Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-12

such dishonor and disaster l do not believe
that the. American people Will consent
Alarm has been professed lest the Fill
pinos should not receive all the Dement'S
guaranteed to our people at home by the
fourteenth amendment to the Constitution.
AS matter of fact. the Fiiipinos have al
ready secured the substance of these bene-
fits This government has been true TO the
spirit of the fourteenth amendment In the
Philippines. Can our opponents deny thal
here at home the principles OF the iouf-
teenth and fifteenth amendments nave been
in effect nullified? In this. as In many
other matters we at home can wen pToil
by the example of those Responsible LOT .he
actual management of affairs in the Phhp-
pines. In our several commemorative mere
in the United States We as people now
face the complex problem or securing Ian
treatment to each man regardless OF ms
race or color. We can do so only III we ap
proach the problem in the spirit of courage
common sense and high-mnded devotion 10
the right which has enabled Governor
Taft Governor Wright, and their associ-
ates to do so noble a work In giving TO the
Philippine people the beneht OF the true
principles of American liberty.
Our appeal is made to all good citizens
who hold the honor and the interest OF the
nation close to their hearts. The great IS
sues which are at stake. and upon which l
have touched, are more than mere PARTISAN
issues for they involve much tnat COMES
home to the Individual pride and lndividud a
weIl-being of our people Under condltlonS
as they actually are good Americans should
refuse for the sake of the welfare OIL the
nation to change the national poilcy.
The Party's Record Pledge.
We who are responsible for the auiiinis
tration and legislation under which TINS
country, during the last seven years nos
grown so greatly in well-being at home and
in honorable repute among the nations VI
the earth abroad, do not stand inertly upon
ic
excuse for failure of effort to meet new
conditions. On the contrary. we treat the
record of what we have done in the past
as Indictment to do even better in the
future We believe that the progress that
we have made may be taken as measure
of the progress we shall continue TO make
if the people again entrust the government
of the nation to our hands. we 40 not
stand still. We press steadily forward 10
ward the goal of moral and material Wen
being for our own people, OF just anu ieai
less dealing toward all other peoples' III
the interest not merely of this country, put
of mankind. There is not policy, foreign
or domestic, which we are now carrying
out which it would not be disastrous 10 re-
verse or abandon. If our opponents Snould
come in and should not reverse our policies,
then they would be branded with the brand
of broken faith of false promise, OF lnsin-
cerity in word and deed; and no man can
work to the Advantage of the natlon Win
such brand clinging to him.
If on the other hand they should come
in and reverse any or all of our policies,
by just so much would the nation as a
whole be damaged Alike as lawmakers ana
as administrators of the law we nave en-
deavored to do our duty in the interest OF
the people as a whole. We make our appeal
to no class and to no section, but TO all
good citizens in whatever part of the land
they dwell and whatever may be their oc-
cupa ton or worldly condition. We have
striven both for civic righteousness and for
national greatness and we have faith to
believe that our hands will be upheld by
all who feel love of country and trust In the
uplifting of mankind. We stand Tor en-
forcement of the law and for obedience to
the law; our government is a government
of orderly liberty equally alien to tyranny
and to anarchy and it's foundation stone is
the observance of the law, alike by the
people and by the public servants we
hold ever before US as the all-important end
of policy and administration the reign of
peace at home and throughout the world;
of peace which comes only by doing justice.
Faithfully yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.