Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-06-29

tuh'l uriliH ta--catl>r ~ ~ the uulErr>l
law OF lIfe. IL vas the product III ID,
necessities II the hour, III. natural fruit
age Of universal law operating for c-n
turies. Ths. hour had arrived when 4
recognized aud fought for. The mission
of the republican party Was Ia guide ihii
nation amid the trials aud under ia,
great responsibilities which have multi
piled with It's greatness and rNiendr,
influence. the natural inheritance of TIA,
principles of its early years, welded {,
an irresistible power Of growth found il
a never dying hope; and until the whol,
world shall bear the impress of its hrmr
ieemt influence and partake of some al
lis blessings the mission Of the party viii
not have been fulfilled. 1t has not like
its great opponent the democratic party
rested content under the narcotic inilu.
ence of the dead past, feeding on tradi
ton and theories. practically lifelrsS. he,
cause not inspired to live 10y the primci
pie of development and progress. The
republican, party recognizes the fact that
to exist and not grow aud expand can.
not Ice the destiny of this nation; that
a nation antagonistic to development
and expansion is umrespomSiye To the
eternal principles of progress and must
sooner or later give way to the mighty
onward movement which is fast redeem
ing the world from ignorance, supersti-
ton and darkness; lifting it To the
blessings and possibilities Of Il better
and more hopeful life.
Nearly half a century has passed since
the birth of the republican party, and it
ha decreed the policy of the nation dur
ing three-fourths of the time, during
which period there has been growth
along all lines and expansion beyond all
presidents. Justly are we proud, for
ours is today the foremost among the
nations, and the eyes of the world are
Watching to see where next the Stars
and Stripes shall tlutter in the breeze rs
the promise of better things To the igno-
rant, down trodden and oppressed,
whether it precedes or follows the Con-
stitution. The power of her silent sym
pathy is sought as an ally, for her moral
influence circles the globe. So-called
expansion today is the question of the
superiority of civilizations. That nation
which is blessed with large civilization
is cowardly and unworthy if it fails TO
demand its rightful place at the moment
of opportunity and exercise its full
power to swell the tide of progress. There
is no individual whose rights are superior
to the highest interests of the com
munity; there is no nation under the
sun which IN this age has the moral
right to hinder the sweep of civilization
across the continents and over the seas :;
there is no spot on earth SO beautiful or
sacred as to forbid occupancy by that
civilization which is but the child and
parent of progress.
We drove the Spanish influence from
this continent because it lived in the
past with its shadow, and lifted not its
eyes To behold the better things at hand
and to come. England must conquer
the Beers because her superior civliza-
ton not only gives her that right but
makes it her duty to the world. We
the children of progressive idea subdued
and overthrow the early possessors of
this great domain to plant higher
civilization here, and today our flag
floats over the islands of the eastern
seas as the sign of the dawn of new
and progressive era for that people, and
there must it remain until the work
of regeneration has been fully accom-
plished and the ends of progress gained
The republican party and its great hon
est standard bearer stands for this
splendid idea Of expansion or world
carrying light of progress. Expansion.
as we have expanded, and are expand
ing because We cannot help it. is not
necessarily imperialism as understood
and shouted by our opponents; but, my
friends, mark my words, civilized pro-
gresslve Imperialism is a thousand times
better than a half civilized plutocracy
too often falsely called a republic. DO
we fear to adopt and exercise some of
the imperiallStic power of England?
That patriotic democrat, Fitz IIugh-L Lee,
when consul at Havana could but par
TALLY protect American citizens and
their rights by the slow operating pro-
cesses of diplomacy, while the English
consul could protect English subjects
before the going down of the sun by
threats of immediate vengeance, if neces-
sity required, at the lannon's mouth. By
expanding we extend our territory and
control, and we shall carry blessings to
the benighted of the earth, or our boosted
Christian civilization is the shadow of Il
skeleton. tell you not only in the
near future, but down through the cen
turtles, shall the world be blessed by the
expanding policy of the republican party
under the splendid leaderships of that
magnificent Christian statesman, Viii
liam Mckinley.
The student of history knows full
we'll that no great political party is
always in the right, and we, the repub-
leans of Vermont, will not charge our
fellow democrats with always being in
the wrong, or III continuing condition
OF 'innocuous desuetude," but we do
know that the principles enunciated at
the birth OF the republican party and
which have been tie great lights set in
its pathway for its guidance while
through the years it has been extending
the mighty structure of nationality
are right in all the world for they de-
clare the evolving life of progressing
civilization. Before American occupa-
ton the Island of Cuba and its unhappy
people presented a deplorable spectacle
to the world. For centuries, bending
beneath the burdens of Spanish misrule
and tyranny her people had labored ON,
many of them hopeless, but others be-
lleving that in time the hour of liberia