It is just about a hundred years since. under Jefferson. we acquired that great territory of Louisiana which stretched out nearly. or possibly quite. by exploration. to a small portion of the Pacific coast. It is only 75 years since we acquired from Mexico the whole of our Pacific coastI think about 1848. It was 20 years later than that. even. when from Russia we acquired that great teriltory of Alaska. stretching almost to the Asiatic mainland. and reaching down from the north toward the only indepenident. selfreliant nation of Asiatics now able to govern their own affairs without fearing foreign invasion. But we continued. Hawaii came to us. our portion of the Samoan Islands came in. and only less than 20 years ago we reached out far to the southwest and took to ourselves dominion over a foreigi people with whose affairs I do not believe we should liave any concern. reaching up in that way from the south toward this nation of whom one Senator has said we are afraid.
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Asiatic Asiatics