Tho Profjrcsaivo Pariiior, September 24, 1Q0.I.
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HB. BOOSEVELT'S MINNEAPOLIS AD
DRESS. ,
In the same issue of the New York
Outlook in which was given the
comment on President McKinly's
Buffalo speeob, the following out
line of Mr. Roosevelt's Minneapolis
address was also given :
I. A STRENUOUS LIFE.
A comparison of President Mo
Kinley's Pan-American address with
that delivered by Vice-President
Roosevelt at Minneapolis four days
before is interesting and instructive.
Mr. Roosevelt is more forceful bus
not more radical than President Mo
Kinley ; more inspiring, but less per
suasive. President McKinley's ad
dress is distinctly more commercial
in tone, Vice-President Roosevelt's
more heroio, so that it may be re
garded as an exposition of his favor
ite text "a strenuous life." The
life of high endeavor, he declares,
(and this is the theme of his speech)
is the only life worth living. "The
willfully idle man, like the willfully
barren woman, has no place in a
sane, healthy, and vigorous com
munity." "As infinitely the hap
piest woman is she who has borne
and brought up many healthy chil
dren, so infinitely the .happiest man
is he who has toiled hard and suc
cessfully in his life work. ' ' National
prosperity depends upon individual
character, which law may promote
or prevent, but never by itself pro
duce. In our more complex civiliza
tion "in a constantly increasing
number of cases we shall find it nec
essary to shackle cunning as in the
past we have shaokled force ;" and
the nation must possess the right of
supervision and control as regards
the great corporations; "the right
should be exercised with caution and
self-restraint ; but it should exist so
that it may be invoked if the need
arises." The same spirit of strenu
ous endeavor should characterize the
nation as the individual. We cannot
shirk our world duties without dis
honor. "Good people seek to deter
us from treading the hard but lofty
duty by bidding us remember that
all nations that have achfeved great
ness have in the end passed aw ay.
So they have, so have all others."
But they have lef t as did Rome, for
instance, a noble legaoy behind them
for the future nations, while the
lazy and supine have scaroely left
even a name. If we are to perform
our duty In the world, we must be
able to make good our words ; "we
must use no words that we are not
prepared to back up with deeds a
principle which Mr. Roosevelt spe
cially applies to the Monroe Doctrine
in the following words :
"This is the attitude we should
take as regards the Monroe Doctrine.
There is not the least need ot blus
tering about it. Still less should it
be used as a pretext for our own ag
grandizement at the expense of any
other American State. But, most
emphatically, we must make it ovi
dent that we intend on this point
ever to maintain the old American
position. Indeed, it is hard to un
derstand how any man can take any
other position now that we are all
looking forward to tke building of
the Isthmian Canal. The Monroe
Doctrine is not international law,
but there is no necessity that it
should be. All that is needfull is
that it should continue to be a car
dinal feature of American polioy on
this continent; and the Spanish
American States should, in their
own interests, champion it as strong
ly as we do. "We do not by this doc
trine intend to sanction any policy
of aggression by one American com
monwealth at the expense of any
other, nor any policy of commercial
discrimination against any foreign
power whatsoever. Comriercially,
as far as this doctrine is concerned,
all we wish is a fair field and no
favor ; but if we are wise we shall
strenuously insist that under no
pretext whatsoever shall there be
any territorial aggrandizement on
American soil by any European
power, and this no matter what form
the territorial aggrandizement may
take."
He thinks that there is little dan
ger of any complication with any
foreign power; but to avoid any
complication we must remember that
"we can best get justice by doing
justice." We must maintain our
protective policy, but in so doing we
must also remember that "benefits
must be given when benefits are
sought ;" and "through treaty or by
direct legislation, it may, at least in
certain cases, become advantageous
to supplement our present polioy by
a system of reciprocal benefit and
obligation."
II. EXPANSION.
On the subject of expansion Mr.
Roosevelt repeats substantially what
he has said before. Expansion of
some sort has been the characteristic
of American history. It involves
risks, but the Amerioans are not
afraid to run risks. No people capable
of developing self-government have
anything to fear from us. Our treat
ment of Cuba illustrates this. We
have given the Cubans freedom,
established law and order in Cuba,
secured for them sanitary well-being,
done all at great expense, and
asked nothing in return "save that
at no time shall their independence
be prostituted to the advantage of
some foreign rival of ours, so as to
menace our well-being . " Our oour se
in the Philippines he regards as
equally a matter for national pride.
