The courier., 1901-11-09
Union"

Among the sacred words in the land
lying between the twenty-fifth and the
forty-eighth parallels OF latitude.
bounded by the Atlantic ocean on the
east and the Pacific ocean on the west.
there is none more sacred than the
word Union To Americans il means
an invincible. eternal compatibility be
tween and among all the states IN
the region Of the new world indicated by
the foregoing description It is very
certain that if the Southerners had
succeeded in proving that they had
right to secede. there would have been
no contest now about this country's
right TO conquer and rule the con-
Uuered. Or if there had been such dis
cussion il would be restricted to the
purely speculative regions where col
lege professors, socialists. an Occas-
ionaI theoIogian, and the brainy but
unadapted and Unassimilated love TO
wander and dispOrt themselves ire
sponsibiy and without regard to things
as they are. If the South had sue
ceeded in establishing a separate re-
public. there is no way OF determining
how many republics the United States
would be cut UP into now. If the
South mad succeeded then. England
Germany and France would not now
be inclined to retaIiatOry tariff meas
ures on account of the growth in terri
tory and in exporting capacity Of the
United States Of America.
Germany. France and England do not
regard Central America or the i'm
mense territory and multitudinous
states OF South America as rivals. In
the anxious consultations between
European manufacturers Central and
South America are not mentioned The
people OF the regions referred to are
not homogeneous, they are pOlygiot in
language. religion. notions and tradi-
tions OF government and unstable in
all unless il be language They are
easy to convert and still revert TO
schismatic beliefs whose virtue in
South American eyes is that they are
schismatic and a departure from the
conventional On the other hand the
United States is homogeneous in Ian
guage. religion and political ideas, and
hence a formidable rival.
Every nation has specific and nation
al sacred words. Union would not
bring the flush of pride and determin-
alton to the cheek of a Turk or of a
Bulgarian. Union means in the
United States what il means in no
other country. Thousands of men died
willingly that The Union might be
inseparabIe."
What we fought and died for in 1860.
We fought and died to destroy in I716.
Ancestors Of the men who died in 1860
to preserve the Union We're the rebels
against the existing union with Eng
land in I776. If the Revolutionary
Americans had been unsuccessful what
an inconceivably great and powerful
nation England would be today. The
English of George the Thirds day
could not understand our plea that
taxation without representation was
tyranny. Crossing the ocean on the
Mayfiower. Englishmen suffered a sea
change After organizing the colonial
government within the restrictions
authorized by England. taxation meant
TO the American English representation
in the taxing body by a resident of the
region taxed This is not what tax
alton means to an Engiishman even
now Politically ambitious Engiishmen
who wish to go to the House Of Com
mons can stand for election in any
borough Residence in the borough
which sends a man to the House is not
cornn1ISory though in uractice a cam