The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

year far in excess OF the total wealth OF tho
country at the death OF Washington. The
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while 80, 900 more are in the theological. law.
medical and scientific schools Gi The common ,.p5.
Of New England. now numbers among the
youth Of our land 5000 900 pupils. -,
There we're only $1,000 books in the United
States, while to-day there are 5000 900 in our
o. the Ohio the MssissPP Pic or the N Mi%S;oTrl
ington's administration. while we close the
century with an internal commerce by land and
enrh snG the s railroads the rest q the
world. We were at that time importing every
thing we used except e n she he6s
Europe. Asia. Africa and Australia Our loco
Nile. our electrical appliances fnd their way
into the colonies Of European countries and ~. On
inscs aTe Gnvadpa foreign m ST have
become so much tho granary Of the Old World
that an Interruption OF our exports for three
months would produce Industrial anarchy In
England.
stitution and institutions have stood the strain
Of steam and electricity, OF the intelligence and
development oil the nineteenth century without
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the democratic spirit and the RECOGNITION Of
COLONIAL rights and the spirit OF federation 10
" fede al government oS With imperial power for
imperial purposes. with independent sovereign
makes great and prospepous power In twen
ty-nine years has been greater than In any
'WashIngton's Farewell Address is chart and
compass for the twentieth as IL has been for
the nineteenth century. II 10 at once the sum
development and perpetuity and the forecast
ct our fate. Its central idea IL that the liberty
and happiness Of our people at home and our
position amongioreign nations 10 wholly de-
pendent upon the preservation OF the union OF
the States, For. that idea a million Of citizens
died In battle. but the centennial OF his death
finds us united people. and at every cross.
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maintenance Of the public credit as essential
to national prosperity a. one period and an
camille troubles, wild schemes OF finance fiat
money and debased currency have captured
the support OF large SECTIONS OF our citizens.
United States In the irst rank among nations.
and our faith and honor untarnished, He adj
and liberty should rest upon intelligence. and
tho most complete and beneilcent system OF
common, and high schools emhracY9 all our
Of a defeated candidate. Tor the Presidency
court Of arbitration; He was strenuous that
alliance with any European power. aud that we
should keep out OF European policies. conflicts
and polltics We elways have been, and we
ALWAYS Will be, iroe from such cntanglements.
and an effective treaty OF offensive aud de-
fensive alliance could never be confirmed. He
Of religion and morality. We have abolIshe
slavery and extirrated polygamy., and the
faith and understanding OF the people Wv
American liberty assimilates all races which
come under its influence and authority II not
q a1n hA linn ra1fa from LAM
into good citizens, hut It has made tho terri
tory Q. Spanish Florida. Of French Louisiana
New Mexico the safe seats and centres OF ma
tera prosperity and political power. Its edu-
baneicent results in Cuba PORTO pH Rico an1
Hawaii. In less than one generation II will
change the conditions ~ brigandage and anar-
those OF enlightened self government, With the
suppression 1.-THE insurrecton and the extern
over the. Philippine Islands. will come to a
people who have been long ruled by force and
ira1d; American lay S and Justice, and American
uai Protection Tor life and properly and tho
ofloyalty to order and the faculty for self-Rov-
ernment Peace and prosperity which follow
zenship Tor secret police and hostile lie gSrrisons
The peril OF the nineteenth century was dis
The productive power OF invention, steam and
the health. happiness and lives OF the people Of
Europe and America. But dependont races OF
the Orient and Of Africa. and the stimulating
processes OF Western civilization upon their
wants. present limit less markets. Tho United
States. which stood on sufferance at the doors
OF kings palaces at the death OF Washington. Is
catering upon It's hundredth anniversary as an
equal In the AFFAIRS OF the world. among the
great powers OF Europe. AT Manila we, are at
the door OF the Eas. and none can close II
against US,
utat!ons decay and crumble, Statesmen, SOL
dlers. authors and orators MI the stage for a
period and gradually drop out Of sight and
memory: few worthless OF tho eighteenth
century live In the admiration or affection OF
their own countries. OF them all only WASH
ingtnn II In the thoight aud reverence of the
whole world. We. his countrymen. after CEN
fury. whose searchlight has reveal cd the vices
and weaknesses of our heroes ana made our
ideals common clay. ind no flaw in his public
or private life. no sentence ia the many vol
out"
Another organization which observed the
anniversary was the Washington Memoria.
Association. which held memorial services nm
der its auspices at the Lafayette Square Opera
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