Evening star., 1902-09-02
President ReVerts to Monroe
Doctrine Speech.
USES PLAIN WORDS
EUROPE CANNOT CoLONIZE ON
AMERICAN CONTINENT.
Wants a Strong Navy to Make Good
the Governments Ancient
Attitude.


from the steps of Senator Proctor's porch
at Proctor VT, yesterday. In the course of
his remarks ne made some significant ut
terances on the subject of the Monroe doc
e trine, in elucidation of his speech on the
same subject at Augusta, Me, last week.
Senator Proctor introduced the President,
saying:
..Neighbors and friends: For the third
time a President of the United States honors
Us with his presence, and he will speak
from this platform. 1 do not expect to have
the honor and the pleasure of introducing
another President, but l do expect to have
The pleasure of introducing this one three
or four years hence, when he is serving his
. second term" loud applause)
After thanking the people for their greet
, ing the President said
We Believe in the Monroe doctrine, not
as a means of aggression at all. 1t does
not mean that We are aggressive toward
any power. 1t means merely that as the
biggest power on this continent We remain
steadfastIy true to the principles first
formulated under the presidency of Monroe,
through John Quincy AdamS-the principle
that this continent must not be treated as
subject for political colonization by any
. European power. As 1 say, that is not an
aggressive doctrine 1t is a doctrine of
peace. A doctrine of defense, a doctrine to
secure-the chance on this continent for the
. states here to develop peaceably along their
own lines. Now. have formulated that
doctrine. If our formulation consists simply
of statements on the stump on paper
they are not worth the breath that utters
them or the paper on which they are writ
ten. Remember that the Monroe doctrine
. Will be respected as long We have a first
class, efficient navy, and not very much
longer.
Doctrine Explained in Detail.
In private life he who asserts some
thing. says what he is going TO do, and
does not back it up, is always a con-
L mptibIe creature, and a nation the
last thing We can afford to do is to take
a position which we do not intend to try
. - make good. Dragging and boasting in
private life are almost always the signs
Uf weak man, and nation that is strong
does not need to have its public men boast
J- brag on its account Least of all, does
a sef-respecting nation wish its public rep
reSentatives 10 threaten or menace or in
sClC another power Our attitude toward
ali powers must be one of such dignified
courtesy and respect as We intend that they
shall show US in return. We must be will
ing TO give the friendly regard that We ex-
act from them We must more wrong
them than We must submit to wrongdOing
hy .them- but when We take a position. let
. US remember that our holding il 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 Ad-
H:i.aIs Dewey and Clark, the President con-
t-lued:
, Shame to US if We assert the Monroe
doctrine, and then. if our assertion shall be
called IN question, show that We have only
made an Id.e boast, that are not pre-
Pared to back up our words by deeds
t.-gud applauseD
Almost the entire population of the town
ht5rd'the President speak. He took lunch
with Senator Proctor and his son. Fletcher
I'rdct6r. Speaker of the state house Of rep
Tt SentatiysS.
train reached there at 1880. The Presi-
cent was greeted by crowd of 600 peo-
PIE. and from stand in the square GCIiy-
cred brief address. He said:
.... Talks of the Toiler.
General, and you, my fellow-citizens: 1
a m glad to have the chance of saving a
word here to the citizens of Vermont on
Labor day, and before l address myself
specifically to you l know you will pardon
me in expressing in a word my acknowl-
ttgment of the greeting OF the veterans of
the great civil war and my good wishes
toward the men who served in the Spanish
war and the National Guardesmen here.
The veterans who served in the civil
war gave the supreme lesson TO the people
of our country, both in the way that when
the need was. they fought, and In the lives
OF labor and effort that they have led sin Z
When the war was ended they came back
TO civil life to do their part as every hon
est man worthy of the name must do his
part BY working in private life for himself
and his family. and no less also by asso-
citation with his fellows for the common
good
There is holiday which should be
more typical!y American-no holiday which
should make our people think more seri-
Ously of their privileges, their rights and
their. duties-than this holiday of Labor
day.
The material side of our civilization is
very important, but it is important because
OF the. men who stand behind it. Exactly as
in battle, the important thing is not the
gun. but the man behind the gun so in our
civil life 1t is the man in the shop. the man
on the farm, the man in the factory. upon
whom for well. for ill., our whole cIviIi-
zatiOn ultimately depends. II is not an easy
task always for man 10 remember his du-
ties. still less is it an easy task for him all
ways to do them. but he must keep them in
mind: ne must strive faithfully TO perform
them or he becomes but poor citizen.
Definition of Good Citizen.
The great test to apply. oh, my friends
and feliow-citizens. is not to what work
the man is engaged in. but as TO the spirit
in which he does it, If he is a square and an
honest man. if he tries to do his best by
himself and his family. and yet remembers
his duty TO his neighbor, then, whether he
be capitalist or wage worker he is A gond
citizfns. II he comes short in either re-
spect. If he shirks his work, or II he en-
ployS his power maleYOlently or with utter
disregard and carelessness Of the rights of
others. be he rich or be he poor. he is a
bad citizen. and has forfeited all right to
the respect of his fellow -countrymen.
= IAe law of successful national life is the
law OF work Play when the chance comes
and when you do play. play hard but do
not make of the play a business. Get all
the enjoyment you legitmately can, by all
, means. but remember that that can only be
an !nteriude, a holiday. and do not let it in
ttriere with the serious work of life
and let us remember that while the con-
cIi!ols OF social life change, while in the
tAtSrnals there come such changes as to
necessitate different attitude of ours to-
ward some Of those conditions yet funda-
me msEtaI4y. the great basic principles through
which SUCCESS or failure comes have not
changed Our complex Industrial civiliza-
uoH means that We cannot rely as We for
merry could upon such simple methods as
suElce while men are brought close to-
getner with their relations inextricably in
teF"oFen- We must meet the new condi-
IohS ~here necessary. meet them by legis-
iation, and If legislation cannot serve then
meet them by combination among oIr-