The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06

WI liberty is not, there is ny h'--c
Uh..ner in the new world CT 'Hc 49,
tho American flag floats. not a ~ +"
t..-n &C power, but as a S'si 'h"'
80 H.. free, If they will. Il means -
nv based upon law and otGeT. anu 10.
-, ae-olate and unrestaincl ircc'iom U
- ni,a ass of the desert. II seems
hase. upon individual character. u
racas that will not accept this lloer's'
~. will not climb the heights or Tree
dom along the paths Of morality, lhtelil-
oence and justice, whether lhey o
FiIinino or Cuban, Indian. Chlnamah VI
negro may not hope TO inherit the edi."'
Tho world is too small TO reserve LOT tue
ornament occupancy OF races win pe
ronentIv inferior standards Of life. But
we must not despair nor become ihipa
,iant Let US look rather TO the distant
qoal than 10 the rough road Immediately
before us. Mistakes will be made, blund-
ers and even crimes committed, before
the end is reached. But the Mississippi,
though il flows dark and turbid TO the
1nlf mingles at last clear and pure with
tho waters OF the mighty ocean, and
riseS again in mist and clouds 10 refresh
the continent.
Young gentlemen, you become today not
merely warriors. but warriors OF the sea.
Upon your field of battle every element
of war is intensified and every result
magnihed. Armies may make campaigns
and presidents, but navies create eTas
and nations. Every great naNai tallle
in history has marked a crisis IN human
destiny. Since man began to record ms
deeds the chief power of the world mas
been the power Of the sea. The Persian
was driven from the sea by the Greek,
the Carthaginian by the Roman, the
Roman by the Saxon. In our own MS
tory fortune has come and gone with the
sea. The English colonization of Ameri-
ca and the founding Of an English nation
in a new world were achieved by Engilsh
supremacy on the sea. Had the wisdom
of English statesman equalled the power
of English sailors, no other race would
ever have obtained a permanent foot
hold in the Western Hemisphere, but for
sea power furnished by France during
the Revolution, it may Well be doubted
whether the American colonies would ever
have achieved independence of the Brit
ish. But for sea power blocking the
harbors and closing the rivers of the
Confederacy, it may be We'll doubted
whether the Union would now be united.
A change in sea power is ever a change
in world power. The fight between the
Monitor and the Merrimac marked the
beginning of a new struggle for posses
sion of the sea, a great drama whose
second act was Manila and Santiago,
whose final scene no one can foresee.
Young gentlemen, from the beginning
of American history until now the chief
glory of our country has been the Ameii-
can sailor. Not a stain of dishonor, not
a breath of scandal, not a shadow of dis
loyalty has dimmed the glory OF our
navy. The American sailor is the young
est and the favorite child of the sea.
For more than half a century he has
held the cup. New lines Of steamships
are added daily to our merchant navy.
What England was in the 10th and 18th
centuries, America is fast becoming in
the goth. This is a necessary prepara-
tion for the larger life upon which our
nation is entering. What England did
for America, we must help to accomplish
for the rest Of the world. Our splendid
isolation has passed away. Whether we
Will or not, we are standing in the
brotherhood OF nations one of the fore
most, possibly the foremost, of the world
powers All the tradition of our race,
all the glories Of the past, all the hopes
of the future demand that we stand for
those ideals of liberty, justice and
equality which have made us what we
are. Upon our own continent to the
south and upon two continents in the
old world are millions of people with
whom our nation in the years to come
viii have to deal. This great task will
be accomplished through the American
Navy. We have a right to believe that
it will be thoroughly accomplished. 1t
was our navy that rid the civilized world
of pirates; that opened the doors OF
Japan and quickened the impulses of that
nation to nObler life. The guns of
Dewey, that quiet Sabbath morn. car
ried to Manila other messages besides
those of hot and shell. AS the battle
began, the great Admiral, about to de-
stroy an ancient empire and to unite in
Common purpose the two great branches
of the English race, looking beyond the
city to the hills, which stood around
subEmely unconscious of the tremendous
tragedy which he was enacting and re-
calling the scenes of happy childhood in
his native land, exclaimed, "Now like
the hills of Vermont" In the coming
years, when those hills are crowned with
public schools, when pattering feet 90
day by day to learn the lessons of democ-
racy, when the peal of church bells
summon to free religion, when the repre-
sehtatlVes OF the people inspired by love
OF liberty and love Of law shall meet for
popular government, then will be real
lzed the prophetic vision Of our greatest
aohlral' ana every American that visits
the city VIII proudly exclaim, How like
the hills of Vermont"
Young gentlemen, behind all the ma
chlnery or a modern battleship; ma
chlnery more extensive, more commit
O. fpd mora va rinI
d INA ol our largest manufacturing
machinery requiring for
its operation character. inteuieence ana
Skill; behind all his machinery !. The
man. No matter what changes NAV ha
made in instruments of war, let wood
yield to steel, and sails to steam ana
electricity; behind them all stiu 1871