New-York tribune., 1903-07-06
CAUSE OF LYNCHING.
DR.. Babbitt Says a DeIa1Care Judge
Declared 1t AddickSism.

The Rev. DR.. Dean Richmond Babbitt. rector of
the Church of the Epiphany. McDonough-st- and
Tompkins-ave. Brooklyn. preached last night on
The True Greatness of America and Our Country 5
Perils." He said, in part:
necessary to discriminate between false ideals OF
greatness and true greatness venture 10 say ~ ~
view of the common talk OF men, expressions i oi
the public press, the speeches of our statesmen ana
of America consists in vast possessions That
is natural but it IS false The true greatness
moral strength. the intelligence, industry. luSuce
and Righteousness OF its men women ana chiiGiel i
Strike down false American ideals and exalt true
American ideals Whenever America comes face TO
face with great crisis in her destiny she
value of the forces and influences that issue from
her churches her schools, her Industrious "orA-
shops and her educatve stores.
What is the real meaning of this Pan-AmeTii
the globe and invading all nations? Why is It
that Russia In the East and China IN the West
American Influences and opinions? 1t is because
in justice in character in manhoods purity IofCg @
woman. child for child in our mighty, ad1yyance 1yt
acres, possessions. wealth, luxury, al follow char
acter as the tides the moon ...
but what of her future greatness? Who can meas.
that? If American expansiyeness mas mas oTIsr hsr
policies. her trade, her political aspirations are IN
name is THE United States of America. but that
name connotes only half of this North AmerlcaI can
IN tbe Extreme to our British neighbors? Within
fifty or less Canada will De be RarT cbagT
Mr. Chamberlain knows well the trend OF things.
keen English statesman can devise will ever pre-
vent the keeping apart OF these two parts OF . one
proper whole, FOR what God hath joined t3sssneI e
let no man put asunder." The oneness OF race;
religious Institutions laws chureh; cosgciaI % "a av
of the SHOWS" will one day be the bride OF Uncle
Sam Not only this. the union Is nelhs no" &C
We need not change the name of our church jus Just
hos 10 anne
daughters of the Erglich church. When CANADA
the United States are one they VIII oeong M & 20
the same church. and we may then call II Inc
When we consider the influence of America 5
greatness the South. through central AIneriSa S
and South America we perceive what must @ oe 'nS ne
manifest destiny of this great liberty magnet . ol
America in attracting lovers and admirers or ltS
laws and @ aTraG shaken of old World ideals
done away with slavery, nodded her constitutions
fuence and ideals of the United states Ideas. in
stitutions, laws incarnated in great moral IN IN;
they are yet to redeem South America from tne
semi-ba rbarism and Semi-anarchy into whicn some
of its nations now and then relapse through their
many revolutions
Dr. Babbitt spoke of the corruption of the ballot
mobs lawlessness and purchasable politicians as
pers He spoke especially of the purchasable vote
and .Addicksism." not only i'm Delaware. but IN
Pennsylvania and elsewhere. as profound danger
10 Americas future. He said;
To one who looks thoughtfully over American
life there are great forces for uPbuildng and
for destruction There are fragrant vices. loOsened
marriage ties loosened home ties l9osened @ III YES fs ei
and that is thoroughly applied Christianity
Every man who has any religion, and as TAR as
he has any religion will carry that religion into
politics If he doesn't carry it there 1t is worth
little Take for instance, the ballot, the most dig
nifed privilege ever given man. As man puts
conscience In that he shows the value Of citizenship
cry of voters is fragrant. "Addlcksism' corrupts
legislatures. Politicians are quite generally pur-
chasable A fudge. on my recent visit to Whining
ton DEL said IN the last analysis. it was Addicks-
ism that made possible that lynchlng mob by cor
rupting for years civic ideals by the purchase OF
voters and legislators. That judge told me that
company of Pennsylvania politicians in Philadel-
phia after grave consultation and calculation esti
mated the value of Pennsylvania voter at S. He
the fudge in glad honor of his State of Delaware
had replied that the Delaware voter averaged up TO
S7 a head It ought to be the mission of every
Christian man to hunt down every possible bribe-
taker and deliver him to the penitentiary