The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-04

secure 70 the negro the rfgnTs TIA. oe1oES
Il 10 nat rsz1e- that those sssa-1e-s %
ros want 20 be governed TIE 1890
Cur pc.scv ot 1ea4sER with saVages - &c.
fssr what yoz Egss cza - rssa :. 80
than Dc Al American Indian sln-eG- . LIE
Indian t1re5z.
So ioax As {. "a an rza6srssood tn1nx
hat office e spells re ray Vel p-sy 20 =
delivered from me responsibility - govern
1-x 6sD@z1enz&ss-"
u. P3vkhErxt's experience EiE1 ne
orac.seaI rSestt.ciaas q New York aas evS-
6e-.3y given him very roc- c2i,ioo cf
ogr ability 20 properly govern Distant coao-
lies HIS eons1c- wsrh TsnEa1y has Tar
roEei his views zrsa 1s SEES o-iY tie wax
Dosn.s ir CIR system q government II =
20 b. hoped raz. % VIII Ere 20 acE1owlecge
thst his pesStulsrn 4s rar vel founded
Rev. Or. Henry Van Dyke Ct the Brick
Presoyt@r1an church also argued against
expansion ard sad the caosce lies between
-ezcsfuI Eec40Ac and a coaqus-irs EN-
Ears. Continuing Ae sai1:
Let us b@ - agr guard against ire 1a--
tsEIng COMPARISON win England TIE
English geogse have a natural genius Tor
governing inferior races What proof have
We shown a administrative genus n CTR
dealing T.t5 Inferior races Compare cls
treatment % TIE Indians IN Canada ard
the eaa5.tspn Of drunken and atscrderly
Alaska ana tire bloody skirEnIs1 81 RACES
n the very heart % TIE reouo.35 and see
Il they are lust encouragement 70 lar
ger colonial enterprises E1gtsr1 n2S
u3agrsfcert rfvtl service a. the foundation
% her colonial empire VIVA. have We? A
recently ups,Sr- civil service n New York.
newly crippled civll service n Wasting
tan. and 3 steady eo41ern2c oe boss rule
a. over the country
Il u1Ay not be out e place % remind DR..
Van Dyke tnat Engiand's rnsgnifcen, civil
service Is TIE oGtg-owth Q. her colonial
sxoer4snce and there il 10 reason why
America should nos prof, by EngIane's
experience and build Up Just as competent
q civil service
Rey- Or. Morgan Dix @. Trinity, fears
for the future He SAID.
THIS year Is the NOS. critical IN the his
tory q TIE Ration, and We cannot celebrate
7 - Ihe uSga- way Shal. We give God
thanks fer having made var against z
feeble nation? Shall We give Him thanks
for what the saaatical nave called holy
war, a-.1 E53cn you VII remember was en-
tered into for ne cause Of humanity and
not u acquire territory Shall We give
God thanks fer the Stands xe have ac-
CURED, or MAKE God spasasor 70 Americas
imperial policy? say taAt tbs is day
prayer. Does any man know what Is il
the future! envy not the men whose
consciences VIII shape the destiny OF this
Ia Ion today.
Or. DIX. however. sees cause for thank
fitness in the triumph OF sound money.
Rev. DR.. r S. Macarthur. Of Calvary
Baptist church, preached very optimistic
sermon which was frequently appiaude3,
He said:
We have gr3wn more n TIRE las' SIX
mr. nths than ordinarily We would IN a
hundred wears. We see oCr country non
ored toGay II every coL-t and cabinet II
the word. There is no voice from any
paiace in Europe or Asia more potent than
thai which goes o1t from the White House.
we ought to thank God Tor such prssI-
I. = -E-4s. -.
most man In the world today. God gave
him to the American people for suca tine
as this.
1T Is remarkable that II should be said
that the present Ter 9eacy 10 expansion Is
opposed 10 the past history Of the -epuc,ic.
TIE fact il that territorial expansion has
been The fixed poIry Of the nation ever
since the tine Of It's birth. The OPPOSITION
to rational extension today Is fully paral-
leled by that 70 ali the territory acquired
from the DAYS Of Jefferson 70 Seward
We shall not be alarmed by the cr.es
q iI'Derlalis.n and expaosiouisnn. This
powder OF alarm Is burned. We recognize
fully and frankly the enormous Tesponsi-
bili;ies which the enlargement Of the life
% the nation brings We are 10 be
benediction 10 all nations.
We must push on into the East We
must have our word 70 say regarding the
division OF China. Great Britain and
America united can control the desun.es o.
the globe and We are thus moving forward
for the mastershD % the universe"
Rev. Charles II. Eaton advocated tie es-
Enlistment OF a protectora.e over the
Philippines He said:
we should rejoice in the idea OF expan-
sion. We have held too narrow and selfish
views OF the destiny and responsibility OF
the American republic There need be no
limit 70 our EXPANSION as q ctv.Ezins
agency and educating force as moral and
religious power"
Rev George r. Van De Water Of St
Andrews church Is not afraid CT the re-
suits. He said:
Merely to become big Is an unworthy
motive. To sDread the blessings o. free
dom Is a motive that must be pleasing 70
God. There are dangers in largely increas-
Ing. our territory and population. but IL
God gives Us the opportunity 20 DO good.
II may be cowardiy 70 turn from the auty..
Fears for the future DO not haunt me. Our
ability 10 govern our own children and any
that God puts IN our way to adopt is GER
tain"
Rev. DR.. Arthur ]. Brown. formerly Of
Portland Or, secretary OF the board Of
foreign missions. thinks expansion Is need
ID in the church, and said u would carry
religious liberty 10 rev lands.
Rev. DR.. Joseph SIiverman. OF the Tenn
pie EmanuEl. strongly approved OF the
policy OF territorial expansion and favored
IN Augio-American alliance. He said:
1T may he wise 10 proceed slowly but
!. is impossible for America not 10 con-
unue 10 acquire territory. either BY cess.oa,
IL
AS long as We shah maintain our principle
It Is not poiicy-to protect the weak ana
aid al peoples o. the earth in obtaining the
same liberties We ourselves possess. go
lcng shall We win the tavor OF men and
nations and he sought after by many who
desire to attach themselves TO u.s.
Rev. David q. Wylie % he Scotch
Presbyterian church. said Dewey gave us a
new world. ana hkened him 10 Columbus
he said
1t Is POSSIBLE thas some time in the sy-
ttl.@ oUF commerce will move from New
York - Puerto Rico 20 cuba. through the
NICARAGUA canal TO San Francisco 10 Ha-
wal. 10 The Philippines. Such A vision OF
elorv woald have intoxicated Napoleon"
Or F4v1an Abbott. oc Plymouth church.
Brooklyn. said:
i hol3 that We have a duty TO Cuba and
the FaLi01lnes and Il IS 10 establish 4
proper government for them. We have no;
the character as nation 10 IT Us for an
IMPERIAL government Il Is impossible with
such government: as ours fer Us 20 saw:
Here are a people We can take into or
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