Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-07-27 | Page 36 | Forward the Flag!

L l- l v d f y y 3 1 0 a r S U r t r l I J FORWARD THE FLAG r ESPITE the thc protests tg of the timorous and theLI the ho LI DESPITE hysterical warnings of those n affected by imperialistic im nm ni nightmare tho the great majority of the thc American people will approve the extension of our national influence on this hemisphere The people are arc not daunted by tho great problems that will vill in inevitably in iu- iu arise alie they have ho no lack of confidence in inthe in inthe the he American intelligence that will find the proper propel solution of new questions in tho ethical ideals that we wo shall constantly strive to follow or in pur our national na na- iia- iia courage to bear whatever cr responsibilities we wo incur It may b bo be that t. t one of our racial failings is isan isau an au excess of faith in our own abilities better that however than nn an insufficiency of self It is not especially to our credit a nc a nation that while our oui own o c civilization f is admittedly the superior superior of shy any that of our more moro humble neighbors in iii Central and South America falls far below elow the standard attained attuned at at- tuned by br the average in Europe It is a curious paradox x that we sneer at Europe because of the tho unutterable unutterable un un- conditions at her er very threshold in the thel Balkans but fail to perceive in our own e eye e the beam benm of inferior culture in inthe the countries of this continent con cou- over o whom wo we subconsciously claim a n suzerainty suzerainty SUler- SUler ain of influence The dut duty that devolves upon the United States as the thc model from which the smaller I republics v were cre erected wC not discharged The building of the Panama canal has placed at ata a n point remote from our own o borders bordors the most valuable vain vain- able property we possess Exposed to the tha machina nf of c rivals for whom tI the littin na na- tion contiguous t to tio the canal r n are Jl no J I match at ath h fl in weight ight or in diplomacy that great waterway so essential to our prosperity in time of peace and aid our security in time of war dra draws dras s us inevitably into the le thick of Pan- Pan American affairs Little Americans may conjure fearsome visions of the tho trouble we arc are inviting by constantly increasing our sphere of influence in that direction but hut the great mass of the American people is troubled b by no such visions J. J Perhaps the tho least attractive of our American characteristics characteristics char char- is our that wo we are arc commissioned commissioned commis commis- b by the Almighty to lead lend the nations But Butt it t is our supreme and and distinguishing trait and anI it is ia not lot without its recommending fea features tu res No people that lacked confidence in their own destiny ever left lefta a permanent impress upon history