The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-23
AMERICAS FUTURE.
A Hungarian Philosopher on tho Political
Evolution of the United States.

A Hungarian Philosopher on tho Political
Evolution of the United States.
Pulszky told me that 10 most Of the Eu:
ropean capitals that he had visited, ques.
ton had been put to him in the hope that
swer. 1t was: Don't you think that the
republican evolution of the United States
will terminate in one, or, perhaps, several
monarchies ?"
"And what was your answer?" asked.
Monarchy Oh, impossible! There will
any part of the United States. 1t is hard
to understand 10 what extent republican
ism has permeated national and individual
| life over there. They are republicans in all
the nerves, tissues, bones and everything
else. Everything goes by popular election
Every public man is liable to be questioned
and cross-questioned by newspaper inter,
viewers, and what we in Europe hold i'm
| pertinent is there counted right and nat
ural. One man is just as good as another,
and what is greatly to the credit of the
Americans, they dislike very rich men.
They have no respect there for million
aire because he has millions The very
rich people have to come to Europe to get
the respect which their money won't buy
|
with the greatest civility Irish emigrants
who certainly did not look prosperous. and
q few minutes later talk with rough indie
pendence to one of the richest men in New
York, simply because he was extremely
'frich.'
asked Pulszky what he thought of the
future OF the United States.
| my historical imagination is bewil-
dered," he replied, when consider what
they may be in hundred years. With
this new force, electricity, coming up, they
are sure to advance rapidly, and l believe
that their mechanical genius will enable
them so to apply it as to escape all that is
tedious in the Old World industrialism,
which is the direct child of fire and steam,
and blackened and rendered Internally ugly
with smoke"
PulsZky is also frequently asked wheth-
err, in his opinion, there will not be terrible
political disruption in the United States.
do you think there will be-" said.
No" he answered. There are several
Americas in the American Union, and they
have all pulled along well together, save
the south, which was out OF harmony with
the rest because of slavery. the American
Union is great concern. New England
has tone of its own. 1t is not a bit like
the tone of the other natural groups, and
is still in harmony with them. The south
is unlike every other part. The center, (or
what used to be the west) has character
of its own, and that character, through
German immigration, takes stronger ac-
cent. You have then the far west and the
Pacific states, which will be as unlike the
eastern states as Italy is unlike England.
The Mississippi runs from north to south
and is not 20 much natural frontier as q
great road tor the prairie country on one
side and the old western states on the 9TH
er. These states are becoming eastern. |
Should there be ever great disruption. it !
running from north to south, separating
the Pacific states from the others. But
cannot think why there should be disrup-
ton. Each state is locally an independent
republic. No doubt the tariff on imports
pinches some of them. But unless it i,
found to be benefit to the mojority, all
the Yankees Of New England will not be
able TO maintain it."