The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-26

iaueS country under the pretrrse Of
e ,,N.l1s out band OF brigands and then
ePpi9pilates the country and Subjects ia
reputation TO tyranny and cruel eXaetions.
may DC a conqueror, but he is not "A Chris
o e,S'a,, ne mig Who makes slaves OF AN
J ohenuing people ana DESTROYS the r,siala
WIN the sword may be great. but he is MOI
a philantnropis.. - "0'
| a. 4 ms Is The prscise tole which Great Brit.
| am mas playe0 among the nations she
was created aforetmc cut OF a race " III
i ~ lor surn destiny one has only
io iisitivi,ner the auoaelous pirates and
-how they destroyed the native Ilrtions
| tonK thSlr country with undergraduates "a
p XIV, ana nptchor{ ana built Oh the ruins
| retN hlnSd1ms; how they Isolated them
selves m Keeps ana castles, where ihey
| imbht III their news with mea, ana
s sir,,rS' new they heated themselves with
shields, the uproar of savage catns nl1 M,
renk of the ale thar was spilled. planned
tee" pavises and sailen forth in utter law
N,s ness 10 carnage, slaughter ana rob
| nviy; And these arc the very virtue.
| Wnich ths philosophI1 Tai,e declares nave
s seeH deserved in the race 10 the present
gay Out of such materials has hcaf, enns
stiGcted the huge pile OF british nnlionai-
~ anu now great statesman spe king
tot hinlselt and for his nation. wonuers
why Great Britain has no iriendsl
IN In tee affairs OF this world Justice yoes
aVr sCmHthlhg, and injustice leaves a
s,lhg' when was ever Great rritain t,.sty
O,niy wnen she has been driven to insticc
~ t"V EoinpihRtior CT the nations against
ner. what has been her historical eo1rse
tWVmma'us THESE her colonies IN American
Wv t tio, c1 X rfaa without burning indig-
rHucn thc history of the endless wrongs
b ~. erimes which she committed asains, lis
| ~ unc gay Of our weakness? She regarded
10y states as an appanase ami our
raitlers as her alien serfs, whom SHE
nismt piunder al her VIII and despcil of
NH ..Y hutlble ana flee inheritance IN the
viz consider her eight years Of
"u Nst cur patriot sircs. W ere they not
hcn SnSpflhSs. iiad they not honorcd
her N inc lltie republic which they buUt
om ,nis slae or the sea? Had they not
hef In all the hlial synpathies2 And VITA
WHY IeMalnt
MGR thlrty years the same thing came
"s9H.; She INVADED our territories a Sec
Sma tlme ana sought 10 destroy us. she
burned our capital ana spread disn,av
ELeteVer she was able to penetrate And
NatiHn staggered, when ci,il liberty was
ussaiied, when republican government
',,s on ~ final trial ln the world, what
| clC great Britain do? She sought everv
opportunity of entrance to the quarrel
Sh ava'led herself OF every protest she
got her hand on her gNord for nothing
and ioiuing the aesail1nts or he i''inion
by historical forces which she could not
control.
NOW IN the day Of her distress when Aer
ambitions pun in one direction ami ncr
money lords pun in the other. WHOM she
staEPcrs under the stress of her Vices and
the weight Of her goi6 she eddresers tbn
American Nation IN the tones Of n mother
and complains that her daus hter does not
love her Indeed her daughter does not
HOW THE BRITISH EMPIRE WAS
BUILT.
What has been the method of Great
Britain In extending hor euuire? How
has she established her colonies on dis
tant shores? In what manner has she
tho world? This has been her metaod
She permits her band of adventures,
without Law ana without humanity,
TO make their way into the unfroquented
places Of the world Thther they go out
in search of spells. Perhaps some gold
mine, some cave of ghttering diamonds
some stores of ivory some rich pruducs OF
SOIL or climate. may he found far inland,
on unknown rivers, where simple pee
pes dwell or IN unNisittd Islands. in5'e
ne qiVliizea orlgailaS 5 pant themselves
ana begin to torment the natives unul
N time some Of them gc' Just.y Killed 10y
tueIr clliiI, Ill. Du.' H., Vs,tv ~, - "nN
spTmtdp report noW tneS nav I'LL az
siyitatlon 9'f have been e siSuehteFSed' how
me krs me 49, ~ ~. ~ ol ai,e
TOT y; anu now we Only a'H eso"peu aHNe
TO VIII W. 'ne ilTws All rncl,sbpon must
nat I9l9"s Az Mrsiis Hii'c, , nus.
be pro'eetSl ana aFfnEtuc5 a idl'lllhrE
eNpe'i,ioh ~ sem mo 'lS oIieMu'd'S V1uti,
! Try. history can nor, even teyopl tui9te
"" horrors thHt lolluW m tie y.
NH nhle ne vaii nn' Su,9 ~ VIZ ud,e,,f
INV 10, e. H. ~ ~, ror.os,, u,d
under the bloody sWoldS OF NC bllsh
diery. y, me ohehunu,E counl1S - fon'
IusIed' foilS gre w IT,, ~ 'lo'iS e.,
| lished a local GQNefnmeni Is SET up
The natives are either aesslroyea or 94i,,
shaved. Great bfltai9 foi9'.'"es ''e "'''u'
Ana Net sue ms h' 10 !, 's,.". ,, tnd.oJ h4-
She also clYiizes the Worin. indeeu hsr
clytrzation Is worth GonsidsratloiL u ~
a civilization enected WIN Sworn IN, anu
she'll, promoted with bIahuF ana OPIUM,
based on the Bible and free trade anu
| secured by the dissemination Of Isllslous
tracts and venereal distaSesl follpW the
trail of the British empire through the
islands of the Pacific ocean. in INDIA, IN
ever She has gone. and the trail Is every