For the suppression of, the Filipinos'
revolt he offers no apologies ; he
justifies it on the broad ground that
it is the duty of civilized nations to
destroy barbarism. What he says
on this subject is so admirably said
and so in consonance with the prin
ciples which The Outlook has been
advocating that we report it nearly
entire :
"Barbarism has and can have no
place in a civilized world. It is our
duty toward the people living in bar
barism to see that they are freed
from their chains, and we can only
free them by destroying barbarism
itself. The missionary, the merchant,
and the soldier may each have to
play a part in this destruction, and
in the consequent uplifting of the
people. Exactly as it is the duty of
a civilized power scrupulously to re
speot the rights of all weaker civil
ized powers and gladly to help those
who are struggling towards civiliza
tion, so it is its duty to put down
savagery and barbarism. As in such
a work human instruments must be
used, and as human instruments are
imperfect, this means that at times
there will be injustice ; that at times
merchant, or soldier, or even mis
sionary may do wrong. Let us in
stantly oondemn and rectify suoh
wrong when it occurs, and if possible
punish the wrongdoer. But shame,
thrice shame to us, if we are so fool
ish as to make such occasional wrong
doing an excuse for failing to per
form a great and righteous task. Not
only in our own land, but through
out the world, throughout all his
tory, the advance of civilization has
been of incalculable benefit to man
kind, and those through whom it has
advanced deserve the highest honor.
All honor to the missionary, all
honor to the soldier, all honor to the
merchant who now in our day have
done so much to bring light into the
world's dark places."
The work thu begun in the Philip
pines by our soldiers, and now being
carried forward "under the wise ad
ministration of Governor Taft,"
giving to the islands "a peace and
liberty of which they never even
dreamed,'' must be carried on to its
completion. "We shall make mis
takes; and if we let these mistakes
frighten us from our work, we shall
show ourselves weaklings." In the
past "we have made many blunders
and have been guilty of many short
comings, and yet in the end we have
always come out victorious, because
we have refused to be daunted bv
blunders and defeats have recog
nized them, but persevered in spite
of them. So it must be in the
future." The Outlook give3 so much
space to this address because it may
fairly be taken as an expression, not
only of the Vice-President's faith,
but of the faith of the young Repub
licans of the West, whom he, prob
ably better than any other man, rop
resents. If we couple his more virile
and heroic speech with the more con
servative and commercial speech of
the President, they may be taken toT
gether as defining the policy 6f the
Republican party somewhat as fol
lows : At home, individual liberty,
under such regulation of law as will
protect not only the weak from tho
stron?, but the unwise from thecnn
ning, and the individual from iro-
tial despotism by great organiza
tions ; abroad, the continuance of
the present polioy of expansion, in
volving an Isthmian caual ; a prao
tical protectorate over South Ameri
can Republics; tho maintenance of
our sovereignty in the Philippines,
despite mistakes and shortcomings ;
such modification of our tariff sys
tem as may be required from time to
time in order to promote commercial
internationalism ; and some measures
to promote an American merchant
marine to carry our American foreign
commerce in American ships and un
der American control. We here
simply define this polioy ; we do not
disou&a it.
LIFE OF -THE NEW PRESIDENT.
Eoosevelt's Mother a Georgian The Fame of
the Chief Executive Won as Soholar, Au
thor, Soldier and Statesman He is One of
the Youngest Men to Become President,
BeingJJnder 43 Years of Age Short Sketch
of His Life.:
(Atlanta Journal.)
Theodore Roosevelt is closely
bound to Georgia by ties of blood.
His mother, Martha Bullock, . was
the grand dauther of James Bullook,
who was a doughty soldier of the
Revolution, serving as a captain of
Georgia and Virginia troops.
The father of James Bullock was
Archibald Bullock, the first Revolu
tionary Governor of Georgia, and
his father was named James Bul
lock, also, a Scotchman, who settled
in Georgia in 1715, and was a mem
ber of the Georgia Provincial Con
gress. He was closely related to the
heroio Douglasses of Scotland. Thus
Theodore Roosevelt comes of illus
trious stock, Scotoh as well as Dutch.
He has Huguenot blood, too, by rea
son of the fact that tHe wife of Arohi
bald was Mary De Vaux, grand
daughter of a distinguished Hugue
not, who fled from France after the
edict of Nantes was revoked. .
It will be seen that the lineage of
Theodore Roosevelt is very rich in
historio associations. His mother
was a woman of rare beauty and
graces of intellect. One of her
brothers was the gallant Captain
Bullook, who resigned from the
United States Navy to cast his for
tunes with the Confederacy. It was
he who secured that historio cruiser,
the Alabama, for the Confederate
Government and succeeded in get
ting her to sea in spite of all the
efforts of the United States Minister,
consuls and agents in England. Cap
tain Bullock never returned to this
country, and died only a few months
ago in London,respected and honored
by all who knew him.
The old Bullock mansion in Ros
well, where Theodore Roosevelt's
father wooed, won and married his
mother, is still in fine preservation
and is now the property of Mr. James
D. Wing, who is connected with the
White Hickory Wagon Works at
East Point, six miles from Atlanta.
Theordore Roosevelt has been mar
ried twice. His first wife was Miss
Alice Lee, of Boston, who died two
years after her marriage, leaving a
daughter.
