The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-19

Even bno elemeuthl pan nave OUT
lined will fail in the hands of any ideal
administrators. The men we
send to administer civilized govern
ment in the Philippines must be them
selves the highest examples Of our civil
lization. l use the word examples, for
examples they must be in that words
most absolute sense. They must be
men Of the world and of affairs, stu
dents of their fellowmen, not theorists
nor dreamers. They must be brave men,
physically as we'll as morally. They
must be as iucorruptibie as honor, as
stainless a. pI:ity-men whom no force
can frignten, no influence coerce, no
money buv. : ich III n come high, even
here in America. But they must be
had. Better pure military occupation
for years than government by any
other quality of administration. Better
abandon this priceless possession, admit
ourselves incompetent to do our part In
the rld-redeeming work OF our I'M
perial race-better now haul down the
flag OF arduous deeds for civilization
and run up the flag of reactiopand de.
cay than to apply academic notions OF
selfgovernment to these children or at
tempt their government by any but the
most perfect administration our coun-
try can produce.
True Interpretation of Declaration of
Independence.
The Declaration OF Independence does
not forbid us TO do our part in the re-
generation OF the world If 1t did the
declaration would be wrong. Just as the
articles of confederation, drafted by the
very same man who signed the declara-
ton, was wrong. The declaration has no
tA ka Ant aif ION
was written by selfgoverning men for
selfgoverning men. 1t WAS written by
men VINO, for century and q half, had
been experimenting In selfgovernment on
this continent and whose ancestors for
hundreds OF years before had been grad.
ually developing toward that high and
holy estate. The declaration applies only
to people capable of selfgovernment.
How dare any man prostitute this ex-
preston OF the very elect of selfgOverning
peoples to race of Malay childrsn OF
barbarism, schooled in Spanish methods
and ideass And you who say the deolsra-
ton applies to all men, how dare you
deny its application to The American In
dian; and ii you deny 1t to the Indian at
home, how dare you grant it to the Malay
aDroadS
Mr.. President this question Is deeper
than any question OF party pOliticsi
deeper than any question of the Isolated
policy OF our country even; deeper even
than any question of constitutional
power. 1t is elemental. IL is radical.
God has not been preparing the English
speaking and Teutonic peoples for 1000
years for nothing but vain and idle self
contemplation and standardization. Mol
He has nude Us The master organizers of
the worlH to establish system where
chaos reigns He has given us the spirit
OF progress To oyorwheiin the forces of re-
action throughout the earth. He has
made us adopts in government that we
may administer government among
savage and senile peoples. Were it not
for such force as this, the world would
relapse into barbarism and night. And
of all our race he has marked the Ameri-
can people as his chosen nation to finally
lead in the regeneration of the world.
This is tho divine mission Of America
and 1t holds for us ali The profit, all the
glory, all the happiness possible to man.
We are trustees of the worlds progress:
guardians of its righteous peace. The
Judgment of the Master Is upon US; I'VE
have been faithful over a few things:
will make you ruler over many things"
What shall history say of us? Shall 10
say that We renowned that holy trust,
left the savage to his base condition, the
wilderness to the reign Of waste. deserted
duty, abandoned glory, forget our sordid
profit even, because we feared our strength
and read the charter of our powers with
the doubter's eye and the quibbler's mindt
tain and command the proudest, ablest,
purest race of history In history's noblest
work. we declined that great commission?
Our fathers would not have had 1t so. Mol
They founded no paralyric government
incapable of the simplest acts Of admins.
tration. They planted no sIuggard peo.
pie, passiye while the worlds work calls
them. They established no reactionary
nation. They unfurled no retreating flag.
That flag has never paused in It's on
ward march. Who dares halt is now
now when history's largest events arc
carrying 1t forward-now when we are at
Last one people, strong enough for any
task, great enough for any glory destiny
can bestow. How comes 1t that our first
century closes with the process of consol-
just accomplished and quick upon the
stroke OF that great hour presses upon US
our world opportunity. world duty,
and world glory which mono but people
welded into On indivisible nation can
achieve or performp Blind indeed Is he
30 vast, SO harmonious, so benign Reac.
tionary indeed 10 the mind that perceives
net that this vital people is the strongest
of the saving forces OF the world; that
our place, therefore, is at the head Of our
constructive. redesming and imperial
race; and that. to stand aside while
events march on Is q surrender Of our In
terests, q betrayal Of our duty as blind
as 1t Is base. Craven indeed Is the heart
that fears to perform work SO golden
and so noble; that dares not win q glory
80 immortal
Do you tell me that It will COST us
money! When did Americans ever meas
ure duty by financial standardsf Do you
tell me of the tremendous toll required to
overcome tho vast difficulties of our taskf
What mighty work for the world, for hu.
mArity, even for ourselves, has ever been
done with easea Even the bread must we
eat by the sweat Of our faces. Why are
we charged with power such as no people
ever knew IL we are not to use 1t In q work
as no people ever wroughti Who will
dispute the divine meaning of the fable
OF the talents? Do you remind me of tho
precious blood that must be sned, the
lives that must be given, the broken
hearts of loved ones for their slains And
this Is indeed a heavier price than all CON-
bined. And yet as nation every his
toric duty we have done, every achieve
ment we have accomplished has been by
the sacrifice oil our noblest sons Every
holy memory that glorifies the flag is Of
those heroes who have died that its on
ward march might not be stayed. 1t Is
lhe nations dearest lives yielded for the
dag that makes it dear to us: it Is the ma
tion's most precious blood poured out for
IL that makes 1t precious to us. That
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