New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-29
TIE MISSION OF AMERICA.
The Rer. DR.. Ee,0mdn at TIE Central N. E. Church.
The Central Methodist Episcopal Church

The Central Methodist Episcopal Church,
seventh-ave. and Fourteenthst., crowded 70 the
doors yesterday morning The Rev. DIR. Newman, the
pastor preached The Mission of America" Patr-
otto sentiments warmly received, the cOngrega
ton sometimes applaudng for several minutes.
obedeni TO magIsferial authority said the speaker.
we have assembled to return thanks to Almighty
God for the merces of the past the blessings of the
present hopes of the future aud 10 mplOre tue Divine
guidance for days that The past year has
been one OF mingled severity and goodness, but
we have occasion to rejoice in the manifold
kndnesses OF the Almighty. But what are tho
great events which prophesy the mission Of our country
First National nome IS within the belt OF power
which Is narrow lying within the thrtieth and
sixtieth parallels OF north latitude Within that magi
cl zone was Greece which gave letters TO the world
Rome, which gave law to mankind; and Palestine
which gave a Saviour TO the race And there is the
geographical location of Italy aud France, Spain and
Germany, Russia and England. Thus in the wake Of
the mighty past we have national home Our asri
cultural capacity Is the pride Of every American; for
we can the world The wheat crop Of last year was
42O,OOO,OOO of bushels; corn crop 1.290OOO,OOO OF
busnels and cotton crop 100000 OF bales. which
exceeds the palmy ante-belum days of slave labor.
It is fact full OF prophetic significance as TO our mis-
sion that the founders OF this Republic began where
other nations left OFF that they declared the ultimate
truth of human rights and that they had exhausted the
right OF revolution. There may be rcbeons In this
country; IL there are we Will compel history To repeat
itself. and We will put them down. lApplause.l our
NATIONAL mission Is TO demonstrate that the three great
branches OF the human race may De rendered capaDe OF
self government. As TO the Caucasian branch there
canrot be a shadow OF doubt. The AnglOSIXOns, the
Tcuons and Ces approve themselves worthy OF "a Re
public But the other two branches are now standing at
our door and praying. GIVE rs chance" Less than
twenty tnrce million and hDf or freedmen
were slaves They are now eitaens anu n's %
knows how long they Will remain there These freed
men are under the control OF Their slave-as-
targ open TO those masters 10
pursue. One Is 10 recognize the cuzenshlp OF the
blacks provide for their education and Industrial pros
pcrty and protect them IN all their rights This Is the
nOblcr course; or they may Ill treat ana heSect the
IL the latter course is pursued let remind the old
masters OF three results million and nalf of igno-
rant black snb ct TO the control 81 unscrpuOus
pqrtlsans, who viii reign or ruin. Secondly, million
and a naif OF ignorant controlled by single hand
on the banks Of the Tibe When they were slaves Rome
and carry miskr and the Holy Father mugs them 20
HE pontitcal heart Inc third warning Is dnit the
notes Autrtam and Fair Oaks will follow those notes
again. Tney who made them free Will Keep them free'
the third brancn OF the human race is to-day praying,
"GIve ~ chance" This branch Is OF TWO sections
the Indians aud Chinese. The former are not dying out
they demand OF lis Justice ami the privilege 10 prove
they capable OF selIgoverument Oh the 2ooOoV
ndiaus in the United States 1O5 900 wear tue dress OF
white men, In 1865 they Ia 1900 houses now they
have $4,000 houses IN which 1hey dwell inSn tney haS
Ill schools now they have ia. Twelve thousand OF
their children attend school, and 10000 Indians can
read and these not OF the five oyilzed tribes We are
bound by every principle Ui humanity ana OF Justice 10
keep Treaties with the Indians to punish tue whites
who rncroac upon tuem and to relieve them from tie
pundrrng thieves in the form OF agents many OF whom
are punderers the gulse OF religion The other branch
Is the Chinese. TDelI exodus necessarily causes the
patriot alarm, because they with notions ncon-
ssteut with free institutions But great duty Is 70
render them capable OF seltgOvernment Ot tie loO'
900 Chinese Pacific slope, 10000 are In Calltor
MA, aud they add TO the annual revenue OF mat
state I'll 100000 custom dulles, rents, taxes, ETC.
BY their labors IN constructing public works they have
increased the value OF the property OF tne State S9o
600 600 and thus provided for the employment OF
100000 white IL Is not true that they are nation
CRIMINALS and paupers tor the statistics show that out
OF l400 prisoners in the san Quentin prison only 1913
ChIese while 100 were born IN Ireland and over
600 native Americans. Aud out OF 500 pauptrs III
the amshouse, while 1877 from ireland tHee we're
none ION China. New-YOrS has the honor mat ester
day Wong An Yee naturaiLed III the Court OF CON-
mon Pleas, ana he is American citizen
IL "A trte and familiar saying that history repeats
itself At the confusion OF tongues the descendants Oh
the three Of NO separated Those Of ohen passed
into middle ana upper Asia and crossed over into our
ContiuenI by the way Greenland TIE descendants OF
Ham came westward and founded Tyre anu suon
Egypt aud Carthage, while the deseendans OF
uasscd up Minor, crossed the Hellespont ana en-
tered Europe And now, after more than thirty centu