The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-18
4 SERMON ny CLEVELAND.
He Dcpiorcs the Wars which Are
Now being MnucJ

society heM Its sixteenth annual dinner
at the Waldorf Astoria tonight. Among
the speakers we're Grover Cleveland, who
ssid:
The cordial welcome you extended 70
me Is exceedingly grateful and comforts
ing, Cor Il gives me a grain of satistae-
zion in the ordeal that confronts me.
am convinced that the ait Of making an
after dinner spesch without distress is
for me scaled book, ami as the years
PASS ! am only saved from compete
Indebtedness in my efforts ia that direc-
tiun by the Kindness and toiefatlen OF
those who are good enough TO listen Ia
me. ] can not resent the chsrge that
AM apt 10 preach sermons ON subjects
OF this kind, for / am afraid the accusa-
ton is justified At any rate | am quite
willing to take an hunrnle place among
the sernF0users In this thine OF headlong
National heedlessness aud to invoke the
cultiva ting aui saving grace cf Dutch
conservatism. In this assCmblage the
question is suggested, whether in pres
emit conditions this conservatism char
scterlzes the conduct or guides the sem
tlmen; OF our peop.c. There can be bat
one answer to this question. Conser-
vatism has in a grea, desree pecn jauntly
cast aside Or condemned as opposed q
our country's welfare and glory. A
strange voyage has been entered upon
without count OF cost and without chart
or compass. The tried ana sure foundd-
ton of our liberty and National hap,i-
ness have been disoredhed Reverence
for cur National traditions has been re-
Taxed and satisfaction with our couutry's
mission has been undermined The re-
stlaints and limitations OF our constitu-
tion have become CALLING aud irks5me
under the temptations of National greed
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
| Our old love Of peace honor and ius
/ tiee has been weakened and frugality aud
contentment are not now traits INSOFAR
able from American character War.
even with The worlds s3vnnced civilza-
tion, may stiN be sometimes necessary
and justihable, hut whether necessary
and justinable or not. the demorali4ati ion
that follows in its train can never be
evaded. Vt teaches bloody inatrucllons
which in a country whose citizens do the
iightins can not fail to leave their inn
press for a time at least upon public aud
private life in time OF peace
Thirty years after the close OF the war
for the preservation of the Union treaty
OF arbitration was formulated between
! the United States and Great Britain,
! which, II completed, would have gone far
| toward removing every pretexi of war
between the TWO countries. Thus these
two great Engiish-spe sklng nations then
assumed leadership In the path OF peace,
and In advocacy # the nbo ton of war
with the hope and expectation that the
example would be followed by other ma
| tons and that a more general Abortion
OF arbitration as a means Of settling N
ternatlonal disputes would result 10 @
great advance toward the abandonment
| Of war throughout the world This
treaty failed OF confirmation in the SEN
ate OF the United States. Less than ave
years passed and these English-speakin
ch lmpions OF peace and arbitration ore
still operating in parallel llnes--one in
the Philippines and the otter in South
Afr ca-but no onger for peace and arb-
tration. Bath are killing natives IN an
eHsrt to possess their lands This ind-
Gates a sad relapse. md In eur case II is
most serious one, II England succeeds
! in her at empt in South Africa she W Il
y but add another TO her list OF similar ac-
/ qusitions; a brave people will be sub
! lugated and because IL our eng cement
I !. similar venture in another quarter
I they will miss the expressions OF Ameri-
can sympathy which we are accustomed
TO extend to those who struggle for ma
tional life and independence On the
other hand, with success in our subjec.
tion of new people an untrled and
perilous situation will be forced upon us
We can conquer the Philippines ans after
oonquering them can probably govern
them. 1t is In the strain upon our insti-
tutlons, the demoralz5t ton Of our peo-
PIE, the evasion of our constitutional lin
ltatlons and the perversion OF our Ma
tional mission that our danger lies. As
a distinguished bishop has said. The
question Is not what we shall do with
tie Philippines. hui what the Philip
pines will do to US"
our country will never be the same
again. For veal or woe. we have already
lAevocahly passed beyond the old lines,
The Republic Will In some sort be
saved. Shall b. be only in name in sem
blance, with fair external appearance,
but with me germs OF decay fastened
upon its vitas; or shall IT, though
changed still survive In such vigor aud
strength as to remain the hope and pride
OF free Americans?
K The problem is a momentous one. LIS
{ solution depends upon the extent To
which the old patriotism aud good sense
OF our countrymen can be rescued from
impending danger Thus these are sober
days for thoughtful cEtizens--days for
ching--days for Sermonining n we
are to be saved from disaster, VI must
be through the cultivation and enforce
ment Of that sort of conservatism that
would find a congenlal home in thu Hol-
land society. In the mdst OF reckless
, tumult and 10 the confused rage OF Ma
tlonal greed and bloodpesg this cen
seryatism should dehantly stand forth
and demand hearing. Let fl be known
THAI American freedom and popular rule
can not perish except through the mad
ness Of those who have them In theil
keeping, and by the blood and sacrifices
OF our fathers; by the lofty achievement
OF the free institutions they established;
by our glorious Victories OF peace, and by
our own reliance on the promises OF God
let Dutch conservatism eEjoin upon ouT
people faithful discharge OF their sacred
/ trust
VIII Kings Trial.
Waco Texas, January ls.-Judse Scott
set INC frial Of VIII King. The negro wha