The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-26
n, A .ANr opl.nlelh of IAIa Gown.

IA H ANY opi.nicfB Of this coun
~ IN try and OF England profess
TO Scc The realization oi
NJ their hopog for universal
y peace In an Anglo Aineri
can alliance. and TO t'ils
end they have been shap-
q : tl.sil plans for a uaion based upon
Vic con;son scntIpeat that pegvades
iFc peace loving inhppitants OF both
countries. Their amnatng sentiment
~fs voiced by our eminent country
man Justice David Brewer OF the
Lritea Etates supreme court in an aG-
dFcsJ recently delivered IN Milwaukee
when hc said; II dpaire moat particu-
larry 70 rcfer to our r.forts as a nation
IN il.c direction o. international arbl-
tration and the Fastening OF that day
Ahcn rcacc shall reign aud wars shall
be no more want 10 refer 20 the CT
.orta. whirh this nation and The mother
country tlryat D.igalnl have leon MAX.
7iIs 20 bring about the blessinCa OF az
bttation and am profoundly cen.
Nlnc'd that no time is more opportune
to Impress tho wisdom and blessings
or arbitration than the present time.
When tho worlG looks upon the war and
eaipase In south Africa
This country has thus far spoken ev.
eIN limo for those measures which will
'HaSc war less biItdensome and less or
Wnat sherman declared II 10 be- And
" lA 10 The credit OF this i.ation that
she stood side by side With Greet Bri..
ain for peace ut The hague Peace
VII surely como, Notwithstanding that
conference has been laughed at by
Sonsc and called Miss Nancy AFFAIR by
Diners. To my mine this Hague con-
terence sorms the turning point in ar
duration, and IL will hasten the blessed
day.
These are the two nations the Unit
"a states aH1 Great Britain, that have |
leen more conspicuous In war than any |
enther, ani II is naturs that they should |
te foremost In the efforts at peace and 4
believe their efforts VIII be crowned /
Win The glory of success and that they
WiIi bring about settlement by arbitra.
uon ana that The Hague conference
VIII Prov an epoch in the great ques-
lion o. arbitration"
That justice Brewer has been con-
sistent advocate OF peace for many
years reference TO his speeches lnd
writings Is only necessary TO prove
Iakink some excerpts at random. we
hnd FOR example, this from a lecture
before the Yale University Law school
IN February OF this yea:
ms nation mus not appear before
the world as a highwayman Stand
ana deliver must neve.' be the motto
OF the republic Victory must be sea-
soned with Justice. and that nation as
mat Individual stands highes. In the
worlds thought, becomes most potent
Tor good, which In the hour of triumph
manifests the most consideration and
magnanimity.f
Notwithstanding all our grea, edu
cationa! privilege. all our common
scnoois and the grea. work they are do
ing, thers Is fearful volume OF jgno
rance. More thar tha.. there is in orr
populs tion a heteroger eous mass We
are not all Anslo-Saxoa. We do not all 4
spring from thos. races which we he
lieve have the true ideas of SELF govern ,
inent. We hav a great multitude con,. )
ing from those nations In which gov
prnment is supposed enemy. a multi ,
'ude which has no idea of the meaning ;
OF liberty restrained by law. IL has ,
yet to be Americanised TO be brought
'nto the realization CT the limitations !
upon personal action which come from
he highest obligations of liberty. More Z
than that We have Notwithstanding y
our enormous resources and great ter s
ltory. large population which knows @
nothing OF the blessings OF a home and y
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