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Parkers Speech
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countries, and that because we
have grown great we should Intervene
in YER important question that
arises in other parts of the world.
| also protest against the erection of
any such military establishment as
would be required to maintain the
country in that attitude. We should
confine our international activities
solely to matters in which the rights
of the country or of the citizens are
directly involved. That is not a sit
uation of isolation, but independence.
The government of the United
States was organized solely for the
people of the United States. While
it was contemplated that the
country should become a refuge
might be fit to discharge the duties
of our citizenship, and while we have
always sympathized with the people
of every nation in their struggle
for self government, the government
was not created Tor a career Of politi-
cal or civilizing evangelization in for
eign countries or among alien ace
by Intervention in their affairs. The
NEST efficient work we can do in up
lifting the people of other countries
is by the presentation of a happy,
prosperous self-governing nation as
an ideal to be emulated, a model to be
followed. The general occupation of
our citizens in the arts of peace
or in the absence of large military
ornaments, tends to impair neither
patriotism nor physical courage, and
for the truth of this l refer the
young men of to-day to the history of
the civil war. For fifty 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 10000 men. He who thinks
that the nation has grown effeminate
during that period should read the
| casualty rolls of the armies on either
| side of Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericks-
burg and Gettysburg, at Stone River
and Chickamauga. | would be the
last man to pluck a single laurel from
the crown of any one of the military
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
too great length, other questions sug-
gested in the platform must await
my letter of acceptance.
Mr.. Chairman, in most graceful
speech you have reminded me of the
responsibility as we'll as the great hon
or of the nomination bestowed upon
me by the convention you represent
this day. Be assured that both are
appreciated-so keenly appreciated
that | am humbled in their presence.
81 accept, gentlemen of the COM
mittee, the nomination, and if the ac-
ton of the convention shall be endors
ed by an election by the people, /
will, God helping me, give to the dis
charge of duties of that office the best
service of which l an capable and at
| the end of the term retire to private
life. | shall not be a candidate for.
Several reasons might be advanced
for the position, but the controlling
one with me is that l am fully pur-
suaded that no incumbent of that of
fee should ever be placed in a situa-
ton of possible temptation to conSid-
err what the effect of action taken by
him in an administrative matter of
great importance might have upon
his political fortunes. Questions of
momentous consequence to all of the
people have been in the past and will
be in the future presented to the pre-
sident for determination, and in ap-
preaching their consideration as well
as in weighing the facts and the argu-
ments bearing upon them, he should
be u-nembarrassed by n possible
thought of the influence his decision
may have upon anything whatever
that may affect him personally. /
make this statement, not in criticism
of any OF our presidents from WASH
ington down who have either held
the Office for two terms or sought to
succeed themselves; for strong argu-
ments could be produced in support
of the reelection of a president. 1t
is simply my judgment that the inter