The Portland daily press., 1883-05-11
IIlna Grand New World.


The Grand New World.
The Rev. f. Barham zincke is an English
clergyman moi particularly known 10 fame
ihoueb he is ono OF the '.Chaplains in Ordi-
nary, 10 HE Queen, has travelled much, and
wgl.tes, not alitte On yasious subjects, es
pecially in favor Of peasant proprietorship
ii land, and against the landlordism mdthe
social system based upon il in England
which, with Matthew Arnold, he thinks
s.has inaterialized the upper, vulgarized the
middle. and brutalized the lower classes"
The latest publication of Mr.. zincke has
appeared ia the shape Of a pamphlet ia
Which be speculates, or as some have it.
dreams, about the probable effect on the
world within the next century of the con-
tinued growth at It's present rate Of the Eng
llsh-speaking democracy, or as he is eased
TO call it, sEnglishry." According TO his
ca cuiaiioDs by the year 1880 The Urited
States at its present rate Of Increase viii
contain population Of e0,000,0oei Canada.
Ga. ooo. COO; Australia, $4,000, GOO; South Al
RIGA, 10000, coo; aud the United Kingdom
100000 THIS win give IN all about one
thousand millions Of Engiish-speaking peo-
pie, living substantially under the same in
stitutions and cherishing the same social
and political ileas. Il is not supposed these
millions will be confined to the present lin
lis Of English speaking peoples. All the
rest OF North America, he thinks, viii be ov
ernowed, as well as a large portion Of the
Southern part Of this hemisphere, while Az
RIGA also, far onward to the Equator, will be
occupied and opened by the same restless
and indomitable race.
Should this programme be made good,
then the question comes up: What kind Of
society will this eyer-adyancing "EngIishry'
establish? Mr. Zncke sets about The ans.
wer with great earnestness. The American
farmer, he thinks, will be the prevailing
dominating type. The vast majority will
spend their hives in the cultivation Of their
own lands with their own hands in lhe man
ner OF what he calls the "open-handed
American farmer There viii be almost
no poor, certainly no paupers; no sasages,
no serfs; not many drones or Sybarites; all
able to read and write, and determined IA
turn these instruments Of knowledge to ex-
celient account. All pursuits win have 3
fair field and no f2vor. Nations viii ccIn-
pete with each other intellectually, not Ia
brute force and with the sword. All the arts
and sciences will flourish to an extent never
previously known. Religion viii have a
stronger hold ON the human heart than ever.
Such is the pleasant dreaming in which Mr..
Zineke INDUCES. Il is cer.ainly preferable
to the horrible gospel of despair.
We must not forget TO add that the pre-
dominant influence in this renovation Of the
world is to be chat Of the press, while none,
will have so wide aud deep an influence as
great writer's and great speakers, who will
be reported By that press"
SPRINGFIELD Republican: The accounts
Of English opinion indicate that there is at
ter all not the clearest understanding in
Great Britain Of The attitude of America on
Irish questions The general disavowal in
this country Of all sympathy With assassins-
ton and with aimless destruction seems to
have given Enslishmen the impression that
We feel just as they do on Irish questions
they think in short that we ought to regard
the Philadelphia convention and Parneil
with horror and that we ought to take he
indictment Of Dublin grand jury as snfi-
Gent ground for the extradition of Walsh
and Sheridan. Now this is wholly mistaken
While the American people do abhor assas-
sinatiou and dynamite, they have no abhor-
renee Of agitation against Irish wrongs and
they have been rather surprised aud graft
fed that the Irishmen in America hare be
come SO trained in self-restraint that thes
are able TO hold great delegate convention
to form union for the furtheraHce of aid to
the old country. As to the Irishmen in this
country, no American judge win be likely to
accept the mere indictment by grand jury
as sufficient basis on which to order the sur
render Of accused persons. There viii be
inquiry into the facts on which The indict-
ment rests and reasonable chance for de-
fense With this tie British must make up
their minds TO be satisfied
Trrr. Pon.a ;a,,rnats st,ovr hat ~