The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-23

NiuNl lIdiueN ine NODstltutlOn, ana then
a. President of the United States, and finally
as Lieutenant General OF the army after he
had retired from the Presidency
! one hundred and eight years ago. Just
| before he left the Presidency, he issued his
! farewell address, and IN il he laid down
certain principles which he believed should
guide the citizens OF this republic for all
. time TO come, his own words being (which
appear to me all-important TO the per-
manency OF your felicity as a people
BEST AMONG THE GREAT MLN or THE
WORLD"
Washington. though in some ways an
/ even greater man tlan Lincoln. did not
I have Lincoln's wonderful gift Of expression
/ that gift which makes certain speeches
Of the rail splitter from Illinois read like
I The inspired utterances Of the great Hebrew
/ seer3 and prophets. But he had all Of
Lincoln's sound common sense. far-sighted-
| ness and devotion TO a lofty ideal. Like
! Lincoln he sought after the noblest objects,
! and Ike Lincoln he sought after them by
/ thoroughly practical methods These two
gfoa test Americans can flirly be called the
best among tie great msn of the world,
/ and grea test among the good men Of the
| world Each showed in actual practice his
! capacity TO secure under our system tho
/ priceless union Of individual liberty with
! governmental strength. Each WINS as
/ free from the vices Of the ,yrant as from
/ the wees Of the demagogue. To each the
! empty futility Of the mere ooctrinqire was
/ seeking politician Each was incapable
( alike of the wickedness which ueelts by force
| OF arms 10 wrong others and e the no loss
/ criminal wea kness which fail TO provide
effectively against being wrong dby others.
BASIS OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
Among Washington's mAxims which he
bequeathed to his countrymen were the fol-
owing: Observe good faith and justice
toward all nations. and TO be prepared
for war is the most effective means to pro-
! mote peace. These two principles taken
together should form the basis Of our whole
foreign policy. Neither is sufficient taken
| by itself II IL not merely an idle dream,
but a most misohievous dream. to believe
that mere refrainng from wrongdong will
insure us against being wronged. Yet, on
the other hand. a nation prepared for war
Is a menace TO mankind unless the national
purpose il to treat other nations with good
faith and justice. In any community IL is
neither the cons ciontious man who ~ a
craven nj heart. nor yet the bold aud strong
man without the moral sense, who is of real
Use to the communty:i IL is the man who to
strength and coura ge adds realizing sense
of the moral obligation resting upon him.
the man who has not only the desire but the
power TO do his full duty by his neighbor
and by the State. SO. in the world at large.
the nation viii ch is Of use in the progress of
mankind ~ that nation which combines
strength of character. force OF character and
insistence upon ts own rights, with full
acknowledgment OF IT, own duties toward
others.
BUILD UP TIE NAVY.
Just Mt present the best way IN which
we can show that our loyalty TO the
teachings Of Washington is a loyalty Of the
heart and not of the lips only is 10 see 70
il that the work OF building up our navy
goes steadily on, and that at the same time
our stand for International righteousness IS
clear and emphatic
Never since the beginning Of our coun-
tTVA history hus the l,aRu lI-pH in
an unjust war Never has Il failed TO
render great and sometimes vital service
10 the republic II has not been too strong
for our good though often not strong
enough 20 DO all the good it should have
done. Our possession of the Philippines
our interest in the trade Of the ORIENT, our
building the lsthmlau Canal. our insistence
upon the Monroe Doctrine, all demand
that our navy shall be Of adequate size
and for is size Of unsurpassed efficiency
II il IS strong enough believe II will mini
mize the chance OF our being drawn into
foreign war. II we LET il run down il is 1
"a certain as the day that sooner or later
we shall have TO choose between a probably
disastrous foreign war or n peace kept on
terms that imply national humiliation /
Our navy IL the surest guaranty of peacs
and the cheapest insurance against war and /
those who, in whatever capacity. have helped !
20 build II up during the past twenty years /
ha+a been in good faith observing and
living up to one Of the most important Of .
the principles which Washington laid down !
for the guidance OF his countrymen. Nor I
was Washington the only one Of our great
Presidents who showed far sighted patri-
otism by support OF the navy. When /
Andrew jackson was in Congress he voted [
for the first warships we ever built as part
Of our regular navy. and he voted against
the grant of money TO pay our Illuminating
tribute 10 the pirates of the Barbary States
Old Hickory was a patriot through and
through, and there was not an ounce of .
gaF
felt only indignant contempt for policy
which purchased an gnoble peace by cow
ardice instead Of eXacting a just peace 10y
showing we were az little willing 10 sub
init to ~ TO inhict aggression. Had
majority OF Jackson's colleagues and sue
cessors felt as he did about the navy, had
II been built up instead Of being brought
% a standstill. il would probably never
have been necessary to fight the War OF
1872
Again Washington said Give to mankind
the example Of a people always guided
by an exalted Justice and benevoence.
This feeling can be shown alike by our
dealings within and without onr own
pines and Wood in Cuba have shown Us
exactly how to practise this Justice and
benevolence in dealing with other peoples
a justice and benevolence which can be
shown, not by Sinking our dutyand ban
doning TO sef-destruc;ion those unfit 10
govern themselves. but by doing our duty
by staying with them and teaching them
how TO govern themselves, by uplifting them
spiritually and materially Here AT home
we are obeying this maxim Of Washing
toms just so far as We help in everv move
ment whether undertaken by the Govern
ment or Rs H. and should be, more often
the case BY voluntary ion an ong private
citizens FOR the bettennent Of our own
people.
JUSTICE BEFORE BENEvOLENCE.
Observe that Washington speaks both
81 Justice and benevOeuca. and that he
puts Justice frst. We ma he generous,
Se must help our poorer brother, but above
al we must remcm tor 10 he Just and the
int step toward securing justice u 10 treat
very man on his worth n man, showing
aim no special favor hut far as may be
holding open Cor him the door Of oppor
unity so that rev nj nay VI II upon honest
and intellirert endcaTor.
Again Washington said: Cherish public
credit lust al the moment there il no
The weather.
There was storm on the South Atlantic coast
.r,terday which was passing eastward over the
AXE reg ions. with an area high pressure passing
fhr I aXr~ttr VALLEY he rOmbiu alton