New-York tribune., 1899-02-16
FOR THE GREATER REPUBLIC.
WORLD-MISSION OF THIS NATION IN
THE PRESENT CRISIS.
SENATOR ELECT REvERlDGE SPEARS All
PHILADELPHIA OF THE UNEXAMPLhD
OPPORTUNITY FOR CARRYING
r,npu ARD CIVILIZATIONS.


phuadolphia Feb l5-Albert J. Bcveridee' re-
cortlv elected to the United States Senate from
rndiona was n guest at luncheon at the Union
Inoc,o to-day He was TO have been the guest
~ honor and principal speaker at the Lincoln p"s
dinner at the Union League Monday "s"'' "
WAS snowhound in a train. about forty miles "'S'
- pbuodelnbia and did not reach here until last
rieb, About one hundred prominent cltizehs met
the Senator at luncheon to-day Among theih We
charles + Pugh Theodore {. Search Clayton NC
Michael c. S Patterson 9 G. HARRISON NAY
Charles F. Warwick G. II. Cramp ana t"lF'"
Wells Several brief addresses were maze anu '.'
ator Beveridge spoke on the topic for ,De "''"'''
Republic Not for Imperialism DE salu j" P"'''
The Republic could not retreat, II il would Nhi Nhati-
ever its destiny II must proceed. fot w raca
can Republic Is a part Of the moVemeh, W vi 81 81 ,,o,,e
the most masterfu race oi hS'pa payyd ~ man They
are mighty answers 70 divine commandS: - NJ -
r,ronbets Of cod The first question real states
manshp asks is What are the aolditS Snaa i -
istcs OF my people? The sovereign tendelcleS o ui
nir race are organization and government. OI-
eanization means growth. Government means az az
mtnistration' When Washington pleaded with me me
siaies TO organize into consodated people ne
was the advocate OF perpetual growth when Aora, i
Republic he became the prophet OF the Greater nj ht
public And when they did noth tnty ny ace Thai
is what made them Washington and Lincoln. M Miau
they been separatiss ana conIIac' va 15ncoInE
would have been Washington ana i''''T 1hey
they would have been Davis ana Calhoun. ny ,L
the great Americans because tHet W
supreme constructors and conserVers oi o
government AMONG the American people ana lo-ody
William Mckinley as diviney guluSo gS a. Ssyiiogisrn
carrying 10 its conclusion tne uenenu9u ncnn are
Of which the works Of Washington ana L'ncoi" "''
COD did not make the American people inc
mghtiest human force Of all time Simply TO-, 10 i'F of
oreanizaton and heart Of dominion to no purpose
and no end He has given us past eGual 10 soa T,ai
70 our endowments He has made us the iorls ol
cviliza tion that may administer civlaapbpn ha Pb
such administration is needed in Cupa IN me rn, m
ippines And Cuba and the Philippines are III our
hands
REAL, TASK AND TRUE LIFE OF REPUBLIC.
With the twentieth century the real task ASK
and true life OF the Republic begin And we are
prepared! We have learned ,estIalht lIU ,td ~ h,
dred years of self-control we are stipC'eG ecu i s
sDired by present example And our work awaits
us The dominant notes in American history 1nEe
nroyement NJ these were not ends hey were
means They modes OF preparation. t ne
be adminstration and world-improvement It is
The arduous but splendid mission Of our race: II
II is ours 10 administer order and law In me
name of human progress II Is ours 10 en- rn"srr,. ra
save TO build that free institutions may nnaIy
enter and abide. 1t is ours TO bear the torcn OF
Christianity wnere midnight has reigned lot d
thousand Years II IS ours to reinforce that thin
red line" which constitutes the outposts OF civil
izotion around the world.
