The Republican journal., 1896-03-05

excitement and turbulence. You have
settled to your own satisfaction by this
time. after All your reading and discussion
upon the question. whether or not the ex
ecutive act was wise and patriotic, and
probably also you have very definite con-
victious as to the meaning and value of
the Monroe Doctrine, even though our
most learned students of history and in
ternational law find it still a bone of CON
tenton, But this display of the lighting
temper and this apparent readiness, even
eagerness to rush into war with Great
Britain, as evinced by no lnconslderable
number of newspapers and by many OF our
public men in Congress and elsewhere
what is our thought of it i'll a serious, pa
| triotic, Christian mood? 1t is to be under
stood of course, that the war cries OF the
press and the war-like utterances OF leg
islators and others were representative OF
some portion OF the American people. BE
it said to the splendid honor OF the pulpit
in this country that almost without ex-
ception its voice was raised in immediate,
indignant, righteous protest againsta war
spirit, and the COMMUNICATION OF the ad-
vent OF the Prince OF Peace was MADE the
especially appropriate occasion to give
ringing emphasis TO his gospel OF good
VIII among all people. Whether the IN
nuence OF the clergy or tne Wiser teachings
OF our better Puollc prints or the more
temperate ana stateslheh-nke speeches OF
the nobler ones among our pubic men mad
most TO 40 ID inducing the chahSe OF sen
tlnent, at leastl dld not take long Tor the
great majority OF the American people 10
reach sober second thought. Yet tnere
is the recollection OF what so many OF us
were on the point OF being Wiling 10 90
hence the lesson.
The criticism mas been maze that we
a meFicanS are provincial people. NOW
we resent that at once. 1t touches our
pfluc 10 De called narrow as ldckihS Ill
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n.
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cI"uS grove Granting tta' we are f'ght
III inns NeiteZaeIail c"hJIoFefSN' as NO"
stems pIooaple' ah! EhSi'lu "roh3' $eI
l LOT one must dlii'll, American l'louSh l
am To the core, 'hat tlle genera ATTITUDE
ana temper Oh me Eh@iiSh people mas APP
p''IeN 9i greater olSh,ly an" PolSe' more
'A0l "n9!ii$ e0'hiiG'"t"'e lI"li, Hioldi
ana NliiSllAh STANDPOINT 'li"ii nav OF our
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sen mem "9"nSl inc Aiotiiei- country ai''
| quick non "eslIt 70 come 70 olo"S uhuei
"iiat 'heY Woulo deem salhclen1 PfoFoca-
'iVn
Th war clouds that We're coniured up
by excited imaginations have now vanish
ed and left a pacific sky. Our govern
ment and England S will reach an amicable
settlement of their vexed question through
the ordinary course of diplomacy or in
the special way of arbitration. But still
the relation is far from friendly and kind
between these two foremost nations of
Christendom. 1t is quite evident that an
intense anti-Engish feeling exists among
us. 1t appears in our patriotic speeches
call to mind recent noteworthy addresses
in Congress-it is manifested in the tone
OF the average American daily newspaper
in the slurs it casts upon EngliShmen and
English doings, in the delight exhibited
over Engand's troubles in her various
foreign complications. Indeed, the feel
ing we entertain towards our cousins
across the sea borders on actual hatred if
it is not quite that in fact. To be sure,
very much of this mahgn spirit is only in
the seeming. Down deep in the heart of
our nation, if a way could be made through
the trappings OF prejudice. would be found
healthier and more righteous feeling.
But we have to reckon with what is on
the surface in such case.
Now this American dislike OF England
Is not without cause Recent events have
led students OF political history and ma
tional traits OF character to attempt to ac
count for it. And the conclusion is east
ly reached. We haven't forgotten our
war for Independence. There is the in
heritance of antipathies from our Revo-
lntionaly fathers, and the perpetuation of
them in our histories. Mr. Bryce, so well
known to us as the author OF that COM
prehensive and sympathetic study of our
political and social institutions, 1.-The
American Commonwealth" in a recent
magazine article calls attention to the
mischievous tone of many of our American
school histories in their representations of
England
! Then we have an unpleasant remem-