The leader., 1905-01-25


want to leave d good Government
as priceless legacy 10 my chill
Idren and If my political oppo.
nents can devise for my country
lmy children and myself d better
Government than / can devise,
they are not my enemies, but my
friends.
Not only must the party have
an ideal, but the nation must have
Its ideal, and il is the ideal Of this
nation that has made III known
throughout the world. You will
find people in foreign lands who
do not know our population or the
number of acres under our dag.
You will find people who do not
know how many cattle we raise or
how much corn or cotton we ex-
port, but you will not find people
anywhere who have not some con-
|ception of the nations ideal.
This ideal has been d light shining
out unto all the world and its rays
have illumined the shores Of every
land. We have boasted of this
ideal in the past, and it must not
be lowered now. We followed
this ideal in dealing with Cuba.
It was nay good fortune to be in.
Cuba on the day when the formal
transfer took place, and never
was more proud of my nation in
my life, than ] was on the goth
day of May, 1902, when this great
republic rose superior to a great
temptation, recognized the ina
lienable rights Of the people of
Cuba and secured to them the
fruits of a victory for which they
had struggled and sacrificed for
more than a generation. We
hauled down the flag, it is true,
and in its place they raised the
flag Of the Cuban Republic, but
when we lowered the flag we raig-
ed it higher than it ever had been
before, and when we brought it
away we left it enshrined in the
hearts of a grateful people, Z
The closing apostrophe to the
American flag was greeted with
loud and prolonged cheers from
the audience. He continued:
Is it the desire of any simply
to make our flag feared? Let us
make it loved in every human be-
ing. Instead of having people
bow before it, let us have them
turn their faces toward it and
thank God that there is one flag
that stands for human rights and
for the doctrine Of self-govern-
ment everywhere.
The speaker then touched on
the Increase of the American ma
w, and said: There are some
who say that we must now have
the largest navy in the world in
order to terrorize other nations
and make them respect us. But
if we make our navy the largest
in the world, other nations will
increase their navies because we
have increased ours, and then we
will have to increase ours again,
because they will have increased
theirs, and they will have to in
crease theirs again because we
have increased ours and there is
no limit to this rivalry but the
limit of the power of the people
to bear the burden of taxation.
There is a better, a safer and less
expensive plan. Instead of try
ing to make our navy the largest
in the world, let US try to make
our Government the best Govern
ment on earth. Instead of trying
to make our flag float everywhere,
let us make it stand for justice
wherever it floats for justice be-
tween man and man, for justice
between nation and nation, and
for humanity always. And then
the people Of the world will learn
to know and to revere the flag,
because it will be their protection
as we'll as ours. And then, if any
king raises his hand against our
flag, the oppressed Of his own
land will rise up and say to him,
Hands off, That flag stands for
Iour rights as we'll as the rights of
the American people. It is pos
sible to make our flag represent
such an ideal. We shall not full
fill our great mission, we shall not
live up to our high duty, unless
we present to the world the high
est ideals In individual life, in do
nestle life, in business life, in
professional life, ID political life,
and the highest national ideal that
the world has ever known.
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