The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-08

treasury. and now proposes tA1t olIy
Ito ave hundred millions e pu1(16
funds shall so to shipping. EoAega9lp
owned and privately managed. N9k1
every menace that Federal QWnexuhxn
involves. We believe In Z groat u1oE-
chant marine, FederaIly encourages
and privately erected, wrought ID ne
committal to the achievement Of phi
vate enterprise and measured to thu
requirements Of our commerce ~
peace.
The National Expans3cn.
The President has said that ours -
ting the redsraiist founding OF our
nationality and Republican expansion
to greater national glory. tho Demo.
cratic party not only fails TO grasp
our immensely and Importance, Il ID
sectional on the mainland and un-
needing OF our island possessions. 1ts
vision does not catch the splendor Of
Old Glory in the sunlight Of the world.
Right now when the devouring flames
of war are, burning most herceiy, when
our national view must be worldwide
to be comprehensive. the Democratic
administration has proposed to set
adrift an island empire, In violation
Of our obligations to the world, to the
Philippine people and ourselves. Amid
|proclamations Of our ministrations in
behalf Of mankind it undertook to re-
nounce its guardianship Of q race Of
people and leave them to walk alone
when they had not been fully taught
to creep. A few rebellions Democrats
Joined the Republican minority In
sparing us this national disgrace. but
tho design IL written among the vacil-
lations Of the present administration.
The Democratic party once hauled
down the nag which had been I'M
! furied In honor In the Pacific and met
rebuke at the first popular expression
at the polls. No administration which
hauls down the nag and none which
proposes to haul It down ever can
succeed itself in directing the AFFAIRS
of the American people.
Our widened Relationship.
One century Of marvellous develop.
ment has led US into another century
Of International sponsorship. This
mighty people. idsalizing popular gov
eminent and committed to human
progress, can no longer live within
and for ourselves alone. Obliterated
distance makes, II impossible to stand
aloof from mankind and escape wild.
ened responsibility. II we are to be.
come the agency Of progressive civ.
ilixation ana Gods great intent--and
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proofs Of American development--ws
must assume the responsibilities In In.
nuence and example. ana accept ths
burdens OF enlarged anticipation. The
clustered life IL not possible to the po-
tential man or tho potential nation.
Moreover, the Monroe doctrine, strong.
err for a century's maintenance. nxea
an obligation Of new-world sponsor
ship and old-world Relationship. Our
part must not be dictatoriai. It must
be trusted Leadership IN . fraternity
of American republics.
| Our Strength At Home.
To meet the obligations we must
first make sure OF maintained mental.
moral ana physical health at home. II
- good to recall that ours In the only
major political party ever formed IN
this country on . great moral issue.
Our first proclamation was human
liberty. to be glorided by the spiritual
and material development Of = freq
people. We opened the way to higher
| human attainments and emphasized
human rights under the guarantees OF
civil liberty. We need only to 70 on,
imbued with the spirit which has thus
far pointed our way. The light Of I
moral people In the halo Of liberty ~.
self Let US be honest, not only In
proclamation, but In practice; moi
alone In campaigns but In incumbency
of once: not only before affairs oil
worship but In our daily AFFAIRS and in
every human relationship. II popu-
lar government II to be held depend