The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-10-27


Scotland and England on a bicycle
From Glasgow l went 10 Ayr. Their
/ found that my youthful idol, Burns
once lived. From Ayr / went 10 Ban
nockburn and Stirling castle. There
found that Bunker Hi was only an
echo of Stirling castle. Those old scot
| fish chiefs inspired Americas indie
/ pendeuce. From BannOckburn l went
10 Edinburgh. There / stood at the
graves of Guthrie and Chalmers and
went into John Knox's old home and
recognized these men as my teachers
/ From Edinburgh I went down 70 the
/ lake region and there found its poets
| my poets. There ! reverently stood 10y
the roadside while q nurse led John
| Ruskin past me-JOhn RuSkln then
| with his mind a Melrose abbey I'm ruins
/ but John Ruskin still-who wrote the
books that are on my library shelves.
From there / went up 20 London. Al
most every place l stopped could 20
and find the grave OF one Of Americas
benefactorS
England has conquered America by
the power Of the tongue. Because the
same linguistic doors are opened TO
both people the two nations are one IN
sympathy and one I'm life. There is an
old saying among the Spaniards. GO
lumbus set sail from Spain and dis
covered America, but not until Wash
ington Irving set sail FOR Spain was
the Alhambra discovered FOR the
Americans" That is true From near
~ an foreign lands are we separated
by the great towers Of Babel, the
towers Of unknown tongues" Around
these OF over these but few Of MS have
the linguistic ability TO 20 or 10 climb.
But, though between Us and England
rolls the Atlantic ocean 1900 miles
wide. the bridge Of common language
spans It. over that bridge every day
walk tie British statesmen. the Brit
ish reformers, the British authors, the
British preachers, the British leaders
Of thought
The British empire has conquered Us
by the tongue, but not by that alone.
Every year she sends over a great in
vading army. This army Of invaders
are stout of muscle and clear of eye
and brave OF heart. They have the
bravery 10 cross the seas Yes. but
they are also brave enough TO bring
along their wives and children. and
gold, and picks. and shovels, and ma.
sons trOwels, and plumb lines. They
plainly and bluntly declare that they
have come to capture our lands. and
sit upon our mercantile thrones, and
form their colonization settlements.
And as soon as they can get a foothold
here they say they Will send over for
their fathers and mothers and brothers
and sisters 10 come and live with them
In their new homes which they have
built In the new land and which they
are already beginning to rule.
Great Is the British army of emlgra-
toni England defeated Napoleon Bo-
naparte at Waterloo with an army Of
less than 10000 men, The British EN-
pire hurled back the Russian slav from
the shores Of the Black sea in the Cri-
mean war with an army Of only $4,000
men. HavelOck fought his way up
from the coast 10 Lucknow and Gavin
pur with only 1900 men. Robert
Give. afterward Lord Give, subjugat-
ed the whole Indian empire with only a
few thousand troops.
But. though the British empire has
won many successes on land as well
as on sea with small armies and ma
vles, she has not won her American !
victory by a small number Of emf |
grants. From Glasgow and Liverpool |
and London during the last hundred |
years she has sent forth her best sons
and daughters by the hundreds OF thou |
sands and by the millions Still that |
invading army IS calling across the |
Atlantic for more re-enforcements.
"Send me my brother and sister," calls
back the Irish servant girl TO her par.
snts on Killarney lakes. let them
come to me, and will pay their way"
"Send me the girl once cOurted
among the highlands or wOoed under
the shadow Of Linlithgow while read
to her the tragic story of beautiful
Queen Mary, who was born among
yOnder hills" writes the young Amer
.canized ScOtchman who IS winning a
fortune IN the new world. "Send me
my sisters and let them fee the Lon
Ion fogs." writes the young English
nan who IS running a Texas ranch
All. yes, the invading army Of the
British empire is growing. Her sons
md daughters have been rapidly max
ng success among Michigan hills,
md Georgia pines. and western prai-
les, and in metropolitan New York.
Am wrong IN stating that the British
umpire has again laid siege and cap
ured Bunker Hill, with her imml-
grants every year coming into NeE (
York harbOr7
But the British empire demands from
Is her annual exports Of gold We are
old that the American struggle for lib
srty was brought to a climax when
King Georges prime minister demand
ID that the thirteen cOloDies pay a tax {
N tea. The Boston ten party was or
yanized. One dark night number Of
'oung men, armed 20 the teeth, entered
hose ships and tossed overheard all
he boxes containing that imported tea {
Taxation without representation is :
yrongl" the people cried. I'VE will not
,ay cent to the British throne until
King George allows our people to vote
n the house Of commons" But when
ieorge Washington took the oath of
flee as president Of the United States
I'D we then cease to have any further
eallngs with British goldl
Have you as a rational man ever
topped to consider how many Ameri.