The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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, 5 1 the western world and looking towards the East. All his being is stirred with interest to see what shall come of that attitude. Is a step to be taken, and if so, how far and in what manner? No True American can advocate or approve the acquisition of territory for the sake of greed. His whole nature revolts at that proposition. His own country is founded on the principle that so far as opportunity is concerned, men are born free and equal, and he is not yet prepared to believe that government by the consent of the governed is only a beautiful dream. .But this he has within him above everything -'confidence in the American people to meet any problem of government that may confront it 5 not only to meet it but to solve it to the satisfaction of the civilized world. He does not fear the phantom of imperialism, because he feels that the American Republic can never be changed into an empire. He knows that he would surrender his own life to prevent such a change, and he believes that his brothers would make like sacrifice. The United States will never fall into the error of those republics that have come to destruction through seeking territory by conquest. The doctrine of the universal brotherf hood of .man has progressed .too afar, and the True American is too much a part of it, to admit of the possibility of the American Republic being any- thing else than the home of the brave and the land of the free. It has lent its helping hand to Cuba, and sometime, under its beneficence, Cuba will be- come allied to, if not a part of, the United' States. lt has lent its helping hand to Hawaii, and already Hawaii is praying for full sisterhood among the States. It has assumed the responsibility for the

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