The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-01-16
III WILL BE SETTI,ED.
Bill Arp Interested in the Dispute
over the Venezuelan Boundary
and Studies Geography.

tho editor of The Australian Agricul.
turist, that is published at Sydney, in
that fur distant land. This iotter has
travelled more than half around tho
world for cents and Is worth $5 to me,
for tEcro Is comfort in it. l had mover
heard OF him but somehow Or other he
has been hearing from mo through the
press, and says he just felt like re-
spending out Of the abundance of his
Euglishman," says ho, "but all my
heart was with your people in thcir
great struggle. Robert T.. Lee and
Stonewall jackson were my heroes.
was living in Englan then and made
o Confederate flag and hung it over
tho mantle, and whom your final sur
| render came | draped the ilag with
Grape and it is still hanging whore
left it,"
Well, Of course, my unknown friend
wrote this letter before the late rup-
turo, but hope there will be no war
just for his sake. His long letter is full
OF information about that wonderful
country, aud oven tolls how they whip
ped the rabbit fight and now make the
pest profitable by shipping tho meat in
sells. The pclt is also transported to
| foreign ports.
Since receiving his letter We have
beeh studying geography and the cyclic
pedias about England and her posses
sions. Compared with Great Britain's
dominiOns the United States is q small
affair. Australia is as large as our
whole country. Thon, thorc are hun
dreds Of islands in tho Pacific ocean
hat belong to her and she has terrific
ry away down in the Antarctic regions
She owns u big elice of Of South Africa,
where the gold and diamonds abound.
She virtually owns Egypt and the Nu-
bian country. She has about as much
territory in North America as wo have
and she controls tho commerce OF
several South American States. Her
merchant marine is moro than that Of
all other nations put together, and yet
the powers that govern ard direct it
all at London make but little noise
| about 1t and don't brag half rs much us
we do.
The British can't whip us over horc,
| Of course. They have tried it twice
and failed. Neither could we whip
England over there, but they are u
wonderful people and make the world
| pay tribute. No wonder they have got
so much money. They own about one
sixth OF the land area Of the world and
|
have 6O,0OO, 900 subject in India alone
-four times as many rs We have people
in the United States. And over all
these countries and islande and gov.
ernments they appoint lInglishmcn tC
fill all the Offices and fatten on tho
spolls.
1t is we'll enough for us all to stud,
geography again and refresh ourselves
about England. Our best ancestry
camo from there and we have reasoI
to be proud OF it. We arc proud OF on,
own country and our republican gov
ernment and our wonderful progress
but somehow or other we have not YET
been able to got along without English
money. Not only our government
bonds go there for the cash but all our
great railroads have had to got the
money from England to aid in thcir
construction. So it is in Mexico and
Guatemala and Brazil. England is our
chief banker and the New York banks
are only her brokers.
Now we do not suppose that England
will go SO far rs to fight for that land
in Venezuela, but will eventually sub
nit to arbitration. This "a history
repeating itself. We had q long
quarrel with hor about our northeast
orn boundary and both sides made q
big show of fight and perhaps would
have fought but for the counsel and
high Character Of Daniel Webster. He
and Lord Asnburt0n settled it and the
JingOus On both sides had to hush up
| and ucquicscc. | remember we'll when
during President Polk's day we had
another rupture about tho limo through
Oregon. We claimed all that country,
including Vancouver island, and the
political war cry was "54-4O or fight "
| But we didcnt fight, Mother did We set
up that line by several hundred miles
Mr.. McLanc and Lord Aberdeen set
| tied it at forty There are gencr-
| ally two sides to all such questions and
the sober-thinking old men can't be
| carried of on Il patriotic emotion. We
| were all jingOes when We were young,
| but age and experience has modified
and mOlliiiCd our rashnuss. 1t was not
tho old men who got swarnpcd in New
York tho other day when tho war panic
| shook up Wall street. II was the young
and timid and Inexperienced. The old
men know that panic would soon pass
| away. 1t was the young people VINO
got panic stricken IN tho Baltimore
theator the Otncr night and crushed to
death. When [ was young | shouted
'54-40 or tight," and hurrancd for Polk
and that shlbboleth elected him, and
no" uOnI propose 10 nurrAh f0r a
! fight until there is more reason for it
than sec now. In the first place there
are some very cm nent mon who de-
clare that this is not IL case whore the
Monroe doctrine applies. Professor
Wolsey stands pre-eminent for his
learning and he declares that tho Mon
roe doctrine has nothing to do with
such case. Whether it does or not [
confess that my impulses are TO take
Venezuola's part on general principles.
1T IS human nature to be for the little
dog in iight--and my boys arc all
lighting mad with England. 1t looks
to me though like this com mission bus.
mess was already cut and dried and
that no man will be put on the commits.
sion who has not already committed
himself to Mr.. Clevelands policy.
don't like that. have never seen Mr..
/ Olney, but his picture in the last Re.
view OF Reviews looks bclligerent. He
looks smart, but II he was q dog he
would bite. Maybe he has been i'm.
prudent in his correspondence. At all
events, the sober, reflective people OF
these United States are not going to be