The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-03

| asked in return nothing whatever, save
that at no time shall their independence
| be prostituted to the advantage of some
1creagn- rival of ours, or SO as to men
ace our Well-being. To have failed to
ask this would have amounted to nation
al qualification on our part.
In the Philippines we have brought
peace and we are at this moment CIV
ing them such freedom and self-govern-
ment as they could never under any con-
ce1Vable conditions have obtained had we
turned them loose to sink into a welter
or blood and confusion, or to become the
within The bare recital of the facts is
Sufhc1ent to show that we did our duty:
ana what prouder title to honor can a
nation have than to have done Its duty?
We have done our duty to ourselves and
we have done the higher duty OF promot-
ing the civilization of mankind The first
essential of civilization is law
Anarchy is simply the handmaiden and
Iorerunner OF tyranny and despotism.
Law and order enforced with Justice and
by strength lie ait the foundations of
civilization. Law must be based upon
Justice, else it, cannot stand and it must
be enforced with resolute firmness, be-
cause weakness in enforcing it means in
the end that there is no justice and no
law, nothing but the rule of disorderly
and interruptions strength. Without the
ma bit of orderly obedience to the law
Wltnout the steIp enforcement of the laws
at the expense Of those who defiantIy re-
sist them, there can be no possible
progress, moral or material in civiliza-
ton. There can be no weakening of the
law abiding spirit here at home, If we
are permanently to succeed; and Just as
little can we afford to show weakness
abroad Lawlessness and anarchy were
put down in the Philippines as prere-
qulsNe to inducing the reign of justice
BarbaIdsm has and can have, no place
IN civilized world. 1t is our duty toward
the people living in barba41sm to see that
they are freed from their Chains, and we
FREQ f10a1 I.
ism itself. The missionary, the merchant
and the soldier may each have to play
part In this destruction, and in the CON
sequent uplifting of the people. Exactly
as 1t is the duty of civilized power
scrupulously to respect the rights of all
weaker civilized powers and gladly to help
; those who are struggling towards civil
1zation, SO it is its duty to put down saw
human Instruments must be used, and as
human instruments are imperfect this
means that at times there will be injus-
llce; That at times merchant, or soldier
or even missionary may do wrong LET
US instantly condemn and rectify such
wrong when it occurs, and, if possible
punish the wrong-doer. But shame
thrice shame to US, If we are so foolish
as to make such occasional wrong-doing
an excuse for failing to perform a great
and righteous task. Not only in our own
land, but throughout the world through
out all history, the advance of civilization
has been of incalculable benefit to man
kind, and those through whom it has ad-
Vanced deserve the highest honor All
honor to the missionary, all honor to the
soldier, all honor TO the merchant who
now in our own day have done so much
to bring light into the worlds dark
places.
DUTY IS TWO-FOLD.
Let me insist again, for fear of possible
mlsconstruction, upon the fact that our
DUTY IS tWo-fold, and that we must raise
others while we are benefiting ourselves
In bringing order to the Philippines.
cur soldiers added a. new page to the
honor role of American history, and they
mealculably benefited the islanders them
selves. Under the wise administration of
Gov. Taft the islands now enjoy a peace
and liberty of which they have hitherto
never even dreamed. But this peace and
liberty under the law must be supple
mented by material, by industrial devel-
opment. Every encouragement should
be given to their commercial develop
ment, to the introduction of American
industries and products; not merely be-
cause this will be a good thing for our
people, but infinitely more because it will
pc OF 1ncalculable benefit to the people
in the Philippines
We shall make mistakes; and if we let
these mistakes frighten US from our
work we shall show ourselves weaklings
Half a century ago Minnesota and the
two DakotaS were Indian hunting
grounds, We committed plenty of blum
ders and now and then worse than blum.
OOAS, LII Jul OtdllASS with the indians.
But who does not admit at the present
day that we were right in wrestling from
barbar1sm and adding to civilization the
territory out of which we have made
these beautiful states? And now we are
oiyilizing the Indian, and putting him on
level to which he could never have at
tanned under the old conditions
In the Philippines let us remember that
the spirit and not the mere form of gov
eminent is the essential matter The
| Tagalogs have hundred-fold the free
| dom under us that they would have If
we had abandoned the islands We are
| not trying to subjugate people; we are
| trying to develop them, and make them
law-abid1ng, Industrious and educated
| people. and we hope ultimately a self
| governing people.
| In short, in the work we have done we
I are but carrying out the true principles
! of our democracy. We work In a spirit
OF seif-respect for ourselves and of good
| will towards others, in a spirit of love
| for and of infinite faith in mankind We
| do not blindly refuse to face the evils
that exist, or the shortcomings inherent
| IN humanity; but across laundering and
Sinking, across selishness and mean
ness of motive, across short-sightedness
and cowardfce, we gaze steadfastly to-
ward the far horizon of golden triumph
III you Will study our past history as q
nation you will see we have made MANY
plumbers and have been guilty of many
shortcomings, and yet that we have al
ways in the end come out victorious he
|
plumbers and defeats, have recognized
them, but have persevered in spite of
them.
So it must be in the future. We grid
up our loins as a-nation with the stern
purpose to play our part manfuIly in
winning the ultimate triumph: and there
fore we turn scornfully aside from the
paths of mere ease and idleness, and.
with unfaltering steps tread the rough
road OF endeaVor shifting down The
wrong, and battling for the riOht as
Greatheart srnote and battled in Bun
vans immortal story.
Through Car Service to California.
Commencing September 18th the Omaha
Road will resume it's through tourist car
service to California points every Tues
day, leaving Minneapolis $3.50 a. M, St.
Paul 1O:C0 a.. M, and making IA hours
quicker time to California than was made
when similar service was established to
California points last season.
Sleeping car accommodations reserved
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