The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-04-10
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Here, in the United States, since
Rhodes death good many criticisms
have been made on his apparent cal
lousness in forcing a war on the
Transvaal He has been called a
murderer, human butcher and the
like. and he has hardly been credited
with n good impulse. Rhodes was
great one Of the great mer since the
days of Napoleon, and we believe such
VIII be the verdict of history. But
Rhodes pays the penalty Of his great
ness as every great and successful man
must pay He has had the whiffets In
human affairs snarling at his heels
and throwing the arrow Of poisoned
" fuperation at all his acts. Rhodes
.m4Ge mistakes, particularly was he IN
in error. in promoting the Jameson
raid. hut it is human to err and what
great or small man in all history has
mot erred. Run yOur mind over the
brief pages Of American history and see
if YOU can find one man whose public
record is perfect No. such "A search
viii be fruitless. and this is a certain
apothcgm that as long as human nature
is what it is men will fall into mis-
takes, but a man is not essentially bad
because Of his mistakes
While Jameson's raid was bad Cecil
Rhodes was right in his position that
civilization rs interpreted by the
Beers must surrender to the advancing
progress Of modern development The
Boer must either 70 himself or he must
a.similate his thought. government
and practices with modern ideas THE
advancement Of these ideas wherever
they get a foothold is irristible 1t Is
the simple question of the survival Of
the fttest. Who dare say the tittest
hall not survive Take for example
the Red Indian upon the American
continent and there is your analogy.
The Indian has been pushed and
pushed and he il dccaying and soon he
will be but a memory Of history And,
why There is a reason. Two condl-
lions confronted him when the white
race began iucursions upon these
shores one was assimilation and the
other extinction. He has preferred
.ytiuction and his choice is being
rapidly realized.
Just 80 Of the Beers, we can sympa-
thize with them and have sorrow for
their affiliations but the facts stand ont
clear They must harmonic them
elves with modern development or
they will he pushed TO the wall aud
rushed. This is inevitable. 1t seems
reasonable to presume that the younger
generation Of the Beers will apprehend
the iuexorable demands Of destiny, and
hat they will more and more bring
themselves into the condition OF abso-
mite harmony with modern conditions,
While the late war is reggctable one,
vet il cannot be- wholly placed at the
loor of Cecil Rhodes. The Outlanders
Of the Transyaal suffered tremendous
, nard-hips in political relations, and
hcy wee taxed beyond endurance and
lut of proportion to what the natives
mid and these facts aggravated "a
trained condition and stimulated II
legire for abatement which found its
jutlet in war
Rhodes was not at fault
A phase Of Rhodes character which
has been revealed through the magni-
Jude Of his gifts when his will was
r ad shows him to have possessed
colossal brain in planning for the
uturc. fills faith in Teutunlc supre-
nccy in human affairs was absolute
! Ills gifts t. education and the manner
IF the giving is unrivaled, and no man
# later days has shown such match
less bredth Of comprehension in his bcnc-
actions. Cecil Rhodes was truly
4 Great