r. il be said that this is vague talk Of an in
dednite future. we answer that # IS the specific
ment is 10 be perfected in Porto Rico. The future
Of cuba is 10 he worked oui by the wisdom Of
faint hearts anon their fears Win me thougmi d
American duty there may end But they never
viii end England's occupation OF Esyp. was 70
be temporary. but events. which are the commandy
Of God are making II pormanen'm m ana i,5Nd nov 'c as
order order must be established throughout ths
1 a% b Tine mardS R2@ c cRa Rebeo 5
against the authority Of the Flag must be cIuShtd
81 re,olt anJ without anger for the turbulent
children know not what they DO. Ana men CIVIL
ization must be- organized. administered ana MAIN
tanned Law and justice must rule where savage
~ tyranny and caprice have rioted The peo-
iinuous Industry a hundred wlldernesses are 10
be subdued Unpenetrated regions must be eX-
Mastered master forests must he reiied Unriven noun
tains must be torn asunder and their ricnes oI
70 the world We are to do in the Philippines
what Holland does in Java. or England IN NV
Zealand. the Cape. or else work out new meth
DDS and new results Of our own nobler tnan any
the world mas seen. All this ls not indefinite; "
Is the very specification OF duty.
GREATEST FORCE IN ALL TIE EARTH
The most magnificent ract IN history is the
mighty movement and mission Of our race. and the
most splendid phase OF mat world-reaoetnilS Iro't
tho greatest force in all the earth 10 do their part
in administering civilization among mankind AS
suming that these peoples can be made capable of
self government. shall we have no part I'm thls
sacred and glorious cause And II seIf-Sovern-
mont is not possible for them. shall we leave them
to themselves? Shall tribal wars scourgo them,
disease waste them. savagery brutalzo them more
and moro? Shall their fields lie fallow. their io'-
ests rot their mines remain sealed ana az ne p,-
VINO shall govern them, rather than the klndest ana
most merciful Of the worries great race 9i aH-
ministrators the people OF the American R'plp-
Hc% Who lifted from us the Judgment which
makes men OF our blood cur % 9ro'her H. KsS5sro
ton Of orderly government IS not denial Of liberty;
II dhe orpas canbng b habits Of ndusry IS not
denial Of liberty Development Of he wealth OF
% 10" m bonoo There are twelve million people
in inc Philippines divided into thirty tribes Agui
naldO is OF the Tagal tribe Of two million Souls,
and he has an Intermittent authority over less
continental islands 10 him and his crew would be
to establish an autocracy Of barharsm. Il would
be 10 license spollation 1t would he TO plant the
republic of piracy. for such a government could
II would be TO make war certain among the Powers
Of Garth who would dispute with arms each
hat ocean can be ruled The blood already shed IS
only drop 10 that which would nov nov II an A'riSa tS
blood already spilled was poured out upon me
noble as Omdurman, ana pom aI' lo'i,r ~. - n,
Jericho. Retreat from the Philippines on any pre-
1t would be the betrayal or trust a. a. "a ~ i as
humanity. II would be crime against hrls'ihn IN
decadence Of our race. And so, thank God the
ImneraIism is not the word for our vast work
Imperialism used boy the opposerS Of National
greatness means oppression ana W. %PprTyas n0,
destiny means monarchy and the days Of mon
! archy are past. Imperialism as used ny th' OBJ
posers Of National progress Is a WORD 10 fTghIsn
The faint Of heart and 80 II powerlcss Win the
1n,rllss 4 rnerican ne0ple Who honestly believes
that the liberties OF eighty million Americans VIII
he DESTROYED because the Republic administers
riviiizatio1 I'm the Philippines? Who honestly be
eves that free instutions are stricken unto death
he.oaus, the Republic. under GOD. takes us place
as tho arsi Power Of the world? Who honestly be-
heyes that plunge 70 our doom. when We marcn
forward I'm the path ~ duty. prepared by hlShcr
wisdom than our own? Those who so believe nave
LOST their faith IN the immortality OF liberty.
Thoee who believe deny the fatality OF the
American people. Those who so believe have lost
the reckoning OF events. and think II sunset when
~ is i'm truth only the breaking Of another day
The day Of the Greater Republic. dawnnG as dawns
the twentieth century.
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