The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-15
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De called tie book ..Of tie period That Is to
say, a most characteristic book Of the present de-
cade. just where humanity Is most busy, where
II i making and recovering from tie most stun
ming political changes, where II l. making it,
most marvellous efforts in building highways for
nations 70 travel by, it, most exciting discoveries
Of natural wealth. and extensive occupation Of
new dcmain,-jgst along that belt around tie
world where all this Is taking place. and where
tie English language j. chiefly spoken, Travelled a
wiic-awake Auglo-Sax0n, and he Las written
down for u not only, nor in main part, what he
saw, but what he thought about. Mr.. Dixie Is
q most audaciOus thinker. lie seizes every posi-
Die problem Of national life. every question OF
relation Of race, Of labor, Of caste, Of trade, Of
~pOlitics, and has something interesting and sus-
gcstiyc 20 say upon II.
IL Il true lie l. frequently caught IN slight in
accuracies, impossible perhaps TO avoid in such
al extensive and hurried view. Horace Greeley
would he perfectly disgusted with him as a stat
i-tician. Only n narrow mind, however, Is go
cngrDsscd with minor mistakes even of fact. as to
despise the great general truths that are sketched
with so bold Il hand, if only thc facts tLat sup
port the truths are sound.
We were born to n belief in the supremacy Of
the AnglO-Saxon race; ut least our earliest ideas
and beliefs contained that Us one of them. Sub
sequent acquaintance and experience have modified
this belief somewhat; or. may be, n sort Of cour-
tcsy has led to some mOdesty in the expression of
IT,. But we are not sure but we were right in
the start. Any way Mr.. Dixie started from
England with this idea, and returned from around
the world only strengthened therein. Yet he is
q thorough republican, and n conscientious re-
garder of the rights Of all races. He is Impair
tial, too, as his inimitabie setting forth of the
argument for Protection in tradc,-pp. 320-32S,
will show. BY the name d. Greater Britain"
lac means all that part of the world where the
Anglo-Sdxon race is dominant, and in tins idea
he o~vcrleaps at once all jcalousies between such
countries, regarding them rs essentially one
viz: England, the United States. Canada, New
Zealand, Australia and India. Ills journey was
made in 1861, commencing in Virginia Just n
year after the close Of the war, and enlrveucd in
It's course across the continent by the company of
VIM. Iicpworth Dixon, tic author of q book ON
Mor1nDndOm.
In Virginia he notes the low-bred prejudice
against the negroes, and declares that Govern
mcnt through the votes Of the freed blacks Is a
necessity. The "mcan whites - now that the
South is a free country, must in bis opinion dis
appear, being made 10 work for their living, and
thereby being lifted TO n higher level. The
author confcsscs, however, his doubts rs to the
extreme South. Here Is tie terrible and pcrplcx-
ing problem which appears more than once in
this book. Can free countries exist, where labor
Is not a necessity? Can there be a prosperous
republic south of tie tropic? The decree of
Nature in cold Countries Work or starye''-
seems to be the only substratum Of real freedom.
Dixie appears hardly to believe that n country
be moral or Christian where the banana and
the brcad-iruit urc the staff OF life.
In New York City our author finds, what lie
aptly terms, an Irish Metropolis Facing
boldly the problem of the wrc;chcd city govern
mcnt, lie says it is nat chargcablc 70 democracy.
auI LcrIlcs soundly the American aristocracy of
that city who distrust their OWN institutions, and
fly for refuge to European travel and snobbi,h-
ness; that shiEk the labor when they enjoy the
blessings Of free government. lie thoroughly
a Notwithstanding republican.
st Harvard lie ridicules the conservatism that
still Latinizcs the names OF the graduates.
Americans he secs To be Oycrworkcd, at rowing
as much as mt study, and need reIaraiigu fall
D. much as exercise. In Ann ArLor. at the Uni
ycTsity Of Michigan, lie finds the truly democratic
school Of tire world, where more true work is
lone, and knowledge obtained than under the old
marking system. lie honors the New Eng
land intellectual leaders for breaking the yoke of
the South, and secs the effect Of their teachings
in the rush of their students en- nlasse into the
conflict for freedom.
In the following, may be, is n lesson for Hawaii.
Everything possible is done for immigration by
Inc government Of Canada agents, boards, &C.,
irc provided, American . burdens Of taxation"
upon, and yet, for every 10000 that
ONE to Canada, 300, OOO go to the United States;
nd of the 10000, Is 900 n year pass through
md ultimately settle in the Northwestern States.
lie recommends Canada to become Independent,
b.;ug better than Its present position,
which Is neither nation, state, nor colony.
As q specimen of how our author, right in the
midst Of his philosophizing drops in a vivid
ketch Of Nature, We quote all ne says about
&c Naeam has one beauty in which Il = unapproached by the
Chagiierss the awesone sigNue>- with which the deep
han Iiuugys into the suiL'
III who have seen tie Falls viii remember this
s the most stupendous and eyc-riycting feature
( the whole scene.
AIr. Dixie saw both Chicago and St. Louis,
declares the northern the superior and more
ncrsctic city, always to take the lead; and the
lilrUad through Iowa likewise to beat the one
Trough Missouri in the competition for the Paci-
c trade. The Pacific Railroad will not, in his
lew, be for many years the great route from
to China. That will eventually traverse
Northern Asia and the Russian Empire. 1t il
pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois, soon TO be the
countries in the world. that will reap the
benefit Of this great work. Mr.. d.
the MOrmons with intense interest. the
i0uecrs and regulators OF the Basin; their lack
+ s5ld-bearing territory their safeguard, their
title to land their only danger. The
-.ntilc raIer. the Iid.ile. is inferior To- the Nnr- ]