The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-06

the first forced liquidation. Whose turn
next?
Let us suppose that this preliminary OPP
Grafton should be ended Then willingly
or forcibly, according 10 the known form
ula, America must belong to Americans
The new world win then be ready to full
fill its mission. That mission consists in
stretching out its civilization toward the
west. across the Pacific toward Asia. By
chance or by a secret law of nature the
great inVasions of history always moved
from the east to the west. The immense
American nation win follow the eternal
route of humanity; it will advance toward
the setting sun, like the barbarians of old,
the Mongolians, the Arabs, and the Turks.
1t viii advance as best 1t can, but IL Will
advance. "Our population" said Seward,
lis destined TO roll In irresistible waves TO
The ice-bound barriers of the north, and to
meet oriental civilization on the shores of
the Pacific"
The Americans VIII reach Asia Seward
foretold that he would meet the Chinese
and Kalmucks upon the coast of the yell
low continent. He spoke like a prophet
of what the American advance guard
would meet. Looking toward the north
west" said he IL see the Russian busLly
engaged; he works with energy building
bridges, towns and fortihcations on the
border OF this continent to be the outposts
of st. Petersburg And ! say, Go ahead:
continue; build your outposts all along
the coast; they will become the outposts
of my country, the monuments of the civ
ilization of the United States In the north
west. "
The American incoming tide is bound to
roll into Asia. 1t will neither stop nor
turn; it win advance infexibly until It
reaches the civilization of the west RUS
STA apparently being counted among the
oriental empires.
Everybody knows that mysticism and
practical common sense often dwell toSetn-
er in harmony Ilustrious and striking
examples OF this can be found in the lives
of the saints. Seward only furnished an
other example. That statesman, so prac-
teal and so unrestraned, spoke mysttcaily
of the role of the United States in the
life of humanity. One speech that he
made in Washington before the Senate
in 1852, or whereabouts, is extremely curL
GUS The question was upon American
commerce In the Pacific. Seward address,
ed the Senate as follows: 1.-THE discovery
Of this continent and OF those islands ard
the organization upon their soil Of socie-
ties and governments have been great and
important events After all, they are
merely preliminaries, preparation by
secondary incidents, in comparison with
the sublime result which is about to be
communicable junction Of the two
civilizations upon the coast and in the ISL
ands OF the Pacific. There certainly new
or happened upon this earth any purely
human event which Is comparable to that
i'm grandeur and in Importance. 1t Will
be followed by the levelipg Of social condi-
tons and by the re-estabishment Of the
unity of the human family. We now see
clearly why 1t did not come about sooner,
and why 1t is coming now"
AS a matter Of fact, it is very clear
America must take time to grid her loins
and 10 take up her club; in other words,
to be ready to impose her mission by force
when persuasion will not be sufficient. The
events in the Philippines are the prologue
of the grand march toward the West
And when the Americans shall have re-
Joined Europe In some portion of Asia
and closed the ring of white civilization
around the globe, will they stop or can
they stop? That Is the secret of the fu-
ture. It's solution will depend upon what
they will find before them-a Europe torn
and divided or, as it has been said, the
United States OF Europe. At all events
they will have the right to be proud. be-
cause they will have carried out their des-
tiny.