The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-23
NEW SCREAMS or THE EAGLE



Do other lands boast of their great rivers
We could take up all their Niles and Thameses
their yellow Tibers. castled Rhines and bcauti.
empty them into our majestic Mississippis and
Mssours. Amazons. Saskatchewans. and De
la patas. without making rise enough to lift
of their seas and lakesY We could spill all
their ,puny Caspians and Azcvs, their Dead
Seas. Nyanzas. and Mnggiores into our mighty
Supporters. Alichigans. Erics and Ontaros. and
scarce produce ripple on their peobiy brims
tho sands C Of time lot by the faryoike slipper
Of u st. Louis or Chicago girl. DO they pirate Of
their romantic scenery We have, u thousand
yapnted Con!os. Genevas. and Killarneys
hide their S faces in veil Of friendly
out the feeble murmur. OF all their
catnaracts, while the awful ~ crags and
Gan9ns Of onr Yosemite and the
and Minnehahas. and tho lonely grandeur OF
our horzon-fenced praires. boundicss oceans
most famous scenes OF Switzerland and Italy.
sSgiiPse the wGnders t ana fl9res OF ne arabian
their sublimity and their loveliness. DO they
grntte about their Htnas and Vesuyiuses2
with our noses turning somersots OF ineffa
BILE contempt clear over our hoads. we thunder
forth our, Cotopaxis. Popocatapets. Chimbo-
razos. and a score OF other jaw breakers whose
very names alone are too huge for common
tongues. am aware that some Of the speci-
mentioned do not Just Exactly belong to us yet;
but they belong to our next-door neighbors
who, are not as strong az we are and to our
what is the difference? Do other lands and
nations talk of their mines OF jewels and gold?
California Colorado, Dakota and New Mexico.
where mountains Of gold ind silver ore chhl-
Of the worlds greatest bullion mills resounds
in the yet warm lair OF the Rocky Mountain
grizzly boar. Do they rave Of the harvest fields
OF Germany and Britain. and the vine-clad hills
of France? We show them half u hemisphere.
with soils and climates as varied as tho tastes
OF men, and with capacities Tor production
boundlcss rs the needs OF men yielding every:
thing cereal. vegetable. animal. textile. and
mineral. agricultural. horticultural geological.
geological. genealogical, plscatorial. and or
Astrological. ovine. bovine, capricornine,
equine and asinine-the last including most
all the races. tribes kindrcds, and tongues Of
earth can ever require. The sun in heaven in
the morning were the first day never looked
down on II more magni! lcent domain-a fresh
ana glorious haf world Erand in all Its pro-
gorgeous in all its adornnents resting like II
vast emerald brcastpin upon the bosom OF four
great oceans. lI is the broadest land eyer given
TO any people, the grandest and most beautiful.
the most varied IN its productions, md tho
most unlimited in its capabilities und its future.
And Americans were and are the people for
it-cosmopolitan, the race of races mingliny IN
their veins the, blood Of ali other nations, and
combining in themselves the good qualities of
all-the sturdy manhood courage and patriot;
ism of the English, the, pertinacity, thrift and
/
| dustry OF tho German, the pride and gnlantry
Of the snaniSh the art and sentiment the
French, all permented BY the energy and
shrewdness and colossal modesty that are Pc
cuiiariy Yankee. the stern piety,o of the Puritan
crossed with the reckless deviltry of the cow
boy and the endurance Of the Kickapoo With
such a country and such race. what is not
progress and development liz but begun.
Human, eye hath not foreseen, neither hath
| it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
/ greatness. wealth
power and pr9speFlty ultimately to be attained
By this American land this American people,
century ago. n poor. scanty population oI
3,ooo,OD0 souls. confined to q few sa-coast
! starting out rs republic. shaky. moneyless,
| inexperienced. and almost faithless. To-day.
and prosperous Spread from tile the Atlantic to
| the Pacific. and from the Great Lakes to the
| Gulf. They have made vast and trackless will
| derncSses rejoice and blossom like the rose gar
| abysmn soIitudes OF untold ages musical with
| the many voiced industries Of civilization and
! thar civilization. with all its faults. the frecst
! and highest and best the world has ever known.
| They have built. MS by omuipotent enchanter's
! spells. cities and railroads and canals. They
! have bridged the mightiest rivers and tun-
nei!ed the talest mountains on TIE globe. They
| hnva slanned II hemisphere with their iron
| their electric cables.
! Their ingenuity and invention reverend. Their
| credit Is unlimited, their energy Is tireiess and
| ullutnSS ana their enterprise haltS AT nothing.
They have shown creation that in the bright
vocabulary of American national youth there is
no such word as fail. One OF their cities. n
Dutch is land settlement Of century, or so ago.
now has half as many inhabitants n their whole
republic when they declared themselves free
in twcnty-four hours for a North. Central and
south American railway scheme than the whole
Years & the SffS' an al %dnS
frontier fort, in an unknown Wilderness of fifty
{earo ago low has pInTa2 , oi oyer 30oOo
the most gigantic wheat cornor steals in Chris
tendon.
from every land beneath the sun. railroad
a few mines. II catnract'S water power. and u
Bn % ey u Es m4n YqTK saGe
The whole contincnt is, being ghecKcred with
! magical cities, while private citizens handle
revenues that dwarf the riches Of Empcrors
! and Kings.
Where is all this gigantic growth and de-
veopneni tornd VII! not the close OF our
Strait to the ISthmu- OF Panama. under one
glorious ire" GoyGrnmcn, and tri-rolored flag ?
viii not the mystical figure. \. u. 1900 find
Guatemalinns, and Nearaguans, brethren and
| friends and fellow citizens. march ing beneath
! to a grand common destiny OF illimitable
| wealth and power and rcnown: Then shall
Co'nmbns proud pet Sagis (which is being
! lofticst pinnHcle crng of the royal ore
| ribbed Rocky Mountains. spread his cloud
bathed wings from the mutliioraI rain
| bows and iroSt-wrousht splcndors Of the
! Aurora Boranic realms. to where the beloved
! sunshine OF HondGrian CULTS chants its cease
| less anthem to shores Of everlasting green and
gold. and trumpet forth in universe reycrber-
| ating tones his Cock H. doodle Yankee
! doodlc-doo" of cNultntiOn and defiance TO all
the world and the rest Of mankind. Earth $
! two greatest oceans. 5000 miles apart shall
roll up in numbering ora,orio their echo Of
the high and glad refrain; the mightie5t gulf
and grandest lakes in all creation shall Join
! the chant; river after river, huge. rolling
, floods. shall conSpira TO swell the giant peau
! SuperiOrs waves. old MiSsissppi's torrent,
Ningaras misty thund"rs shall roar it far and
| wide: the hurricane crashing through ten
thousand mountain gorg"s from, the Allegha-
nies to the Cordilcras. from the Adirondacks to
the SicrEls. snail chime i; the raging biz
yards, hurlinE tix-ineh haiist4nes on SKY;
rattle it; the cutamount shall shrek it,, the
prairie wolf shall howl it, the lone owlet hoot
II, and the grizzly bear shall Erowl it and the
burden If il all shall be; America for Amcri-
cans One country, one nag 2wc lager from
Gr"enland,s icy mountains 10 Daricn's golden
| strands, ulurlbIS unum. now h"neeturth.
and forcvcrmore world without end. Amen