The American-Spanish war; . CHAPTER WORK OF THE PRESIDENT. BY Hon. perry S. HEATH, First Assistant Postmaster General. ^ X- \ T 7E want no wars of conquest. We must avoid the\/\/ temptation of territorial aggression. War should never be entered upon until every agencyof peace has failed. These were the ringing words of William McKinley, whenhe took the oath of office as President of the United States,on the 4th of March, 1897, with the shadow of an impendingconflict with Spain resting darkly over him. From the viewsthus expressed he never deviated during all the trying periodthat after
The American-Spanish war; . CHAPTER WORK OF THE PRESIDENT. BY Hon. perry S. HEATH, First Assistant Postmaster General. ^ X- \ T 7E want no wars of conquest. We must avoid the\/\/ temptation of territorial aggression. War should never be entered upon until every agencyof peace has failed. These were the ringing words of William McKinley, whenhe took the oath of office as President of the United States,on the 4th of March, 1897, with the shadow of an impendingconflict with Spain resting darkly over him. From the viewsthus expressed he never deviated during all the trying periodthat afterwards intervened. When every agency of peacehad failed, and war became inevitable, he accepted all of itsgrave responsibilities, just as, after the protocol of peace hadbeen signed, he declared that where the flag had once beenraised it should not be hauled down with his consent, andthat, as far as in him lay, he would carry out to their logicaland legitimate conclusions the results achieved by the war. More fully than any
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