The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-27
LETTER FROM Mr.. MARYE.

Washington. D. G., April -, 1903.
To Tie Free Lance:
During century OF our national life
our distinctive principles and polity We're
procnimpd upon the housetops We
-,rm now to contraycuc them at the be
he~tof policy y senator Beyeridge open
y av0Wd. we uccd the Philippines.
Their acquisition is good policy; and
This has ever proven most pregnant
and potential spur in riding roughshod
over prudence and precedent.
The iavoring gales ol commenrialiSn
have driven the ship 80 far ont 10 SEA.
along the current oi territorial aggran-
Iizemrmt that the beaconS lighted 10y
the founders Oi the government havedip-
ped beneath the horizon. The Ship Oi
State must un longer hug the shore. We
must adopt 20 new theory OF navigation.
even though we should encounter rude
and stormy skies II was against this
theory that the couu-els and warnings
oi the fathers wen utt9red.
Alexander Hamilton, IN striking The
key note of our true policy, emphasized
the wisdom of the Apothegm; Expert
encr i~ the oracle of truth, and assured.
ly then the oracle of wisdom. Read
iu the light oi our recent governmental
guo---work the~' words of Jefferson
sound prophetic and startling The
day Is not TAR distant when We may
formally require meridian OF Partition
through the ocean which separnieS the
two hpmisphcn.~, ON the hther SIDE ol
which mo- European gun shall ever lH'
heard nor mu American on ihe other
lu commenting upon Jefirr,onz mer'
-agc to Congress of ! SOB. the historian,
McAia~trr. says: Thus the principle
had heu announced over and over again
that we would not meddle in European
affairs. The counterpart of thls-that
the old world must not meddle M the al
fairs of TIE ueW-was called forth 10y the
attempt OF Spain 90 get back her lost
COLONIES iu South America. Year after
year during the conflicts oi Spain with
these Colouie-. Mr. Monroe maintained the
same position. So il was during the
Greek revolution of 1870. nOtwthstand-
ing the noble cloqucncc oi Clay and Cal
hom So 10 was in the ease of kossuth
and the hungarian revolution twenty
years later
The fathers of this republic wen deep
lv read in the history OF political Cousti-
tutiOns u~ well ~ in the subtle and
complex workings Oi the human heart.
They fully understood the radical antag
unism brtwiXt the monarchies OF the old
world and the republic of the new,
Against the portentous pronOuncement
of the Holy Alliance (whOse historic evu-
mtiOn must reserve for my next letter,
lest should trespass supOn yourcolwnnsl
Mr.. Monroe with the appreciation OF
jefferson and of Madison, prOmulga-
ted the Monroe Doctrine.
We have all delighted in the glowing
periods of Macaulay's splendid history
You will recall the matchlrss style in
which he signalzes the origin and deyel-
opment 0i England IS real strength; her
isolation, her individuality, her security
against continental aggression. Have
we not won and maintained this peculiar
and progrpssiveielicity? OuradhesiOn
to the counsels OF these great Nirginians
we have become the greatest aud hap
piest people in all the annals OF history,
And whilst the Latin American peoples
were neither Of our blood n0rtongue, yet
was the bond of q common aspiration
and purpose strong enough tn sway our
hearts and to kindle the eloquence and
augment the influence of Henry Clay un-
I'll. at last, we proclaimed ourselves the
tuteary guardians OF these lair young
republics.
our present attitude is moral sole
cism. it has imperled and impaired our
noble heritage. How will il eyentuate2
He would be a bold man who, upon this
issue would accept Banquo's challenge
tothe weird sisters;
..If Won can look into theseeds OF time,
And say which grain will grow and
which will not,
Speak then to me.
4. 5. MaYe,