The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-10
The PHILIPPINES
MUST BE KEPT
The Whole Question Elemental.
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Idr. President. this question is deeper
than any question of party politics; deep
er than any question of the isolated pol
Icy of our country. oven;. deeper even
than any question of constitutional pow
er. 1t Is elemental. 1t Is racial. God
has not been. preparing the English
speaking and Teutonic peoples for q thou
sand years for nothing but vain and idle
INSTRUMENTATION and standardization.
No! He has made us the master organ
izers of the world to establish system
the spirit of progress to ovcrwhclm the
forces of reaction throughout the earth.
lie has made us adopts in government
that we may administer sovernment
among savage and senilc peoples. Were
1t not for such a force as this, the world
would relapse into barbarism and night.
And of all our race, He has marked the
to finally lead in the regeneration of the
world. This is the divine mission of
America, and 1t holds for US all the pro-
IT., nj, all the glory; all the happiness. pos
worlds progress; guardians of its right
cous peace. The Judgment of the Master
is upon us: 'Yc have been faithful over
a few things, will make you ruler over
What shall history say of us? Shall 1t
say that we renounced that holy trust.
left the savage to his base condition. the
wilderness to the reign of waste deserted
duty, abandoned elcry, forget our sordid
strength and read the charter of our
powers with the doubter's eye and the
called by events to captain and command
the proudest. ablest, purest race of his
tory in history's noblest work. we de-
Clined that great commission? Our
They founded no paralytic government,
incapable Of the simplest acts of admin
isti ltion.. They planted no slugrard pco-
pie, passive while the worlds work calls
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nation. They unfurled no retreating flag
Gods Hand in All.
That nag has never paused in its en-
ward march: Who dares halt it now
now when history's largest events are
carrying 1t forward-now when we are
at last one people. strong enough for any
task. great enough for any glory destiny
century closes with the process of con-
solidating the American people into n
unit just accomplished. and quick upon
the stroke of that, great hour presses
duty. and world glory which none but a
people welded into an indivisibe nation
can achieve or perform? Blind. indeed,
Is he who sees not the hand of God in
Reactionary, indeed. Is the mind that per-
ceives not that this vital people is the
strongest of the saving forces of the
world: that our place therefore. is at the
nations of the earth: and that, to stand
aside while events march on is Il surren
der OF our interests, betrayal of our
duty as blind as 1t is base. Craven, in
deed, is the heart that fears to perform
"a work so golden ard so noble;that dares
not win glory so immortal
DO YOU tell me that it will cost us
money? When did Americans ever meas
ure duty by financial standards? Do you
tell me of the tremendous toll required to
overcome the vast difficulties of our task?
What mighty work for the world, for
humanity, even for ourselves, has ever
been done with ease? Even our bread
must we eat by the sweat of our faces
Why are we charged with power such
as no people ever knew, if We are not to
use it in work such as no people ever
wrought? Who will dispute the divine
meaning of the fable of the talents? Do
YOU remind me of the precious blood that
must be she'd. the. lives that must be
given, the broken hearts of loved ones
for their slain: And this is indeed u
heavier price than all combined. And
yet as nation every historic duty we
have accomplished has been by the sac.
rifice of our noblest sons. Every holy
memory that gloriiies the flag is of those
heroes who have died that it's onward
march might not be stayed. 1t is the
nations dearest lives yielded for the flag
that makes 1t dear to US; 1t is the ma
tiOn's most precious blood poured out for
it that makes it precious to us. That
flag Is woven of heroism and grief, OF
tHt bravery Ol men ana women = tc;lrS,
of righteousness and battle. of sacrifice
and anguish. Of triumph and of glory. 1t
is these which make our flag a holy
thing. Who would tear from that sacred
banner the glorious legends of single
battle where II has waved on land or
sea? What son of a soldier of the f1aS,
whose father fell beneath ii on any field.
would surrender that proud record for
the heraldry of a king. In the cause of
civilization, in the service of the repub-
lie anywhere on earth, Americans con-
slider wounds the noblest decorations man
can win and count the giving of their
lives Il glad and precious duty. Pray
God that spirit never fails. Pray God
the time may never come when Mammon
and the love of ease shall so debaSe our
blood that we will fear to shed II for the
flag and its imperial destiny. Pray God
the time may never come when America n
heroism Is but a legend, like the story of
the Cid. American faith in our mission
and our might Il dream dissolved, and
the glory of our mighty race departed.
And that time will never come. We
will renew our youth at the fountain of
new and glorious deeds. We will eXalt
our reverence for the flag by carrying 1t
to Il noble future as well as by remem-
berng it's ineffable past Its immor-
tality will not pass, because everywhere
and always we will acknowledge and dis
sacred flag, in its deepest meaning. puts
ent hearts. where dwells the fear of God.
the future of their hope and the doing
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