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republic which by its ever-expanding con-
quests was lifted into the throne eff the
sovereignty OF the civilized world only
to find that the tributaries that had made
it great were destined, ere long, to be in
StrumentS of its ruin.
Now, then, the thing that destroyed
Rome was the loss of her homogeneity.
Our strength today consists in the tri-
are the property alone Of Anglo-SaXon
civilization. But il we persist in dilut-
ing that civilization too largely, the re-
suit needs no prophet to forecast. We
may have territorial! expansion, and ma
terial prosperity. and for a time it may
be that possession which is the mere
dream of il has begun to intiame our peo-
pie with strange inebriety-I mean
worldwide supremacy, but in - winning
of it we shall have lost every distinguish
ing characteristic Of d free and self-gov-
erning people.
Us it worth while? And if YOU ask me
/ answer that a gracious Providence, as
/ believe, has just now given it to Us in
an eVer-memOrable achievement couSum-
mated last July at the Hague. To sub
nit to an international court repres= mt
ing the best wisdom OF the best peoples,
the question OF the best disposition and
future administration Of the Philippines
may be to admit that as nation We are
not infaliible; but then, surely, a great
nation can afford to leave that claim to
the somewhat FickWiclian maintenance
of it al present afforded under alien skies
and remote and un-Afnerican traditions. "
Bishop Potter was greeted with ap-
plause during the reading of his paper
and at its conclusion. He was followed
by Rev. Rufus ". Clark, of Detroit, who
took The opposite view OF the quest. on
and said in part: s
The first treaty between the United
States and Great Britain, n 1883, which
gave independence to the thirteen col
orieS ana coded the Northwest Territory
started lis upon cur career OF expansion.
For TO conquer and occupy tins tract SO
ceQed required years OF lighting in the
face of fever, ambush, torture and mas
sacre, such as had no parallel in the his
tory OF the struggle Of Great Britain on
the Atlantic coast
The native tribes and the occupants
OF this sol, the Ottawas and Delawares,
the Wyandotte, Chippewas and Potawa-
tom1es, united for an armed resistance.
Their chiefs had heard OF our declara-
ton of independence; hut they did net
want that; they wanted their own. After
a prospect of the withdrawal of the
had fought on the American side, but they
d net want the British rule substituted
by that Of the United States. Thus, at the
very outset of our history, the question
which has constantly required, was
raised as to whether government without
the consent of the governed must always
hold and without eonditO on. Under both
Gen. Harmer and Gen. St Clair the at
claim to occupy this territory had proved
ineneetuaI. The position of the Peace
at-Any-Pr &c party IN the colonies was
strengthened, and eXpedients for COM
promise abounded. AIrer ten years of
fighting and debate Gen Wayne was put
in the field. He was soon out of the
no wire or cable he was compeilel to
cut. Secretary Knox had cautioned him
that the citizens of the United States
We're averse in the extreme to an Indian
war. y second dispatch was sent to him
from the var department to the effect
that + was still more necessary than here
tofore that 10 offensive operations be
Wayne sent to Kentucky for mounted
troops He then wrote q letter to the
secretary Of war, dated 'Hobson's
Cho1ce, his camp near Cincinnati, Oct.
D 1898; I will advance tomorrow, and
pray do not permit present apprehensiOns
to cause too much anxiety, either in the
mind OF the president or yourself, We
? curing the equity old general, who
had to be hoisted on his horse by his
attendants, his swollen limbs swa, med
IN IN flannel, yet with grim energy keeping
his doubtful campa ign.
BY Wayne's victory of Fallen Tim
6efs. on tie Miami river, he occupied the
Northwest territory. comp fsiag what IS
now embraced by tie state Of Ohf5 and
Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin and
Minnesota; to the Mississippi III spite Of
the armed presence end hostility Of the
it had coded WaFna he'd the land: 10
who N could ne turn it over? Should his
soldiers lay down their arms. the garri-
the battle, would take them up. How
could he account for himself and his
troops upon his return for his ahan-
comment of the fell secured? In tie
IN al nv tf1xN
nlent of the course of Wayne there was
given an effective instance Of the denial
of the right of ma i've tribes to stand in
the way CT the march Of civilization. and
claim to independence and Sc f-3overn-
ment: Did this expansion involve in
peria ism?
"The American government evfaert'y
does not rCst without qualification upon
the principles OF pers 2ral liberty. #
rests upon the principle of the largest
clearly de mel in its struggle with tire
supposed or &C tual rights OF the colonies
between themselves Over federalism as
opp sed 10 prOvin, falism, there was a
lad to be made. On this soil of the
Northwest territory there were hard
skips for the soldier in his warfare CT
occur alton For the Indian also there
was hardship for a double reason; not
only because the individual had to give
way before the many, but a lower order
HaQ 20 ave way before Il Hl&sileF social
crder. As to the particulars i'll which the
law of progress voI KS to individual in
convenience and less it is rot always
easy to determine.
In tie struggle of tribe with tribe and
ration with nation. and even with ma
tons with themselves. we must see the
eventuation of a larger good. As a proof
of this is our meeting today in the S ate
of Minnesota and in the city of ST Paul
at a lCca'ity of the Western extreme CT
tie onle dis ant and tntamed Northwest
territory. Our meeting here, in the prts-
encA of civilized end well-disposad 20
pie, who generally listen to what we have
to say, is in proof of the futility OF
very firmly alleged against the expansion
policy for the United States, being sub
verstve of freedom. a policy dominet d
by public injustice, rapacity, despotism
ard wrong.
Nor during the century of national ex-
pansiOn has there been any great m di
flea ion of eur government, or dive g n e
from the faith of the fathers.
''Of Militarism and Monocracy there
have been from time 10 time warnings
but Militarism and 4Mopocracy have not
vet gained the mastery. Problems as to
the balancing power between different
sections annexed have arisen. but thay
have been solved. Before the days of
munications; before the days of the i'm
mediate information as to the affairs Of
the nation. taken from the wire. could
be laid before the tone who holds the
sovereign power CT theslaud. that is, the
voter at his breakfast table. there wars
occa Sions for n1iscivirgs. and for all sor s
of fears about untried, unknown and