The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-24
WHAT IS OUR RIGHT !?
JUSTICE BREWER TALKS OF HIS
COUNTRY AS A WORLD
POWER
PRIDE OF STRENGTH NOT ALL
Title Must he Justified by the Rule
of Truth and Justice-NIan on
Horseback Can Never Be
Welcomed.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec 2s-The
twenty-frst annual banquet of the New
England Society of Pennsylvania was
held tonight in Horticultural hall, COW
erS being laid for nearly 400 members and
guests. Guests We're present from New
York, Baltimore, Washington, Boston
and other cities. Assistant United
States Attorney General James M. Beck.
president of the society, opened the
speechmaking with brief address. In
coming down the line of the illustrious
New Englanders, President Beck men
toned the name of George Dewey.
This was the signal for an outburst OF
applause such as was not repeated dur
ing the remainder of the evening. The
chairman then introduced as the first
speaker Associate Justice David J. Brew
er, of the United States supreme court,
who responded to the toast, THE united
States-A World Power
Justice Brewers address was frequent
ly punctuated by applause. Among other
things he said:
Strong Enough to BE just.
Again and again it is stated that the
United States have now become a world
power. So they have, but what is meant
by the term world power, and how
are we to justify our right to that title?
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our country an undisplayed military and
naval strength that makes her the most
dangerous enemy on land and sea. yet
the dawn of the twentieth century I'M
wells 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 increase in our mil
itary and naval force; while the amount
of money which is called Tor by the sec,
a,,i<~ ma
too large, and while the roll of the urum
and the blare of the bugle are more often
heard, yet the sons of the pilgrims VIII
never turn our country over to the man
on horseback, nor will our dearest lau-
rels be crin1soned with the blood of the
dying soldier.
I'VE shall deserve to be called a world
power because our relations with all ma
lions will be carried upon the highest
principles Of truth and justice. We stand
in the council of nations strong enough
to fear no attempt to wrong us; so strong
that we cannot afford to wrong any, even
the weakest nation; strong enough to be
firmly just to the most powerful Of ma
lions, and so strong that we must be
kindly just with the weakest. We
must be frank as well as honest. Hence
forth diplomatic language must be some
thing to reveal and not something to
CONCEAL dI1u PURPOSE. Lie HOn-
esty we must practice Is not the honesty
Of Shylock, measured only by that which
is enumerated by the bond, but that of
the golden rule an honesty which COM
pels us to see the other party to the
transaction
Patriotism of Principle.
The next speaker was DR.. David J..
Hill, assistant secretary Of state, who
took as his theme: 1.-TWO Types of Pa
triotism." He said American patriotism
is not born of possession, but of aspira-
ton; not Of the influence Of place, but of
the inspiration OF principles. Continuing,
he said:
"a great movement was when the strug-
gle for local sovereignty surrendered its
! pretensions and recognized the reality of
the nation and the solidity of the Union.
Another great movement was when this
great republic stretched forth its hand
of pacification over the island of Cuba,
rent with Instruction and devastated by
fire and sword, and consecrated the SOW
ereignty of powerful nation to the work
| of peace I make no argument here to
justify the recent course of events, but /
believe the days of Washington, Lincoln
and Mckinley are glorious days in the
history of our country. They mark the
triumph of patriotism Of principle over
the patriotism of place, Of ethics over
geography, and of humanity over local
ity.
Never before has our country seemed
so worthy of love and confidence as now,
for never before has it exhibited greater
justice OF magnanirnity. From the hum
blest beginning the nation has risen to a
position Of worldwide influence, and 1t
may be trusted to WELD more temporal
power in a truly republican spirit 80 long
as it continues to treasure in its heart
the memories of the Puritan and the Pill
grim
WI Ting Fang FIatters Us.
WI Ting Fang, the Chinese minister
responded to the toast, "A Greeting From
the Orient" He alluded briefly to the
open door of the Chinese empire saying
that foreigners are treated the same as
the natives; there was no high tariff in
China such as other countries had, be-
cause the other countries had arranged
the tariff for China. The oldest nation
in the East, he said, was grateful to
America for all she had done for China.
America, he continued, would not op-
press the weak, but would see that JUS
tice is done to all. This country will,
said Minister WI, not only become "a
world power, but THE world power" in
commerce and peace.
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