Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-01

WITHIN very briet period exceed
ing the next three years, my presen
plans succeeding, ! shall probably pub
lish in detail. with attendant and auth
entic vouchers, what may not inappro
priately be designated a history Cup t
that time) of my projected Thre,
Americas Railway, along Longitudinal
lines; and in close connection there
with, / shall also have something L
say, more in fact, than certain per
sons, not yet perfectly sanctihed, may
be delighted to read or hear, as re
CARDS the primary intimations and
movements which are now irresistibly
leading the most prescient and progress
sive denizens of our rather diminutivC
planet to perceive the fast approach
ing indispensability of even a five con
tinents railway, covering the entire
distance between Cape Horn an. the
Cape Of Good Hope,
Fate seems to have decreed that we
should chastise and correct our mother
country, Great Britain, before we
could ever find 1t in our hearts to love
her so unfeignedly as we love her to-
day. Just 50 with all the common
wealths Of Spanish America every
one Of them had to fight Spain valiant.
ly and persistently for freedom and for
| independence. Nevertheless, really
great and truly good we're the Euro
pean mothers Of both the Anglo
Americans and the Spanish.Americans;
and because OF all Of our cisatlantic
peoples much prefer. and rightly prefer
to belong only to ourselves, there is
yet no sound reason why we should
not look back with sincere affection
and gentle treatment toward all our
transatlantic kinsmanand kinswoman
who so considerably and so kindly
rocked our cradles and otherwise nurs-
ed and nourished us in the earliest
days Of our infancy
A brief retrospect Of Spain and
Spanish affairs may here be titly in
dulged. Well can Spain affOrd to boast
and be proud Of her glitterng galaxy
Of great men; her farseeing and daunt-
less discoveries OF vast continents and
outstretched islands; her heroes, states
men, orators, diplomatists poets, paint
ers, and her other highly illustrious
sons, both at home and abroad.
Veritable marvels oGgenius in their
respective vocations, and everglorious
exemplars withal, were Columbus, Ger
vantes. Calderon, Lope he Vega, Alton
so the Wise, Dias. Yriarte. Mendoza
Gonzalez. MelendeZ Quevedo, Quin-
tana, Herrera, Soils, Gorilla, and Cast
elar
These and innumerable other great
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and writing one OF the most rational
and elegant languages that has ever
been evolved from the intellects and
tongues Of any portion Of mankind,
deserves to be regarded with glowing
and imperishable esteem, not only by
their lineal descendants in Europe,
but also by all kindred peoples and
other enlightened nations throughout
the world.
Nor are the Latin Americas, in any
respect, less worthy Of special honor
than the very bravest and noblest Of
their ancestry in transatlantic lands.
OF all that Is here said, l well know
the perfect truth. Six times have I
been to South America and returned
to the United States four times to Cen
traI America and back home; twice
have crossed the Andes, going, on both
occasions. from the wide Atlantic to
the almost immeasureable Pacific; once
to Mexico; once to Spain, and once to
Portugal; yet always when travelling
on the soil Of either South or Central
America, whether in low valleys or.
upon the dizzy heights OF sky-kissing
mountains, or still amid the intermedi-
ate altitude Of elevated plains, I was
cordially saluted and Hospitality enter
tained particularly by the wholly
white inhabitants Of those far-distant
regions, where I was treated with tran
quill and pleasing respect with true
politeness, and with warm welcome.
Better or more kindly.natured peo-
pies than the molders and leaders Of
society and public opinion in Mexico
and Central and South America l have
never seen; and l here venture the
uneuuivocaI declaration that, in my
candid Judgment the world does not
contain more able and honorable and
Just minded men, more estimable and
accomplished and beautiful women. or
more sprlghtly and amiable and low
able children, than, in proportion to
their numbers, may be met, and invari-
ably happily met, among the white
faced and blve-bloOded and big-brained
and rightminded Latin Americans,
from Mexico to Argentina, inclusive.
Not even in urbane and genial ard re-
fined France, where on two occasions in
different years, have, for weeks to-
gether basked in the bliss OF her
well-ordered and almost perfect civil.
zation have I ever come in contact
with more charming afability and
courtesy, or more genial grace Of man
ner and action, than may everywhere
be encountered and enjoved among the
Latin Americans who have been en-
riched and blessed with the endow-
ment Of pure Spanish descent
Yet, besides the really select and
unsurpassed sort OF Latin Americans
OF whom l have here spoken, and
whose numbers, thank heaven, are
rapidly increasing, there are other
Americans, aboriginal and imported, or
the stolid and squald issues OF import
ed stock whose minds and morals and
methods and manners are but too fixed
ly far from any respectable standard
OF either excellence or even moderate
merit.
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