The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-07-10

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most powerful government on the earth
for independence, and consider the great
odds against us. and contrast our condi-
tion then and now. we can scarcely credit.
the evidence Of our own experience. The
progress we have made. the government
we have built up. the nation we have Gre
ated. all seem like fancies, and we are
really lost in amazement at the contem-
p1ation. Today seventy-six millions CT
American freemen bow down at the altar
of liberty erected by our forefathers ana
pour out their labations of praise. \ CEN
tury hence, if we are true to constitutional
government and human liberty, two hun
dred millions will gather around the altar.
And as the centuries roll on thousands OF
millions will celebrate this anniversary.
and their hosannahs of freedom will echo
and re-echo throughout the earth. and all
nations will be prepared to take up the
refrain. The day of mans deliyerance has
come, liberty aud christianity, now and
forever.
F The promised land, flowing with milk
and honey, was the encouragement held
out to the Israelites in their deso1ate wan
derings in the wilderness. Without this
they would have faltered and fallen by
the waysfde and never accomplished the
divine purpose of their deliverance from
Egyptian bondage AS nation we have
reached crisis equally as important as
that which confronted the lsraelites, and.
the encouragement offered US is the world.
as our promised land, where we are to.
plant the seeds of freedom and christian
ity and. labor to fructify and enrich them.
until they shall grow up and the nations
shall lie down in peace under their shade.
The same power which brought the wan
derers at last out of the wilderness is sus-
tanning Us. and if we are true to duty and
destiny it will bring US into the promised
land of our hopes and rewards. Such q
contemplation is pewi1dering, and Yeti
we read the signs of the times correctly,
we are as nation moving on to such
destiny.
The great events in the future Of our
republic can be predicted with some de-
gree of certainty. One Of the pre- eminent
events will be union of the English.
speaking race, in which Anglo-Saxon
ideas of liberty and christian civilization
will become predominant, and finally
control the politics. the policies and com
merce of the world. There may not be
any political alliance between the republi-
can United States and monarchlcal Great
Britain, but there will be a unity Of pur-
pose which will link them together in the
bonds of common interest and race af-
filiation. With such combination OF
resources and power, it will be possible to
disseminate throughout the earth the
spirit of liberty now permeating the entire
Anglo-Saxon race. In time the prophecy
of the last century that Europe would be-
come republican or Cossack will be full
filled.
The Eastern question Of to-day is the
beginning of the final struggle. With q
union of the English-speaking peoples the
despotism Of Russia will be destroyed,
and ali the nations will be forced into the
crusade for liberating mankind from the
blighting tyranny under which it has suf-
fered for centuries. What an enhancing
picture-the unity of all the nations in
one common and patriotic purpose. to
secure universal human freedom and
through it to unite the race Of man IN
one national brotherhood. Let it be un-
derstood that in any future alliance, either
implied or explicit, the United States is
the master of the situation. That this is
true is evident to any business man, who
will consider for moment the trade stu
alton of the world. All of the nations OF
Europe, including Great Britain, have so
dense population, that every foot Of
area. if cultivated to its fullest extent.
would not produce su fficient food to sup
port the people. The United States, upon
the other hand, produces vastly more
than it consumes It controls the food OF
the world. and any retaliatory measures
by foreign nations intended to curtail the
products of commerce or industry in the
United States could be efectually stopped
By similar measures as to our own food
exports
The retaliatory measures now threaten
ed by Russia vii, 7ot be carried cut for
this reason Ru. pa made bluff and
when the United States called the bluff.
Russia. instead of earring out its threat.
placed the entire matter in the hands Of
the minister to the United States, and 1t
Is now question Of diplomacy, which is
solved so far as the threats of Russia are
concerned. The time was when London
and Liverpool as jobbing centers practi-