The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-22

Well then did the President say there
will be no useless parley, no pause until
the instruction is suppressed and Amer!-
can authority acknowledged and es-
tablished"
How well che views of the President
were in accord with the opinion of the
country subsequent events demonstrated
The conduct in the Philippines Of our vol
unteers and many regulars and seamen
was heroically typical of the public opin-
ion of the country. These were entitled
to be sfered out when the ratifcations
Of peace were exchanged. They put be-
side them their longings for home and
friends. They voluntarily stayed at the
front until their places could be filed
They did not depart in the hour of need.
They had no sympathy with those who
would have them ground their arms in
The presence of savage enemy. They
entered upon campaigns which for terri
bic exertion, under a torrid sun, and amid
the sweltering mire of rice fields and i'm
penerable jungles are unsurpassed in all
the glorious history of our arms. The
country and Congress came to their aid
Now, the powerful and disciplined armies
which have taken the places of these he
roes, with campaigns of tremendous en-
ergy have scattered the followers of the
Filipino chief. all the while the officers
and seamen of our gallant navy contrib
uung to the glory of our onward marcn
until now there is no organized resistance
in an insuar domain extending in its Vir-
gin opulenoe as far as from the north of
Scotland to the south of Italy and COM
pretending possibilities for civilization and
progress beyond the ken of the imagina-
lion
But if the President has availed him
self of the opportunities of modern states
manship 10 share the responsibilities of
government with che enlightened masses
of his countrymen in exterior affairs. at
home he has been our guide philosopher
and friend. His teachings, replete with
practical wisdom, are spoken with the au-
thoritatiVe sanction of his high station
often with vigor and Condensation of
the maxim and the adage, OF commerce.
he declared before the Commercial Club
of Cincinnati, that lit is a teacher and
a paciticator. Good trade insures good
will" Behold this scene where fraternity
and good will beat in every heart, sparkle
in every eye. Ii is perhaps a coincidence
merely, but l hold in my hand figures OBJ
tained a the Exchange and Board of
Trade relating to the three great staples
on which the prosperity of Savannah and
the South depends; Cotton March !. 1898
M cents a pound; March !, 1900, 9 lis
cents per pound. Number, average grade
March l. 1897, 81 per thousand; March /,
1900 SIS per thousand Spirits of turpeu-
cine, March l, 1897, 271g dents per gallon
March /, 1900, 54ls cents per gallon. If 100
per cent. increase in the price of that
great diffusible stimulant will not relieve
The pangs of the calamity bowler, 1 would
commend to him the liberal personal ap-
plication of the staple itself
1t is also an interesting coincidence
that another great and good American,
Gen. Joseph Wheeler, has recently eIab-
GRATED the terse expression of the Presi-
dent and has drawn therefrom the same
conclusion. Returning from the Philip
pines with full knowledge of the facts,
he makes the following statement: "EuL
rope and America must purchase the
silks, teass coffee, hemp, spices and prod
ucts of the handiwork of the people of
the Orient, and this immense population
needs articles which American farms and
factories are producing cheaper and bet
ter than those produced anywhere else
on earth. Cotton cloth, such as is manu-
featured in the Southern cotton mills, is
needed by the people of the East to the
enormous value of $4,000, 900 900 to IS, 900 e.
100000 IL Will be wanted by them for
cloths, sheets, pillow cases, curtains. sails
for their innumerable vessels and count
less other purposes for which Il is used
SHOES for their feet and hats for their
heads viii be demanded. Nails and screws
win be needed for their houses and barb
ed wire for their farms, sewing machines,
tiNeS by the thousand and steel rails by
the millions OF tons will be required
Structural steel for building will be de-
manded for editices in Canton Shanghai,
Pekn, Yokohoma, Manila and other cities
as il is now demanded in New York and
other great cities. Steel for bridges viii
be needed in great quantities, sewer pipes.
improved water works, gas works, electric
light plants and electric cars will be re-
quired for these cities.
But the President has not confined his
benignant utterances to things material
OF popular education, in the Carnegie Lii
brary at Pittsburg, he said, "the freeman
cannot be long an ignorant man The as
piration for knowledge is the cornerstone
for learning and liberty" And before the
officers and students OF the University
of Pennsylvania, he exclaimed: How
priceless is liberal education, in itself
what a rich endowment. II is not impair
ed by age but its value increases with
use. The key to its title is not the allure
ments of rank and station but the simple
watchword Of work and study" Nor has
his high earthly station made him obliv-
ious TO the value of religion or REGARDLESS
Of his high duty to avow his faith in that
blissful Immortality which is the heritage
OF that man who fears God and loves his
fellow men, Who can estimate the broad
and permanent influence Of such public
avowals on such topics, from such "A man
himself the Chief Magistrate of the might
lest nation on earth. But the task of all
others to which he has consecrated the
influence Of his station the felicity and
tactfulness Of his marvellous dicuon, the
best efforts Of his intense and patriotic
nature Is the actual and enduring recon-
Citation Of the once discordant sections
Of our country. This he had begun with
the well known declarations Of his inau-
gural address. But the old American spiri
aroused by the war with Spain afforded
him the opportunity which he eagerly
seized TO make ours indeed a union OF
hearts and an union Of hands At Macon
Augusta, Mllledgevlllc. Richmond. where
he spoke to vast multltudes OF his coun-
trymen he gave ungrudging testimony 10
The heroism or the Southern volunteers
He exclaimed ~ In the slightest DEGREE
have contributed 10 the indication OF