. Wilder, a news
paper man of Madison, Wis