Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-27
DR.. ABBOTT ON IMPERIAL ISM
Former Plymouth Church Pastor Talks TO
College Men.
says America Must BrayeIy Face the
Duties Which Have Arisen
In Its De-tiny.
From she New York Herald. To-day

From she New Work Herald To-day.
The Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott, spea king in
Barnard Co4Iege Hall last evening. to mem
hers of the graduate clubs OF Co umhta L nj
Versity, expressed the opinion that u would
be cowardly policy for this nation 10 sail
away and abandon Cuba and the Philip
pines to their fate. DR. Abboit's subject
was The Duty and Destiny Of America"
A large audience listened
The speaker defined the principles which
distinguish this nation from others as six
of Importance. The first, he said was self
government, the belief that Il is safer for
a man to govern himself than for any one
else to govern him, that authority begins
with the individual. The second principle
he pointed out is that when states or COM
munities quarrel or differ the matters shall
be settled by appeal to reason. not 10
force The third Is that there stall be no
caste lines: the fourth, that every man
shall not oniy have an opportunity but
snail oe equipped for IL at the expense OF
the state, and the fifth that there shall be
absolute religious liberty.
Gone beyond the Puritnns
DR. Abbott pointed out that We have now
gone beyond the Purltaus and assert not
only that man shall be Irce To worship
God in his own way, but that he shall b,
free not to worship God at ali il he does not
desire to. The sixth principe he sad. was
that We had invited foreigners to share our
advantages and Liberties and lands.
And now. he sad, ''Nnat are we who
believe in these American pTinCIp.cs, to do
in this crisis of American history! Amer
ca has changed her relations with respect
TO the rest OF mankind il. the last hundred
years. Imagine that great hooks 81 steel
nave been fastened into this continent and
IL has been dragged fiVe-sX,,ts of the way
to Europe. That is just what has hap
pened since the days of Washington.
hnF a. ffra.a n
The hrst is to dlsavow our new relation
ship and wash our hands OF it. But where
We nave oestroye1 one government ", are
morally bound To see that aDot her at least
as good is established in its place. Men of
property IN Mania and Cuba have u right
10 demand of US that their lives and prop
erty be protected.
To sail Away Is UntenabIe.
ITO sail away from Cuba and the Philip
pines is an untenable proposition. We must
establish at least as good a government as
they had before. / do not believe This pre-
sents any great difficulties.
Il think if we were to send QUAY 10 one
of these places and Croker 20 the other the
government there would be better than il
was, and perhaps We here would he greatly
benefited. We have never rocked in the d.
recuon OF imperialism. and we viii not un-
IN We have worked out democracy to the
bitter or the splendid end"
DIR. Abbott advocated the establishment
OF order and stable government ia the new
lands and then a fuiiilment of the wishes
Of the best people in each i'm respect 10
their future relations with this country
This government. he thought was doing
the best thing possible in sending a COM
mission to the Philippines. 1t was necessa-
ry to IND out If Aguinaldo is u George
Washington or a biacnmailer, and 10 deal
with HIM accordingly.
While it would be cowardly to abandon
Cuba and the Philippines, DR.. Abbott said
ii was opposed to American princip -es TO
them ~ i'm
perial fashion. He advocated the plan Of
giving them good government and institu-
tons fundamentally American, and iheu
discovering what future relations with this
country they desired.
In this crisis he said in part Il wish to
see America not i'm cowardly fashion draw
ing back from her responsibilities but
pressing on toward her future win higher
faith and larger hope l resent the anti
American spirit which says that We are not
fit to deal with subject people"