The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-04-25
TEE POLITICAL REy0LrTIOS IN
ENGLAND.

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- - T.a -gsnsraI noliey pursued
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.s,,,r,s. ia. hen m an aggressive
.h.re,.r The 1r;tisb government
~. in,srfarsa IN the Affairs of every
on.idarable nation On the continent.
n bas ,,tep ~ importaut part in all
GENERAL rnronaan wars and. by foreign |
-eonoue.t. has extended the English rule
10 every quarter of the globe.
shoula Mr.. Gladstone revoke the
measures of his -predecessors, and adopt
!. NOR p.ci6e poliey: a policy In con-
.ist-ney with his often ayowed princi-
nles his accession 10 mower may prove
a.. sional for the r-eouenius Of the east
ern question. and result In a general
xar in Eurote and western Asia.
Although I'm full sympathy with the
liberal marty of England, we do not
,h,nk mat unde It's leadership the
NATHAN would have ever attained TO its
pre..pt state Of prosperity and power.
The foreign policy Of Great Britain has
hen emInentIy aggressive. Her vast
no.sesvions An every quarter Of the
xo,ld are the result Of conquest. As
sarlv "A The discovery Of the western
continent the e-pterprisIng nayigators
az England. then an inconsiderable
power. largely connected with the other
maritime states Of Europe in the dis
coverv Of new territories. which were
sc.aa,Iy coion,ysd nv their adventurous
courntrvmen In the struggle with
France over disputed boundary lines,
rn,,ans VA. completely victorious. and
Nor e,r inst p-revious 10 the revolution
.rv war waved over the North Ameri-
- .o..t from Flor,da "a the Arctic
ocean In India this same aggressive
,o,,cv has ,roauced like results. One
hund,sd and twenty wears aro n few
-,n.,gniacant trading posts constituted
rn,,,.h ,nterest. in UIndostan. They
eiected the French. who were estab-
iished I'm considerable strength. They
s,i.,,.a tri,. after tribe of the natives,
untIl Enullsh territory In India en-
traces I 100000 sauare miles. and the
F,g,ish snbiects dwelling thereon num-
her ina ooo. 600 souls. Ever since it's
discovery England has held undisputed
no.....,on of The great island of Aus
~tralia beside. the other island of Aus
tr.Iasia as well ma pos-essions in Africa
ana south Amer,ca.
The entire Territory subject TO Great
Bri,aIn nj the present time covers nm
area Of some eight millions Of square
miles. All Of this large portion OF the
earths surface is governed by n little
island, not much larger than the state
of New York, and much smaller than
several Of the states Of the union.
| When n nation, by pursuing u certain
policy, has attained power and infiu-
ence. that power u only be maintained
BY a continuation Of the same policy.
II n change occurs, or should the ma
ton discontinue It's exertions, its infiu-
ence is almost certain to wane. Should
England adopt u pacific policy and no
longer pursue the aggressive career
which has hitherto characterized its
history, she will lose her high prestige.
Should her government decline to in
terfere In the eastern question, Russia,
Austria, Germany and Turkey would
at once assume hostilities, and a gen.
eral European war would result, into
which England would be forced, or lose
the balance Of power on the continent.
The Intervention OF England alone
prevents Russia extending her borders
| down to the northern limit OF Hindo-