Evening journal., 1897-08-16
A PRETTY PICTURE.
imagine a Union Between Amer
lea and England
Tho PrepoSterous Proposition of an
English Theorist - National
Elements That Would
Not AssimiInte.


A writer in an English journal under
takes to show that the union of the
United States and England into one
nation, with one government, would be
an untold blessing, and advances o.
number of reasons for his belief. In
time of war;" he says, 1.-THE combined
fleets would be able to defy any possi-
bic combination, and with coalng sta
tions within the readiest reach they
could sweep the seas of their enemies
shipping, and convenient ports for
prizes would abound. As for the armies,
it is said that the United States could
put 100000 men on a war footing.
Add that to our own total of. say soo,-
900, which, in time of war, could be
greatly added to, we could provide
united military force of some 100000
men, and face enormous odds by vir-
tue of the incalculable resources of the
two richest nations in the world. Com
mercially we could almost absolutely
control the trade of the world, and be
independent of supplies from other ma
tions, seeing that what the states lack
in shipping they provide in boundless
tracts of land that can furnish every
thing that can be desired. The surplus
population of Brisain, too, would find
abundant scope in the undeveloped soil
of America. Then, in respect to size,
the new nation would present an area
OF 1854, ,433 square miles Omitted
States, a,47O,OOO; Britain, 0.071 1,OoO)-
more than the whole of Africa, and
more than three times the advantage of
oneness of interests, the oneness of
language, the sympathies of blood
ldnship, similarity I'm almost every con-
ceivable direction. The united nation
would be able to dominate alike the
worlds councils, its trade, its doings-
in fact, what the Anglo-Saxon people
said would practically be the law Of
mankind"
Nothing, of course, could be more re-
mote than the possibility Of such n
union. However, it brings up questions
and conjectures that are most inter
esting. In the first place there would
have to be n compromise between the
two countries as TO the form of govern
ment Every one Of Uncle Sans sub
jects is a sovereign unto himself, and
nothing could be more odious to him
than TO acknowledge allegiance to one
who rules by divine right. Likewise
would It be difficult 20 engraft in the
breast Of the average Englishman that
love of independence, liberty and rev
erence for free institutions that is born
in every American. II is hard for the
Briton to understand that the strength
Of nation may lie in the unified loyal
ty OF al its citizens. without depend
ence upon any family born TO thepur-
pie, upon tradition, upon the glamour
that, IN monarchy. surrounds the gov
ernmeniol bead. Hence a'modificatioH
OF the two governments than would best
equalize the widely divergent condi-
tions would have TO be effected. Natur-
ally. some of the features of this gov
ernment would be retained. and no
doubt civil service would be one .oi
Them, as IL is essentially an offspring
of royalty. Imagine, IL you can, the
prince of Wales or the duke of York
eagerly scanning the newspapers the
morning after an examination to see
II they had passed. Or. with equa
Eolemnity, try to picture our own DIR
Depew in all the gorgeousness of golt
lace and lSnickerbockers. bowling anC
scraplng around the ruler neither
president nor king. but a portion %
both--as a gentleman in waiting.
1t is ridiculous 10 suppose that. will
all these incongruities. and with moth
ing whatever in common between th'
two systems Of government. that thei
union could by any possible chance eve
be brought about. Since the 13 littl
colonies dissolved from the mothe
country something over 100 years age
this nation has made n phenomena
growth in everything. but in no on
thing has there been greater expan
sion than in patriotism. In com
mensurate degree has grown the dis
like for monarchies and the trapping
of royalty
It's a roseate picture this theoris
across the water paints. but IT ca
never, never be realized.-Cincinnat
Enquirer.