The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-01-23

is useless, therefore, tog me t0 speculate further upon it. This much, howeveE, is certain: The democracy are in power, and their measures will be carried, If not this session, then in some early paTtla- ment. And included in these will he honse rule for Ireland, with rights similar to those enjoyed by the states ot the American Union-a further imitation ci her giant child by the mother land. When this great question Is settled, but not till then, the Radical programme of further democratic reforms will be in order.
 The most important consideration of all Is the future attitude of Great Britain toward other nations. Is the British de- mocracy to be pacific or belligerentf Is Britain to continue to embroil herself in wars in all parts of the world df Is she to maintain her costly and useless inter ferences in the quarrels of EuropeI think not believe that the British de- mocracy Is to be pacific, and that the American doctrine of noa-intervention will commend itself to 1t. Britain will be more and more inclined to follow the ex. ample ot America in regard to foreign affairs, as she has dome in home affairs friendship with all, entangling alliances with none," is to become the common platform of the democracy on both sides of the Atlantic. believe further, that it will not be long ere both parties in Brit ain will pledge themselves, as both par ties here have done, to offer arbitration for the settlement of international dis putes before drawing the sword. h short, Herbert Spencer's great law will be further vindicated.
 GAS power is held arbitrarily by king or chief the military type is developed, and wars of dynasties and aggression en- sue. As power passes to the people the industrial type is developed, and peace ensues."
 In all this we see the unceasing move- ment of the various divisions of the Eng. lish-speaking race throughout the world, to assimilate their political instutions, each division taking that which the others have proved 10 be the best. English law Is already universal the decisions of the supreme court at Washington are quoted wherever our language is spoken. Re- ligion, too, may be said, in broad sense, to be universal. Our speech is also the tongue of a hundred million Anglo-Sax. ons our literature Is also the same, and polite al institutions are rapidly becoming assimilated. The world is soon to see this community of language, religion and political forms merge into the great An glo-Saxon democracy. The child now lives who will see every Eoglish-speaking community living under institutions founded upon the extremest view of the rights of man. as formulated in our De- claration of Independence, without a yes tige of privilege from birth, wit ,out king or aristocracy, without united church and state, without great standing armies, un- hampered by primogenture and entail, with equal electoral privileges and equal districts. In short, with only such slight variations of laws as are necessary to ad- just them to differing con ditions and eli mates, the various divisions of the Eng fish race will live in peaceful brotherhood, each governing itself as free and inde- pendent nation, but held 10 the others with bonds stronger than those of con- quest, feudal dependency, or colonial re- lationship, and ready to help each other in need. This is the ideal federation of the English-speaking people Of the world. It is also the only one possible or desira- ble.
 The great parent land, it is true, lags behind at present. It is characteristic of her to be slow, but it IS no less character istic of her that what she once sets her hand to do, that she accomplishes, Twenty years reign of the people will place her abreast of the most advanced of her children. and twenty years more may restore to her the political leader ship of the world.