The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-23

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large. the nation which is OF use iii the
progress OF mankind is that nation which
combines strength of character, force OF
charact ter, and Sainsistence N upon its own
irights.8w a full acknowledge Of Its
own duties toward others Just at pres
ent the best way i, Whlc we can show
that our 10y atty to the chlnas q Wash
81. the lips only is to see to II that the
work Of building UP our n avy goes stead
nv or,,|3and that at the same time our
stand for International righteousness e
clear and emphatic. sa b
Guaranty Of Peace.
Ss3 Never Il since the beginning OF our
country history has the navy been used
In m unjust war. Never has It failed to
render great and sometimes vital I service
to- the republic. 1t has not been too
strong forE1our good, though often not
strong enough to do all the good 1t should
have done. L Our possession Of the I'hillp-
pines, our interest in the trade OF the
Orient, Iout building the Isthmian Canal
our insistence upon the Monroe Doctrine
all n demand ( that our navy shall be Of
ndenI,,,at q 4 size and for Its size OF un-
surpa ssed efficiency If It Is "a st rong
enough i believe 1t will minimize the
chance st our being drawn ITO foreign
war. ID we let It run down u is as &c g
tain az the day that sooner or later3W Y
shaIl5 have to choose between 2 probably
disastrous foreign war or peace Kept
On terms that imply national humlll atlon
Our, navy Is the surest guaranty OF peace
and tha cheapest Insurance a alnst war
and those who, in whatever ca pacity.
nave helped to build 1t up during The
past twenty years have been In In good
faith observing and living Mp to, one ~. o.
the most Important OF the PRINCIPLES
which gNYashingto laid z down lot IS 9
5guidI1ce OF. his countrymen.s No was
Wa shington the only one Of our great
Presidents who showed 4 fnr-sig ted pat :
riotsmG by support Of the navy When
Andrew Jackson was In Congress- he
VOTED for the first warships&we ever built
as bart OF our regular navy; and ne voted
Ia Inst the grant of money TO pay. our
3Hmiliating tribute to the pirates OF inc the
yarbary States. Old Hickory was ~
Il trIot through and through, and there
VAS not ar, ounce OF timidlty In his ma
ture and. Of course. he felt only indlg-
nant contempt for a policy Which ptlr-
CHASED an ignoble peace by coWnrdice m
Istend or exactlng Just peace by snow
ing We were as little willing to submit 70
as to inflict aggression, az lorlty
OF Jackson's colleagues ana successors
felt as no did about IT, navy nag ~ :
been built up Instead OF ne!nag progant
to a standstlll,slt would proplaply never
have been necessary to tlehts Sn NIL War O
i18t2, !, tiB
Justice to All,
,,'..Agaln washington sald''dlye 70 man
kind the example Of q people Al ways
rmded }by an exalted Just leo and heneyo-
ience.' This feeling can be shown Ike
Nv our dealings within and without our
nwn BORDERS. Taft and Wright In the
jphiilpplnes and Wood IN Cuba have
shown us exactly how to practice his
Justice and beneyolence IN dealing WITH
'other5 peopl es "a Justice and beneyolence
which can be shown, not by shlrklng
our duty and abandoning TO elf-destruo5
ton those Iunftto govern themselves. DIVE
nv doing our duty, by staying with them
and teaching them how to govern them,
selves, by uplifting then. splrl tHally ana
materially. Here Mt home We are OBEY
Ing this maxim Of VVashington's Just 60
far a. we help In every movement,
whether, undertaken by the government
OF as III, and should be, more OFTEN me
case, Il by voluntary action among pr yate
citizens, for the bettermcnt OF our avn
people, Obseryo that Washington speaks
both OF Justice and beneyol ence, ana ina
he puts Justice first, We must pc gem
erous, we, must help our poorer prothevl
but above all We must remeefflpe 70 p ne'
NJ EVERY housek eeper. lii Richmond should
attend the Cohen Co.'S Liner Linen sale
to-day A igs :s
3ss3 Dorl,t8 fail to- attend The Cohen Co.'s
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