But there is a chance to take somebody. there is a chance to get some more land. there is a chance to expand in mere material and numerical strength. to seem to be mightier. and the old instinct has jumped up again and the old appetite has broken out again. and a shortsighted policy is attempted to be placed upon us to override all that we have hitherto accomplished. Mr. President. we are already beginning to get the Asiatic flavor in our American utterances. The people talk of destiny after the manner of the Orient. after the way of those who bow themselves to fate. We have also got a little of Spanish accent and vogue into our American manners.