The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-24
ONE CENT,
WORLDpOWER
Eloquent Speech by Justice
Brewer at Philadelphia.
new ENGLAND SOCIETY BANQUE7S.
the United States Declared to BE In
Its New Position RcrRnse Of
Truth and Justice IN Ma.
GE tiONnl Life.

Truth and Justice IN A0-
Ss tionnI Life.
PHILADELPHIA. Dee. 2t.-The
twenty-first annual banquet of the
New England Society Of Penn Viva
mia was held last night in llorirul-
tural hail, covers 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 Cen
eral James NJ. Beck. president of the
society, opened the spcechmakng with
n brief address.
In coming down the line of the illus
tr.ous New Englanders President Rcck
mr rntioned the name of George Dewey.
Tr:s was the signal for al outh,rSt Of
Applause such as was not repeated
Hpring the remainder of the evening.
The chairman then introduced as the
Mrst speaker Associate Justice David
y. Brewer of the United States su-
preme court. who responded to the
koast, "rhe United States: a World
Power" Justice Brewers address was
frequently punctuated by applause
among other things he said:
I 'The last few years have written
much Of history. The twentieth cen-
fury brings us face to face with new
conditions. and we are conscious that
he United States Of America have he
E0rc, more important factor In the
worlds thought. Some fancy TINT the
Spanish war wrought the great change.
This Is hardly so. 1t may have cleared
the air and brought us face to face
with the consciousness of the change,
but silent forces Of commerce and re-
GgiOn have been at work for years
bringing about that result The mer.
chant and the missionary have lifted
the republic from her isolation and
given her the quccnly seat at the head
of the council of nations.
"Again and again It is stated that
the United States has now become
world power. SO they have. but what
Is meant by the term a world power,
and how are we to Justify our right
to that title? Not by the manifestation
Of military or naval strength. While
wars will be, as wars have been. and
while there Is within the resources Of
our country an undispay"l military
and naval strength that makes her The
most dangerous enemy on land and SEA.
yet the da WI of the twentieth century
unveils Il greater national glory than
ran be won on any field of battle While
the events Of the last two or three years
have compelled an incrensr In our mill
tary and naval forces 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 hlare Of the
bugle are more often heard yet The
Rons of the pilgrims will never turn
bur country over to the man ON horse
back nor will our dearest lallrels be
crlmsoned With the blood of the dying
soldier.
"We shall deserve to be called a
world power because our relations with
all nations will he carried upon the
highest principles of truth and Justice.
We stand in III" council of nations
strong enough to fear no attempt to
wrong lis. SO strong that we cannot af-
FORD to wrong any, even the weakest
nation; strong enough to he firmly Just
to the most powerful of nations and so
strong that we must be kindly just
with the weakest. We must he frank
us well as honest. lIencrforth diplo-
matte language must be something to
reveal and not something to conceal
thought and purpose. The honesty we
must practice is not the honesty Of
Shylock measured only by that which
Is enumerated in the bond, but that Of
the Golden Rule. an honesty which
compels Ills 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:
"Especlally must we remember the
Golden Rule in onr dealings with infe-
rior races and ignorant peoples. We
cannot afford to grow rich by wrecking
them"
Other speakers were Hon. David ].
Hill. Minister WI Ting Fang, Bourks
Cochran and Simeon Ford.