The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-13
imperialism and 'milltarlsm brings
no Terror. and who will say that Amer
leans Of the German race do not Vie
with others in loyalty to their country
and In intellgence?" Nal.
Militarism,.

Il O. - 80 o.
Militarism. Is;
/, The enemies Of the expansion policy
of the administration are continually
pointing out that our new possessions
will eventually lead to militarism, and
they seek to alarm the Ignorant with
ghostly tales that the government is
rapidly drifting into Imperialism. They
pirate a great deal about the Declara-
;tion of Independence. and eali on the
early fathers Of the republic to
strengthen their contention. While they
are drawing on these resources for ar
,gument.it would be we'll to call their
attention to the following extract from
nmessage of the Father Of His Coun-
try" George Washington. who rs Pres
,ldent, in 1893. spoke to Congress as fol-
lows:
u cannot recommend to your notice
measures for the f,lhllment OF our du-
tiles to the rest Of the world without
again pressing upon you the necessity
of placing ourselves IN a condition Of
complete. defense, and Of exact!ng from
them the fulAllment OF their duty to-
ward us. q
1.-The United States ought not to In
.dulga persuasion that, contrary to
the order OF human events. they will
forever keep at o distance those pain
.ful appeals to arms. with which the
history Of every nation abounds. There
Is rank due to the United States
among nations which will be withheld,
II not absolutely lost. by the reputation
of weakness. II we dcslre to avoid In
suit we must be able to repel It: II we
desire to secure peace one. Of the most
powerful instruments Of our rising
prosperity. It must be known that We
are at all times ready for war. u
""The documents which will be pre-
scented to you will show the amounts
and kinds OF arms. and military stores
now in our magazines and arsenals;
and yet an addition even to thtse sup
plies cannot with prudence be neglected,
as It would leave nothing to the un-
certainty OF procuring OF war.ike APP
paratus in the moment Of public dan
ger" h
Commenting on these utterances de-
livered In the very Infancy OF the re-
public, the Louisville Post remarks that
they sound very much like message
that President Mckinley would send to
Congress, and adds: sss
Such phrases as "the fulfillment of
our duties to the rest OF the world"
condition OF complete Defense" III we
desire to avoid insult We must be able
TO repel tiff we desire peace 1t must
be known we are Mt all times ready for
war, are extremely obnoxious to the
anti-expanslonlsts; they declare a pol
icy which they insist Is simply "militar-
ism. and the certain destruction of
our Constitution and our country. Yet
they were uttered by Washington, the
Father Of His Country. In time of
peace. Washington had such faith IN
the people and In the soldiers them
.selves:thnt he did not anticipate the
overthrow OF liberty By u military pow
ter, and yet the dangers Of such thing
were far greater then In the early years
of the republic than they are to-day
when not Napoleon himself. should he
appear at the head Of the army. could
erect a military government on the
ruins OF the republic.
q, At the time Washington wrote this
plea for large army. 1t numbered
about 5000; FIVE years later It was In
creased to $4,000.
In ha Int Of hn 1TrIf nl
States was n little less than four mil
lions. In proportion to the population,
the army to-day to equal the. army of
1893 should be 125,000 for, our own terri
tory. n to-dny the army should num-
Der 125.00o, there wodul be no more dan
ger from" militnrism" or from Imper-
falfsm than In 1899. WHEN Washington
earnestly recommended an Increase.
In 1893 our territorial area was $780,
900 square miles. Prior to recent &C
questions 1t was over as0h.cOa snu re
miles, or four and One-half times the
area, and twenty times the populu.
tion.
In 1893. when European complications
threatened as, the army was increased
+ to 10000, On the basis of population
leaving out the new islands-cIr new
army should be 250.OOO
In 1905, when Jefferson WIS President,
there was some Indication Of n war with
Great Britaia or France, and an In
crease In the army was authorized and
an appropriation made for establishing
an organization of 100000 minute men.
We refer to these facts in our early
history merely to nllay the npprehen-
sion Of the timid and to quiet the fears
OF Senator Hoar and of Mr.. Bryan. The
American people are not afraid OF
themselves. nor Of their soldiers, who
are citizens and patriots before they are
soldiers. Should foreign complica-
lions arise in China. should civilization
determine to restrain bnrbarssm and
punish Wholesale murder, should the
call be for $50, 900 soldiers. still the pro-
portion between our military and civil
population would not be greater than
In the time of John Adams. az now It Is
much less than in 1903. when Washing
ton earnestly recommended an increase
III the army. that we might be able to
resent Insult and 10 compel other ma
lions to keep the peace,
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