EXTRACTS FROM THE MESSAGES 



OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT AS 



GOVERNOR OF THE STATE 



OF NEW YORK 



MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK 

 TO THE LEGISLATURE, JANUARY 2, 1899 



STATE OF NEW YORK, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, 



ALBANY, January 2, 1899 

 To the Legislature: 



The people of New York, like the people of every 

 other State in the Union, are to be congratulated, 

 because during the past year the Nation has carried 

 to a brilliant triumph one of the most righteous 

 wars of modern times. When last spring it became 

 evident that the interests of humanity and of na- 

 tional honor alike demanded that we should drive 

 Spain from the Western Hemisphere and free from 

 her tyranny the subject peoples of the islands of 

 the sea, New York responded with eager zeal to 

 the call for volunteers, and in the Cabinet, in Con- 

 gress and in camp, her representatives did all they 

 could to insure the success of the American 

 policy. We are not merely New Yorkers. We are 

 Americans; and the interests of all Americans, 

 whether from the North, the South, the East or the 

 great West, are equally dear to the men of the Em- 

 pire State. As we grow into a mighty nation, 

 (758) 



