The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28
CLUB HAS AN
INTERESTING SYMPOSIUM
Peary Startles Hearers With Ideas of American Destiny
Osborne Gives Story of an Outlaw Convict
Bishop Greers Peace Plea.

Bishop David II. Greer. Rear Admiral
Robert T.. Peary, OSWALD @. Willard.
owner OF the Erenipg Post: Thomas
Mott Osborne and Hamilton Wright
Mabie set forth their conceptions of
American Ideals" AZ yesterdays lunch
con AT the Republican Club. The di-
vcrgcnce OF views was extraordinary.
Admiral Peary's view startled the au-
dience. lie broadened the topic to In
clude American Ideals and Destiny
and predicted within u hundred years
the domination OF all North America by
the United States.
Admiral Peary's notion OF American
ideals. he explained. Ia hat they are
'bigness" and realization" and he called
on the country's history 20 bear him out.
These two ideals he IN best exempli-
fed in the country's wars with England
and in it's Monroe Doctrine.
I'm the first We made war against
the greatest sea power ever known. and
won.' explained the Admiral. in the
other we calmly stated to the world.
Excuse us. but our sphere of influence
Is an entire hemisphere, II you please
Thus far we have made good. Can we
continue to do So? IL We keep our
ideals before us. yes. II We go to sleep,
no"
There was not one word OF a bigger
army or more warshipS in all that
admiral Pcary said. There was no hint
that he expects us to conquer by
other than peaceful means. lie turned
to modern examples OF the country's
"bigness'' and It's realization" These.
he suggested. are the Wrights' flying.
the mann Canal and the attainment
OF the north pole. He added that some
OF those in the room would live TO see
ranama a sea level waterway and the
isthmus pierced again, at Nicaragua or
elsewhere.
The Parallel Of Domination.
With map and pointer he traced the
fortieth parallel of north latitude, near
which lay the Phenician. Chaldean
and Babylonian empires. the Persian
empire, mighty Egypt" Greece and
Rome. That fife line of the worlds
successive dominating nations as Pesry
called 1t. bisects these United States.
do you believe that all these things
are mere chance % he asked. Il do not.
We cannot escape the b!gness OF our
destiny and II is our duty to prevent the
retardation and assist the advance Of
that destiny.
with 'bigness' and realization our
ideals. with imperial position and pros
poets our possession. what may We not
realize in the future IL only We always
carry with us As watchwords prepared
/ ness and Observation-Disclosures
we cannot stand still. a hundred
years from now We shall either he
obliterated as a nation or we shall oc-
cupy the entire North American world
segment. The former IL inconceivHble
! the latter may be nearer than we think
Admiral Peary was we'll ~spplauded.
but not without bewilderment by ms
audience OF several hundred who had
Just applauded denunciation and
ridicule of war and conquest uttered by
Bishop Greer and Mr.. Willard. II was
Mr.. Osborne. however. with whom all
present agreed and whose short tale of
work lone stirred The audience most.
when he ru-hei away somewhere after
speaking all hands stood up for him
and cheered.
The story OF Canada BiarIi~.
The warden OF sins Sing sta rted with
the life story OF Canada BlaCkie, who
died not long ago. His real name was
John r. Murphy. 4 Californian with
dark eyes and hair. he became twenty
nNc years dEp' 'NH'' ~ He"H 49, ~.
outlaw OF singular boldness and AFFINITY
To his death he bore the marks OF be ms
strung up with his hands chino his
back in Joliet p~eniteuttary. 4 hanF
robbery in New York state attended by
murder sent 10 the electric chair two
men and put Canada Biackie in jail or
a life term. He made n determined
enor, to escape. constructing a pi.to
out of a piece Of gaspipe and getrns
the explosive from the sctapings OF
many match boxes. with three o'her'