The Yale expositor., 1901-03-08

be inspiring them for future political con-
tests. Dark pictures and gloomy forebod-
ineS are worse than useless These only
becloud. they do not help to point the
way of safety and honor. Hope maketh
not ashamed.
1.-The prophets of evil were not the
builders of the republic, nor in its crises
since have they served or saved 1t. In,
faith OF the fathers was mighty force In
it's creation. and the faith OF their de
Scendants has wrought its progress and
furnished it's defenders.
"They are obstructonists who despair
and VINO would destroy confidence III tnp
ability of our people TO solve wisely and
for civilization the mighty problems rest
ing upon them. The American people, en-
| trenched In freedom at home, take their
love for ii with them wherever they go
and they reject as mistaken and unworthy
| the doctrine that we lose our own liberties
| by securing the foundations of liberty to
| others.
elderly" Safe i'm the Tropics.
"Our institutions will not deteriorate by
| extension, and our sense of justice will
not abatc under troplc suns In distant
| seas. AS heretofore, so hereafter will the
nation demonstrate its fitness TO admins
| ter any new estate which events devolve
| On it. and in the fear of God will take oc-
casion by the hand and make the bounds
| of freedom wider yet
IF there are those among us who would
make our way more difficult we must not
he disheartened, but the more earnestly
dedicate ourselves to the task on which
we have rightly entered. The path OF
progress is seldom smooth. New things
are often found hard to do. Our fathers
found them so. We find them so. They
are announcement. They cost us some
thing. But are we not made better for
the effort and sacrifice, and are not those
We serve lifted up and blessed?
I'VE Will be consoed too, with the fact
that opposition has confronted every on
ward movement OF the republic from It's
opening hour until now. but without sue
tess. The republic has marched on and
on. and its every step has exalted freedom
and humanity. We are undergoing the
same ordeal as did our predecessors near
ly century ago. We are following the
course they blazed They triumphed Will
their successors falter and plead organic
impotency in the nation? Surely after ~
years OF achievement for mankind we VIII
not now surrender our equality with othcr
powers on matters fundamental and eS-
ientiai to nationality.
with no such purpose was the nation
created. In no such spirit has 1t develoned
Its full and Independent sovereignty. we
adhere to the principle of equality among
ourselves. and by no act of ours Will we
assign to ourselves subordinate rank in
the family OF nations.
Future Relations with Cubn.
my fellow-citizens. the public events
of the past four years have gone into
history. They are too near to justify re-
cital. Some of them were foreseen: many
of them momentOuS and far reaching In
their consequences to ourselves and our
relations with the rest of the world. The
part which the United States bore - hon
orably In the thrilling scenes in CHINA,
while new to American life. has been In
harmony with its true spirit and best ira
ditions. and in dealing with the results
its policy will be that of moderation anc
1--WE face at this moment a most I'm.
portant question that of the future re-
iations Of the United States and Cuba.
With our near neighhors We must remain
close friends. The declaration OF the pur-
poses of this government In the resolution
of April 90 1898 must be made good. Ever
since the evacuation of the island by the
army of Spain the executive with all
practicable speed has been assisting Its
people in the successive steps necessary
to the establishment of free and inde-
pendent government prepared to assume
and perform the obligations of interna-
tional law which now rest on the United
States under the treaty of Paris.
THE convention elected by the people
t. frame a constitution is approaching
the completion of its labors. The transfer
OF American control to the new govern
ment is of such great Importance tnvolv-
ing an oblgatio resulting from our In
tcrvention and the treaty of peace. that
I am glad to be advised by the recent act
of congress Of ( policy which the legs-
alive branch of the government deems
essential to- the best interests of Cuba and
the United States.
Principles Cuba Must Adhere To.
"The principles which led to our inter-
on which the new government rests
-hould be adapted to secure n govern
ment capable of performing the duties
and discharging the functions of a seOar-
ate nation. of observing its internati NAL
obligatiOns, OF protecting life and proper
ty. insuring order, safety and liberty and
conforming TO the established and histor-
ical policy of the United States in It's re-
latiOn to Cuba.
1.-The peace which we are pledged to
leave to the Cuban people must carry
DermanPnCH,
We became sponsors for the pacfca ion
of the island and we remain accoun able,
no less than to our own country and peo-
pie. for the reconstruction of Cuba as a
commonwealth on abiding foundations of
right. Justice. liberty and assured order.
| Our Acknowledgement of the people will
! not he completed until free Cuba shall be
| "a reality, not a name: a perfect entity.
| not only experiment bearing within itself
| the elements Of failure
while the treaty of peace with Spain
| was ratified on the 9th of February, 1899,
! and Publications were exchanged nearly
| two years ago the congress has Indicated
1 no form of government for the Philippine
! islands.
at" VIII Attend to the Philippines.
| 1T has however provided an army to
| enable the executive to suppress insurrec-
| ton. restore peace, give security to the
| inhabitants and establish the authority
| of the United States throughout the arch
| ipe!ago. Il authorized the organization
| Of native troops as auxiliary to the reg
| ular force. 1t has been advised from
| line to time of the acts of the mill
| tary and naval officers in the island. of
| my action In appointing civil commits
! sionS, of the instructions with which
| they were charged, of their duties and
powers, of their recommendation and
| OF their several acts under executive
| commission. together with the very COM
| pletc general Information they have sub
| mitted. These reports fully set forth the
| conditions past and present In the Is
! lands, and the instructions clearly snow
| the principles which viii gGide the eXecu-
! tive until the congress shall, as it Is re-
| CURED to do by the treatv determine
| the civil rights and political status of
| the native Inhabitants
| "Coneress having added the sanction OF
| its authority to the powers already DOS
! sessed and exercised by the executive
! under the const itution, thereby leaving
! with the executive the responsibility for
| the government of the Philippines. l shall
! continue the efforts already begun until
| order shall be restored throughout the
| islands and as fast as condition permit
| will establish local governments. In the
I formation of which the full co-opera ton
| of the people has been already invited,
! and when established will encourage the
| people 10 administer them
| "The settled purpose, long ago pro-
| claimed, to afford the inhabitants OF the
| islands self-government as fast as they
| were ready for it, will be pursued with