New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
PRESIDENT IN FLORIDA
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whole American people are interested. 1t has
nothing to do with parties or partisanship ana
is being carried on with absolute disregard 10
all merely political considerations; with REGARD
only to efficiency, honesty and economy
The digging of the canal will Of course. great
~ increase our interest in the Caribbean sea.
1t will be our duty to police the canal ooth ~
the interest of other nations and in our own
interest To do this II is, OF course ihoispeIl
sable to have an efficient navy cana am hdpPS,
to say that we are well on our way toWaTo
having one) and also to possess as we alrea9y
noesnss enrfain strategic points to control the
approach to the canal In addItiol, II - ~
gently necessary that the insular and coiltlIIJ h
tai countries within bordering upon me III III,
bean Sea should he able to secure fair deahbS
and orderly liberty within their own borders
NOT SEEKING MORE TERRITORY.
need not say that the United states not only
has no purpose of aggression upon any repupuc.
continental or Nsular, to the south OF Is, pu,
has the friendliest feeling toward theIn' anu
desires nothing save their progress anu pro-
perity We do not wish another foot or terri
torv and / think conduct toward 'uDa II
a guarantee that this is our genuine attitude
toward all our sister republics. If ever we
should have to interfere in the aralrs OF any
of our neighbors it would only be "hei, We
found it impossible longer to refrain from dolhg
so without serious damage following; ana even
i'm such case il would only he with the SIhce'7
and effective purpose to make our interLeIsIu'
beneficial to the peoples concerned. OF course.
occupying the position we do. occasions INC
now and then arise when we cannot Ie4I an
from such interference. save under pehtiIy - "
seeing some other strong nation undertake tI,e
duty which we neglect; and such negleCl "OtiN
he Unfortunate from more than one standpoint
Wherever possible we should gladly give any
aid we can to a weaker sister republic Whch
is endeavoring to achieve stab1ilty ana ploo
perity. 1t is ungenerous thing for US 10 re- e.
fuse such aid and IL IS foolish not 10 give lt IN
a way that will make It really e1ectlEe' anu
therefore of direct benefit to the people con
cerned-and of indirect benefit to us, Simply pc
cause 1t is a benefit to them. In the last re-
sort and only in the last resort. 1t may occa-
sionally be necessary to interfere by exercIslLs
what is virtually an international police power
If only to avoid seeing some european PoNet
forced to exercise it. In short, while we must
interfere always cautiously, and never WanIon-
w vet on rare occasions, where the neeG i
great it may be necessary to interfere UllI t7
we are willing to confess ourselves 100 Ieeole
far the task we have undertaken, and to avow
that we are willing to surrender IL INTO SIIoISoI
hands; and such confession ana aVo"aL i h 49,
my countryrnen too we'll to believe that they
will make.
At the conclusion Of his address the President
was driven to the Third Baptist Academy, where
he spoke briefly Preceding his speech there WAS
a brief ceremony in the assembly hall, In Whch
the students took part. This consisted OF tie
singing of a number of songs written for the
occasion. The last one, entitled you Are All
Right Teddy" caused the President to Smile
broadly. The President then conducted 10
a stand in front of the academy, where he MADE
his speech. He said:
NV friends let me say what a pleasure it has
Governor and the Mayor point out 10 me mouse
after house owned by cOored citizens VINO py
their own industry, energy and thrlIt nao aGa
cumulateG a small fortune honestly anu "ei0
spending it wisely. +.
Every good American must be interested in
seeing every other good American citizen rise,
help himself upward so as TO be better able to
do his duty by himself and those dependent upon
him and by the State at large
It seems to me that it is true OF all OF US
that our duties are, even more important than
our rights. If do our duties faithfully, IN
spite of the difficulties that come men so io
later the rights Will take care OF lhe!!iS
What I say to this body of my colored fellow
citizens Is just exactly what | would say 20
any BODY Of my white fellow citizens
What we need in this country is typihed Dy
what l have been shown to-day as having beeh
done by people Of your race we need educa-
ton morality. industry; We need intelligence,
clean living and the power to work nara anu
effectualIy. No man interested. as every Presl-
dent must be, in the welfare Of all his feAoW
Americans would be otherwise than deeply
pleased, not only at the evidences of THRIFT ana
prosperity among wnat must pe SFIt ti itt sc
hundreds of your number here IN this city as
shown by the homes that have seen but IN
terested also in seeing educational lnstltute
like this carried on as this institute eVloehIl5
is carried on The costliest crop for any com
munlty is the crop of ignorance 1t Is perfect
" trne that education in mind alone won't
make good citizen, but IL is equally true that
YOU cannot get the best citizen without eouca-
ton. - 80 -.
We need TO have our people OF every race ed
heated as the principal said in his words OF in
troduction-in heart, mind and hands-educate1
so that heads and hands can 90 thelE SeNeLo4
tasks and have behind mead ana manu- a4so tne
heart the conscience. the sense of clean ana just
living which make the foundation or Gil gooo
citizens. That is just as true Tor the white man
rs for the colored man. It is true of every man
1 was very glad 10 listen 10 the singing To-
day / liked it all, including the last song.
wish l could have had chance TO listen 10
some of your educational exercises. ! want 10
say special word OF acknowledgment 10 the
school teachers, men and women alike VINO are
doing the work Of education; and IN saying that
word I also want to point out this: 1t is aoso-
Iutely essential that should have people 90
we'll in the professions. but that there is only a
limited amount of room in the professions ana
there Is almost an unlimited amount OF EOoh,
for men in agriculture and in the mechanical
trades Do your very best 10 develop goou
teachers, to develop good preachers-preacheI :,
who shall preach to the Colored man as IL
should be preached the white man, that by
your fruits you shall know them, and that the
truly religious man is the man VINO IS aeceIS
and clean in his private life, who is orderly ano
law abiding; the man who hunts down the
criminal and does all he can to stop crime ana
wrong doing; the man who treats his neighbor
well; who is a good man in his own family and
therefore a good man in the State That is
what we have a right to expect from the Chris
tian leadership which we see IN the churcnes
All honor 10 the teacher. all honor to the
preacher. but remember il is perfectly impOsSi-
BILE that the bulk of any people shall be teach
ers or preachers.
The bulk have got to be men engaged in the
trades as mechanics, as wage workers. as farm
ers Every man who is good farmer thrifty,
a progressive saving mechanic. who owns his
own house. which Is free from debt; who IS
bringing up his children we'll and keeping his
wife as she should be kept is not only first
class citizen, but is doing mighty good work
in helping 10 uplift his race.
. The President and his party were then driven
around the city, after which they were taken
to the station At 5:45 the President left the
city for st. Augustine.