The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-11
WATTERSON-HANNA.
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away our conscienceness of wrong doing
with insincere platitudes about religion
and civilization and to soothe our con-
science whilst we rob and slaS the
helpless, with the conceits of self
deluding national vanity, then it had
been we'll for us, and for our children,
and our childrens children that Dewey
had sailed away, though he had sailed
without compass, or rudder or objective
point, into the night of everlasting
mystery and oblivion. But l believe
nothing of the kind. l believe
we shall prove contradiction
to all the bad examples
Of history, to all the warning voices
Of philosophy, to all the homely pre-
cepts of that conservatism which,
founded in the truest love of country,
yet takes no account of the revolution
wrought by modern contrivance upon
the character and movements of man
kind. / believe that the American
Union came among the Nations even
as the Christ came among the sons of
men. I believe that Constitutional
Freedom according to the charter of
American liberty is to government
what Christianity is to religion; and,
so believing, l would apply the princi-
pies and precedents of that charter to
the administration of the affairs of the
outlying regions and peoples come to
us as a consequence of war with Spain
precisely as they were applied to the
territories purchased of France and ac-
quired of Mexico; not merely guaran-
teeing to them the same uniformity
of laws which the constitution orr
dains in the States of the Union, but
rearing among them kindred institu-
tions, essential not less to our safety
and dignity than to their prosperity
IN,aka -f,fV ft,c~ Art4t y
that this view will prevail in the final
disposition, my optimism is as un-
auenchable as my Republicanism; and
both forecast in my minds eye centu-
ries of greatness and glory for us as
| a nation and as a people.
Senator Hanna was the last speaker.
He confined his remarks entirely to the
| question of ship subsidy and the latest
| bill for that purpose, which has been
presented to Congress. He referred to
| the fact that the American nation Is
| to-day supreme in the agricultural and
! industrial business of the world, but is
| at the very lowest in regard to its
merchant marine. 'f
Senator Hanna said: cc Sauna ol
1--WE are building a magnificent, navy
and shall continue until we are second
! to no nation. We should also builo
something for that navy to defend. The
amount now paid annually by Ameri-
| can merchants into the pockets of for
| eign ship owners is two hundred mil
| lion dollars. No country on the face
of the globe could stand that drair
but the United States, and why neet
! we stand it? We can see how the sub
| sidy is affecting England in her wal
! with South Africa. Her vessels have
been taken for transporting her troop;
and munitions, while the raw materials
from our mines, etc. are lying on oul
docks awaiting transportation abroad.
Mr.. Hanna spoke of the bill intro
duced into Congress last year and de-
clared that the bill which was present
| ed last Monday had been simplified anc
modified to meet the objections to the
former one. He declared that the pres.
ent bill was DESIGNED to benefit Ameri.
can owners. and American capital only
and that IL something was not done tC
protect the American marine, every
hole would be plugged by merchant,
OF England, Germany and France unit
the Americans should have to fight L
get in. He declared that the only So
luton of the problem was to place tbs
American merchant marine on an equa
footing with that of the other coun
tries. He gave figures TO show tha'
the European countries are paying sub
sides amounted to $2s,000.0 900.