The record-union., 1899-11-08
PRESENT DAY THOUGHTS.

| PRESENT DAY THOUGHTS.
BY q. Grosvenor DAVE.
| From Within Outward.-Though this
| is written two weeks in advance OF
election day, yet the various elections
of the country will have been held be-
fore it is read, and we shall have real
| lied once more the advantage of hay
| ing a Government that is representa-
tive, Government that can be rebuked
by vote and cast out by vote. The
quietude with which an election passes
off is in itself proof of the general good
sense of the community, and is PROM
| Use of future quietude. To know that
practically the same acQuiescence IN
the will Of the majority is to know that
Americans are capable of self-govern-
ment. Whatever apparent temporary
departure there may be at present
| while we are in state of war with
some portions Of our own country, all
of us who stop to think feel confident
| that Americans having been true, IN
great measure, for a hundred years to
the traditions of the fathers, will not
now be found unworthy of a heroic
past. If there is any one thing more
sure than another in this world it is
that the dusky races that have come
| in under our care from a variety OF
cause will be better OF with US than
without us. For US to raise the voice
OF lamentation and say that these new
possessions merely mean more Office
holders, more thievery, more self-ben-
| eft, is to utter a wall that is our own
condemnation; for il 1t be true that
thievery and wrong-doing exist in pub
| lie Office it means that we who boast
Of our freedom and independence are
ourselves to blame, and are ourselves
certainly not fit to govern, and certain
ly at the same time, not wise enough
| to criticise. 1 do believe in having
sense enough to go in when it rains,
but I also believe in the wisdom and
the gain that come from looking on
the bright side Of things. Let US be-
lieve with our whole heart that the
nation that carved its way to freedom;
that dared almost to disrupt itself for
the sake of a fuller freedom; that has
had courage to be untrue to its Declara-
ton of Independence in order to do
away with Mormonism. and that mas
the name the world over for energy,
for progress and humanity will be true
to its higher purposes and aims. Ac-
cording as our heart beliefs are inter-
preted into action, so will the nation
be-
Speaking of the slavery of men and
women, and also Of the necessary eff
fort made by the United States to
have one style of government through
| out, reminds one OF the war being now
waged in South Africa. Because Eng
land gets scant treatment from some
of our papers, perhaps few words may
be permitted regarding some features
of the struggle between the Beers and
British. Practically the Beers are the
only white people in the world who
defend and practice slavery. With
sort of moral obtuseness sthat is Pc
culiar at times to those who are verbal
| ly religious, the Boer pirates OF MS
nearness to God, and then by harsh
brutality to the flesh and blood of his
brother-man he demonstrates his near
ness to the devil. For two centuries
he has been out Of step with progress
and lives his patriarchal life in condi-
| lions far inferior to our own Cracker
whites.
The Mormons went West beyond all
fear of future interference. They were
mistaken. Civilization caught up with
them. ran beyond them, surrounded
them. assailed them this last not
without difficulty and distress. The
United States could not permit within
itself a region utterly foreign to the
forward trend of things, hence the Ed
munds law and demonstrations by SOL
dfery. and now the opposition to Rob
erts.
The Beers trekked northward beyond
all imaginings Of future British ex-
tension. They, too were mistaken. The
steady tramp Of commerce, Of trade, OF
development has surrounded them and
already stretches northward OF them
hundreds of miles. Even within their
own bounds their riches have arisen
from those who came in and developed
the country, while the Beers merely
sQuatted on It. They forbid Catholics
or Hebrews from holding office; they
grant monopolies; they despise the peo-
Die VINO pay the TAKES. ENSih d BIB III
knowledge of history would tell us what
to expect under such circumstances.
The groups, or the States, or the
countries that will not keep step get
their heels trodden on; 1t is as newt
able as the coming of sunshine to dis
pei darkness.
Let us be fair to Great Britain. She
has a huge task all over this world
standing out bravely, even more brave
ly than we Americans do, for an
equality of chance. Where the English
flag goes there goes commerce, and she
makes no unpleasant inquiries as to
where goods are manufactured. She
wins peace with her sword and pro-
gress with her Maxims, and then holds
the door wide open for other nations
to benefit by her prowess, which is GER
tainly more than we do, and let us not
forget that! That sturdy little land