The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-13

Thus you framed and put in operation
this great new policy which has made
us at once masters Of the Antilles and
a great eastern power. holding, holding
fairly, our possessions on both sides of
the Pacific.
The new and strange ever excite fear,
and the courage and prescience which
accept them always arouse criticism
and attack. Yet a great departure and
a new policy were never more quickly
justified than those undertaken by you.
On the possession Of the Philippines
rests the admirable diplomacy which
warned all nations that American trade
was not to be shut out from China. 1t
is to Manila that we owe the ability
to send troops and ships in this time Of
stress to the defence of our ministers,
our missionaries, our consuls and our
merchants in China, instead of being
compelled to leave our citizens to the
casual protection of other powers, as
would have been unavoidable had we
flung the Philippines away and with
drawn from the Orient. Rest assured,
sir, that the vigorous measures that you
have thus been enabled to take, and
that all further measures in the same
direction that you may take, for the
protection of American lives and prop
erty, will receive the hearty support
of the people of the United States, who
are now, as always, determined that
the American citizen shall be protected
at any cost in all his rights, everywhere
and at all times. 1t is to Manila again,
to our fleet in the bay and our army on
the land. that we shall owe the power,
when these scenes of blood in China
are closed, to exact reparation, to en-
force stern justice, and to insist, in
the final settlement, upon an open door
to all that vast market for our fast
growing commerce. Events, moving
with terrible rapidity, have been swift
witnesses to the wisdom of your action
in the east. The Philadelphia conven-
ton has adopted your policy both in the
Antilles and the Philippines. and has
made it their own and that of the Re-
publican party.
Your election, sir next November, Sc
cures to us the continuance of that poll
cy abroad and in our new possessions.
To entrust those difflcult and vital
questions to other hands. at once in
competent and hostile. would be dis
aster to us, and still more unrelieved
disaster to our posterity. Your cleo
ton means not only protection to our
industries, but the maintenance Of
sound currency and the gold standard,
the very corner-stones of our economic
and financial welfare. Should these be
shaken, as they would be by the sue
cess of our opponents. the whole fabric
Of our business confidence and prosper
ity will fall into ruin. Your defeat
would be the signal for the advance Of
free trade, the anarchy of debased
and unstable currency, for business
panic, the depression and hard times,
and for the wreck of our foreign policy.
Your election and the triumph of the
Republican party-which we believe to
be as sure as the coming of dily-will
make certain the steady protection of
our industries, sound money and Wig
orous and intelligent foreign policy.
They will continue those conditions Of
good government and wise legislation,
Sc essential to the property and we'll
being, which have blessed our country
in such abundance during the past four
years.
Thus, announcing to you, sir, your
nomination as the Republican candi-
date for the presidency, we have the
honor also to submit to you the decla-
ration of principles made by the ma
tional convention, which we trust will
receive your approval. We can assure
you of the faithful and earnest support
Of the Republican party in every state,
and we beg you to believe that we dis
charge, here today, with feelings of
deepest personal qualification, this hon.
orable duty imposed upon us by the
convention.