Milford chronicle., 1905-07-07


the influence Of tie pen of the Wiza
ry! Of Abbotsford upon America can
an, said to Il greater or a less extent Of q
res the leaders Of English and Scottish an
Of Irish thought.
No, England's Associations,
nf British thinking cannot be divorce
al from American thinking. To the Amel
~ lean mind a map Of the British isles
Il not a mere collection Of city or tow
n names. Each spot has its sacred his
- tory on account of the men who hav
- lived there and whose fields of fnflu
i ence were transatlantic as well as els
= atlantic Some years ago l rode through
Scotland and England on a bicycle
4 From Glasgow 1 went to Ayr. There
\ / found that my youthful idol. Burns.
once lived From Ayr l went to Ban
: noclIburn and Stirling castle. There I
, found that Bunker Hill was only an
echo Of Stirling castle. Those old Scot
tish chiefs inspired Americas indie
pendence. From Bannockburn l went
to 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 l went down to the
lake region and there found its poets.
my poets. There l rgverentIy stood by
the roadside while Il nurse led John
RuSkin past me-JOhn Ruskin then
with his mind a NIelr0se abbey in ruins.
but John Rusldn stll-who wrote the |
books that are on my library shelves.
From there I went mp to London. Al
most every place stopped 1 could go
and find the grave OF one OF America 5
benefactOrs.
England has conquered Gmeriez by
the power Of the tongue. Because the
same linguistic doors are opened to
both people the two nations are. one in
sympathy aud one in life. There is an
old saying among the SpaniaUds, 10
lumbus set sail irons Spain and lis
covered America. but not unffl WASH
ngton Irving set sail Gor Sruin WIS
he Alhambra discovered Tor tRe.
Americans" That is true. From near
y ali foreign Ands are we separated a
" the great towers III Babel: tins
hese or over these but few of Us have. !,
he linguistic ability to gn'Or to climb. :
But, though between. US and England :
oils the Atlantic ocean 1900 miles !,
Tide, the bridge oE a COMMON language 4 :,
pans it. Over tast bridce. evera day- =,
ak the, British statesmen. the Brit. :
b refOrmers. the British authors. the 4 =
ritish preachers, the British leaders n
thought -
The British empire. has conquered. us Ia
7 the tongue, but not by that aIone. a
very year she senfs over a great in -
ding army. This army u invaIiers -
e stout OF muscle and c.asar. of eve. j =,
ID brave of heart They have the in
avery to- cross the seas. Yes int -
ey are ALSO brave. enough to, Bring ro
ing their wives and children. and ! ~,
Id, and picks, and shOvels5 and ma te,
rs trowels, and plamb lines. They mi
linly and bluntly declare that. they !
We come to- capture our binds. and
upon our mercantile thrones, and -,
IN their colonization settlements. ~
d as sOOn as they can get O. foothOld. ,no
e they say they will send. over for 49,
ir fathers and mothers ami brothers p,
sisters to'oome and live with. them ~
theiT new homes. which they have mo
1t in the new land and which they oF
already beginning to rule. -
We find in America the English and. a.,
Scotch and the Irish families every n
ere. Supposlng should ask. all 49,, 49,
Sc whom address. to arse, and, say -,
o were born in the British,isl and -
o are sons and daughters, and zrandt. 80,
ldren OF ancestors. who were. born 80
re, how many do you suppose. would
nd up2 A twentieth? A. tendii2 A SO
rth? Yes, 1 think a fourth OF. even u % ~
d is not overstating the numbErs. 30 a.
zen the original thirteen colonies VI
q their national Independence vrs
all told In this country between are
se and four millions sf people. We not
q had smaller population than has WI"
present city Of New York. In lit liiu'
over hundred years we have. near e's
S000OO00 inhabitants. Whence did we
Sc people come? Prom the Ameri- l0F
cradle? Yes. The American stork ~
builded her nests In the chimneys -sel
many homes. but the American
* from 100000 parents could not ana
luce S0,OOO,OOO living descendants c@aDi @
little over a hundred years. The 'lre'
numbers of the American inhabit. sFal
$ today came over as emigrants lost
II Europe or their fathers or grand lle
lers came thus. And by far the sur
'est proportion Of these emigraats oIte
ie as an invading army from the "oI ,
'es of England and Scotland and noos
and us
The Great British Army. o,'.s
'eat is the British army Of emigra- 80
: England defeated Napoleon Bo- 1.so ~
lrte at Waterloo with an army Of -.
than 10000 men. The British en- M s1si'
hurled back the Russian Slav from V'U
shores Of the Black sea in the Cri-
n war with am army OF only s0.O0Q -. -
Havelock fought his way up ''lls
] the coast to Lucknow and Gavin ~.
with only onn mon rohorf anu