The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-24

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of military or naval strength. While
wars will be, as wars have been; and
while there is within the resources of
our country an undisplayed military
and naval strength that makes her the
most dangerous enemy on land and
sea, yet the dawn of the goth century
enveils a greater national glory than
can be won on any field of strife.
While the events of the last two or
three years have compelled an in
crease in our military and naval force,
while the amount of money which is
called for by the secretaries of war
and navy seem to many too large, and
while the roll of the drum and the
blare of the bugle are more often
heard, yet the sons of the Pilgrims
will never turn our country over to the
man on horseback, nor viii our dear
est laurels be crimsoned with the blood
of the dying soldiers.
I'VE shall deserve to be called a
world power because our relations
with all nations will be carried upon
the highest principles of truth and JUS
tice. We stand in the council of ma
tons strong enough to fear no attempt
to wrong us; so strong that we can not
afford to wrong any, even the weak
est nation; strong enough to be firmly
just to the most powerful of nations
and so strong that we must be kindly
just with the weakest We must be
frank as well as honest. Henceforth
diplomatic language must be some
thing to reveal and not something to
conceal the thought and purpose. The
honesty we must practice is not the
honesty of the Shylock, measured only
by that which is enumerated in the
bond, but that of the Golden Rule, an
honesty which compels US to see the
other party to the transaction"
Justice Brewer briefly reviewed the
rapid growth of the exports of the
United States and continuing said:
Especially must we remember the
Golden Rule in our dealings with in
ferior races and ignorant people. We
cannot afford to grow rich by wrecking
them. A Yankee, with his strong self
control, may perhaps wrestle with rum
in safety, but woe be to savage or
Filipino who makes a like attempt.
His doom is written. The son of the
Pilgrim may not be moved by the Sc
ductive charm of opium, but the dis
ciple of Confucius hastens to his pleas
ure and his ruin in the weird charms
of de Quincy. 1t is gratifying to see
the attention congress is giving to the
matter and to note the legislation pro-
posed which will stop the sale of marco
tics and intoXicants to the people of
the Orient, whether under our control
or not"
The Justice, in noticing some of the
signs and needs of the times, touched
on civil service reform, in regard to
which he said:
Into all the avenues of our official
life is entering civil service reform
promotion by merit has ceased to be
the joke of the publican. Whatever
may be be the present defects of the
machinery employed to secure the de-
sired results, and very likely the defects
are many, it is one of the bright as
surances of the future that the thought
and purpose of the people are turned
in this direction and they will not be
thwarted."
Speaking of the frequent conflicts
between capital and labor and the sad
experiences attending them Justice
Brewer said:
while all this is true we can but
see floating through all thought and
hope and purpose to lift to a higher
living those condemned to toll of hand
And we see the light breaking, in eff
forts which are being made by the most
intelligent and public spirited of our
citizens in the ranks of labor and Of
capital to bring about a harmonious
working of these seemingly antagonis-
tic, but really friendly forces"