The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-07-27

Each kind OF organization Is To be favor
ed 30 long as II acts In spirit or )usuce
and OF regard for the rights or others
Each Is 10 be granted the fu~~ protecton
OF tho law and each In turn is 10 be heiu
20 a strict obedience TO the law; Tor no
man Is above IL and no man below IL
The humblest Individual is 10 have his
rights safeguarded as scrupulously as
those OF the strongest organization. Tor
each Is 10 receive justice, no more ana
no less. The problems with which we
have 10 deal in our modern Industrial ana
social life are manifold: but the spirit In
which Il rs necessary TO approach their
solution is simply the spirit or honesty
OF courage, and OF common sense.
In inaug1lrating the great work or irri-
gation I'm the West the Administration
has been enabled by Congress 10 take one
OF the longest strides ever taken under
our government toward utilizing our vast
national domain for the settler. the act
ual home-maker.
IsTHMIAN CANAL.
Ever since this continent was discover
ed the need Of an Isthmian Canal TO con-
meet the Pacific and the Atlantic has been
recognized; and ever since the birth OF
our nation such a canal has been planned
AZ last the dream has become reality
The Isthmlan Canal Is now being ouiIt py
the government OF the United states. we
conducted the negotiation for It's con-
struction with the incest and most scru-
pulous honor. and in n spirit or the
largest generosity toward those through
whose territory II was TO run.
F,yerv sinister effort which could be de-
vised by the spirit OF faction or the
spirit OF seif-interest was made In order
10 defeat the treaty with Panama ana
thereby prevent the consummation or TINS
work. The construction OF the canal -
now an assured factIbut most certainty ~
IS unwise to entrust the carrying out OF
so momentous policy TO those VINO
have endeavored to defeat the whole un-
dertaking.
PEACEFUL FOREIGN RELATIONS.
our foreign policy has been 30 con.
ducted that while not one or our just
ciaims has been sacrificed, our relations
with all foreign nations are now or the
most peaceful kind; there IL not ciouo
ON the horizon The last cause or irrita-
tion between us and any other natioh was
removed by the settlement or the Alas-
kan boundary
In the caribbean Sea we nave fnaue
good our promises OF independence W
Cuba. and have proved our asseruot sna' .1,a'
olr mission in the island was one OF Jus.
tiee and not OF self-aggrandisement ana
thereby no less than by our action h
yenezuela and Panama we have SHOWN
that the Monroe Doctrine Is living reai-
Itv designed for the hurt OF no nauoh'
but for the protection or civihza,ion on
tho western continent, and for the peaeo
of the world. - s,ora
hand I'm hand with a strengthening dispo-
si,ion 10 use this power with strict re-
gara for the rights OF others, and Tor TN.
cause OF international justice ana soo"
will - ,., al
we earnestly desire friendship with All
the nations OF the New and Ola Wor'os' ;
and we endeavor 10 place our relations
with them upon n basis or reciprocai au
vantage instead OF hostility. we hoio
that the prosperity OF each patton Is an
ala and not a hindrance 10 the prosperity
oS other naf16ns We seek international
amity for the same reasons that make US
hel,eve In peace within our own porderS'
and we seek this peace not because We
are afraid or unready, but because we
think that peace il right as well as adj
vantageous
INTERESTS IN THE PACIFIC.
AmerTcan interests in the Pacific have
RAPIDLY grown. American enterprise mas
laid a cable across this, the greatest or
oceans. We have proved In enectiVo
fashion that we wish the Chinese en-
pire well and desire its integrity and In
dependence.
our foothold In the Philippines greatly
strengthens our position in the competi-
tion for the trade OF the East; out we
are governing the Philippines In the inter-
est of the Philippine people themselves
We have already given them large
share in their government, and our pur-
nose Ia TO increase this share al rapidly
az they give evidence Of increasing illness
for the task The great majority OF the
tel 40 w elective
or appointive, are already native Fflipinos
We are now providing for a Legislative
assembly This IL tho first step TO be
taken I'm the future; and II would be
eminently uuwise to declare what our
next step will be until this first step has
been taken and the results are manifest.
To have gone faster than we have already
gone I'm giving the islanders a constantly
Increasing measure OF self-government
would have been disastrous.
At the present moment TO give political
Independence to the islands would result
I'm the Immediate loss OF civil rights.
personal liberty and public order, as re-
CARDS the mass of the Fflipinos. for the
majority of the islanders have been given
these great boons by us. and only keep
them because we vigilantly safeguard
and guarantee them. To withdraw our
government from the islands at this time
of his bareiy-won civil freedom. We have
established In the islands government
by Americans assisted by F'ilipnos We
are steadily striving to transform this
into government by the Filipinos as
sisted by Americans.
APPEAL TO ALL COUNTRYMEN.
The principles which we uphold should
appeal TO all our countrymen, In all por-
tions OF our country. Above all they
should give us strength with che men and
women who are the spiritual heirs OF
those who upheld the hands OF Abraham
Lincoln: for we are striving to do cSr
work I'm tho spirit with which Lincoln
approached his.
During the seven years that have just
passed there Is no duty. domestic or
foreign. which we have shirked: no neces-
sary task which we have feared 10 under
take, or which we have not performed
with reasonable efficiency. We have
never pleaded impotence. We have never
sought refuge I'm criticism and complaint
instead Of action. We face the future
with our past and our present as
guarantors OF our promises: and we are
coDtant 10 stand or 10 fall nv ths racor,t