The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30
CHAPMAN POST.
Members Listen to an Address by Rev.
Mr.. MiIburn.

McmDeES Listen I'D an Address Dy REV.
Mr.. MiIburn.
Rev. J. A. Milburn yesterday afternoon
addressed the meeting of George H. Chap
man Post, G. A. r., at the post hall on
South Delaware street There was a good
turnout of the comrades. Many of the MEM
bers of the Woman's Relief Corps were
present, and prior to the address of Mr..
Milburn Rev. Rhoda Smith, of the Congre-
gational Church, made a short talk on pa
triotism and what it means. She also con-
Quoted memorial exercises. Mr.. Milburn in
the course of his remarks said:
There is point of vital interest to which
L want to direct your attention. We hear
a great deal these days about an Anglo
It, and Joseph Chamberlain's speech, which
struck one of the greatest notes that states
century, found, / think, a sympathetic re-
spouse in the mind of every thoughtful
American 1t is a great conception-this
conception of a federation of the forces of
England and America for the purposes of
civilization and of peace These two coun-
tries belong to each other They are one.
They have the same blood flowing in their
veins; they have an affinity for the same
literature; their moral ideals are similar;
they are built on the same plan and they
both incorporate the same tendencies and
dispositions. Therefore such a federation
exists in the nature of things. 1t is going
to come about because it has behind it that
compulsive pressure that inheres in nature
and destiny. Hitherto America has alb
sorbed into itself the highest and best spirit
has been largely the formative force of the
two civilizations. From now on America
nership.
American is bound to democraticze Eng
land and to make her political system pre-
cisely similar to our own, but now the point
| have in mind is that the Anglo American
federation is great only as a stepping stone
to Germanic federation. America, Eng
INV hal 4C oh, oil.
me English are Germans, England, Amer
lea and Germany are all Teutonic, and this
is the federation that near craftsmanship is
bound to bring to pass. Germany is fit to
move in the forefront of the nations of
this world. Her people are thrifty people.
she has a commercial instinct second only
to the commercial instinct of England and
America. Her people make splendid, noble
citizens wherever they go. She is pro-
towards the height of democracy, and
therefore Germany's fitness to enter into an
alliance with England and America is APP
parent This is the federation, / believe,
that the fates ordained and we need more
over, all this might and light of these united
people when we remember the tasks that
they will have to accomplish and the prob
lens they will have to solve. The great
danger that menaces the world to-day is a
steady encroachment of the SlaV upon the
Teutonic peoples. The Slavic civilization is
three centuries behind the times; it is
STA is an absolutism. Her theory of gov
eminent is the most pural form of paternal-
ism. She has no literature no sense of
freedom, no genius whatever for democracy
or democratic institutions She does not
know the value of a man. She is a good
natured, sluggish, human glacier, gradually
moving down, gradually pressing upon civi-
liZation higher than her own. She is
mighty force. She has within herself a
tremendous fighting inertia. and it will need
the full strength of these three great ma
tons opposed to her to hold back her forces
so that they may be gradually absorbed into
the light and culture of the civilization
that we now characterize by the word
Saxon" and, Furthermore, such a con-
junction of powers, such a glorious Ger
manic federation would mean universal
peace. 1t would mean the steady and pro-
gressive baptism of the world in literature
and light. 1t would mean the onward march
of humanity and love-