The Washington times., 1901-07-03
ohcuIa,i ion statement
Pau-Anlericanism.

II IS To be feared that the people OF
the United States do not realize the i'm
portance of the Exposition at Buffalo
Probably few persons who have not
seen the grand and glorious display can
have any conception of what it IS
There is little doubt that human III
eenuitv never before planned anything
equally beautiful. II it were necessary,
one would be justified in walking all
the way 10 the fair TO see it In saying
this. we do not mean TO assert that the
picked pumpkins and the preserved
cabbages attract any greater attention
than they would on the deck OF green
grocery. As a matter of fact. 1t IS NO
ticeable that exhibits Of the old sort
Including pyramids Of corn, eXasger-
ated tUrnips. and 50 on. are neglected
by the visiting public. while the beau
tifuI architecture, colorius, and statu-
airy are simply swallowed by the great
crowds that surge around the splendid
park
When Sousa, handling the baton.
marks the fan of day. and as the dark
ness. comes starts that beautiful hymn.
Nearer. Ny God. 10 Thee, and the
seven hundred thousand incandesceHt
lights begin to glow, and presently
break into blaze OF glory, it would be
a poor American who would not feel
emotion It would be a poor American
who should not feel tie glow of a great
Americanism-a pan-Americanisln-
And that Is the meaning Of the Expo
sition al Buffalo. Differences Of Ian
guage and descent Unhappily have kept
the American nations apart in senti-
ment and purpose. but wrongfully so.
Whether we be Latin or AnEIo-SaNon,
We all have the force OF republican lib
efty behind US. Washington in the
north and Bolivar in the south equally
represent the great principle Of gov
ernmeut by the people for their own
benefit. and in opposition TO tyranny.
We have been forgetting this OF late
years. Particularly in the United
States we have ignored the ties which
ought 20 bind US 10 our brave neigh
bors. who, like Us. have successfully
thrown OF the chains Of medieval Eu-
rope and made nations where barbar-
ism formerly existed.
The Tine has come when the Pan
American idea and principle should
prevail. We should wake UP TO the IDEA
that far beyond any thought Of frater-
nifty with our kin on the her side Of
the Atlantic. the American peoples are
cur brothers. and are interested with
Us in preserving the integrity Of free
institutions. Brazil, Argentina, Chile,
Peru, and Paraguay Of right ought To
be nearer and dearer TO Us than Eng
land. Essentially we are of a hemi-
spheric family. The dangers from inter
ference from the Old World are one,
whether considered from the point OF
view Of our own or our neighbors' and
II would be foolish NOT to accept the
fact. In the providence Of God these
two American continents have been de-
voted TO freedom. II makes no differ
ence whether the language spoken in
one or another State is English, span
ish,-or Portuguese; all are or ought to
be one in upholding the principles
which Washington. Iturbide. and Boil
var fought for. Blessed VIII be the day
when all Americans shall forget small
differences Of tongue and descent. and
ali together join in making solid
phalanX 70 meet the assressioHs OF the
elder world.