The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-26
AMERICA AND ENGLAND.
Both Workers In the Cause OF Civil
ixation and True Democracy.

To THE EpfToR OF THE svS-Sir: Com
ing downtown on Sunday morning to
attend the church service at st. Paul's
Chapel l with intense delight read,
marked learned and inwardly dlgested
your admirable editorial article on 1.-THE
Prince of Wales's Grandfather"
1 have for some months past been
strengthened by the mental food stimu-
lating the active interest in patriotism
and pure and unadulterated American
ism urged in your columns. have
often referred TO the wonderful tact ana
intense affection for tho interests OF his
American cousins that caused King Ed
ward VII. to awake the Quaker City
fathers to their sad disregard of the
not realized the positive indignities to
which the old City Hall of Philadelphia
had been subjected.
History is wofully lacking in giving
the records of tho sentiments and poetic
actions OF great workers for the cause
Of civilization and true democracy. 1t is
greatly the fault OF our historians that
such question could be raised as HAS
England Always Been Our BnemyT'
Why. absolutely never. English chivalry
has always stood for true democracy.
Thousands of Americans recall with
pleasure their descent from the knights
of Runnymede, who before the discovery
Of America signed tho Magma Charta,
and many of their direct descendants
signed the Declaration of Independence.
Who of ancient British descent is
more highly thought of to-day in old
England than George Washington,
whose bust is about to be installed at
st. Pauls Cathedral in London through
the medium of the Sulgrave Institute
You will be interested to know that a
replica Of this bust 10 to be placed in
our st. Paul's Chapel, Broadway and
Vesey street, where the Father of Our
Country worshipped every Sunday that
he spent In New York.
At this time Of the anticipated visit
Of the Prince of Wales TO our city it is
interesting to know that the crest of
the Prince of Wales. the three ostrich
plumes. stu surmounts the sounding
board OF the pulpit as it did in pre-
revolutionary days; the motto "Ich
Diem" was unfortunately omitted. but
In those days of revolution, while this
monarchical emblem was untouched, we
are glad to remember that the crowns
surmountlng the old iron fence at
Bowling Green were broken Off and
melted for ammunition to fight the
Hessians sent over by the German King
then occupying the English throne. a
man known to true British patriots as
the mad German" and who was sup
ported only by the poor brand of pro-
fessional politicians as selfish and I'M
INSCRIPTIONS as lot of men now in
official positions in Washington.
We may also recall the fact that in
those days Major-General Robert Monck-
ton. Governor Of the Province Of New
York in 1850, refused, as did four other
prominent Generals, to obey the behest
OF the mad German" and would not
recross the seas to fight the men whom
he 30 esteemed in those days when the
New York Legislature named him the
Great War Governor"
The Anglo-Saxon. whether British or
American, stands and always has stood
for democracy under law and order and
faith in a Supreme Ruler. God who is
father of all who trust in him.
T. HUGH BooRMAN
NEW York. August %.