The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-31
BLOOD RULES HIRE
As IN ENGLAND
ARIsTOCRATIC TENDENCIES IN
AMERICA REVEALED BY AD-
MIRAL BRIDGE.

MlRAB BRIDGE
LONDON, August There there Is
as blue blood i'm America as i'm England
that the American is essentially aristo-
cratic, that there is a strong patrician
feeling in the United States and that
the destinies Of England and America
are inevitably inseparable, are the'prin-
cipal points in a remarkable treatise
In preparation by Admiral Sir Cyprian
Bridge
The Admiral, who has long been
profound student and admirer of Ame-
rican civilization, discussed these
points yesterday in the course of a
protracted interview. He said:
81 was always impressed with the
vast extent to which essentially British
ideas have permeated America This
is apparent in every element of your
life, from laws to breakfasts. Your
family and church life, literature,
methods of trade, and conception of
honor, are all British and not Con-
tinental
"Then a careful study of your polit-
ical life shows that over 80 per cent of
the public men in America haveBritish
names-English, Scotch or Irish. All
your Presidents save Van sBuren
and Roosevelt have British cognomens.
The same applies to the Supreme court
bench and other courts, to Governors,
Congressman and Senators.
This is especially remarkable when
it is considered that there has been no
great British emigration to the United
States as from other nations More
over, | do not believe that the British
stock in America is exceptionally pro-
life yet, despite the millions of emf
grants from other lands, with their
millions of offspring, the original Brit
ish element has supplied the governing
class which today dominates the ma
ton.
Further, a survey of the first fami-
lies in America furnishes a rich array
of names drawn from the nobility and
gentry of the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries-the Calverts, Winthrops, En-
dicotts, Fairfaxes, Bradfords and Wash
ingtons. NThese are only few but they
show what l mean. No nobler blood
flows in England. When persons here
speak of the Yankee parvenu' they
hardly know what they are talking
about
Even if descended from a younger
son who had been in trade, this is no
sign of inferior birth. The dead of
the collateral branch of one of the old
est families in England was village
cooper. That was not considered a
disgrace in the seventeenth century,
when so many of these gentle crafts
men sought fortunes in in the Colonies.
81 believe that this powerful element
in America will eventually form or has
already formed a patriciate such as
once dominated Rome. The modern
American is one of the most aristo-
cratic persons one can find anywhere.
The wealthy, well-born citizen of the
United States is far more unapproach-
able by his interiors than the aristo-
crat of any other land.
This is especially true of New Eng
land, but the same applies more and
more to every part of the country.
AS this patriciate, which secures a
stronger and stronger, hold on the
country's destinies, is especially Brit
ish, the hold of this country on Anne
RIGA is bound to maintain a relation
of ever-increasing strength and inti=
macy. This may be due to no special
desire, to no special goodwill. The
countries simply can't help themselves.