Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-17

humanity. and more tviil be We VIII
perform witAoUt ar every national and
internaSiGn2i o...l~.' The Republic
an party vas Dedicated 70 freedom forty
-four YeCrS oir AZ has been the party Of
liberty AID --sdnC ipcticn from that hour;
not of pre- sion but OF performance
IL broke tc she cAles Of 100000 slaves
and made them free. and 10 the party of
Lincoln hes Sooe another supreme OPP
porturity >ich IL has bravelv met i'm
the liberation OF l0Oo1.Co0 Of the hu-
man f2riy fro-s ;he yoke of imperial
ism. In it's solution CT great problems.
I'm its pc c,-',..ce OF III. dvtieS il has
had TIE s0irr-ri cf members OF all parties
In the pct AMI IL conf lently invokes
thSi~ oo-oFr tDon i'm the future
This Is as true now as four years ago
we c. not tc,,e the Philippines at win
2nt r." c.. Jot pat them aside at will
ANY al n c,.,rcEt OF tie policy which we
have stC--i'- pursued in the islands
would lie {. mt with dishonor and dis
aster. am & Sf:ch GiShonor and disaster
do not believe that the American people
will consent
Alarm has been profesSed lest the Fill
pinos should not receive all the benefits
guaranteed to our people at home by the
fourteenth amendment to the constitu-
ton AS matter of fact the Filipinos
have already secured the substance of
these benefits This government has been
true to the spirit of the fourteenth
amendment in the Philippines. Can our
opponents deny that here at home the
principles of the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments have been in effect nulli-
fed? In this. as I'm many other matters
We at home can well profit by the exam
pie of those responsible for the actual
management of affairs i'm the Philippines
In our several commemorative here in the
United States we as a people now face
the complex problem of securing fair
treatment to each man regardless of his
race or color We can do so only if we
approach the problem in the spirit Of
courage, common sense and high minded
devotion to the right. which has enabled
Governor Taft, Governor Wright and
their associates to do so noble n work in
giving to the Philippine people the benefit
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 issues which are at stake and upon
which have touched are more than mere
partisan issues. for they involve much
that comes home to the individual pride
and individual well being of our people
Under conditions as they actually are
good Americans should refuse. for the
sake of the welfare Of the nation, to
change the national policy. We who are
responsible for the administration and
legislation under which this country dur
Ing the last seven years has grown so
greatly in well being al home and in hon
orabie repute among the nations of the
earth abroad do not stand inertlv upon
this record. do not use this record as an
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 a
measure OF the progress we shall continue
TO make IL the people again intrust the
government of the nation to our hands
We do not stand still. I'VE press steadily
forward toward the goal of moral and
material well being for our own people of
just and fearless dealing toward all 9th
er peoples, in the interest not merely of
this country. but of mankind. There is
not policy. foreign or domestic which
we are now carrying out which it would
not be disastrous to reverse or abandon
If our opponents should come in and
should not reverse our policies. then they
would be branded with the brand of bro.
ken faith. OF false promise. of insincerity
In word and deed. and no man can work
to the advantage of the nation with such
q brand clinging 20 him IT. on the other
hand. they should come I'm and reverse
any or all Of our policies. by Just so much
would the nation as n whole be damaged
Alike as lawmakers and as administrators
OF the law we have endeavcrc7 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 he their occupation or
worldly condition We have strivcn both
Tor civic righteousness and for national
greatness. ana We have faith to bsiicva
that our hands will be upheld by all who
feel love of country and trust in the up-
Iiiung or mankind We stand for en-
forcemcnt OF the law and for obedience &c
the law. our government is a govern
ment OF orderly liberty equally alien To
tyranny and TO anarchy. and ats founda
ton stone is the Observance OF the law
alik" by the people and by the public
servants We hold ever before us rs tho
All important end OF policy and nd minis
tration the rcign of peace at home and
throughout the world. OF peace which
comes only by doing justice Faithfully
yours. THEODORE, ROOSEVELT