Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-31

fsallety oil our resources Il volunteer mill
,uaiS uorcr which, with the regulars.
inddc UP an army of a quarter of n mil,
non brave and devoted men
These soldiers We're selected from, , Has,
81 apphcants with critical care. and were
led by officers who had gained their ~
perience. and received their bontism Of
hre IN the war Of the RebellionImnn IKE
DeWey, Miles. OTIS. Macarthur Tawtnn
" heeier; Henry. Brooke. Schley. Samp-
son, and A host Of others whose axneri
ence in the COS now stood the counfry in
good stead, and under whose able dive
llnn our volunteer forces wherever the,
were Gained into action acquitted Them
selves with credit. especially in the phil
lppineS. where the exigencics of the spr-
VIC" specify Transformed them into vet
Grams, and where their work W. n,,a,,,,
Whlt az effective as that of the rr.,llI1rS
but DO not purpose to weary Won
win any review Of the war with Sp1in
us events are too fresh in your memories
70 need any recapitulation at this time
II is sufficient to say that the forces of
the nited States everywhere lived IN tn
the high standard of their leadership AMI
the country viii ever feel Il lust pride IN
their gallant achievements
ont Of this war came new conditions
new dut1eS. and new responsibilities The
american, people. however, have met
them with customary courage and sue
cess. When the treaty of peace was fin
ally ratified, our flag floated in rightfuI
%4Nereishty over the l2l"o square miles
Of BIZ new territory comprised in Porto
there IL will float forever
the government Of the United States
which since the close Of the Civil war
has welcomed to our shores NOR. than
loVo0.WO immigrants representing almost
every quarter of the inhabitable globe
and has successfully transformed them
into American citizens. will not succumb
to the difficulties ana problems that may
be encountered in our new possessions II
will meet them reSolutely, mtelligcntlv
and successfully. Under a reign of law
Il ssl.AT 1 ft,I.1-
DDS OF administration. new ana Snlcndil
opportunities Will be afforded them for
mental. moral ana material advancement
Their children will be educated their
magnificent resources will be developed
and the time will come. in the not far
distant future. when their people. enlight-
ened contcnted ana prosperous. will bless
the happy turn of destiny that brought
them under the fostering care and guild
ancc Of this great and progressive nation
Although. prior Ia the war with Spain
no less than 2.>nl.oVp square miles Of ter
ritory hId been added 70 the original con
fines Of our country-an area three ana
One-half times as large rs was cmbra Ced
in the thirteen original states-it is Il sin
Sular fact that not one acre of it was
secured without strenuous opposition
from men who protcSScd to see in such
extension of our boundaries the deStruc-
truCtiOn Of the constitution. the under
mining of popular liberty ana the early
dissolution OF the Republic. Such We're
the gloomy prophecies Of faint hearts.
which. by The blcS ing Of Providence
were never realized. History has long
ago established IN" fact that there IS no
on" uf these additions OF tcrritory-evcu
cold ANA bleak Alaska. for whose pur-
chase the far-secing administration Of
President Grant WAS So slvagely criti-
ciZ"i-that has not materially contributed
- the progress ana prosperity of our
country.
Al the beginning Of the war with Spain
no MIN could hc found in all this broad
land with sufficient hardihnoh 70 advo-
stars ana Stripes on any part uf our ma
tional domain ana 50 il w. be-. 4 dozen
wears hence. with Porto lro and the
Philiupin.S
Undoubtedly THE single event in our
history that contributed most powerfully
10 the futurc growth ana greatness Of
president jefferson for 81. uuWI. Il sum
which, TO-DAY. seems ridicuiously small. Of
iti,u7 NH ar.a ihus sacIr4d was larl."r
than that wrr,rrd from Great Britain in
the war uf the Revolution. out Of il has
sine, come in whole or in r3rt T. great
states of TIM Union. now represented in
M. American Congress tn "a senator's ana
REPRESENTATIONS Certainly ii would seem
to ~ w II every citizen uf thu United
states should have Joined in a chorus 81
joy and THANKSGIVING at this splendid
There were prophets ut rNii even in those
DAYS. ana MI. Blaine, in his Twenty
Years ~ CONGRESS. has given us vivid
=
says: 1T seems scarcely cr,ditahle
that the acquisition of Louisiana
by Jefferson was denounced with
d bitterness surprising the partisan
rancor with which later generations have
been familiar. y" abuse Was 100 malis-
nAht, ID" epth'i t"' '''ifSr' no ltnpreta-
non ~, - Ri ~ ~ ,hiiilt'Sti - t,.'
ls4.tlahls II 'H' Irr1t iiiiiI',s,'iiIic S'd
lhul!Idll '!iS "l Hl9 country , Si"" ~ 'il''
Ar1ndcur.
who advnr,ttr th, withdrawal of the
American Nag from Porto I;icO and the
philfuuinp4 til. name nf any man who
bor,. !; cou@picIujs part ill its defence
,,titI nr H. I-nio3 m, hovs in blne
stood around the gorgeous emblem Of
hc Republic" in those trying days. and
dId n"t Itrnit \ X n IT'LL" II .,lo umrti
ii siili.
nr,served to the glory 81 our country sle
frl1i,s of our wars with Great Britain.
n,,r ty,r win lIrxirn ana MIR war with
rhc southern Slave i ,war. 81 will we pre-
g,.r,n in,,inIat. tha frlIit.. nf MIR Wtr NTH
Snlin We have secured them at great
r,,lt in Tho cIIlsr of humanity and a pro-
,,reesi,-n ciyiliZutioil-ard ours they will
Tam.,in forever
Vntrr,us III Iha Rcpublic IA Won pass
rrnm lbr Grld III action, and march on to
Mitch your tents ~ the side Of the com
Tades gone before, those who come after
You can have no greater incentive to
duty than the inspiring story Fl your
ScIf-SICrliIclnG Devotion. ana lHe piouh