The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-11

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to be avoided at almost ali costs, except
the cost of dishonor, but war with the
United States appears to have an aGdl
GiOnaI horror OF It's own born OF The fact
that those whom we should be fighting
are our own fl ash and bio d (hear.
hear, speaking Our own language.
9harlog Il " civil z3tiOn. Cheers }
[ feel, as fac as | car speak for nv
c)untTynleD, that u pride III the race
TO when We belong Ia a pride which IN
cIudes every English speaking com
munI5Y IL the world. Clear. hear J
We have q domestic patriotism g.
S~C0-ChucH or as E1g3I3hmen OF a.
L~rlshnlen, or what sou will We have
on iC2rcTsal Particular "a CITZens OF
th" British Empire. But surely, IL al
dtilOn 10 thar, we have also an AneIO-
Saxon patriotism when embraces
within les ample folds the whole Of hat
! great race VII Gu has done SO much III
every branch # human tff0r5. and
above ali In tina branch Of huTDsn
Effort which has produced free iDstltu
tIOns and free COmmupICIes. Cheers }
[ have sOrrOw1Gliy to ADMIT that this
! view does not seem as yet to be share q
nv the EoglIah 8Ueaking pc0plo in the
| United States Of America. Large zee
Z UA5IS VI AA4IL1lr AZ IA e N14 = IL a LA
| iudg0 from the reports ! n the ne
pors-Which is all that | have to judg2
! Oy-Iarge sectors Of them seem 60 re-
! gard a war wish this country as q thing
! 60 Do lightly INDUCED IN, an eXhllaVat
! ing exercise, q gGntie national stimulus
| t. noe that IS q terrible, q distressing
J and a horrible point Of view, u / d.
nos believe, and [ will never believe
| that IL is the point Of view that viii bA
! permanently adopted py any large Sec
! ti0n in the Uni5ed States. Cheers
! We NAV be taxed with being Ideaiists
| and dre8meT8 in this matter. ! WOuif
! rather be an iGAalfsT and a dreamer,
| and [ lock furvard with confidence TO
| the time when OR deai4 will have be
| come real and our dreams will D. en-
! bodies in actual political fact. (1etr,
hear) j. cannot but De that those
whose national roots go down INTO the
! same past a. GUr own. whQ hare orr
! language. oar literature, = laws, u
! relIgiCn-6very GDIng JhaG makes 4
. nalI0n greenland VINO a III sub
| stance our inSGltutI0nG-lt cannot but
be that the time will C0Tna wnen Itl6y
Will + RI Jh96 they and We 0ave com
mon duty t. p~ertocin, = common tIii;4
! t-.fGIfiiam0u& the nations OF tne "Or!u
Z ttJI4SCIS J All0 I'IAlD WIZ SSEA'%S 80
! sine must come. when some one, sOue
statesman Or authority, more fortunate
even than President Monroe, viii lay
! down the doctrine that between E0g
| lish speaking peoples war is Impossible
(cnpcTS). and then It will be seen that
every man who bY rdSh &c ion or hasty
word makes the preservation OF peace
difficult, or it may be ImpO~Si0ie, nae
E:cEnmEtJed q crime, not only aga2ust
. his own country, not only against that
other country to whom be has Invited
war, but against c~Ivit:Zatlon Tself.
Nav no EnglSl states man and no Eng
lish party ever have the TUapODslOIilJy
OF that crime heavy upon their souls
Ihave been almost inevitably com
PEELED to dwell to night upon topics,
diequieting topics, topics 1t may be tutl
Of difficulty and Of menace for toe
future; but think not, | bes6eCh you,
that I at this moment TAX a pesslml3
tic view of the future of the country.
Speaking myself, | do moi believe thai
public opinion on either SIDE OF the At
J lan5Ic or II Europe will permit the out
t break OF a war whose end no man car
~foreeee. (aear, hear, and cheers
would not have you, therefore, leave
| this room uLd9r the impression that
dfii ii piOpuCU VI CiNi IL bL1I1SS, Ok LHtHH
look forward to dark days for the En-
pire Of which we are citizens. That il
not the case. -(Ch8ers) We, after all
have no of quarrel thai | can dis
cover with any nation, large or small
powerful or insignificant, upon The
face Of the world. (Cheers) We de
sire 10 mans territory. We wish MOI
TO interfere with any present interes'
: or any legitimate ambition which any
State may possess Our own worE
3 WITHIN our own sphere IL al fficient fOs
? US CCheere.) That will tax our enrr
gIes I the utmost. and that will supply
J 10 statesmen all the material whlcr
: they may require for the TnOst enprget {
labor fer the DEVELOPMENT of Britain
and of the British Empire. But if II
I, needs must be that war should come
l which [ do not believe-I 90 not THINK
that 1t ls q contingency Of which we
J have at the present moment any epeCia'
reason to be afraid (heaT, hear tx
British Empire Ia not like the Spanisi
: Empire Of the 17Lh century, a helpless
hulk lying uOOn the waters, tempting
d~epredatI, n by its wealth, but unable
by weakness to beat eff The depreda
tors. No, gentlemen, there never was
a moment. | believe, in the recent his
[ tory Of us country when the British
Empire was a better fighting machine
rhan it is at the present time. (Cheers
the energetic efforts Of sue 2ess've gov.
ernmenta. principally Of The Unjonl-t
Government near, hear which excited
between 1856 and 1892, and the Home
Rite Government which succeeoo.t
them between 1892 ard 1895 cbn fl
through their efforts il the last decadr
or more. an addition has been made &c
the fighting power Of the Empire. Of
which the Empire itsef. I believe, is
unaware. (Hear, hear do not Ghiyk
that this force will 0e called uoou &C