The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-05

ana the white. II the test Is numerical
."e yeHoW race comes first But n tho
test De the area of the world and tba
power 10 control Its destinies the nri-
macy OF the white race is indisDu,ahIe
Inc yellow race are massed thick ~, 80
NAN or single continent; the white ov-
elusiFely occupy Europe, practicalIy 90
cupy the Americas, are colonizine Aue-
taiia' ana are dominating Asia. In tbo
struggle for existence the white race 80
onau ~tionably come out on top.
NJ Whlte race being thus favorabI,
handicapped by the supreme Handicapper.
the next question was, which az ~
white races is naturally selected for 80.
VlVai-which is proving Itself most Az IN
tne conditions of Its environment "a defaa+
auN erse influences and 10 preserve ner-
sistently Its distinctive type?
al thls point in the analysis Mr.. Rhode.
Giopted Tor the moment the first line of
~ 10 take up another, which might
ieaI MIN more directly to his goal Wbat
is 1t that God-if there be a Gods ain
ing at! what is the ultimate aim of all
thls process of evolution? What is "a.
! dlVine ideal toward which all creation
presses, consciously or unconsciouslv9 To
ma out the ultimate destination Of SEN
, leIt creatures may be difficult or even
impossible; but the only clew which we
nave 10 the drift of the divine action is
10 note the road by which he has led no
hllherto 10 see how far we have got al
IeSdy' Then we may be in a Dosition m
IhIer with some degree of proba bili+N, az
70 the route that has still to be travelled
H. therefore, We wish to see where we
are tending, the first thing to do Is N
examine those who are in advance We
DO not go back to the ape or 10 the b,sb
man or the pygmy to see the trend ~
evolution. We go rather 10 the foremost
or mankind, the most cultured snecinnens
OF the civilized race-the best men IN
snort, or whom we have any records or
knowledge since history began Wbat
these exceptionally-it may be premature
Iy-eVolyed individuals have attainsss g. q
prophecy OF what the whole phalanx ~
humanity may be destined to reach They
ere the hlgh-water mark of the race ND
tliI now Progress will consist In bring
Ing up mankind to their level.
proceeding further in his examination
Vi the foremost and most highly evolved
specimens of the race Mr. Rhodes found
them distinguished among their fellows
ny certain moral qualities which enable
us TO form some general contention as
TO the trend of evolution. Contemplatine
the highest realized standard of bun,ao
perfection, Mr.. Rhodes formed the ides
that the cue to the divine purDose VIC
| TO discover the race which would be- most
ikeiy 10 CniversaliZe certain broad gen
| eral principles. What" asked Mr.
hhodes, rs the highest thing in The
, World! is II not the idea Of Justice? I
Know none higher. Justice between man
AEd man-equal, absolute, impartial f.
play 10 all; that surely must be the
nlst note of a perfected societv Rut
secondly there must be liberty. for wirh-
OUT freedom there can be no Justice.
slavery in any form which denies a man
rlght TO be himself and TO use all his
faculties to their best advantage is and
must always be unjust And the third
note Of the ultimate toward which our
race Is bending must surely be that Of
peace, or the industrious commonwealth
as opposed 10 the military clan or fight
ing empire Anyhow, these three seem
TO Mr.. Rhodes sufficient 10 furnish him
with metewand wherewith to measure
Ihe claims OF the various races of the
world TO be regarded as the divine inl
strGment of future evolution. Justice.
hperty, and peace-these three Which
race in the world most promotes over the .
widest possible area a state of society
having these three corner stones?
who is to decide the question? Let all
the races vote, and see what they Will
say. Each race will, no doubt. vote for
ITSELF but who receives every second
vote? Mr.. Rhodes had no hesitation in
arriving at the conclusion that the Eng
ish race-the English-speaking man.
whether British American, Australian. or
South Arican-is the type of the race
which does now, and is likely 10 do in
the future, the most practical, effective
work to establish justice to promote lib
erty and TO insure peace over the widest
possible area of the planet
Therefore" said Mr.. Rhodes to himself
IN his curious way, IF there be a God,
and He cares anything about what / do
L think II is clear that He would like me
TO do what He is doing Himself And
as He Is manifestly fashioning the Eng
hsh-speaking race as the chosen instru-
ment by which He will bring in state
OF society based upon justice, liberty and
peace He must obviously wish me TO do
what l can TO give as much SCOPE and
power TO that race as possible Hence"
so he concludes this long argument
IL there be God. 1 think that what He
would like me TO do is to paint as much
Oh the map of Africa British red as posi-
oie' and to do what I can elsewhere to
promote the unity and extend the infiu-
ence or the Englsh-speaking race"
Mr.. Rhodes had found his longed- for
ideaf nor has he ever since then had
reason TO complain that It was not suf-
nciently elevated or sufficiently noble
10 be worth the devotion of his whole
life