The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-10-03
MILES SAYS THINGS
EMINENT WARRIOR SUGGESTS
THAT AMERICAN PEOPLE
DO Not Need TO he Stirred Up All the
Time.

1--WE need not constantly appeal to
the war spirit to keep the American
people bravely patriotic. have had
experience in wars. and have never
found Americans lacking in prompt Pr
triotism or in fighting qualities in any
worthy cause.
TT was my good fortune to witness
the transformation of the mighty west.
/ have viewed much of it on horseback,
and have traversed the zones now oecu-
pied by the Canadian, the Great North
ern, the Northern Pacific, the RIO
Grande and Oregon Short Line, the I'm
ion and Central Pacific, the Santa Fe
route and the Southern Pacific. have
seen the pioneer and the home-builder
supplant the savage and the lawless
Great states, settled communities and
happy homes are now found where
were formerly wild prairies and noun
tain wastes. In my recent journey
across the continent I was more than
ever impressed with the underlying
wisdom and tranquil virility of the peo-
pie They do not want war. They
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foreign lands, and observed the people
of many countries. 1 have had excel
lent opportunities to know the people
Of my own country, and am gratified to
say that more intelligent, thoughtful,
patriotic people cannot be found on the
face of the globe than the people of our
western states and territories. Many of
the happiest years Of my life have been
spent there, and love the country and
It's people. There you find the true
American independence and enterprise.
An American citizen with eighty or
one hundred and sixty acres of land is
loyal to democratic government, and he
is a very independent sovereign. The
rough, wild, tough element has been re-
placed by the mine and mill owner, the
herdsman and the agriculturist.
While in thirty years the transfer
nation Of the great west has been mar
velous, there is yet ample room for mill
J, lions who may be seeking homes.
Strange as It may seem, there are near
ly as many people crowded into the
Philippine Islands, an area not as large
as one of our western territories, as the
number that are now living in nearly
one-half of the western portion Of the
United States while the state of Texas
alone, richly stored with the products
that have made this country great and
prosperous, could accommodate all the
people Of the United States, and ten
millions more without being so much
crowded as some OF the eastern states
are now.
We are not,a meddlesome warning
nation. When war comes, the war spir-
1t will respond, and the brave, patriotic
American soldiers will make it effective.
But the spirit Of peace should be culti-
waited rather than the demon of car
mage. There is no necessity to stir the
passions Of Americans In order to be
sure that they will be patriotic. They
love and appreciate their liberties and
will maintain and defend them against
q enemies. ssss
The road to the orient is through the
Golden Gates the mouth of the Column
bia and the Straits of Fuca The COM
pletion of the Siberian railway makes
up a near neighbor to the great Russian
empire and northern China. If our
heretofore friendly relations are cult
waited, the commercial advantages OF
our people will be very great. AS new
fields Of commerce are opened, they are
easily accessible from our western ports
If we follow the precepts of Washing
4 ton, and avoid foreign entangling alli-
ances, our future will be as prosperous
as our past has been glorious. Inter.
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