Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-13

Us .sNA"hVht wv wv stl'nbtA tUoflA 10
eR,ct q landing ou her shores baillei
him. The channel, OF a. he called H.,
the ditch saved her. He saw TINT her
strength lay In her commerce, aud ho
directed ali his energies to the destruc.
lion Of that commticc.
West Florida caused at this time
misunderstanding between Spain aud
the United States. The latter claimed
Il under thp terms Of the Louisiana
pufchate " 1894, and the former main.
tanned that II was never included In
that territory. However, the Ameri.
cans proceeded 10 occupy II. Spain
rcialiatcd by destroying American
ships and inilictiug i1sults ami out
rngoE In other ways. By the in,crvcn-
ton OF Napoleon settlement WAS
effected. But FtauCe and England
still continued 10 insult and outrage
the United states. There seemed no
scn,iment Of an American character.
The bulk Of tho people were either
French or English In sympathy,
Napoleon ordered Portugal 10 close her
ports against English ships. England
demanded Of American ships tax for
the right TO sail the seas. Finally the
embargo closing the ports Of the United
states 10 all foreign vessels went into
effect, nnd II causcd n good deal Of Ia.
ternal diHcOrd.
IL was Jtnerson'e belief that by
adopting this course his country could
escape being einbroiled IN European
trouble. But even this extreme moas.
ufc aid not have tho desired effect.
A. 10. A
can ships ami impress into her service
all Enghsh.spoaking persons on the
ground thHt they were British sub.
l.cta. Even certificates TO the effect
that such persons were either Ameri.
can born or uaturalzcd citizens did not
alwayp save them from imprcssmont.
About this time new generation Of
Americans appeared on the scene,
among whom were Henry Clay, John
g. Calhoun, nnd number Of other
equally iervent and brilliant young
men. America was their country, anu
10 uphold, sustain and guard her from
insult were their mission. with
tongue and pen they awakonod an
| American apitit, and In due time the
cfisis came.
Henry Clay became Speaker Of the
House of Representative In 1871.
Using tho vast influence which that
rtlice commands In shaping lcglsln.
| ton, he ordered all his committees 70
that war spirit predominatei. A
declaration Of war against England
soon followed. In relation TO this war
| the school text books are all wrong.
| They give the impression that we
whipped Britain on every hand, aud
| the American eagle II made to scream
| from, cover to cover. This II not 30.
We whip e :, or Mt least held cur own
against England on sen, hut she
whipped ua ON land, except on one OF
two occasions. but Americans gaiu-
ed n greater victory than
II they had whipped England, they
conquered themselves. After the war
thxe was n funeral, and the corpse
wN the old Federal party. This fac.
lion that had been for years opposing
progress and liberty, threatened seoes.
sion during the war. Their dough-
faced, putty headed conduct rendered
them 10 odlous that tho very word
Federal became a cause Of shame even
| to themselves. Then sot In the era OF
the real American sentiment, which n
few years later eliminated In the Mon
roe doctrine.
Ever since that war the United
States has been respected by all Euro
pean nations. Before that, even the
miserable half savage province OF
| AlgieIH insulted US, and an she thought
with impunity. On reading the history
Of these times, tho American OF today
does not ask why his fathers went 10
| war In lsl2, but he asks why In thun-
der they did not 20 10 war In 1905, or
1909, or even In 1909. The answer
| simply Il, because there was no
American spirit, patriotism or
seliresI ect. Jefferson was man
Of peace. He believed the golden
era 10 he In the future, aud peace
| should be prince Of that era. rhepeo.
pie believed with Jefferson that peace
| was best, and that II was better 10 bear
insult than rush precipitat.ly Into war.
| But the crisis came in 1903, when Gal
latin said that either We must fight or
permit our commerce and even our Ia.
ternal trade to be destroyed, aud our
country reduced 10 sstrapy OF Euro
pean crowns or iespots.
DR.. Gordy dwolt considerably upon
the Interpretation put on the COnstitu'
ton by States' sovereignty men and by
nationalist. According 10 the former
there was no such body ~ the Amori.
can people. This country WAS COM
| posed OF Della wares, New Workers,
| Rhode Islanders ana 80 on, Just as 10
many tribes Ot aboriginal savages. Ac.
coriing TO nationalist, the very TACT
that nm American Constitution existed
demonstrated that there was Or ought
to be an American people behiud II.
In touching On the Missouri COM
promise OF ls2O, this lecturer said that
many were OF opinion that tho NOrtA
should have gone to war sooner than
admit compromise on slavery. On
this very point the Superior wisdom
and far.aaeiig sagaclty Of Henry Clay
was seen. In 1890 the south coul 1
whip the North. lfthls is doubted, We
have only to see what happened forty
years later, when the North was tfebly
stronger. The civil wsr resulted IN
triumph for the North, but DR.. Gordy
believed that N Lincoln had been In
place Of Jefferson Davis II would not
have ieen 20. Divls defeated the
south by his perronal Interference In
matters that did not concern him, 10y
his arbitrary conduct and his petty
JvnlOusy,
Tonight the subject Of Henry Clay
will be continued, and his part IN the
MIssruH oompromise anu other events
will be elaborated more fully.
rhiu Afternoon ut O'Clock the doctor
will sneak on phSsoool0gy ht 81. MARX,
school ON First South, OppUsile CITY
Hall, 10 the school teachers, students
AMI others who may desiro to hear
him,