New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-21
DESTINY OF GREATER AMERICA.
TO CARRY CIVILIZATION TO ASiA-i'''i ~
ING WORDS OF PRESIDENT bAh-
ROWS OF OBERLIN


ro,d Obio March 2o-At reception In DIS
honor M Plymouth Church by tho Congregation
CIub the Rev Dr. John Henry Barrows' ne"H
elected president OF Oberin College, Delivered
spe ech. I'm which he said: ,,
Perhaps the most hopeful fact in American no
NJ the present Is this: That the people East anu
West. North and South. rich and poor whhe anu
hack dwelling beneath the flag which INKS ny "
our past realize that we are a unlted ps"p'r' ~"
brothers all. the heirs OF Washington anu
con OF Grant and Lincoln Of Webster and sum
ncr and the fellow-countrymen OF Admir-" D'"'''
Fitzhugh Lee and President Mckinney
one result of the is this, that ne" pe
Zen, NOW burns all the way from Alaska 10 fiorl""
and from Washington to Honolulu we are "e''
mined 10 bring the Eastern and western COASTS y,
our country close together through me olss''s "
the Nicaragua Canal. We have forsakeh '"e P'',''
OF selfish isolation and como 10 realize our WORM"
mission IN these days when God has made uS
,rorld-nower We have not abandoned the monroe
Doctrine as European countries Will discover
they attempt to disregard H. We are dr""lnb NV
closer fellowship with the people OF the "eH
Hemisphere. There must ever be peac anu So
understanding with Canada ard Mexico ana 'he
south American republics These are great areas
,o- our commerce and for our ideas But America
has vtdened westward across the Pacihr "hich j.
10 be the chief highway Of the world iutuIe I'm
merco In Hawaii and the Ladrones ana me W"
ppines we have steppIng-stones FOR America" '',"S
81 over tho greatest ana fnoHt pOP"''"' '
% the world Ny own observations IN the orient
have deepened the conviction that the greatest
event Of the twentieth century Is to he the uPHi'
ing Of Asia and thus Tn unitizng OF the g'ooe'
rho oreat conflict OF the future ought to be be-
tween civilization represented by pure MONIES '''9
schools free churches. popular enlightenment ana
politlcal liberty and the barbarism or semi-ciyih-
zation Of Asia where womanhood is degraded
human rights denied opportunities limited. has not
exuanded and been lifted hoayenward by Nhrlsu-
anity which teaches the Fatherhood or fod ana
the brotherhood OF man Heaven forDid mat we
should go to the Philippines in the spirit win
which Spain went to Cuba or Holland to the south
eastern Asiatic Archipelago. II hold them. and
| do not see how we get rid OF them let us
hold them as trust for cyillza,2n. LEI au us
spoation. but means acknowledgements "P"'"'s'
enlightenment peace and federation. , ma
We need great men. great leaders 70 shape ana
direct And God IS giving them to W The tSre'ter,
America must have greater statesmen. W., -.
Nay We could hardly have better ones We
must have better diplomatic serve Nasio "a
RenpgTbc We must get rid Of provnciasm and
tho spells system we must gam new for good
government in our cities and c9mmonwealtIns WE we
must must s SUI ereo t also the better America
We shall have new National EXPANSION IN the
cyas n Dentrating and controlling the West Indies
and the East Indies. our schoars our hhminoss
viii have deep entrance into the world or ASA "a
Wn a re now TIE chief branch OF what men can tne
Anelo-Saxon race. and whatever greatness we
have already achieved is hardly to be mentioned BY
be side Of The grandeur that awaits u5 De1ore the
close of the next century ..ut.a a.. m
Tho expansion has already come America Is &c
lorotr n babe IN the wood. but the FOREMOST OF
eastern nationalties and the sight to-day or our
people for the first time thoroughy utneu. c ia
,emplating expectantly and In no shaILQ% GilI
,riGiuC temDer the greater destines 20 Wnlcu bV'
t. caiIing T. ia a hopeful and inspiritmg SpectaSle
7 49, seen I'm the Orient and out OF what nav
seen I'm more than thirty thousand mlIes OF nare
/ In nearly AN parts OF our country, wherein curing
10 ,asf 6fteen months have been able 70 tVucH
" ,,ee,,ol centres of American thought anu char
ootorr nv nhdence that this land TO human
rotra lear. this land which Is not uiiDeI0Veo rt
cod that this Republic filled with ,fou-iehle "a
,aor- lnvng pnODle. that this Nation pIOuu any
nra'efn for a history reaching from flyunou.'
fiarhor TO Manila Bay. Is no longer 10 We $50
a." =. foInndling but is the strongest anu l1o a.
cbi,rous knight. equipped for walnut SCI ~ ~
No Kingdom of God. to be seen on the race Vi '"e
ca have fet the pulse of National Christian con
srttors. have had my Americanlsn reIoI ''.It 80
bova entered the homes Of men ana woman =" ~ ~,
- % cod FOR our country, the nome OF ,lnuy
~ ~ ~ rs,ian nasor East and West. ana the noine
-, H. Christian President at Washington; haN"
.aau.1d ,,i.b scholars. statesmen, 1ar-slBileu eu
n .oa are afame with the purest patrlousmi
ior faced many thousands or colese stuue ~
I'D Christian ministers and candidates ioi nc Nc
rnistrv I have stood by the grave or me IiiIsnSS
/ American dead more than year 49, fndto
81 ,be graves OF American missionaries IN nun nun
Joreafh the rustic Of the palm tree ana 'ne .su i
Of The Southern Cross; have seen IN tue 20 60,
! ,nonths a puissant nation rousing heIs5u Is
sIccD and shaking once more Aer lHNI.ICL",r w. ar.
80 hose tr,Id and pessimstic teachers VINO al !, :
r.arnne us to beware of our destiny ana shri nK
hack from It rnsconceive and underrale tHe "'e"''
| and noble spirit OF the American people