New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
TREATMENT OF CHINESE
BREWER TALkS.
Disappears of Unjust Discr1m'"a-
ton 4gainst One Race.

J Brewer,
Sunran,e Court delivered address on Quantity
and Ous1itv in the Life of the Nation" at Cooper
Union last night at of the speclai meetings
arranged for Washington's Birthday by the oe-
partment of public lectures or the Boaro oi
Education Justice Brewer reviewed the rapid
growth of this country into a world power with
material greatness on all sides
..Macnftude>fmpresses us in every direction. he
said We stand like NEUROLOGICAL Hercules
the giant Of the nations and If we do not nave
his club we have the big stick of Theodore
Roosevelt We are a world power But size Is
not the only test to be considered In measuring
nation any more than an Individual we should
not strive for simply fat men. Daniel Lambert
Is not the ideal
Justice Brewer dwelt at length upon the national
debt and upon rapid increase In municipal IN
debtedness all the United States Inc fethiess
Issue of bonds he declared, not only laid a burden
on tha futrre and encouraged extravaganza, Out
lowered the general moral tone OF the nation ili
is 70 be seen particularly. he said in the lower
levels TO which law suits over the reputation OF
municipal bonds had fallen
lie expressed disapproval OF the attitude OF TINS
nation toward the Chinese. He did not believe ne
said IN throwing the doors Of the nation open 10
al comers neither did he believe In unjust ais
elimination against one race
Much applause provoked by the justice "heh
he spoke of the large amount of money no" IN
,,ro,iation in this country somewhere Applause
also greeted his remark that he had never met II
man who considered the payment OF taxes among
the beatitudes of life. He said:
Our great expansion and rapid growth IN p2puia-
frayagauce. We have been most uiIwiseiH %,G .Sl
a ntfon was in debt about So 100000 1t set
resolutely TO work 10 pay hal debt e mH spsns
war but since then debt paying has become almost
n deBf Of about 5. than half the
foTty.six states in debt. When we pass !nlo
me domain of municipal indebtedness the hgureS
are simpy st95ns rert6r S North Of the census that
is
a year single city. New York, owes, as its
ali of this Indebtedness has been nnjustly or nn-
wisely GIeaea Rd 'n Such a That to
preserve the life OF the nation; SO ndebtedness'
whsths5 s faretsHf of the f3tGe and om
point Of yiew prudenty f bzis But there runs
through much Of It Il pure matter OF speculation;
casting the burden ON those Who are 10 come
II vas said by George washington. in his fare
well address: ''As very important source OF
method of preserving 1t l. to use it as spartngy
possibe. avoiding occasions of expense by cuiuvat-
1e9tr no! oLT ol exrtinI H time "f peace 10 dis
have occa.ioned not uISsneronSly throwlns upon IN
bear. The execution Of these maHims belongs TO
your repre> entatves. bat il Is necessary 5ha pub
lie opinion should cooperate. To facilitate to
them the performance Of their duty it is essential
toward the payment of debts there must be rev
enue; that 10 hare reEt:lne theif must be taxes.
or less incouVenient and unpleasant"
! do not think ever met who considered the
payment among the be4titud of life |
never yet have believed that a national debt
national blessing. / do not rejoice TO the land
covered by municipal bonds.
Justice Brewer pointed what had been done
by the nation for the uplifting of the negro and
the change that has come IN the treatment of the
Indian. OF the latter he said
To-day the nation is striving take them
their tribal lfe and bring them into the full
enjoyment OF the rights of Individual citizens, and
while doing giving to them stability in their
possessions and protection which VIII be
antee of their uplift in the future.
wish could say as much for the nations treat
still pursueS them II makes the blood boil the
descendants OF those who settled these colonies and
laid the foundations of our national greatness
the eternal principles Of justice. liberty and equal
who have just been welcomed to shores.
who have not Vet washed The brogUe OF their lips
stand on the stIeet corners ana america
for the Americans! The Chinese must go!' Yet
In obedience 10 al aroused public sentiment the
brutal and barbaroUs rules for "A while enforced
for the purpose OF excluding the Chinese hay
largely modified, and now beginning
member that they. numbered
brotherhood Of man
do not mean by this 10 say that II ia the duty
OF the nation to welcome every Immigrant any
more than ii is the duty of any who has A
large home to open its doors to every who
wishes to come III. 1t is not merely the
III" duty of every individual and To-
exclude those Il deems unfit for place within he
limits OF home or nation but It does owe the duty
OF treating every one who desires to decently
ana politely Ii certainly is not criminal for any
one the world over 10 long to within the
shetering protection of Old Glory and 10 become a
citizen of this Republic.