The Portland daily press., 1898-09-22

dead in consequence. The church ism t
poor. There is money enough for every
thing else sThe country isn't poor. 1t
is increasing in wealth all the time and
the church is getting its share of the
increase On the Fourth of July Mains's
circus visited Presque Isle and it took
out of the town $4,000, and every church
there is in debt. Church members went
to the circus. Both my deaoons were there
with their wives. 1t is not wrong to go
to the circus, but the case serves 30 show
that had the willingness to do for the
church been as great as the desire for
pleasure the debt on every church in the
place might have been raised.
In conclusion, Mr.. Harbutt made an
eloquent plea for an awakening of the
latent power of the churches which would
enable them to grapple with the wars
legacy, In his address he spoke in high
terms of the yalor of the American sold
iers, saying that he regretted that he could
not have gone to the station to help
welcome home the boys who had suffered
for their country even though they had
not been called upon to go to the front.
1880 ~~''-
DIR. MoxoM'S ADDRESS.
DIR. Moxom spoke on the "Union Of the
English Speaking Peoples, and said in
substance: I am to speak on tho union
of the English speaking peoples and I
do SO because I know 1t is subject in the
hearts of the people today, pregnant
subject intimately related to the funda-
mental idea Of the earnest speech to
which we have just listened. The union
of which speak is not ut al political
or organic union. What Is contemplated
is moral and sympathetic union. a
union of mutual respect; good will and
sympathy which shall result in co-opera-
ton in promoting true civilization.
A union of the English speaking peo-
pies is substantially union Of the Unit
ed States and Great Britain, for while
the British colonies have freedom and the
responsibilities of freedom in the conduct
of their own affairs. they are one in
feeling ana sympathy with the mother
country and so there is no division
among the English speaking peoples
except the division between this country
and Great Britain.
The causes of the arrangement Of this
country from Great Britain are apparent
to the student of history and need not
do more that rscapitulate them at this
time. The primary cause OF the antago-E
nism was the revolution, and to it may
be traced later grounds for the hostility
between the two nations. Among the
things which lead up to the revolution
was the greed of ths English Ian dlords
and merchants in colonial days who
looked upon America much as some
American merchants may look upon
Cuba and Porto Rico today. BY their
treatment of the colonies they prepared
the way for the revolution. English ignor-
ance and contempt for her colonies was
another cause. I wish also to mention
a cause not 50 often in the mind and
that was the absolutism and obstinacy
of George I'LL Had men like Chatham
controlled affairs the revolution might
have been averted and the final separa-
ton of the two countries politically been
brought about by peaceful means. This
is the more apparent when we remember
the sympathy felt in England for the
colonies, making it necessary for her to
hire foreign mereenaries to do the fight
ing. The revolution bred in the American
breast deep rooted antagonism to Eng
Iish rule. The hostility which resulted
in the war Of 1919 deepened this feeling;
the dispute over the northwestern
boundary kept it alive, and the attitude
of the English aristocracy towards the
North in the Rebellion SO nearly lead
to conflict that some of us who wore
the blue were almost ready to shoulder
the musket and don the sabre to teach
England lesson. To these causes for
the antagonism bstween the two countries
there may be added the conservatism that
kept England from learning Of our tn-
situations. aas 4 &c
American has not been blamoless.
There has been about this country in
our relations something of the bumptiousL
ness Of the young man. The temper of
the Irish Immigrants to the United States
has also kept alive the feeling Of HOSTILE
ty.
We have now to consider the rapproche-
ment which has eliminated in the last
year, but which has been many years
developing. In several instances SEEM
ing evil has worked for good. President
Cleyeland's Venezuelan message brought
to mind the two peoples ancient
ties and the horrors of q war between
them. The war with Spain has unified
this country. Not many months ago the
men of the South spoke of themselves
as South Carolinians,, Vtrginians and SO
on. Now there is no North or South or
East or West. We are all Americans.
(Applause) s'I stamp my foot here, .
some scientist has said. land the pulsa-
ton is felt around the world" So the
breaking out of the Spanish war was felt
in England and awoke a hearty feeling
of sympathy. The action of the British
government which made coalitioniof
the powers against us impossible. took
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