The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
The Truth out q. Iast

The idea Is more or lsss prevalent
on the other side Of the ses that the
United States amounts to something q
. fighting nation, that 1t 10 ono Of the
respectable powers Of the earth, capa.
BILE Of taking care Of itself and likely
to give the stoatest enemy rough treat
mont This impression has got abroad
because Of tho fact that We are . pros
porous people, with unlimited rs-
sources, and supposed to be loyal TO
The Federal union. True, there ii q
diversity Of race and Of civilization
here which our European friends have
not fully understood and have therefore
failed 70 estimate, with due accuracy
and soberness, 20 points Of weakness.
This condition and other matters q
equal gravity. which We did not wish
the world 70 know, are ..Riven away''
BY q writer in the St. James Gazette
who ''has passed good many years In
the United States" Starting with the
assertion that the strength Of this Re-
public has been vastly over-rated, he
proceeds TO prove it In the event of
war with foreign power, says
this wise Britisher to his countrymen,
'the great labor associations of Amer
lea might probably take the opportun-
tty to put themselves aggressively in
evidence" against the government. A
fresher bit Of news has not been seen
for many . day, and it is particularly
sensational in view of the wide spread
notion that among no class Of citizens
Is the spirit of patriotism more liv-
ing fire than in the ranks of labor.
Moreover, the Indians ''would be very
likely-they are very we'll armed with
repeating weap0ns-to take to the war
path," sweeping through the north
west, no doubt. and laying siege to
Chicago. 'tSome people maintain"
the sapient writer adds, .'that the
cowb boys would hold the Indians in
check, but this is questionable" for
''the interests both Of cowboys and
Indians are identical, as are their pur-
suits" Even more serious is the possi-
bility that the ''cattle owners" would
unite with the ''red men and cowboys
to kill off the ''grangers. Who can
not readily see that the Britisher has q
clear knowledge of the desperate situa-
tion into which q foreign war would
plunge our government? II there is
need Of further evidence. it is furnished
In the statement that such war
"would be an excellent opportunity for
malcontent states to get loose from
one another" and he thinks the south
would jump at the chance. Worse
than that, the whole agricultural popu-
lation of the country, ''two-thirds Of
whom are foreigners" would refuse to
be ''conscrlpted," and finally, ..it is all
but certain the Republic might disap-
pear" This intelligent survey of the
state Of things existing here will cor
rect the errors which have long OBJ
tanned in the English mind regarding
the strength Of America. It would
hardly be necessary for a foreign foe to
fire q gun. We would go all to pieces
If paper bag were exploded o league
beyond the three-mile limit. The
truth has been disclosed at last, and it
is humiliating. Herr Bismarck, who
yielded to the American commissioners
In that Samoan business will now feel
like going out somewhere in the
suburbs of Berlin and repeating the
names Of NEUROLOGICAL deities with q
cannonade accompaniment.-Cincinna
ii Times.