Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-26
NUMBER 8.

trast. She rules with strong hand
but tempers it with justice When
she sends forth her sons to work with
a people she bids them learn their
| language and habits, understand their
superstitions, respect their religion
and traditions. Thus the natives
learn to respect her power and appre-
claie her efforts. Their gratitude is
manifested by fervid loyalty to the
queen, not easy for foreigner to UNI
derstand. The Boer war has shown
the world that the British empire is
united whole, for voluntarily colonies
and dependencies have come to the
aid of their benefactress in time Of
need.
The United States is Just entering
career of colonization. Spain'S
cruel oppression of the Cubans fired
the souls OF the American people with
righteous Indignation They entered
a Just and holy war in the name of
civilization itself. They took up the
task which Spain to her eternal shame
has been unable to accomplish in CEN
turtles. The destiny Of those down
trodden people now rests in our
hands. Woe to us if we do not realize
how great is our responsibility and
put forth our best efforts in this great
work.
The task before the Anglo-Saxon
people is certainly great. But they
can continue to do what England has
done in India and the dark CONT
nent. They can continue the great
work Gen. Wood is CARRYING on in
Cuba. They must not be influenced
by anything selfish or sordid. This
is far deeper than any question of
party politics, far deeper than any
question OF wealth, even far deeper
than any question of life. We must
work for others good, and if they are
wllful or ungrateful, we must not be
disheartened or cast down. We be-
lieve in the brotherhood of man but is
this to stop at national boundaries or
to be limited by racial lines? We
ought not be reiudiced by a mans
color. 1t is the duty of civilized ma
tions IN the name of humanity, in the
name of Christianity to lend a helping
hand to those who are backward
Humanity, has imperious claims,
claims growing more imperious with
each advance of civilization, for the
alienation OF misery, for the proven
ton of oppression. for the enlighten-
ment of the heather. Hitherto Eng
land has stood alone in her grand iso-
lation, alone in the grandest work
ever undertaken by people but now
America steps forth to JOIN her
Other nations are indeed influenced by
a selfish and sordid jealousy when they
attempt to place obstacles in the wav
Of Anglo-Saxon advance. They are
indeed deserving Of contempt when
they try to prejudice superstitious
savageS against their benefactor.
Anglo-SaXon advance everywhere
means the advance Of civilization.
Ang!o-Saxon rule everywhere stands
for prosperity, freedom and Justice
Aggression indeed! But a kind of
aggression that means the betterment,
the enlightenment, the civilization of
the earth.
The two nations are bound to each
other by sacred ties of language, re-
ligion and blood. We cannot accuse
England of selfish or s0rdid motives.
We cannot accuse her of aggression
For if we regard England as ''break-
ing the Boer," the Yankee can be I'M
puted with equal justice of ''throttling
the Tagal." England has answered
the piteous appeals from India and
the OZARK continent" even as we sue
cored the suffering Cubans The in
terests of the two people are similar,
their paths lie in the same direction.
Why then should they be separated?
A hundred years ought to have been
enough to wipe out all i'll feeling.
They need not be bound by any alli-
ance, but by mutual sympathy they
can encourage each other in the great
work prepared for them by God.
With the two great branches of the
Anglo-Saxon race united other ma
tions would follow the example so
nobly set and the era of peace and
good will would seem to have APP
preached much nearer to men.
What though the task be great. Is
that any reason why we should shirk
our responsibility? The world needs
service; devoted, conscientious, self
sacrificing service, which we. the
Anglo-Saxon peoples, are able to rem
der. Shall we trembe? Shall we
falter? Nay. England and America
will reclaim the world.