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tion of the Gospel of Peace, wearing the
btrreastplate of righteousness and carrying
me sword OF the Spirit: let IL be known that
they are the citizens of a nation which
respects the rights of the citizens of other
naIlons as carefully as it protects the rights
to our missionaries will be more cordial
than the welcome extended to the mission-
aries OF any other nation.
The argument made by some. that e.
was unfortunate for the nation that IL
had ANYTHING to do with the Philippine
islands, but that the naval victory at Ma.
MIA made the permanent acquisition Of
those islands, necessary. is also unsound.
We won victory at Santiago, but that
did not compel us TO hold Cuba The she'd
ding OF American blood in the Philippine
islands does not make it imperative that
we should retain posse ssion forever; Amer
iean blood was shed at San Juan hill and Ell
ised the Cubans Independence The fact
that the American flag floats over Manila
a1 Pe be to sseG
waves over Havana to-day but the pres
idont has promised to haul It down when
rise rise. IN ITS place. Better thousand times
that our flag in the orient give way to a
nag representing the idea of self-govern-
should become the flag of an empire
An Honorable Solution.
There is an easy, honest, honorable solu.
ton of the Philippine question. 1t is set
forth in the democratic platform and it is
submitted with confidence to the Ameri-
can people. This plan l unreservedly in
dorse, If elected, shall convene congress
IN extraordinary session as soon as / am
inaugurated. and recommend imme-
date declaration of the nations purpose,
first. to establish a stable form of gov
ernment in the Philippine islands, just as
we are now establishing a stable form of
government in the island of Cuba, sec
ond, to give Independence to the Flipinos,
just as we have promised to give inde-
pandence to the Cubans: third to protect
the Filipinos from outside Interference
while they work cut their destiny, Just
Central and South America, and are, by
the Monroe doctrine, pledged to protect
Cuba An, European ,protectorate often
results in the exploitation of the ward by
the guardian. An American protectorate
gives to the nation protected the advan-
tage of our strength, without making 1t
tiers of century the Monroe doctrine has
been shield to neighboring republics
and yet 1t has imposed no pecuniary bur-
ed us in the war against Spain, we could
not honorably turn them over to their
former masters; We could not leave them
signs OF the European nations, and since
we do not desire to make them a part of
US, or to hold them as subjects. we pro-
pose the only alternative. namely, to give
them independence and guard them
against molestation from without.
When our opponents are unable to de-
fend their position by argument they fall
and insist that we must submit to 1t, no
matter how much 1t violates moral pre-
espts and our principles of government.
This is complacent philosophy. 1t OBJ
literates the distinction between right and
wrong and makes individuals and nations
the helpless victims of circumstances.
Destiny is the subterfuge of the in
vertebrate, who. lacking the courage to
oppose error, seeks some plausible excuse
for supporting it. Washington said that the
eminent was deeply, If not finally, staked
on the experiment intrusted to the Amer
lean people. How different Washingtons
definition. The republicans say that this
nation is in the hands of destiny; Wash
ington believed that not only the destiny
republican form of government through
out the world was intrusted to American
hands. Washington. was right The
destiny of this republic is in the hands of
its own people, upon the success of the
experiment here rests the hope of humans
ity. No exterior force can disturb this
be permitted to. change its course What
the future has in store for this nation no
one has authority to declare. but each in
dividual has his own idea of the nations
mission and he owes it to his country as
we'll as to himself to contribute as best he
may to the fulillment Of that mission.
Committee: / can never fully discharge tho
debt of gratitude which / owe to my coun-
Irymen for the honors which they have SO
Whether it be my lot to occupy the high
office for which the convention has named
ne, or to spend the remainder of my days
in private life. 1T shall be my constant ann
bition and my controlling purpose to aid In
realizing the high ideals Of those whose
wisdom and courage and sacrifices brought
this republic into existence.
can conceive of q national DESTINY sir.
passing the .elories. Of the present and the
pasta destiny which meets the RESPONSE
bilities of to-day and meaSures up to the
possibilities of the future. Behold repub-
stones quarried by revolutionary patriots
from the mountain of eternal truth-a re-
public applying in practice and proclaim-
ton: that all men are created equal; that
they are endowed with inalienable rights,
that governments are Instituted among
ments derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed. Behold republic
in which civil and religious liberty stimu-
lates all to. earnest endeavor and in which
the law restraints every hand uplifted for
in!ury-a republic in which
every citizen is sovereign, but in which
no one cares to wear crown. Behold 9
around are bowed beneath the weight OF
their own armaments-a republic whose
flag is loved while other flags are only
population. in wealth. in strength and in
influence. solving the problems Of civillz3-
ton and Fastening. the coming of uni
shakes thrones and dissolves aristocracies
by Its silent example and gives light and
inspiration to those who sit in darkness.
becoming the supreme moral factor in the
worlds progress and the accepted arbter
of the worlds disputes-a republic whose
history like the path of the just. ''is as