The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-08-11

war brought the Philippines into our
possession and we are not at liberty 70
disregard the responsibility which thus
came to us, but that responsibility viii
be best subserved BY preparing the is
landers as rapidly as possible for self
government and giving TO them the as
surances that it win come as soon as
they are reasonably prepared for i.
There need be no fear that the asser-
ton SO often made OF late. that we
have now become q world power, VIII
then be without support. Ours is
world power. and as such 1t must be
maintained, but deny that 1t is at all
recently that the United States has at
tanned that eminenee. Our country be-
came a world power over a century ago.
when, having thrown of foreign DOM
nation, the people established free
government. the source Of whose au-
thority sprung. and was continuously
to proceed, from the will OF the people
themselves. 1t grew as world power
as its sturdy citizens. to whose natu-
raj increase were added immigrants
from the old world seeking to obtain
here the liberty and prosperity denied
them in their own countries. spread
over the face Of the land, reduced the
prairies and forests to cultivation. built
cities, constructed highways and rail-
roads, till now nation which at the
formation Of the government numbered
only three millions in population, has
become eighty millions, and from ocean
to ocean and the lakes to the gulf, the
country is the abode of a free and pros
porous people, advanced in the highest
degree in the learning and arts of civ
ilization. 1t is the liberty, the adj
vaneement and the prosperity of Its Cit
liens, not any career of conquest, that
make the country world power. This
condition we owe to the bounty of
Providence, unfolded in the great nat
ural resources Of the country. to the
wisdom Of our fathers manifested in
the form Of government established by
them. to the energy, industry. moral
character and law-abidIng spirit Of the
people themselves.
We are not a military people, bent on
conquest, or engaged In extending our
domains in foreign lands, or DESTROYS Of
securing natural advantages. however
great, by force; but a people loving
peace, not only for ourselves, but for
all the nations Of the earth.
Mtlisart.ns.
The display of great military arrna-
ments may please the eve and. for the
moment, excite the pride of the citizen,
but it cannot bring to the country the
brains, Drawn and muscle Of single
Immigrant. nor induce the investment
here of a. dollar Of capital. OF course
such armament as may be necessary
for the security Of the country and the
protection OF the rights Of It's citizens,
at home or abroad, must be main
| tanned. Any other course would be not
only false economy, but pusillanimous.
protest. however, against the feeling,
now far too prevalent that by reason
ef the commanding position we have
assumed in the world we must take
part in the disputes and broils Of for
/ eign countries; and that because we
have grown great we should Intervene
in every important question that arises
in other parts of the world. also pro-
I test against the erection of any such
military establishment as would be re-
| qufred to maintain the country In that
attitude. We should confine our inter-
national activities solely to matters in
which the interests OF the country or of
our citizens are directly involved.
That is not a situation Of isolation, but
of Independence
.hoaid BIO Ideal fnr he's
The government OF the United States
was organized solely for the people of
the United States. while it was con-
ltemplated that this country should be-
come refuge for the oppressed Of eve
Try land, who might be At to discharge
the duties of our citizenship, and while
we have always synpathized with the
people Of every nation in their strug-
lgles for self-government, the govern
ment was not created for a career of
political or civilizing evangelization in
4 foreign countries or among alien races
4 by interYentino in their affairs The
most efficient work we can do in uplift-
4 ing the people of other countries is by
the presentation of d happy, prosper
GUS, governing nation as an ideal
to be emulated, model to be followed.
The general occupation Of our citizens
in the arts of peace, or the absence of
large military ornaments, tends to i'm
Epair neither patriotism nor physical
courage, and for the truth Of this I re-
fer the young men Of to-day to the his
tory Of the civil war. For fifty years
with the exception of the war with
Mexico, this country had been at peace,
with standing army most Of the time
of less than ten thousand men. He
lwho thinks that the nation had grown
effeminate during that period should
Tread the casualty rolls of the armies on
either side at Shiloh, Antietanl, Fred
Ierieksburg and Gettysburg, at Stone
River and Chickamauga. | would be
the last man to pluck single laurel
from the crown Of any one of the mill
tary heroes to whom this country owes
SO much, but insist that their most
Heroic deeds proceeded Infinitely more
from devotion to the country than from
martial spirit.
As have already proceeded at toe
great length, other question suggested
in the platform must await my letter
of acceptance.
Mr.. Chairman: In most graceful
speech you have reminded me of the
great responsibility as well as the great
honor Of the nomination bestowed upon
me by the convention you represent