Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-20

inhabitants of distant countries whoss
territory We have acquired either by pur-
chase or by force? Can We soy 20 the
\ Ftlipinos. Your lives. your liberty and
\ your property may ss taken from, vo,,
without due process of law for all time ;,
and expect We will long glory in that 10,
! ture OF Magma Charta which has become
Incorporated in substance and eject irto
the constitution of every state as ,.,eri - {.
into the fourteenth amendment 10 ths
constitution of the United States? Can
/ we hope for the respect of the civilized
world while proudly guaranteeing TO ev-
cry citizen OF the United States that no
law shall be made or enforced which shall
aDridge the privileges or irnmunities or
citizens of the United States or deny TO
any person the equal protection of the
laws and at the same time not only derv
similar rights to the inhabitants of the
fhlllppineS. but take away from them
the right of trial by jury and place their
nVes anu the disposition of their property
IN the Keeping of those WHOM we send to
them to be their governors We shall
certainly rue II as a nation il we make
any such attempt. Viewing the question
even from the standpoint of national
seihshness. there is no prospect that the
twenty millions of dollars expended in
the purchase of the islands and the sly
hundred and fifty millions said to have
been since disbursed Will ever come back
70 us The accident OF war brought the
AAAAAPPAAeS AiAlO DUE possession. and
are not at liberty to disregard the respon-
sibility which thus came to US. but that
responsibility will be best subserved bv
preparing the islanders as rapidly as nos
sloie Tor self government and giving 20
them the assurances that IL will come "a
soon as they are reasonably prepared for
IT, There need be no fear that tn. as
sertion 50 often made Of late that we have
now become a world powe, will then be
without support Ours = a world power
"a mob
deny that it is at all recently that the
United States has attained that emfnence
our country became a world power over a
century ago. when. having thrown off for
:lSh domination, the people established
4ree government, the source of whose an
thority sprung and was continuously TO
proceed from the VIII of the people them
selves. 1t grew as a world power as its
sturdy citizens. TO whose natural increase
were added immigrants from the old
world seeking to obtain here the liberty
anu prosperity denied them in their own
countries. spread over the face of the
and reduced the prairies and forests to
cultivation, built cities, constructed high
ways and railroads till now a nation
which at the fOrma ton of the government
numbered only three millions in popula-
tlon has become eighty millions and from
ocean 10 ocean and the lakes to the gulf
the country is the abode of a free and
prosperous people, advanced in the high
est degree in the learning and arts of
ciVlIlzaton. 1t is the liberty. the advance
ment and the prosperity OF its citizens
not any career of conquest. that make the
country world power. This condition
We owe to the bounty OF Providence mn
folded I'm the great natural resources OF
the country; to the wisdom of our IA
theirs, manifested in the form OF govern
ment established by them: to the energy
industry. moral character and law abiding
spirit of the people themselves
we are not 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 people loving peace
not only for ourselves. but for all the ma
lions of the earth
The display of great military arma-
ments may please the eye and for the mo-
ment excite the pride of the citizen but
IL cannot bring to the country the brains
Drawn and muscle Of a single immigrant
or 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
or Its citizens at home or abroad must b,
maintained. Any other course would be
not only false economy. but Unanimous
protest. however. against the feeling
now FAR too prevalent. that by reason of
the commanding position we have assum-
ed in the world we must take part in
the disputes and broiis OF foreign coun-
tries and that because we have grown
O. GU " e SAlbAll Intervene IN every inDOr-
tant question that arises i'm other parts
or the world. I also pr st against the
erection OF any sCCh military establish
ment as would DC required to maintain
the country in that attitude. We should
connnc'Our inferno siOuaal activities solelv
To matters I'm which the rights of the
country or of our citizens are directly
involved. That is uot aituati0n of iso-
lation. but e iud,pcnGcHce.
The government ct tic United States
Il lffr- f,.,. a..
United States. While it was contemplat-
ed that this country should become, n
refuge FOR the oppressed OF every land
VINO might bc Mt to discharge the duties
or our citizenship. and while we have al
ways sympathized with the people OF ev-
cry nation in their struggles for self gov
ernment. the government was not created
Tor career Of political or civilizlng evan
SShzation IN foreign countries or among
amen races by intervention I'm their az
fairs The most efficient work we can do
IN uphttng the people OF other countries
Is by the presentatio OF n happV pros-
porous, sell governing nation as an ideal
TO bc cmulated. a model to be followed
The general occupation Of our citizens I'm
the arts OF peace. or the absence OF large
military armamCnts tends to impair uei-
ther patriotism nor physical courage and
Tor The truth of this 1 refer the young
men of today TO the history of the civil |
war. For nifty years. with the exception
OF the war with Mexico this country had
been at peace, with a standing army most
OF the time OF less than ten thousand
men. lie who thinks that the nation had
grown eneminate during that period
should read the casualty rolls OF the
armies on either side az Shiloh. Antietam
Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. AT stone
kiNer and Chickamauga, | would be the
last man 10 pluck n single laurel from
the crown OF any one Of the military he
roes 10 whom this country owes SO much
out insist that their most heroic deeds !
proceeded infinitely more from devotion
10 the country than from martial spirit
AS have already proceeded at too
great length, other questions suggested i'm |
the platform must await my letter of ac- |
ceptance
Mr.. Chairman. in most gra ceful speech
You have reminded me of the great re- |
sponsibity as We'll as the great honor of |
the nomination bestowed upon me by the !
convention you represent this day BE |
assured that both are appreciated so !
keSnly appreciated that am humbled in |
their presence.
accept, gentlemen OF the committee
the nomination, and If the action OF the |
convention shall be Endorsed by an cleo
ton by the people i will, God helping |
me. give to the discharge of the duties OF |
that exalted Office the best service OF |
which am capable and at the end Of the |