The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-14

doms: 1t has marshalled armies: 1t has
fought battles; It has destroyed dynas-
tise and changed again and again the
map OF the world. This great prin-
ciple. with its uplifting force is under
every throne OF the universe and is
tho harbinger of many and mighty
revolutions yet to come fer It's re-
lief and reform It opened q new chap
ter in the history OF the world. each
succeeding page Of which, when
turned thrills and brightens.
The progress Of this people under,
the prevalence OF these new social and
political principles has been unparal-
leled. Our national story reads more
like a romance than a history. From
small settlements scattered along the
Atlantic coast, we have become forty
six sovereign States, with possessions
extending from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, from the ices OF Maine to the
orange blossoms OF Florida AS II by
magic, the haunts of savages and wild
beasts have been transformed into
cities OF splendor and magnificence.
The sombrc forests. with their melan-
choly shade. which then envcloped
America, have been succeeded by green
meadows, cultivated fields rich orch
ards, fine farms, thriving towns and
cities. The trails Of buffalocs. wind
Ing through dense forests and over
high mountains, have been followed
and laid by iron rails, carrying across
continent the greatest inland trnf-
fic ever possessed by a peuple. Rivers
have been bridged that the widest
Imagination of engineers never con-
ceiyed possible. While thus subduing
nature our fathers were In continuous
conflict with the warlikc savages OF
4I,,,N a
remain OF these fierce and aimplacable
foes are the names of rivers and noun
tains and the designation of places
| Every step Of advance from the At
lantic to the Pacific has been through
danger and difficulties: almost every
SPOT sanctified by courage. almost
every place marked and made sacred
by sacrifice and privation. In three
centuries the one hundred and five
colonists who settled here have grown
into almost as many millions.
| From petty and despised dependents
vainly petitionng Parliament and ring
we have become a great power mos
potential in the affairs OF the world
courted and respected by all. We have
become strong enough to announce ant
maintain the great Monroe doctrine
which extends our protection to the west
| ern hemisphere and defends 1t from for
eign aggression and conquest. Whel
this colony was planted here Spain rulet
with an iron hand more than half tn
world. But few years ago this nation
which grew from this small beginning
| drove Spain from the western world ant
destroyed her colonial empire. The his
tory OF this nation from Jamestown t
1 the walls OF Peltin, In China, indicate
an heroic achievement, growth II
greatness and power unexcelled. ron
suffering and poverty we have grown t
/ comfort and wealth.
Development of America.
1 Our wealth to-day Is greater than tina
4 of any other nation. From an agricul
\ tural people we have become the creates
4 manufacturing people in the world; tn
4 products of factories exceeding those
/ Britain and continental Europe combined
i Our mines now furnish the world NOR
than half it's mineral products an
wealth. Rich plains and prairies. owe
which herds OF wild buffaloes wandered
are now the grannres OF the world
4 Cotton has become king Of plants, an
4 the worlds comfort and clothing are dc
j pendent upon the white fields OF th
South. In mechanical appliances and IN
ventions our people have achieved won
ders more astounding than any of whic