The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-20

to Osceola, the Aguinaldo of the sem
Mexico and the Gadsden purchase, have
given the great area south and west
OF the Arkansas TO the red ApacheT Not
so did our fathers construe their duty
and as they built, so shall We. their sons.
Lift Up the Savage Races.
The insurrection against our legitimate
authority. which. for the time. impedes
our efforts 10 establish a government for
the Ffhpinos, involves US in a sacrifice of
lives and Of treasure. The obstacles we
encounter in the island OF Luzon are
many, but the chief inspiration and en-
enlargement OF the Tagal Instruction
come from the Democratic headquarters
in the United States. Partisanship has
proved stronger that patriotism. even
while our soldiers are being murdered by
marauding bandits, and II IL were not
for the hope held out to AguinRldo by
American sympa,hizers the Instruction in
the Philippines would long ago have
The obstacles TO the establishment Of
civil government in the Islands are
many. but we shall overcome them. Mis-
takes will undoubtedly be made. but we
shall remedy them. We shall In time
extend over that archipelago the aegis OF
We shall gradually but surely lift up these
alien and savage races into the light
OF civilization and Christianity Mean
while. American enterprise and ingenuity
and push may be depended upon 20 develop
the resources VI the islands and make
them an added source of wealth to our
I
president and our able secretary Of state
has already brought from the countries
OF Europe recognition Of our right to
share in the vast commercial advantages
which will follow the opening of the Chi
nese empire to foreign trade; the Mica
ragua canal Will be soon constructed Ha-
wall. with its valuable harbor. Is ours,
We possess the best of the Samoan isl
ands, with its magnificent roadway; the
Philippines are almost at the door OF China
and If counsels Of fear do not prevail. this
generation will see the American nation
girdling half the globe with its flag. ex-
tending its foreign commerce to the Mt
termost parts of the earth. and taking
its place among the great world-nations.
a power for good, for peace and for
righteousness.
Vital Problems to lie settled.
Never since 1864. when the voters Of the
country were called upon to determine
whether the efforts of Abraham Lincoln
to preserve the Union should be continued
or whether they should be abandoned and
other measures attempted. have questions
so vital been presented TO the American
people for settlement. Their decision
must determine the maintenance or the
degradation OF both our national credit
and our national honor A Democratic
president could paralyze the operation OF
the new currency law as effectively as IL
II were wiped from our statute books. A
Democratic victory would infuse new life
into the Tagal instruction, cost us the
lives of thousands of our gallant army
| in the Philippines, impair destroy our
| prestige, IL not our power. In the islands,
make us "A byword among the other great
nations of the world, and obliterate our
influence In the settlement. of the vital
questions certain 70 arise when China
| shall be opened to foreign commerce
There Is little room for fear. The
| farmer and the artisan In their day of
| prosperity still remember the impoverish-
ment and blight of Democracy, and the
| Chicago platform has no allurements fof
| them.
our national honor is equally secure
The American people are neither pol
! troons nor pessimists, and they will not
| signaliZe the dawn of a new century
! by the surrender of either convictions or
| territory. Every soldier back from the
| islands, and they are in almost every
| hamlet in the land, returns an advocate
| OF their retention. our dead are buried
| along the sands OF Luzon, and on its soil
| no foreign flag shall ever salute the
| dawn
| We Shall lie Found Ready.
Whatever may be in store for us in the
new and unbeaten track upon which we
are entering, we shall not be found with
| the unlit lamp and the ungirt loin.' our
! way is new but II is not dark. In the
reimbursement Of world conditions, where
we must take our place with the other
great nations of the earth. we shall move
with caution, but not with fear. We
seek only TO lift up men to better things,
| to bless and not to destroy. The fathers
| of the republic accepted with courage
! such responsibilities as devolved upon
| them The same heavens bend over u.s.
and the same Power that shielded them
| will guard ana protect us for what we
| seek Is to build SIN more firmly, always
/ upon foundations OF probity and Of virtue
! the glorious ediiice of the republic.
The safety Of the Republic.
We stand at the dawn of the new cen
| fury. Before Il shall have reached KS
| meridian the youngest here will have
! passed beyond this life or beyond the
! sphere Of usefulness. New recruits Will
step into the ranks as We fan out. This
| very year thousands Of young men viii
for the hrst time exercise the right OF
| citizenship and east their ballots at the
| national lection. The safety Of this re-
public must ever rest In the courage ot
| young hearts and the vigor 81 noble
manhood" Youth ia buoyant ond hopeful
! No snatliug criticism or gospel OF a little
America. or prophecy of despair, viii
ind response from hearts that beat full
| and strong with courage and with faith.
| and whose creed * IS that
| Gods In His heaven.
ANS right with the world"
I Whatever else In the past has suffered
! change or decay, the Republican party,
| which for forty years has been Identified
with everything ennohiing and uplifting
| IN our history. was never as vital. ~
| Virfle and nS vigorous today. And the
| heritage We shall transmit 10 the new
! century, TO the coming generation and 20
! their children. and 10 their Children's chill
drnn shall be "a record clean and unfair
! nishod. an unGucnchable faith tn free In
| stitutions. an unaiterable belief N the
| patriotism ~ the people, and an undyiny
| love OF liberty and OF country.
| Eject of the speech.
| Senator Wolcott has a clear. resonant
| voice which penetrated 60 the fufthest
| recess ~ tho hall lie speaks with great
| rapidity. and this. perhaps somewhat
| spoiled the effect ~ HIS speech but she
! thousands before him were In thorough
| sympathy. and no had no difficulty iu
| striking q responsive chord. when. with
! o,ftatr.trbrd arms he predicted the trium-
| phant election ~ The Republican tirket
/ iu November. the audience went Mid. and
| when he hrst mentioned President No
! ktuleV-s name ne could not proceed Tor