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Show The man whe struggled to give this republic to their children showed good sense in not bequeathing bequeath-ing an aristocray to them. The great Washington refused to be made a king and generations of freemen will hold him in reverence for that act while men live. There are Americans who wish to ape foreign for-eign lords and others who strive to marry their daughters to nobles with great titles, but the majority of Americans are satisfied with plain democratic ways. We have monorwlies enough at home without with-out importing them. The too countries need not fight over their different forms of goverment They need not quarrel over national traits. Both countries have great aims, and the citizens of each land have great faults. There is a way out which Christianity and civilization civiliz-ation can reach. That is arbitration. arbitra-tion. It it said that Justice Harlan of the United State Surprcme Court advocates a theory'that differences between the United States and Great Britain be settled by a commission com-mission composed by an equal number of judges of Her Majesties Hih Court of Justice and of the United States Supreme Court." This should be satisfactory to all right minded men. It is the Christian way to settle disputes. It would exalt our religion. It would honor Christ It would be a bond of unity among all English speaking people It would set an example to all nations and be the beginning of universal brotherhood without war. It would do away with expensive armaments between to great powers and lessen taxation and take burdens bur-dens away from the people and be loving, sensible and godlike. G. M. Hardy. 1896. Concluded. The war excitement has partly subsided, but certain complications point to the necessity of putting our coast defenses in thorough preparations prepara-tions for active hostilities. It appears ap-pears that the English press and people have acted with caution in regard to the American Commission Commiss-ion . With the better class of Englishmen Eng-lishmen there have deen two reasons. rea-sons. One was their desire to preserve pre-serve the peace between Anglo Saxons and not "fight over the cradle," for from noble to plebeian we are mixed. The other was English troubles were greater magnitude and the prospect of a European war demanded wisdom among princes and citizens. Some think that the English speaking people have reached such a pitch of civilization that it would be a difficult matter to create open hostilties between them even though the Monroe doctrine eon-tains eon-tains a great principle. It is certain cer-tain that a war would cause much suffering and desolation in many homes in bur own happy country, devastate great cities on the border and cause disaster and ruin to com-merical com-merical relations for which a small strip of land in Sonth America would not be an adequate recompense. recom-pense. Englishmen and Americans Ameri-cans are proud and decidedly stubborn. stub-born. They are jealous over national nat-ional rights and high-toned over their respective goverments. A- mericans think that England is inclined in-clined to push other nations. In years gone by Englishmen have looked down upon the literature, commerce and social relations of Americans: 'They had a nosal tang and they wore disgusting always, with an inclination to put everybody through a Yankee inquisition." in-quisition." The Constitution of tne United States was opposed to the English Aristocracy. The Constitution says "No title of Nobility No-bility shall be granted by the United States; and no Person holding any Office of Profi tor Trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress accept of any Present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any Fancy, or Foreign State. |