Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
THE PRESIDENT.
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shci'd apply in the affairs of the nationa1
| administration, which deals with the IN
| tcrcsts OF all our 'eighty-odd millions ~
| people, luEt the same rules that are noe
| essalE III getting on with our neirhbors
| IN our several neighborhoods: ana tha
nation as a whole should show substan-
| tlaiiF the same qualities that we would
J,nl'tnct an honorable man to show in
| dealing with his fellows. To i.lustratn
| inns, consider for Il moment two phase,
| OF governmental; action.
FIRST as to International affairs Among
Your own neighhors. among your t,ienJs
| what is the attitude YOU like TO SOC :,
rian take toward his fellows the att,,uI,.
| YOU wish each of your sons to fake Whom
| ne goes out into the world? Is il not a
| combination of readiness and ability, 70
| hold his OWN if anyone tries to vron.r
| hlin White at the same time StoViu..
can etui re:;ard not only for the rights h,,f
| Tor me feelings of Others? OF course it
| Isl OF course the tyne Of man WHOM,
| we respect. whom we are proud of If H..
| Is IL NlnSrIan. W HON are glad To have
| as Il friend and neighbour is the man who
l. 20 nm. sop. who is not afraid. who viii,
| not tolerate nor hesitate to resent Insult
on INJURY. but who hir'sclf never int;irts
| insult or injury. is kindly. good-na;,lrrI
| thou"htful Of others riehts-ir short :;
good ni:,l' t. d" busir' So with or nave,
| I'VE in the next house or have as n
| i'l"rd. on the Other hand. the man who
| lacks any Of those qualities is sure to L.,
| nnJecti"nahl". If a man is afraid to hold
l In
wrcn%doin$. he is c"ntempt:blc. il hn
| IS u bully. an nppressor. IL man who
| wrongs or insults others lie is even
worse 1nd should he hunted out of the,
community. l:ut. on the whole the mo-
contemplate Position that can rossibly
hc assumed by amy man is that of bl,ls-
teil.lG, II EraT@ing, of insulting or Wrof..-
Inc otter people. Will" vet eNpt cling to
90 Though life unchalcngcd, ard being
avs willing to back down and accent
nuhllatl0: Ii readiness to make good is
demanded.
Well all this is Just as t,q,c Of = ma
zion as OF an individual. ard in dealing
WITH other nations We should act as We
expect Il man who is both same ana
decent I" act in private life. There ar
f"W things cheaper and more objection
ahle, whether on the part of thu. public.
man or OF the private man. on the part Of
Il writer or If speaker, an Individual
or group OF individuals, tl.an a coIlrS,
| of conduct which is insulting OF Lur,(ul
whether iii speech or act. to individuals
OF another nation or to the representa-
| tlVes of another nation or to another M
ton itself. But the policy becomes III
fafaouS from the standpoint OF the iltc--
ests of tn" United States when il is COM
hinci with the refusal to talk tnos.
measures of preparation which can alone.
secure us from agSr' sSi"n on the part of
others. The policy of peace with INSULT
is the very worst policy upon which it
| Is possible to embark. whether fo. a m
ton or an Individual. TO be rich.
Is to court w"ll-nleh certain disaster
The only safe and honorable, rul" OF fo:-
"lcn policy for the United States is to
SHOW itself courteous toward offer MAJ
tons, ScrupC!ouS not To infringe upon their
lights. and Vet able and ready to defend
Its owl n. This nation is now ON terms
of the most cordial good vii! with all
oth'r nations. Let us make it q pIim
object Of orr policy to preserve these
conditions. To do So It is necessary on
the on" hand to mrte cut Il z, ncl Gus JUS
tee to all Cthcr peoples and show thCm
courtesy and respect; and on the other
hand. as we are Yet Il good Way off from
tie millennium, to X -tp ourselves in such
share us to MAKE it evident to AL n,n
that W" desire peace because we think it
IL IuSt AMI right and not from motives of
weakness or tiMidity. As for the first
requisite, this means that not only the
Government but the peopl" as Il whole
shall act in the needed spirit for other
wise the fnll}' of Il few individuals may
work lasting discredit to the whole ma
tioE. The second requisite is more easily
sccErcd-let us build up and maintain at
the highest point Of efficiency the Intt"'t
states Navy. In any great war on land
we should have to rely in the fu;ur" as
we have relied in the past chiefly upon
volunteer soldiers; and although it is
| Indispensable that our little army. an
army ludicrously small relatively to tho
wealth ard population "f ills miIhtv nH-
ton, Should itself b.. trained to the high-
est point end should lie VALUED and
spectcd as is demanded by TIN, worth Of
the officers and enlisted men. vet it is
not necessary that this army should h'
large as compared to the armies of other
great nations. But as regards the Navy
all ills * different. We have an cn"r-
nous coast line. and our coast inc is on
two great oceans. I" rcpcl hostile at
tacKs the Qualifications. and not Il Q Nav.
must be used: but the best way to parry
is to l.it-nO fight can ever be won except
Ivy biting and we can only Lit by means
of the Navy. i is utterly iml'"'sibl" t.
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