The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-17
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
HE IS MUCH INTERESTED IN THE
VENEZUELAN AFFAIR.
Old England is Great In Territory
and Means.

Tor there ia comfort in it. had never heard
Of him, but somehow or other he has been
hearing of me through the press, and saws he
Just felt like responding out OF tho abundance
of his good will for the south ~ am an Eng
lisbman," says he. ''but all my heart was with
your people in their great struggle. Robert f.
Lee and Stonewall Jackson were my heroes. 1
was living in England then and made Con-
federate flag and hung it over the mantel and
when your final surrender came draped the
flag with crepe aud i. is still hanging where l
LEFT it.
Well, of course, my unknown friend wrote
this letter before the late rupture, but hope
there will be no war just for his sake. His long
letter ID full of information about that wonder
full country. and even tells how they whipped
the rabbit fight and now make the pest profit
able by shipping tho meat in refrigerator cham
bors built in the vessels The pelt is also trans
ported to foreign ports.
Since receiving his letter we have been study
ing geography and the cyclopedias about Eng
land and her possessions. Compared with
Great Britain's dominions the Uniu S ates is
small affair. Australia Is al large AZ our
:Shoc country. Then, there are hundreds OF
islands in the Pacific ocean that belong to her
and she has territory away down in the autarc-
tic regions. She owns big slice Off OF South
Africa, where the gold and diamonds abound
She virtually owns Egypt ana the Nubian coun-
try. She has aboU; as much territory IN North
America as We have--and she controls the COM
merce of several South American states. Her
nations put together. and yet the powers that
govern and direct it all at London make but lit
tie noise about it aud don't braG half as much
as we do
The British can't whip us over here. of
course. They have tried it twice and failed
Neither could we whip England over there, but
they are wonderful people and make the
world pay trilu,e. No Wonder they have got
so much money. They cwn about one sixth of
the land area of the world and half the COM
merce of the SCI They have 2G0 GOO. 900 sub.
jecs in India aone-fOur times as many as we
have people in the United States. And over
all these countries and islands and governments
| they appoint EnGlishmen to fill all the oflic-s
and fatten OH the sp0lS.
| 1t is well enough for Is all TO study gcogra-
| ply again and refresh ourselves about Eng
| land. Our best ancestry came from there AM
| We have reason to be proud of it, We are
| proud of our own crountry and Our republican
| government and our wonderful progress, but
| somehow or other we have not yet been able 10
| get along without English money. Not only
| our government bonds go there for the cash but
| all our great railroads have had to get tho
money from England to aid in their construc
| tion. So it is in Mexico and Qua emala and
| Brazil. England is our chief banker and the
| New York banks are only her brokers.
Now we do not suppose that Englsnd will GO
so far as to fight for that land in Venezuela,
| but will eventually submit to arbitration. This
| is history repeating itself. We had a long quar-
| rel with her about our northeastern boundary
allu DotI SlICS DIG SNOW OF nSnt ana per-
| haps would have fought but for the counsel and
| high character of Daniel Webster. He and Lord
! Ashburton settled it and the jnGoes on both
sides had to hush up and acqricsce. I RENE M
ber we'll when during President Folks day
We had another rupture about the
line through Oregon. We claimed all
| that country, including Vanccuyr
island. and the political war crv WAS "54- 10
| or fight" But dident fight neither
| did We get up to that line by several hundred
miles Mr.. McLane and Lord Aberdeen sct-
| tied it at iorty-nine. There are generally .wo
| sides to all such questions and the Sobcr-,hink-
| ing old men can't be carried off on = patriotic
! emotion. We we all jinGoes when we were
| young, but age and experience has modified
and nlo!l fed our rashEcSs. IL was not the old
| men VIII, got swampcd in New York the other
| day when the war panic shook up Wall stree.
| 1t was the young aud timid and nexperiencc
he old men knew that panic would soon pass
ava. L. was the Young people who got panic
stricken i'll tie Bt timore thcater the Other
| night AM were crushed to death When I was
! young shouted '54 10 or tigh-," and hurrahcd
for Pok and that shibboleth elected him. and
now don / propose to hnrrah for Fl ght unt iii
| there Is more reason for it than see now In
tn" first pace there some very eminent
| men who declare that ths is not a clso where
| the Monroe doctrine applies. Professor VOL
| scy stan $ prc-emincrt for his lcarnin and lo
| declares that the Monroe doctrine has nothing
to do with such a case. Whether il docs or not
| confess tina, my impulses are to take Venczue-
las part on general principles. II is human
nature to he for The little dog in y frht-and
| my boys arc / fighting mad with England II
! looks to me though like this commission bust,
! ness was already cut and dried and that no
/ msn will be put on the commission who has
| not already committed himself to Mr.. Cicyc.
| lands policy. don't like that I have never
! seen AIr. Olney. but his picture in the last R.
, view OF Reviews looks bcllicerent Ha looks
| smart. but if he was a dog he would bite.
| Maybe he has been mprudent in hiS cores.
pondcnce. At all events the sober, ref ctive
| people of these United States are not going to
| be carried away by war cry. They are going
to discuss the matter calmly. The argument
is not exhausted
But what's tho matter with The Mail and
Express? What made it hpp 80 suddenly? 1t
| has been Onr m at vrulent and spiteful enemy
| for years and now all Of a sudden wants one Of
our patriotic ex Confodcrates on the commits
! sion, and names Gordon AMI Morgan and
| Hampton and Daniel and others. Il uses ad-
| jectives on us and calls uI chyalric undauntcl
| patriotic and speaks of the vAlor of the south
| ern Confcdcrscy. What il going to happen !?
| The New York sun sided into praise and com
| piimcnt 10y degrees. 1t was q month or two on
the road, int The Mail and Express got ahead
of Dana in one day That's all right if it
| sticks The New York Press moves very slow
| in that direction. is tditor sayS We Incident
feel that deserved to have our IiiSabiliti'S !
| rem we'd, for our CrImo Is jul. a hrinOUs and
| raitorouS t0ha" 1t was when we cnEn tied
| it, and it is Culy ont uf grac" that We have been
! civillv parlOucd. H.. CGItiOns uS to b. humbl"
! ard thankful. How ID tlot a 4 pcaccmakcr2 >
! Bat we still have hope. Let them come over
one by Cne !: '!Ioy cant a! cone At one
| while tin lamp holds out To lurn
The vilc,t sinner may return"
Now, lct us 20 to work AMI builj up our navy
! and fortify coaSs =. Let lis dig that great
canal u: Nicaragua aud furtify il like a Gibral-
| tor Vynt tine whole nation A. down and
| quit quarrchnS. / wish that the constitution
| was changed so that the president could hold
Oflic, lOr ten consecutive ycart an so Il ia. if
! when it was fixed. sloUld stav fixed for twenty
q y"rrs Th" nnHpu Is tired Of all thcs. c,,au-c ,
. I'D political u.;.;oi.u!S 4ncy al. "a :, tho
. nnlilIci lnt hnt d.aih ~ thrp.ou! ,.-Bl.G. AEr.