Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-04-11


Had Bishsp Berkeley been Of eur
generation possibly he might have
differently his celebrated
verse, SO that 1t would have read,
'ssouthWard the star of empire
takes it's way" Since the sturdy
race. which, for want of q more
hitting name, we miscall "Anglo.
first poured forth In h0rdss
from eastern Europe, very much
~ Aooks of sheep frsm sheepfolds,
| t. restless way has been westward,
until to-day it goes out upon the
fAr-rolling Pacific, face to face with
an older type of civilization than
Its own-a civilization which, pos.
sIbly, may oppose the onward
march In the wake Of the setting
sun. And, just as streams the
meet impstuous, meeting with
SEINE physical obstacle, are soonest
turned from. their course, go the
great human torrent will swerve
from it's route, and bend southwark
along the continent.
To those accustomed to read
Alright the history making about
us with the constantly accelerating
rapIdity born of electricity and
steam, the signs attending the
birth Of this movement are new
plainly psrseptible. To no one are
they more apparent than to eur
kinsmen across the sea, our Keen
witted rivals in carrying through
out the world, the mother tongue
equally our heritage, and the COM
mon civilization which we profess
with increasing frequency arti-
eles concerning "the Monroe doc
trine," "manitest Destiny "Amer-
iea for the Americans" and the
like appear in the periodical press
Of England. In the main these
outcemes Of British patriotism are
mere filings, good-natured or the
reverse, at our so-called greed, but,
behind each sarcasm, lies a truth
half hidden, which is not infre-
qusntly the cause of much anxiety
to the average British mind.
Many Of the writers of these arti-
Oies take pleasure in harping upon
what they term the "spread-eagle.
isn" of the American press and
people as indicated in the opposl-
ten made to any but Americans
having the right to control inter.
oceanic communication across the
isthmus of America. Some OF
these thin-skinned gentlemen 60
to the length of pretending to be-.
lieve in the existence among us Of
an ambitious and powerful party Of
which the sole end and aim is to
bring under the sovereignty of the
United States the weak republics
of the south, just as Napoleon
would have made all Europe tribu.
tary to France, and profess to catch
glimpses In the magic mirror of the
future of an American emperor en-
throned at Washington, ruler OF a
vast domain extending from pole
to pole.
While not at all probable that
the nation will ever adopt q mon
archical form Of government, it is
quite possible, perhaps probable,
that, in the not very remote future,
the United States will held, in a
far more justly founded and equit-
ably governed confederation Of the
republics of America, the position
now occupied by Prussia in the
diet Of the German empire. But,
while there lie not in existence,
Nor even in embryo, any such po-
litical party as that seriously be-
loved in by many English men,
IL must be apparent to every
thoughtful American who travels
to any extent among his country
men, that there does exist q wide.
spread and settled conviction that
ultimately the Americas are to be
centrollsd by Americans. This
oonsummation will be the natural
result Of combination of circum-
stances occurring, and to occur, In
this ceuntry and iu Spanish Amer
lea.
The carrying trade Of the coun-
try demands the rectification of our
coast line, especially as the trans
sentimental railways. which should
supply the lack of a continuous
esast, have become the playthings
Of : few men imposing upon the
apparently inexhaustibIe good ma
tuFs Of the people. At present our
osast extends practically along the
shsres Of both Americas, q length
entirely too great for the practical
necessities Of the country. Now
the securing Of interocsanic COM
munication, be 1t by ship-canal or
ship-rsilway, would shorten pro
tent0 this line. 1t Is for this rea-
Don, mainly. that very many
American, indiRsrentIy friends or
Toss In other matters of national
pelicy, believe and say, not only
That the nation should control such
1emmunieation, but that It shall
q -. Just ~ Great Britain, with |
yreet propriety, too, acquired the |