The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-22

vast development of our industries i'm
peratively demands that we shall not
only.retain and confirm our hold on our
present markets, but seek constantly,
by all honorable means, to extend our
commercial interests in every practica-
bic direction. 1t is for this reason we
a negotiated the treaties of reci-
procity which now await action Of the
senate. all of them conceived in the
traditional American spirit of protec-
ton to our own industries and yet mu-
tually advantageous to ourselves and
our ~neighbors.
I'm the same spirit we have sought
successfully to induce all the great
powers to unite in a recognition of the
general principles of equality of com
mercial access and opportunity III the
markets of the Orient. We believe hat
"a fair field and no favor is all we re-
quire; and with less than that we can
not be satisfied. If we accept the as
surances We have received as honest
and genuine, is / certainly do, that
equality will not be denied US; and the
result may safely be left to American
genius and energy.
we consider our interests in the
Pacific ocean as great as those of any
other power and destined to indefinite
development. We have opened our
door to the people of Hawaii; we hav
accepted the responsibility of the Phil
ipDines which Province imposed upon
US; we have put an end to the embar-
RAISING co-dOminion in which we were
involved in Samoa, n while abandon
ing none of our commercial rights in
the entire group, we have established
our flag and our authority in Tutuila,
which gives us the finest harbor in the
| South seas.
Next in order will come a Pacific ca
bic. and an isthmian canal for the use
of all well disposed peoples; but under
exclusive American ownership and
American control-of both of hich
great enterprises President Mckinley
and President Roosevelt have been en-
ergetic and consistent champions.
Sure as we are of our rights in these
matters. convinced as we are of the
authenticity of the vision which has led
US thus far and still beckons us for
] ward, | can yet assure you that so
Ions as the administration of our af-
fairs remains in hands as strong and
skillful as those to which they have
been and are now confided, there will
be no more surrender of our rights
than there will be violation of the
rights of others. The president to
whom you have given your invaluable
trust and confidence, like his now i'm
mortal predecessor, is as incapable of
bullying a strong power as he is of
Wronglng a weak one. He feels and
knows. for has he not tested it in the
$500 ASANp Co "Sll Co
in the toilsome work of administration?
that the nation yer whose destinies
he presides has a giants strength in
the works of war. as in the works Of
peace: but that consciousness OF
strength brings with it no temptation
to do injury to any power on cath, the
p~roudeS or the humbleSt. We frankly
confess we seek the friendship of all
the powers; we want to trade with all
peoples; we are conscious of resources
that will make our commerce a source
OF advantage to them and of profit to
ourselves; but no wantonness of
strength will ever induce us to drive
a hard bargain with another nation be-
cause it is weak, nor will any fear Of
1gnable criticism tempt us to insult or
defy a great power because it is strong,
or even because it is friendly"
After he concluded Secretary Hay was
Obliged several times to acknowledge
the applause accorded him by the din
| erS.
Governor Odell spoke to the toast,
State of New York." and Mayor elect
Low replied to the toast THE City OF
New York"
Joseph H. Choate, ambassador to the
of st. James, was next introduced
After the applause had subsidized he
spoke with his usual %cIoquence, dwell
ing mostly on the sympathy that had
been shown by the British people at the
N-AfO ~ S4OS - eau /
said that not only had sympathy beer
manifested almost every hour for days
after the event. By royalty, but that al
classes were quite as sorrowful. In
Vidy of these facts Mr.. Choate thought
this government justified in thinkins
that England'S grief was an expression
of natural sympathy.
Mr.. Choate was followed by Senator
McLaurin, of South Carolina, VINO
spoke to the toast of 1.-The Monroe Doc
trine of the Twentieth Century"
The senator's address was very wei
received n he was frequently ap
plauded.
The senator declared that the rulins
question today with all nations and thu
one to which all political questions ar
su~bordinated is what can we do to fur
Their industrial development and Obtain
substantial business prosperity$"
Speaking of the PRONUNCIATION by 1.-THE
infant republic" of the Monroe doctrin,
he said that IAN other policy woult
have wrecked our government, ant
been an in~surmountable barrier to on,
national growth, prosperity and prog
resS."
Now that we have become 1.-The great
est export nation of the world, thu
mightiest potentiality on earth TO
] progress, civilization and human free
dom, we can no longer confine our in
: situations and u destiny to this con
N1AACAAI "a - ~
able events to seek fraternity will
l other nations and to reach out for new
: channels of trade
? The Spanish war vas the occasion
= not the cause. The report of Dewey
: cannon in Manila bay was but the for
mal announcement to the world Of wha
= you call in Your programme, 'Th
Twentieth Century Monroe Doctrine,
t but which 1 call the Mckinley Doc
; rine' and as such it Will be known t
future ages"
r Senator McLaurin e~lucidated the Nc
E Kinley doctrine to be as follows:
h Il. Tha as our own maifold produc
tons largely exceeded home consump
: ton, the expansion OF territory. trad
e and was the only means O
o creating means for our surplus product
r "2. That as a nation with a firmly es
tablished constitutional governmen
and enlarged national obligations, W
could no longer abstain from participa
e ton in the affairs Of the world. bu
= ~-,,@ fol~1 nrr Sharo of the rQSn0nSj