The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-06-10

States. are al "new" nations compared !
with the nations W Europe but with |
whatever changes in detail their viyiNst-
ton Is nevertheless uf the geuaru Eur'-
reau tyne as shown ln Portugal spain.
and England The differences between
these new American and these 'HII'
European nations are NOT la rr..f n- those
which separate the "u.u' nations un'
from another and the "n'l' nations uue
ftnm another There orr" iu each rl4v
very rall difference between che new and
the old nation. diTer,r..a both Cot good
uu1 fHr evil. hut ln each .Has then" iH
the same Hu. estrll history tH reckon wi'N.
tND same type W civilization. with IT'S nt'
igndunt benefits ana shortcomings. ana,
after Che pioneer FtuE.a ufr passed. ile
problems tl rs solved. in spite ~ sup0rh-
riN differences. Are In tNulr essence the
sam" urt nre those that confront nll
civilized peoples. not those that confront
peoples struggling from barbarian into
civilization
su. WHEN We speak ~ the death" ~
n tribe nation ut u civilization the term
may be- used Tor either one or two totally
different processes the analogy with
what occurs Zoo biological history being
complete Certain Tribes ~ anvHges. the
| Tnswa mans. Tor Instance and various Ut
lie clans " American Indians. have within
the last century or two completely died
| out. aii W the individuals have persisted
! leaving mo- descendants. and the blood has
| disappeared Certain other tribes ~
/ Indians have A. tribes disappeared or
/ are now dlsappearing but their blood
/ remains. being absorbed into the veins ~
/ the white intruders. or of the black men
/ introduced by these white inirudets 80
that In reality they are merely being
| transformed into something absolutely
different from what they were.
4 like wide diversity In fact may he
covered In tho statement that ciyiliEa-
ton has 'ded out"
Phenomena That Puzzle.
In dealing. not with groups Of human
beings In simple and primitive relations,
/ but with highly complex. highly special
ized, civilized. or semi.civlliEsd societies
| there IL need Of great caution In drawing
analorics with what has occurred In the
development Of the animal world. Yet
| s,en In these cases n IN curious TO SEE
how some ~ the phenomena In the
growth and disappearance Of these com
pleN. ARTIFICIAL groups Of human beings
resemble what has happened In myriads
Of instances In the history Of life on this
planet.
why do great artificial empires. whose
citizens arc knit by n bond of speech and
culture much more than by bond OF
blood show periods Of extraordinary
growth. and again Of sudden or lingering
readily enough. In other cases We can
not rs get even guess what the proper
answer should be-. II In any such case
the centrifugal forces overcome the cen
tripstal. the nation will ~ course ny "a
pieces. and the reason Tor itH failure a
become dominant force IL patent Il
every one The minute that the spirit
which finds it, healthy development II
local self. government and In tho antidot,
10 the dangers Of an extreme centrnliEn
ton. develops into mere particularlsm
into inability to combine effectively fol
achievement Of n common end. then II Il
hopeless to expect great results polnn,
and certain republics OF tho western
hemisphere are the standard examples %
failure of this kind, and the United State
would have ranked w,,h them, and vi
name would have become byword %
drrlsiou. N the forces NJ union had no
trlumphed IN the civil war 80 tn
growth ~ soft luxury after n has rcacho
a certain point becomes a national DANCE
patent TO ALL Again, II needs but little q
the vision OF seer TO foretcll what mus
happen In any community II the avorag
woman ceases 20 become tho mother OF
= family Of healthy children. II the avernR
: man loses the will and the power 10 wor
up 10 old age and 60 fight whenever III
need arises II the homely. commonplac
. virtues die out. n strength Of charact,
4 vnniahca In graceful sclf.lndulgence. II m
has lost what no material prosperity ca
9 onset.
. But there nrc plenty Of other phenon
a ena wholly or partially inexplicnblo II
easy 10 see why Rome trcndcd downwnr
I when great slnve-tilled farms spread oy,
! what had once been countryside
= peasant proprlotors when greed and IN,
y urY ana srusuality ate like acids into III
J. hbcr Of the upper classes. while tho ma,
OF the citizens grew 10 depend. not upo
y their own eNertions. hut upon tho stat
for their pleasures ana their very livcl
= hood Hut this does not explain why n
. forward movement stopped az differei
= times, so Tar as different matters wei
concerned. nj one time aH regards llteri
7, turc. az another time a. regards nrchite
u turc, at another time az regards cil
building We cannot even guess why a
y springs ~ one kind OF energy dried Il
:, while there was yet no cessation Of al
= other Kind.
, Holland as an Example.
Il Take another and smaller instance. IN
Q o. Holland. Far period covering
Il little more than the seventeenth centur
g Holland, like some OF the Italian eff
4 states at an earlier period. stood on n
j. dangerous heights Of greatness beside nj
. lions 30 vastly her superior In terrltnl
- and population ns TO make II lnevitnb
q that sooner or later she must fall from n
Il glorious nud perilous cminenre to viii,
II she had been raised by her own indnmitI
n ble soul Her fall came. II could M
have been indefinitely postponed hut
rnme far quicker than II needed 10 com
u because Of SHORTCOMINGS on her part
!, which both Great Britain ana the Unit,
A States would be- wise "a pay heed III
. government was singularly ineffective. ii
. decentralization. being such AZ often
"a permit tho septfatist, the particulars
~ spirit of the provinces To rob tho ccnir
4 authority ~ an efficiency. This was bt
enough But the fatal weakness was th
n 80 common In rich, peaco-luylnE societIa
a where men hate 90 think of war as DOS.
- bic, and Try TO Justify their own roluctan
> :" face IL either by high. sounding NOR
10 plniitudes or else by philosophy
NJ short-sightod MHteriallHm The But,
we're very wealthy They grew to b
a llevc that they could hire others 10 ,
4, their fighting FOR them on land. and ,
4 sea, where they did their own nghtin
? and fought very we'll they refused
N time Of peace 10 make ready fleets so q
4, hclent as either 10 insure the Dut,