Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-10-20
TO YOUNG MEN
OF AMERICA

At Indian apolis. Hon. Albert j. Bev-
erisigc, United SfateS Senator from In
diana was greeted hy one of the most
notable audiences Of the campaign In
Indiana His great address to the
young men of America. delivered In
Tomlinson hall. WIS received with the
closest attention, the many pointed
references contained in that address
creating the utmost enthusiasm He
said in part
Ladies and Gentlemen:
America Is the young man OF the
nations. In this campaign more than
one million youn. men Will enlist I'M
der the political banner under which
the initial force of their first vote ans'
all the Influences that bind men 10
party will cause them TO march Tor
the remainder of their lives IL IS
to these young men that l speak to-
night. Ii ia to their future that l ap-
peal The election Of President Nc
Kinley seems now an absolute GER
tainty: and no appeal is now necessary
to insure the reelection of man who
has been great enough to understand
the ocean currents of human affairs
in which fortune has directed this re-
public since he has been It's President
But l am concerned for the future As
well as for the present. | am concerned
for the future of America as IA national
entity: and therefore concerned for
the political future of every young
man in the republic, In whose heart
and mind the future OF the republic
abides. And so l speak to these mil
lions Of young men who Will bear the
banner OF the American people into
and through the coming century: be-
cause the allegiance to the party
which they make In this campaign Will.
with great majority. determine theic
political allegiance far into the COM
ing years.
There are two natural developments
that determine the lines of cleavage
upon which political parties are now
reforming Both of them profoundly
and elementally affect every young
man in the nation Political parties
are no longer made by politicians.
Platforms constructed by politicians,
are disregarded by the American peo-
pie If those platforms fail to state real
Issues truly. Political parties and
political issues are now constructed by
events When a people reaches our
period Of maturity. political parties
have their roots In human nature it
self. And 80 the first new line or
cleavage upon which American politi
cal parties are reforming Is that or
construction upon the one hand and
destruction upon the other hand The
elements among the people which are
constructive. the elements that build,
plant, plan and advance, gradually
crystalline into one party; and against
that party the elements that destroy.
disintegrate and retreat, crystalline
into another party. No matter what
names these parties may bear, this is
the nature and purpose of each-con-
struction on the one hand, destruction
on the other hand.
And this is the first natural develop.
ment that determines the line of
cleavage which Is separating the Amer
lean people into two parties for the
present and for the future.
The second natural development.
perhaps, grows out of this. When a
aeoR1e lea 81 Iss1 nv
beyond then boundaries for oppor-
tunities for their energy and enter
prise. The world becomes their field
They must look beyond their boundar-
les, because they begin to produce
more than they can consume; because
they have become conscious of a de-
veloped strength which the work of
mere internal development does not
satisfy; because. by the very law of
their being, they are no longer con-
tent to live to themselves alone; be-
cause they hear the voices of the sea
calling to them: because visions of
other lands rise before them: because
an expulsive energy sends them out
ward to the ends OF the earth 1t Is a
law OF nature, whose compelling in
fluence every nation that has written
on history's pages a record of achieve
ment has felt and obeyed. And IN
obeying this natural law of national
development, every people have
achieved their greatest glory and ac-
cOmplished their greatest duty In
advancing the common civilization OF
mankind.
But there are. and always have been,
and always will be. those who resist
obedience to this great law Of national
advance, and. therefore. of interna-
tfonal communication and civilization
In England. there is what is called the
little England" who has opposed
Englands policy of colonial and COM
mercial advance. In Germany there
has been and still is the party of 'lit-
tie Germany" which resists that great
development of the German people
which has made Germany's advance.
all around the world in the last IL
years the wonder and envy OF Ger
many'S rivals. In Russia there has
been for 200 years the party of ..littIe
Russia"-the party that has resisted
the expansion of the empire of the
Car. They objected to the securing
OF Siberia. and actually checked for
nearly 100 years Russia's expansion
over that great dominion, which all
men of all nations now perceive will |
soon be Russia's greatest source of
strength And just so in America.
there has been and will always be.
the party of little America" WHO
has resisted. now reSiSts. and ALWAYS
VIII resist. the progress of his county
because he lacks faith in the American
people. and doubts. after all. The
strength of our fee institutions.
And this is the second natural lie