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Attention has been called to pla.
S'ar'sm IN tho Senntc. 1t is grow
ing evil il the pulpit, at ;ha bar and
III the halls OF Congress. The on)v
way to er"dicnte it is by exposure.
On january l3, Senator AlcLuur;n
"el'v'red an eloquent address against
tho policy of expansion. On Jnnu.
AIRY 80, while tho army bill was be-
foro tho House, Mr.. Strait asked
leave to print an address of DR.. Vun
Dyke, delivered on Thanksgiving
Day in tn" Brick church in New
York c'ly. An excuse for gettiny
tho address in the Record was given
ny MIR. Strait. 1t was to bo consid-
'r'" rs part of his remarks.
Hero arc Il fow extracts from DR..
Van Dykes able address:
Iho ucceptanco Of Imperialism
means that We must be propared to
. beat ourplonghshnrcs into swords and
our pruning hooks into spears, md
bo ready to water distant lands and
STAN foreign seas with an over in
crcaslng torrent Of American blood.
Is 1t for tins that philunthropists
"nd Chr'stinn preachers urgo us to
abandon our peaceful mission of on
lightmont and thrust forward, sword
IN hand, INTO tho aroma of imperial
conflict?
"British Institutions are founded.
rs Gladstone has said, on tho doe
trlno of Inequality. American insti.
tutlons arc founded on the doctrine
of equality. If we bocomo u coloniz-
ing power wo must abandon our in
't''u'ions or bo paralyzed by them. y
"Onr government, with it's checks
and balances, with it's prudent and
CONSERVATIVES divisions Of power, is
the bost III tho world for peace and
self dofoncc, but tho worst in the
world for what the President called.
" fow months ago, criminal aggres-
siOn.'"
Senator McLaurin said in his ad-
dress to tho Senate, among other
things:
"lmperialism means that we must
boat our pruning hooks into spears
and be ready to water distant lands
and stain distant seas with never
ccaslng torrent Of American blood.
IT means " never ending strife with
tho nations OF tho world.
"Britlsh institutions arc founded
said Mr.. Gladstone, upon tho doc
trno inequality. American institu-
tons arc founded upon the doctrine
Of equality. A government of tho
people, by tho pooplo and for tho
people is imprcgnublo for defence,
but impotont for conquest.
sour government, with its checks
and balances and conservative divi-
slons OF power, is tho best in tho
world for peace and tho poorest for
criminal aggrossions. Great Britain
is an oligarchy, not republic. Tt
is admiralty rather democracy.
1t IS possible that Senator McLuu-
rim will excuse his mistake by attri-
bntIng it to the omission of qnota-
ton marks, which hc used in men
tai way. But whether he does or
not, on" good point is made The
Senators shonld read moro sermons.
as general thing the preachers are
eloquent, though they are not alwavs
right when they dip into political
affairs. The Scriptures will not al
ways support them, at least in qucs-
tons wcro Judgment plays the Lead
ing part. But from one oLd of tho
ihni to the other the puIpits contain
men who, AZ far as rloquonco is con-
c"rn"d, can give tho most Of the
Senators points OF valuable kind.
h""d the sermons, qnoto the prrnch-
rrS, but us" ulOtatiOn marks Then
no fault will be found.
1HE cow KNOK'S CONDsTION.