The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-09-02

than this, we shall be satisfied. We,
too, hope in some good day to see inter
nationality accomplished. We also cher
lsh the dream that the time will come
when nations shall be fraternal. But
we have one undertaking principle upon
which our hope and our dream are
based. and that principle is and that
dream is that the nations, becoming
fraternal, shall also become both demo
cratic and humane.
Hereditary monarchy, and indeed
monarchy of any kind, consists not
with human liberty and with the well
fare OF the race. Monarchy is a sham,
1T is delusion. 1t has no right to ex.
lst Whatever may be its antecedents
1t is an otfense against civilization. AS
long as monarchy exists the standing
army will exist, the floating navy will
exist. AS long as monarchy exists the
rulers of the world will continue to ex-
press to each other their distinguished
consideration, and atssthe same time
will plant their swordssin each others
pericardia.
For the English people we have the
greatest respect. and the respect is
mingled with admiration and affection.
The English people are among the
strongest II not the very strongest type
OF mankind. They have substantial
merits which cannot be overlooked by
any unprejudiced mind The English
people have fought victorious battle
over nature and a glorious battle with
barbarism. They have shown q power
and persistency, the like of which we
think has not been witnessed in any
other age or nation. They have colo
nized the world; they have mastered the
lnhospitable ocean. They have planted
dominlons on foreign shores Our own
Is states OF the eighteenth century were
the result OF English planting. We
grew out of the loins of this strong.
resolute, determined and liberty loving
stock OF men, and we shall not be be-
hind IN awarding to them the full
praise to which they are entitled.
n~ainst til. institutional life Cf
Great Britain chat we protest. 1t is the
tear OF tha6 institutional life which
holds us back even in this day of ram.
pant fraternasis,n. We adopt with ONLY
slight change OF phraseology the old
Vergilian verse, "Timeo Britannos ct
dona ferentes. - We distrust the Brit
ons even when they bring their gifts
not because OF a want of appreciation
OF the race character ofsSgur s1lloae. res
mote ancestors, but because Of the or.
ganlc conditions in which the Britons
are involved. They have hereditary
monarchy. They have an aristocratic
organization of society They have an
absolute house of lords They have the !
absurd principle and practice of primo
genlture. They have the doctrine of
entail. They have everythins>of of an in
stltutlonal character which is not dem |
ocratlc-except always the magnificent
house OF commons and the responsible
1t is because of this iustitu
tlonal depravity and because of what
we believe to he the interested motive |.
OF commercialism threatening to en-
force upon us by deceitful intrigue
the necessity of paying to the bond
holders of Great Britain fully $40, OOO,-
OOO, OOO by the single standard Of gold,
When every dollar of the debt was con-
tracted on the basis of our bimetallic
system in the United States-it is for
this reason that we are obliged to reject
the proffered hand and to 20 on our
solitary way Of independence and sep
arate nationality.
AS to the hand of the English people,
we grasp it because we think that ulti
nately it is or will be the hand of
democracy, and whoever in this world
whether it be on shore or sea, whether
It be OF the white man, the yellow man
'r the man in black-extends the hand
II democracy to us it shall be seized
With an answering clasp for the promo
Ion not of such a fact as the concert Of
europe, but for the promotion of hu-
name and generous civilization through.
'ut the earth. John Clark Ridpath in
Arena For August.