The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-08-09

AIN ANGLo-SAxoN CoxrresnAwxr1--a
seems as ifin a fortnigkt Of needle sunnsr
the whole map of Europe had bssa ekase<zl-.
as II nature and justice had I'D tk~za-
selyes,,-as If Nemesis had ignored ssd esjss-
ated all the fantastic Violations Of Ia ass riziit
which men call diplomacy sad eseqassA sad
as If the wronged and opprexse4 vsra a 10
have their own again. Germany nniseS ire
one great empire, in alliance vits HssssrT,
Poland and Italy, France viii Aa As lpnasf r.se
leading continental Power: and . srs,s 0,,au-
ton arises, where will England 70? oa<As
not she, also, seriously to considsr ala sRaasyon
OF nationality? Ethnologicsl conSiss seas, Il
seems very clear, govern the policy q EsroN.
Ought not we also to lay the principle sssis1s-
ly to heart? What magnidcsat ida xesli
be that of vast Anglo-Saxon unisnf fki.f.
all over the world there are Enslsh esjss;se.
settlements, factories, instituhona =
Ii now the mother of nations I'D - Lar
children under one roof-tree Of AlHsacA os or
Grafton, offensive and deSensivs unisa: ksw
grand thought Non-inkrvsnHsa. 4 De-
trine that we are pushing 10 ia eusexssg--
mas come almost to the point of isolssoa Gan
we afford to shake OF every poiitics. be, I. ss-
tire from the business Of RuroDA v:sAcrt
strengthening our positions vitA,a erx svpi
national borders? This alliance Vie ~
United Statess the only Anglo-sa1sa Poser
no nos ga.nered under the wing 81 tho Qsdhsr
country, mas long been the cAcrishsd Doiiov of
the Earl OF Clarendon, and has bssa, % ksvs
reason to believe cordially reciproczaJ IN an-
inent American statesmen. Ia ID poS - u.m-
itest countermine of the xenisn mcvs nWt2
DO not our vast possessions in The Msw GurH
evidently point to tits it not the oNlv Arn sly
solution of our Canadian dinic1i.v--,( "a
should not rather call it danger? 80
1t is needless to shut our eyes = GA a.sfL
that nothing but the good viii aad brbser 80,
OF the Washington Government prevenzs q
raid into Canada which misht seca beceras q
conquest. Our honor, We fear, vosld coapsl
US 20 exhaust the resources Of our eme:rs Ia
vindleatlng our sovereignty. Yhst re secvs
population aided by such an array = tklriu
mliions OF brltons could send into tas Bed,
would ultimately hold their own. sad sspsely
retanate, we do not need to qResioB. nus ~,
United States, proved to be frst clsep r,;hn-
ry and naval power, may atly eaer 3a eia1sa
OF european diplomacy--we do no4 zs9 gay
our colonies should not now be dscls "a q krs.
ly independent---and a vast cor e1erss "a ot
all States and settlements Of the Anglo eszsa
race, speaking common mothsr SonAa A.,
standing aloof from the general poll uos oS~tAa
world, but ever acting in ooncsrt - re..alo
having but one common intsrest--;s i p1lrs "a
to lift this great thought out Of r.s oicvs OF
fancy, and place it on "ths fxsd as5 frnt,ss
earth" of accomplished fact? We sAoa'A IA,
that our transatlantic descendsaD shos.2 Gol
that England is still their counsky; sAcx ",
should think that their oause q eun; skal
henceforth our sympathies, tTs1iHoxs EaSa-
ture, gifted men, should be theirs cad 20 y il
common; that, in fact vita boss, - s,s5sr
WI. all Of us, should be the senE0su5 81 Faa
British race against the world -Wssksy (Gry-
lish) Dispa, "n. Ai - t4 - r.'ll7f