The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-16
MllMrS DIAMOND JUBILEE
WHHTEa4AW REID DELIVERS COZ
uENCENENr ADDRESS.
Haa Tnene Was Soar New D0ties,"
anA He UWelt UDon the ResDOn-
slHalities the Ceuatry Incurred
by Reason of the Spanish war.

OXFORD, O.. June 15.-The elimination
OF the diamond anniversary jubilee OF NIL
ami university occurred today. wneh
class Of sixteen men graduased ana sne
Hon. whi.elaw Reid. OF the class OF iSss.
delivered the commencement address, upon
Our New Duties.
This even marked an era In this famous
institution. Its growth recently has been
phenomenal. The grounds and buildings
and equipment have been improved. over
sos. 90 being spent within three years.
The sons OF Miami congregated there to
do honor to the new Miami today. ana
never In its history has there been such
a large percentage Of its graduates pres
ent as upon this occasion.
whiteaaw Reid said. In part:
with the ratification Of the peace or
Paris our continental republic has stretch
ed its wings over the West Indies and TIE
East. II Is fact and not 4 theory that
confronts US. We are actually and now
responsible. not merely to the Inhabitants
and to our own people, but in internation-
al law 20 the commerce. to tie travel. 10
the civilization OF the world. for the pres
ervation Of order ana the protection OF
life and property In cuba. Porto Rico, In
Guam and in the Philippine archipelago.
Sha. We acQuit ourselves like men In tie
discharge OF this immense 1uty, or shall
we fall to Quarreling with each other like
boys as to whether such duty Is a good
or a bad thing for the country. and as to
what got it fastened upon US?
Nothing In human power can ever re-
store the United States to the position it
occupied the day before congress plunged
US into the war with Spain. or enable Us
matter what We wish. the old continental
isolation 10 gone forever Whithersoever
We turn now, We must do II with the bur-
den Of our late acts to carry, the responsi-
But when the Stars and Stripes at last
bring the order and peaceful security they
typify instead Of wanton disorder. with all
the consomitants OF savage warfare. over
which they now wave, We shall then be
confronted with the necessity Of q policy
for the future Of these Distant regions.
est. most dispassionate and most patri-
otto thought. The colleges and the edu-
Gated classes generally should make II
sidered on ali Sides with reference to in
ternational law. the burdens OF sovereign
~, the rights and interests Of native tribes
and the legitimate demands Of civilization
to and. first, our national duty. and then
our national interest, which It Is also q
duty for our statesmen to protect.
We have reached two conclusions that
problem that remains. First. we have am
Pile constituent power to acquire and gov
ern new territory absolutely at will. ac-
whether as dependencies. as Colonies or ora q:
protectorate Second. az the. legitimate
ana ansv,1 Necessary consequence OF our own
and international duty to do IT..
"Deyelopments OF power and trade are
the least or the advantages We may hope
fully expect The faults In American
tie Americans tell us prove the people un-t
III for these duties are the very faults
that VII. be cured by them. The reckless
must disappear: Great responsibilities sud-
denly devolyed must sober and elevate
now, as they have always done. in natures
originally sai ~, bad: throughout the whole his
The new interests abroad must compel
an improved foreign service. On great
occasions and In great fields our dlplo-
world. AT the same time. In fields less
under the public eye, our foreign service
has been haphaxard and humiliating The
name and the positive injury to our trade
have been more than we realized. We can
not escape realizing them now, and when
ne american people wake up to wrong
More important still should be the Inn
provement IN the general public service
at home and In our new possessions. New
politics was banished from India and
Egypt as the price OF successful adminis-
tration. and il must be secluded from
mon sense Of the American people win
soon see that any other course IL ruinous
Gigantic British interests will reinforce
the theorists in favor of a reform that
shall really elevate and purify the civil
service.
Hand in hand with these benefits to
ourselves. which X Is the duty Of public
servants to secure, go benefits TO our new
wards and benefits to mankind Here,
then. is what the United States Is to stand
for in all the Respondent future: The
rights and interests OF Its own govern
ment. the general welfare Of its own neo-
pie: the extension Of ordered liberty in the
dark places OF the earth: the spread OF
civilization and religion. and the conse-
quent increase OF the sum Of human hap