The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-02
MUST BACK IT UP
THAT IS WHAT ROOSEVELT SAYS
OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
MAKE GOOD WITH DEEDS.
IF TINE COMES WHEN WORDS OF
DOCTRINE ARE QUESTIONED.

President Continues to Receive an
Ovation From New EngIanders.
At Proctor He Expressed His views
Upon the Monroe Doctrine and Adj
vOcnted Its Enforcement-Doctr
VIII BE Respected Long as 1t
Is Backed by "A First Class Navy,
and Not Very Much Longer.
Rutland, VT. Sept. President
Roosevelt, after a stay of thirty-six
hours on the shores of Lake Champiain
as guest of Secretary of the Treasury
l.. n. Shaw and of DIR. w. Seward
Webb. resumed his tour of New Eng
land to-day. He reached Burlington
from Shelburne Farms, DIR. Webbs
home, during the forenoon, and was
given an hours drive through this city.
Gov. Stinckney and Mayor Hawley
acted as hosts. The drive extended to
Green Mount Cemetery, where is the
grave of Ethan Allen. and to Battery
Park. He did not speak here this at
ternoon.
At the station there was a large
| gathering to witness the Presidents
departure. Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw joined the President at the sta
ton. Several stops not scheduled in
the itinerary were made At Vergen-
mes a very brief speech was delivered.
The President referred to the fact thitt
this was Labor Day and said that the
people of Vermont, from the top down,
had ha M that
which had made the state what II is.
Other stops were made at Middlebury
and Brandon, at each of which places
the President spoke briefly.
At Brandon three little girls dressed
in American flags climbed UP on the
rear platform of the Presidents car
and presented him with a beautiful
floral piece on behalf of the school,
children Of the town.
Touched ON the Monroe Doctrine.
| A half-hour's stop was made at Proc
| tor the home of Senator Proctor. The
President made speech from the
steps of the Senator's porch, and in
the course Of 1t made some significant
utterances on the subject of the Mon.
| roe doctrine.
The President said:
I'VE believe In the Monroe doctrine.
| not as a means of aggression at all.
| 1t does not mean that we are ag-
| gressive toward any Power 1t means
merely that, as the biggest Power en-
| this continent, we remain steadfastly
| true to the principals first formulated
under the presidency of Monroe.
| through John Quincy Adams-the
at..l, II fe re
| be treated as a subject for political
| colonization by any European Power.
"As l say, that Is not an aggressive
doctrine. 1t is a doctrine of peace; a
docttine of defense, a doctrine to Sc
| cure the chance on this continent for
| the United States here to develop
| peaceably along their own lines. Now,
we have formulated that doctrine. IL
| our formulation consists simply OF
statements on the stump or on paper,
they are not worth the breath that
utters them or the paper on which they
are written. Remember that the Mon
roe doctrine will be respected as long
as we have a first-class, efficient navy,
and not very much longer.
Back Up what the Nation says.
I'm private life, he who asserts
| something says what he is going to
| do and does not back 1t up, Is always
| a contemplate creature, and as a ma
| ton the last thing we can afford to
| do is to take a position which we do
not intend to try TO make good. Bragg
ging and Boosting in private life are
almost always the signs of a weak
man, and nation that Is strong does
not need to have it's public men boast
or brag on its account. Least
| of all, does self-respecting
nation wish its public representatives
| to threaten or menace or insult another
Power. Our attitude toward all Pow
ers must be one Of such dignified
courtesy and respect as We intend that
| they shall show us In return We
must be willing TO give the friendly
/ regard that we exact from them. We
must no mere wrong them than we
must submit to wrong-doing by them:
| but when we take a position, let us
| remember that our holding it depends
| upon ourselves, depends upon our
showing that we have the ability TO
| hold it,"
After speaking of the part Vermont
has played in the country's history
| through Admirals Dewey and Clark,
| the President continued:
Follow Words with Deeds.
SHANE to us If we assert the Mon
roe doctrine, and then. If our as
| Sertion shall be called in question,
| show that we have only made an idle
boast, that we are not prepared to
back up our words by deeds.''
Rutland was the next stop. The
| special train reached here at 10.30.
He was greeted by a crowd OF 5000
people. and from a stand in the
square delivered a brief address. The
stop made here was of about twenty
minutes duration. and the tour was
resumed. bound for Bellows Falls.
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