In 1886 he was married again to
Miss Edith Kennit Carew, of New
York. They have six children, four
sons and two daughters. Never has
the White House held so many chil
dren among its occupants as it will
have during the Roosevelt adminis
tration. Few men have won fame in so
many different directions as Theo
dorse Roosevelt. He is a soholar,
author, soldier and statesman.
At Harvard he was distinguished
for his excellence both in studies and
athletics. There he acquired a great
part of the intellectual equipment
that has been so useful to him and
strengthened his originally robust
constitution to a degree that gave
him remarkable physical power and
endurance.
Remarkable stories are related of
his experience among the rough ele
ment in the wild West when he was
a ranohman and the manner in which
he inspired respect where "tender
foal, ' are held in contempt until they
prove their manhood.
Theodore Roosevelt has been a
prolific author of biographical, his
torical and political works.
Among his more notable contribu
tions to literature may be mentioned
"Hunting Trips of a Ranchman,'
"Ranoh Lif3and the Hunting Trail, "
"The Wilderness Hunter." These
were all written in the first three or
four years after the close of his col
lege life. Later he wrote "The Naval
War of 1812," "The Life of Thomas
H. Bonton," "The Life of Governor
Morris," a "History of the State of
Ne York,'' "Essays on Praotical
Pol. tics," and "American Politioal
Ideals." He collaborated with Capt.
A. T. Mahan on the "Imperial His
tory of the British Navy" and with
Henry Cabot Lodge on "Hero Tales
from Americp.u History."
In 1899 he published his last book,
'The Rough F o :s," which gives a
thrilling history of the war with
Spain, and especially the part whioh
his famous command took in it.
Roosevelt has made many notable
public addresses and has appeared
frequently upon the lecture -platform.
He is a very forceful speaker,
plain and pointed of speeoh, and
affecting none of the tricks or fancy
flights of the professional orator. He
is a man of aotion rather than words.
He cares little for society in 'tho
technical sense of that word, but has
strong social instincts which he loves
to indulge among his special friends.
These he numbers in various walks
of life, from the millionaire to the
humble day laborer, from the learned
professor to the plain farmer.
A man of more democratic nature
and manners than Theodore Roose
velt is rarely seen.
In college he took an active part
in debates and soon after his gradua
tion became prominent in his party
conventions and among its campaign
speakers.
With Henry Cabot Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts, and a number of other
rising young Republicans he was
conspicuous for his opposition to the
Presidential nomination of Blaine in
1884. George F. Edmunds, then a
Senator from Vermont, was the can
didate of this coterie, but he received
a very small vote in the convention.
As Governor of New York Roose
velt displayed marked executive
ability and firmness and his admirers
regarded him as a future President
of the United States.
His nomination for the Vioe-Presi-denoy
was aided by few of the party
bosses and was, in f aot, accomplished
over the desire and opposition of
most of them by one of the most en
thusiastic and almost spontaneous
uprisings ever witnessed in a nation
al convention.
Theodore Roosevelt is one of the
youngest men who ever achieved the
Vice-Presidency, and certainly few
of our Vice-Presidents have had so
swift a rise or so romantic a career.
He was born in New York City, Oc
tober 27, 1858, and is, therefore, un
der 43 years of age.
The original Roosevelts of New
York have been famous from the
time the Dutch founded their settle
ment at the mouth of the Hudson to
the present day.
Through successive generations
they have been sturdy, valiant and
forceful men, who have contributed
'their full part to the country's his
tory. Their individuality has asserted
itself in many ways and there has
never been a time since politioal par
ties were formed in this country
when each of these leading foroes'did
not number Roosevelts among its
devoted adherents and valiant cap
tains The Roosevehs have distinguished
themselves in war as well as in poli
tics. Courage is part of their nature.
To the stolidity and stubbornness of
their Dutch nature has been added
the enthusiasm and fire which has
ever distinguished the men of this
republic. No family in the United
States has sustained itself more
steadily. Since the first Roo'sevelt
landed here there has not been a
generation in whioh one or more of
them was not a commanding figure.
The fine strain of Dutoh blood
which predominates in Theodore
Roosevelt has been enriched by a
dash of the l-et Scotch-Irish ances
try to be found. The original Roo-e
velt in America came in 1649. He
was Klaas Roosevelt, a man who bad
proved his quality before he crossed
the sea and who showed himself
equal to lare duties after he was
domiciled in Near York
The descendants of this bold and,
resourceful Dutchman held many
places of trust and honor in their
adopted State and became oonnected
with several of the other leading
families of New York.
The father of Theodore Roosevelt
was a strong man in every sense ;
and he won for his wife a brilliant
and accomplished woman, Martha
Bullook, daughter of James and
Martha (Oswald) Bullock, of Ros
well, Ga.
It is said that the Vice-President
is as much a Bullock as a Roosevelt.
In him as in many men of marked
ability and high ambition the traits
of his mother are dearly displayed
The Bullocks made history in the
year of the Revolution, the struggle
with England in 1812-15 and on both
sides "f the Civil War.
Admiral Bullock, of the Confeder
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out the cruiser Alabama on its won
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