The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-08

upon the margin that reached out to
grasp control seemed few and feeble;
but the period of privation was past.
The mighty forces that were to urge
on the stupendous movement of
mankind in human history had al
| ready received their direction. The
time was ripe for the real conflict
to begin, and it had its momentuous
beginning when the Chief of the
Mohawks fell before the arquebus OF
Champlain at Ticonderoga.
The conditions which limited the
powers and directed the purposes of
the various countries of Europe IN
the early years of the Seventeenth
Century made it inevitable tina the
struggle for American control should
ultimately become a single combat
between France and Great Britain, =
continued Senator Root. To illustrate
this opinion he related the cond1-
lions hat existed in the various
European countries at that day.
"Of all the people of Europe he
said. "only the French and the
English possessed the power, the
energy. the adventurous courage,
the opportunity and the occasion for
~expasion across the Atlantic. The
field and the prize were for them,
and for them alone" Senator Root
also spoke of the qualifications OF the
two reigning monarchs OF those
countries at that day, Henry ~, or
France and King James of England.
From these two countries, each
p~ossessed of great powers, each en-
lowed with noble qualities, pro-
ceeded the colonists who were to dis
pute for the possession of America,
said the Senator from New York
He recalled in detail the conditions
which had existed in France ana
England for centuries prior 10 Inc
discovery of Lake Champlain n OF
the influence which these conditions
had upon the great struggle De-
tween France and England for SUI
premacy in the New World. 'The
world owes many debts to france,
added Senator Root, mot the least
of these is the inspiration the men
of every race can find in the noble
examples Of such explorers as
Niccoiet and Joliet and La Sales;
such leaders as Champlain and
Frontenac and Duquesne and Mont
calm and such missionaries as La
Caron and Braboeuf, and Marquet.
Continuing Mr.. Root said:
an all this interesting and roman
bic story may be seen two great
proximate causes of the French fall-
ure and the English success; two
reasons why from Quebec to the
Pacific we speak English, follow the
course of common law. and estimate
and maintain our rights according
to hte principle of English
"One of these was the great in
feriority of the Indian allies of the
French, and The great superiority
of the Indian allies of the English,
the effectiveness and enduring or
~ganization, the warlike power, of the
~Iroauois. and their fidelity to the
Convent chain" which bound them
to our fathers. The other cause lies
deeper. It is that people, not
monarchs, settlers, not soldiers,
build empires, that the spirit OF
absolutism in a royal court is a less
vital principal than the spirit OF
liberty in a nation
In conclusion, Senator Root said
I'm these memorial days, let there
be honor to Champlain and the
chivalry of France; honor to the
strong free hearts of the common
people of England: and honor also
to the savage virtues. the courage
and loyal friendship of the Ions
House of the Iroquois."
There is a nobility in the void Of
manners.-Scbiller. 81