CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-10-25
Let the Flag Wave.


sf June 23, 1898.
~ believe that wherever our fiag
flies by right of'conquest or by the con-
sent OF the people. there it will remain,
and the party or The men who propose
to take 1t down viii have TO reckon
with the Aneriean people These
were words uttered by Senator Teller
during the debate on the Hawaiian res
olution on Monday
.sThe News welcomes Senator Teller
10 this position He sounds clear note.
And coming from the man who pro-
posed and secured the amendment of
| the Cuban resolutions so as TO disclaim
the intention of conquering that island,
they are doubly Significant Mr.. Teller
does not say that we must retain Cuba
| He probably draws the distinction be
tween fighting there 10 give independ-
ence to the patriots and fighting else
where for the purpose of eieeting
Spain. But IL Mr. Teller had the do
| ing of il over again, We doubt If he
would propose the amendment which
/ he attached to the Cuban resolutions.
He recognizes what few of US recos-
nized at the commencement of the war.
He recognizes that it is the destiny OF
| this country TO enter upon n period OF
L DTO1n tAlAeihSioh- anu eAf.As
\ the means are placed ready to our
| hands by the fortune of war.
when the American flag flies over
Porto Rico and the Philippines. no man
or party will dare to pull 1t down."
The Natiopai Policy.
June 26, 1898.
"For veal or woe this nation is about
to enter upon the possession OF terri
tories beyond the borders of this con-
tinenf In two months there has been
a tremendous change in the currents of
American thought. Before the boom
of Dewey's guns came across the Pa
l cific we were Immersed in our internal
affairs We were engaged in search for
the solution OF certain grave internal
l problems and were comparatively In
different TO concerns beyond our bor-
ders Those grave problems are still
with us and for them we must find
right solution, whether the national
| policy be one of expansion or OF strict
seclusion within the boundaries which
have marked our limits since Texas
was admitted into the Union on the
south and Alaska was added on the
north. But along another line new
tasks and new problems confront u.s.
The old problems must not be neg
iected. bu; We can no more push the
new problems inside than we can turn
back the sun or bid the tides TO cease
A recent writer well says: After all.
II is temperament that tells, and not
schemes OF national policy. whether
4 laid down In farewell addresses or in
| Utopinn books No national character
was ever shaped by formula or phi
losophy. for greater forces than these
lie behind 1.-THE forces OF Inheritance
and of events
sluggish iethargy is not in the blood
of this nation. To whatever source an
American owes his race origin. all
Americans owe their temperament or
Igin 10 energetic and progressive fore
fathers. The blood may be Anglo
Saxon. or Celtic, or Slavonic. or Sem
/ itic: Il may have been carried hither
by tine Puriinns Of New England. or by
the Cavaliers OF Maryland. or by the
latest steerage passenger ON an At
lantic liner; wheresoyer It came from.
II N blood that dared to push out for
something better blood that was cour-
ageous enough to cross the sea TO seek
n new home and brignter fortune. Tie
American people are going 10 reach out
/ fer their share OF the worlds business.
They come Of races that have sent ad-
venturers TO the ends of the earth
since history was first written. They
have built up here republic that
/ takes first rank in wealth. resources
aud potential energy. We may philo-
sophie and moralize but our expendi-
ture of effort win he in vain If we
seek to argue down ar Impulse pn.S rs
horn In our ve-v oeing. The pioneer
daring that pressed across the conti-
; nent has not been extingui>hed by the
Z sight of the Pacific.
imperialism is the term applied
to the policy OF expansion by those op-
/ posed to it. They expect TO alright the
American people with a name that
savors OF CROWNS and monarchics. But
imperialism does not necessarily re-
late to an empire or an emperor. Inn
perial means glorious, magnificent.
paramount. splendid. 1t means in this
instance that the American Union shall
hold the. territories that come To ii by
fortune of war. or by the consent OF
the people MS In the case OF Hawaii.
1t means that We shall create new
channels for the products OF our farms.
factories and mills and for the energies
and ambitions OF our people. IL means
that we shall establish bases for our
navy which shall be the hest protec-
ton for our coasts. 1t means that we
shall become the controlling CONNER
cial Influence In the Pacific and the
countries which border on 1t. and
which now annually purchase $780,
100000 worth OF goods from others It
does not mean that we shall emulate
Europe in land fever. but 1t means that
we shall not hesitate to assume the re-
sponsibilitics that destiny places upon
us We shall seek neither entangiing
alliances nor part In foreign intrigues.
but we Will go our way calmly. tnjur-
ing none and suffering none to tnjure
us. This nation Is no longer a fringe
on the atlantic coast. II Ia truly .ipi-
periar in the best sense OF that word.
| imperial In magnitude. population and