The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-05-13
Greece VS.. Turkey.

greater than herself in area and pop
ulation, it is we'll to reckon a few
items of the vast debt which the
world owes 70 Greece.
Among all the great nations Of the
past Greece stands first in language,
literature and art In almost every
department of universal literature
one or more Grecian names occnpy
conspicuous placo-if not the first
place. And Greece is the native
home of art. In sculpture the Gre
clans have never been equaled; and
on the Acropolis of Athens structural
beauty reached it's highest limit when
architecture and sculpture united to
produce the Parthenon-most perfect
temple ever built-of which Emerson
says:
Earth proudly wears the Parthcnon
As the best gem upon her zonc.'
Popular government owes a great
debt to Greece. Democracy is a
Greek word, and in the Republics Of
Greece, moro especially in that Of
Athens, we find the best illustration
of government by the people, until
we reach modern times. In Greece
the political and social environment
of the people was such that men had
room to grow, and the glory of Greece
was the high average of her citizens.
Persia, her next-door neigLbor, out
numbered Greece immensely in
square miles, in population, in sol
diers; but when tested in the scales
of history, Greece outweigLs Persia
immensely. Wherein lay the differ
ence? It was a difference of man
| hood. The Persians were manikins,
the Grecians were men. The great
ness of Persia was numerical, while
the greatness of Greece lay in the
worth Of her individual citizens, a
worth which grew naturally from her
free institutions and those other 40
cial and educational advantages
which go with freedom.
How much does the world owe to
the Turk? Nothing. The world
owes much to the Saracen; but the
Turk came from the obscure East,
the home of barbarism, the cradle of
brute force, the lair of savage cruelty.
So far as Europe is concerned he is
an alien, an invader, a destroyer, a
minus quantity in civilization. Mis-
government is his forte, falsehood is
his fine art and cruelty is his diver
sion. Religion has only served to
whet his sword and sharpen his spear.
Conquered nations, if they do not
adopt his religion, he harries and de-
stroys. He has shown very little ia
vor to literature and art. He de-
stroyed much of the noble architec-
ture and art of Greece, and books
which differ from the Koran he re.
CARDS with that fanatical disfavo1
which led to the destruction of the
Alexandrine library.
Let us suppose that in the present
struggle between Greece and Turkey,
the Powers should decide to favor
the nation which has dora most to
advance the civilization of the world
would their armies and navies sustain
Turkey? No! Such storm of neg
atives would come from all quarters
Of the civilized world, that the semi.
barbarous Turk would be swept into
the far East, from whence he came;
and little Greece would be granted O
free opportunity to regain her ancient
greatness.
Foreign capitalists invest their
money in manufacturing establish
ments in this country and then 60 to
work to get high tariff in order to
make our people pay tribute.
by the census of 1890, the voting
population of the United States, that
is, the number of men 81 years OF
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