New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-03
TIE FOURTH BEYOND THE BORDER.

The announcement that in several Canadian
towns the Fourth of July will this year ne op-
served as a public holiday, by official appoint
ment is more than merely gratifying to our Ma
tional pride II is more than i passing incident
or the result OF n temporary fit OF sentiment. IL
is significant Of the spirit of the British people
and Of their real sentiment toward thlS Natioh
and toward the acts that made il Nation. mat
is not a new spirit. nor Is there the least e1ag-
poration I'm declaring il to be the masterspirit OF
rho race One has merely 10 recall the cXclama-
tion of Fox The resistance Of the Americans
"to the oppression Of the mother country has
"nreserved the liberties Of mankind" and Pitts
thanks TO God that the Americans retained
enough of their English blood 10 fight for their
rights and Horace Walpole's declaration that
the New-Englanders were better Engshmen
than the English themselves and innumerabl,
other like utterances has merely to recall
them 10 remember what the spirit Of England
was M the time the Fourth Of July was made
National anniversary. And remembering that
II is not possible TO believe that the Britain OF
today has so far fallen from her old estate IA TO
have forsaken the high ideals her best sons then
cherished
In that view OF the case orr Independence
and the Rriton have the best Of reasons 10 re-
ioice not because II commentaries the loss OF
the Colonies TO the mother country, which Is not,
either. the reason why Americans rejoice IN H.
bnt because It commentaries the triumph over
nm unworthy Government Of the day, OF those
eternal principles OF liberty and justice which
have for centuries been the guiding principles
Of the Anglo Saxon race: which, We may add is
eel
dav II is no doubt true, a. Buckl" asserts. that
if the American colonists had not won N their
war against England Tho liberties of England
herself would have been. ~ least for n lime III
considerable Jeopardy From that danger Eng
land was saved by tho glorious rebels OF Lao
Thot surely Is cause for Canadian and British
rejoicing.
The real sentiment Of England was rendered
ineffective In 1916 by the purblind perv"rsity oi
an alien court court much dcicst"d In Eng
land itself as IN America. Other influences. well
known. have operated 10 conceal or 10 'hwar' II
for many years since that time. But ~ last
,s making itself fel, and seen. There Is no re-
nuncla,ion Of British patriotism IN II any more
than there is Of American patriotism IN the cor
responding spirit in this country b" WINS
moor American who could not heartily rejoice IL
nueen yir,ori,'s Jubilee He is not The best Of
Enrlshmen who does not see in the triumph OF
this new and greater England Of the West the
triumph Of that " hich has made England great,
and 10 whom the Fourth Of July Il not. there
fore day Of real rejoicing. II is the good OLD
British spirit the spirit of lIampdcn ana OF m"
men who framed Magma Charia. that Is mani
tested in this Canadian celebration of our lnd"-
pendence Day II IS spirit that docs credit to
the Dominion and 10 the Empire. and that is
full of high promise for the future Of In" Anglo
Saxon