The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-22
Living Issues.
L.mEET RoOsEvELTs MINNEAPOLIS
SPEECH.

,,s-sss. Delivered Sept. I'd, in Which the
- President Outlined His Views on Ma
sonsI Affairs.
IConcLuded from last t0eek.)
THE WORLD Is OUR WITNESS.
our duty may take many forms in
:. future, as 1t has taken many
',-ms in the past. Nor is it possible
Law down a hard and fast rule for
n cases. We must ever face the
at Of our shifting national needs,
the always changing opportuni-
:. that present themselves. But
!, may be certain of one thing
5sther we wish it or not, we can
4 avoid hereafter having duties TO
/, in the face of other nations. AL
,sst we can do is TO settle whether
70 shall perform these duties we'll
= i'll.
NO BLUFFING.
Right here let me make as vigor-
ans a plea as I know how in favor of
swing nothing that we do not mean
and of acting without hesitation up
10 whatever we say. A good many
# you are probably acquainted with
lac old proverb, "Speak softly and
srrv a big stick-you will go far"
4 d man continually busters, if he
soks Civility, a big stick will not
ave him from trouble, and neither
sill speaking softly avail if back of
the softness there does not lie
trength, power. In private life
here are few beings more obnoxious
han the man who is loudly boast
ne, and if the boaster is not pre-
psred TO back up his words his posi-
a0n becomes absolutely contempt
ible. SOitis with the nation. tits both
foolish and undignified to indulge
in undue glorifcation and, above
81. in loose-tongued denunoiation OF
other peoples. Whenever on any
point we come in contact with a
foreign power 1 hope that we shall
always strive to speak ~courteously
and respectfully of that foreign
power.
Let Us make is evident that we in.
tend TO do Justice. Then let US make
it equally evident that we will not
tolerate injustice being done us il
return.
Let Us further make if evijent
that we use no words which we are
not prepared TO back up with deeds
land mat while our speech is always
moderate we are ready and willing
8 make it good Such an attitude
vii % the surest possible guarantee
Of shat self respecting peace the at
n,nment of which is and must eve,
b. the prime aim of a self-governinl
people
THE TRUE MONROE DOCTRINE
This Is the attitude we shOult
take as regards the Monroe doctrine
There is not the least need of blus
tering about it. Still less should i
Be used as a pretext for u own az
grandizement at the expense of an.
other American State. But mos
supnaticallv We must make it evi
dent tha5 we intend on this pOin
ever 80 maintain the old American
position Indeed, it is hard TO un
derstand how any man can take any
other position now that we are al
boxing Onward TO the building o
the Isthmian canal The Monroe
doctrine is not international law, bu
there : no necessity that it SHOULD
be All that is needful Ia that i
should continue to be u cardina
feature of American policy on thi
continent, and the Spanish-America
States should, in their own interests
Champion it as strongly as we do
We do not by this doctrine intend t.
sanction any policy of aggression b,
one American commonwealth at tn
expense of any other nor any polio!
OF cgmmeroial discrimination agains
any tyreign power whatsoever. Com
merclslly, as far as this doctrine i
o91.arued, all we wish is a fair felC
AM no favor, but if we + wise w
sha-- strenuously insist that unde
Do r7text whatsoever shall there b,
An territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
Ar--r.Can soil by any European
Power, and this no matter what form
'A7 ra~rritOrial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ma.
tax.
FAVORs RECIPROCITY.
We most earnesElv hone and be