The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-20

-. ,,ds#as strong and skIllful as those to
| y. ,IchH s. bey have been and.are now con-
sdad there Will be no more surrender OF
orr rights than there viii be VOCATION
Of the rights of Others
GIANTS STRENGTH.
| .n1-ha President, to whom you have
+ .,ix,e,,z our invaiuatde trust and confidence,
ike his now immortal predecessor, Is as
incapable of bullying q strong power as
rs he is of wronging a weak one. de 1eels
and knows-tor has he not tested 1t IN
the currents of the heady fight us we'll as
in the toilsome work OF Administration
that the nation over whose destlnles ne
presides has a giants strength in the
works OF war, as N the works OF peace.
But that consciousness of strength orlhss
with it no temptation to DO INJURY 10 'ttis
power on earth, the proudest or the zEuiii-
blest. We frankly confess we seek Tue
friendship of all the powers; we want -
trade with oil peoples; we are coitsclouSs
Of resources that will make our COM
mcrce a source OF advantage to them and
of profit to ourselves. But no Wantoness
of strength will ever induce us to drive
hard bargain with another nation because
it is weak, nor will any fear OF isnoois
criticism tempt aus to insult or oely
great power because it is strong or even even
because it is friendly
After he concluded, Secretary Hay was
OCllSSu several ~ SiSA>-N
applause accorded him by the diners
OTHER SPEAKERS.
Governor OdeIl spoke to the toast.
| .Statay Of New York" and Mayor-elect
Low replied to the toast, The CITY u
New York
J. H. Chote, ambassador to the Court OF
ST. james, was next introduced After ti.c
| applause had subsidized. he spoke WITH ms
usual eloquence, dwelling mostly on ..ie
! sympathy that had been shown pE 'ns
British people at the time OF Presioe.lt
| Mckinley's DEATH and said that not ot'iy
| had sympathy been manifested almost
every hour for days after the event. by
royalty, but that all classes were quite
| as sorrowful In view of these facts, MT.
| Choate thought this government Justl-
| fed in thinking that England's grief was
an expression of natural sympathy.
Mr. Choate was followed by Senator
| McIaurin. Of South Carolina who spoke
| to the toast of THE Monroe Doctrine OF
the Twentieth Century. The Senator's
| address was very we'll received and he
| was frequently ann'auded.
M'LAURTN'S- SPEECH.
Senator John l. McLaurin, of South
| Carolina spoke to the sentiment. '.The
Monroe Doctrine OF the Twentieth Cen
fury" the Senator declaring that the lead
Ing question to-day with all nations. and
the one to which all present questions are
subordinate, is '.AVhat can we do to
further Industrial development and obtain
substantial business prosperity?' Speak
ing of the PRONUNCIATION by the Infant
Republic" OF the Monroe doctrine. he said
that "any other policy would have wreck
| ed our Government and been an insur-
mountable barrier to our national growth.
| prosperity and progress. Now that we
! have become .the greatest export nation
OF the word the "mightiest potentiality
! on earth for progress. civilization and
| fine our institutions and our destiny to
| this continent but are compelled by I'M
| ccntrollable events to seek fraternity with
! other nations and to reach out for new
| channels of trade
.'The Spanish War was the occasion. not
cause. The report of Deweys cannon in
Manila Bay was but the formal an
| on your programme, The Twentieth Cen
| fury Monroe Doctrine but which | call
| the Mckinley Doctrine. and as such it
Will be known to future ages
M'KINLEY DOCTRINE.
| Senator McLaurin elucdated the Nc
| INinley doctrine to be as follows:
First That as our own manifold pro
ducts largely exceeded home consump-
i ton, the expansion of ,erritory. trade
creating markets for our surplus pro
| ducts.
Second That as nation with firmly
| established constitutional government
and enlarged national obligations. we
| could no longer abstain from particlpa-
tior in the affairs of the worlo but must
| fake our share of the responsibility.
"rllird. That while maintaining the dog
! trine that no government on the An1eri-
| can continent must be interfered with or
controlled by any European Power, yet
| we must cultivate friendly relations Win
/ then, and be prepared to- seek ana con-
| troll our share Of the trade OF tue "or.u:
"Fourth. That we should NOT ana coilu
not. as a nation, safely shrink rom the
F,,II ,,arfnrn7ance of all tilr responsibilities
/ COST MOI, rs but must move forward TO
thl fu,fllnent OF our national destiny.
.rrh,. nrcrnsitions embraced III TINS u oG-
+r;oe said the sneaker. will be TO the
twentieth century what the Monroe DoI.
trine was to the nineteenth century. :
as a nation we would enjoy the CONNER
cial fr,Iits We ,ecd and desire we must.
like individuals, make national ventures
and heroic efforts.
Senator Mel .a,lrin declared the prlnci-
MES embraced in the Mckinley doctrine
= he the onlv ones which promise the
stability of the nation and the full &C
complisilment OF our national destiny
He predicted, that this doctrine is to De
s.our chart and compass until we COM
,,1ete another cycle in national life and
another move to be made onward and
upward. :"
RECIPROCITY.
The speaker spoke of reciprocity trea-
ties-as one Of the features Of this twenty
century Monroe Doctrine. and defined
their princine TO be that trade is not
"a be free on one side and fettered on the
! ether; that goods are not to be taken
from Il foreign country free of duty or
ut a low rate unless that country takes
something from, us free Of duty or at a
low rate.
What We need in this country TODAY
said the Senator. 's non-partisan pa
+riotism ard craftsmanship. more de-
voted to the building up of our common
country than to party success. C:rea
NJ tioral issues Involving the glory Of OF,
republic and its triunphant success :.
free constitutional government should
not be dwarfed into sectional and parti.
san Questions. Let Us stand shoulder
TO shoulder good Americaus no MAT