Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-11

| 3,00U years ana fVU,VVV,VVV Peop'o
modelled government after ours.
| In Africa, the status left by the Boer
war cannot last, and in time will come
| the United States of Africa. The un-
developed resources Of that vast con-
tinent will surely attract the young,
ambitious and strong Of all nations, as
did the United States In the last CEN
tury. With the military despotism OF
Diaz overthrown, Madero murdered
and one revolution succeeding anoth-
er, we have just such a condition as
obtained in Cuba. The strong, firm
hand of Uncle Sam must be put forth,
not for conquest, but to restore peace
and civilization We are doing the
same work in the Philippines, and l
have never doubted that as soon as
those people could stand alone, and
maintain self government, that the
United States would withdraw. retain
ing coaling stations and with them az
fection, good will, and trade, making 1t
the basis for opening the markets OF
China to the cotton of the south. The
whole world is being republicanized,
and the great monarchies left are only
standing today by. reason Of their ret
cognition of the right Of the people to
rule, even the Impefll War Lord Of
Germany has to consent to a wider and
wider voice Of the people In the affairs
of government. After 1877 years the
United States stands as the beacon
light, showing the road first pointed
out by the Carpenters Son, and then
forgotten for eighteen centuries. 1t
means the dealing together Of the ma
tions of the earth to their mutual pro-
fit, the advancement of civilization and
the enhancement Of the material well
fare Of mankind everywhere.
The statesman who looks only at
material things sees the Monroe doc
trine, billion dollars Of American
money as much more British and Ger
man capital in Mexican mines and
railroads needing protection, but he
who believes in higher things must see
the hand of Almighty God, using us as
his instruments in spreading human
liberty. and Christian civilization. Many
good people oppose expansion, because
II increases our national obligations.
They forget that no nation or individ-
ual ever acquired power or influence
without a corresponding increase In
responsibility. A shrinking from re-
sponsibility is cowardice, and the
American people are not towards. This
does not necessarily mean in every
case acquisition of territory. Standing
as the United States does today, the
largest exporting nation with the hea-
West balance Of the worlds trade in
| her favor, the wealthiest and most re-
sourceful, she Is the dominant infiu-
ence for progress and civilization. Our
diversity Of production Is marvellous
our versatility in science and mechan-
les is the wonder Of the world. With
our vast wealth, we cannot shut our
selves up, and allow the redundance OF
our products to make us poor. We
must have ever widening world mar
kets for the surplus. In doing this we
| carry with us the lesson Of our civili-
cation, with all Of its mighty potenti-
alities II we rightly use our opportu-
mites, no Imagination is sufficiently
| gifted to forecast the future Of this
country. II one had seen the pilgrims
land on the barren shores Of New Eng
land or a feeble colony plant itself at
Jamestown and portrayed in true story
| the glorious future Of this country, he
would have been Knocked as a prophet
with a distempered imagination. And
yet from times topmost peak, If one
today should give rein to his imagina-
| ton and attempt to forecast the future
of this republic, 1t would be a fairy
tale, story half written or picture
dimly painted, with all Of the splendid
coloring left out. ...
| Our fathers laid broad foundations
and forecasted we'll the future. The
crises through which we have passed
like the late war. while menacing the
stability Of the Union never imperilled
the principle of human freedom for
one single moment.
Out of that fiery ordeal We stand to-
day with a union stronger and a pa
triotism broader and deeper.
Has the world ever had such a pa
geant as this day sees on the battle
field of Gettysburg? The survivors OF
that great conflict worn with time.
clasping hands as brothers; battle
flags furled; with tottering steps they
march, where Pickett charged and
Hancock thundered. What thoughts,
what visions they see, words cannot
tell. The charge of laundering thous-
ands, the boom of great guns, the rat
tie of the musketry, the groans Of the
wounded and the cold dead faces.
Longstreet calm and immovable;
Pickett leading down his hosts to
death, and the noble, majestic Lee,
magnanimous to the last, taking all
the blame"
Gathered peacefully on that field are
veterans from the rock-bound coasts
of Maine to California's golden gate;
from the crystal waters Of Superior to
the evergreen shores of the Mexican
sea; from Carolina's sunny slopes and
Dakotas bleak prairies. One people
and one flag, all content to rest like
brothers beneath its fold, from the
dawn of morn, when the earth is wrap
ped in grey, to the setting sun, when
the skies don the blue. We have made
mistakes and the grievous blunder OF
the 14th and 18th amendments still
threaten, but as we see the vanishing
shadows down the great highway, we
have Travelled, we hear the tramp oi
, the footsteps Of our race-now dimly
: as the path falls into some deep chasn
of hate and sectionalism; then more
clearly, upward and onward; never
| backward. Step by step, the process OF
, education and advancement has pro-
ceeded. Each decade has shown some
/ progress in some direction of human
endeavor and human Improvement
, Even wars great ploughshare turned