, 1880-02-28
BRITISH JlNGOISM.

What 1t Has Dono for England and
SpaIn-Lost North America to Great
Britain and South America and Mex
leo to Spain.
Pau Mail Gazette
We wish to call attention to two curious omis-
sions which moderate Jingoes Tosies) make
when they are quoting history in i1lustra ton Of
their theory. They are very fond of saying that
the British Empire Is like the Roman, and in
some respects surpasses it, drawing thence the
deduction that England must employ Roman
methods to maintain her sway; and forget en-
tircly That she did once employ them, and there
by lost an empire more valuable, though not
more extensive, thnn that she now possesses.
Had North Amcrica remained British Under any
system, even federation, the English speaking
people would have been at the top of the world,
the arbiters of the human racc,-aud thut this
did not occur was due exclusively to the
''Jingoism" Of George III and the body of
the people, It was Lord Chatham then who
used the language alr. Gladstone uses now, who
protested aguiust policy Of mere violence, who
sought to sootho rnther than crush American
malcontents and who, but for Jingosn, would
have sarcd to this country the richest empire
ever won by man. Iudia Is Il great possession,
and grcnter trust, but what Is it worth us com-
pared with the American provinces, which
might have been in LOYALTY, in resources, and in
population second Britain, united to the first
by indissolub1e tics2 Imagine Queen Victoria
acknowledged Queen nisn 50 Of North Amel1c;l: e.
sune thirst for Il high-handed policy, the same
inso1cnce Of dcnea1ior which we finl in Jlngoes
british Crown" The grandeur Of Britain was
the only thought Of the King and the people, and
neither rcctitude nor wisdom; and the most
magnificent Of earthly realms was finally thrown
away
And there is I'D empire, once great as that of
Rome, widespread IS our own, which Jingoes
n,.y study with endless profit. There never was
an empire greater or richer. or more calculated
to preonnate in the world 1i than that Of spnn IT,
height Of power that he might become the
universal Emperor. All America, from the
Mississippi southwark to Parngonia. belonged to
his position w,.s @ Comparatively far greater thssn
our own. Ills ting w,.s lofiest on all sens. HIS
resources in money we're far beyond those OF
which knew limit, BY an army composed OF
the finest infantry in Europe; by officers. civil as
well as military who nag an no rnthsn ryqs 10 Gpty ny
stronger than the Throne; by three-fourths Of
the keenest brains the Catholic Church could
putat his disposal &c was as untcfterea ny yis, ~
Lord Bcuconsicld to be. and his policy was thnt
Of tho true Jingoes, carried out stedy relent1 It;
Europe he never swervcd, he never tlinchcd,
and he never was betrayed. He watched every
thing, he heard everything, and he stroye Ut
views and and protect @ the Interests" Of the great
| Spanish Empire. But in oil things he wus deter
mined on rule and prcdominancc, carelcss Of the
dignity, und the wishes and the interests OF any
| rice but his own; determined to assert suprem-
| acy, predomnance, everywhere: trent1ng Eng
land as We treat Russia; claiming in Sondh
ing his pride in the Low Countries as We havo
been avenging ours in Afghnnistan; counting,
ruther than avoiding, quarrel; showing hInl-
self in all things Il most determined. most
| able md most euterpriSinE JinEO. He
was, moreover. on the whole, possessed OF Or
the sympnthes Of bis people: He hs;lped to
| makes the true Spaniard even now the first and
sinccrest Of '.Jngucs,' '' Il man whom no political
no Kind %f Political h qnngGf tn
muiiltain Tho territorial Integrity of the realm.
III Cuba ruins Spain, Spain must be ruined; is ior
h be Is
| colonies. rs she hns never acknowledged by
's hat She e Would be moved to the heart by any
| chance Of territorial extension say, In Morocco.
| She has been in fnct always, and thnt in no IL
resnt ~ spain has sunk e the third
she has never been able either to concilinte
or to keep, when she Ind acquired, rortugal al.
her her ireland. the Low Countries She never even
| seriously wounded her Russia, England, though
she fought us for century in gu clmafGs aho h
| so alienutcd alike the subjugatcd Indians. aho
tue whites, through whom sue governed them,
that she lost her India, Spanish America, and
| the Spluiard has no bittcrer enemy than the
| isplno-AmericAn. And the cause of that loss
WIS in brief, JinEoisn the resolve to be scltshl
| predominant and to make selfish pret1omtnnt1cc
felt at any cost tho fixed determination to con
| slider the interests Of Spain us paramount, to
| rely in every emergency and under a!1 crcunl-
stuilccs on the watGhfulness Of her diplomatlsts,
the selr-sAcrif1ce of her people,, the bulldog
tenaciry and courage Of her soldiers go like
in many respects to our own, ano nor
! kind. Spain, too, spread civilization, as
| she understood it, by the sword. spain, 100
Judged or every quarrel in Europe by its beAr-
ing upon her - interests. Spain, too: was every
where and always on the watch lest her u1l-
friends throughout Europe and her enemy, En-
gland, should ever obtain anywhere any advnn-
tage Unlike Rome she give no citizenship tc
| the conquered. Unlike England hitherto, she
ruled over dark races with single eye to net
| own advantage. She cArricd out straight nna
! rcsolutcly the theory defended Ill the l'nl4 uaa
| Gazcuc,-the theory that international morality
can bear no relation to Christian ethics, and VIC
see what she is now. Three centuries have
passed, and Spain is alone. y diScrowned l.ln-
| press; while her colonists rccedc on every shore
| before the races whom they governed with such
unhesitating adherence to the principle that the
| Spuniartl, once invested with dominion, must
predomiuatc.
| chpphTH crAn1l W0Rk