4 GOODWIN'S WEEKLY.
H and he heartily prayed that "they might be forever
H united in the cause of justice and liberty." The
H Holy Alliance abandoned their purpose on this
H continent and the independence of Spanish Amer
H ica was established. ,
H Later, when Mr. Canning felt called upon to
H vindicate his foreign policy, he said (in the Corn
el mons, Dec. 12, 182G): "It would be disingenuous
H not to admit that the entry of the French army
H into Spain was, in a certain sense, a disparage
H ment, an affront, to our pride, a blow to the feci
al ings of England. But I deny that, questionable
H or censurable as the act may be, it was one that
H called for our direct and hostile opposition. Was
B nothing, then, to be done? If France occupied
H Spain, was it necessary, in order to avoid the
H consequence of that occupation, that we should
H blockade Cadiz? No; I looked another way. I
H sought material for compensation in another
H v hemisphere. Contemplating Spain, such as our
H ancestors had known her, I resolved that, if
M France had Spain, it should not be Spain with
M the Indias. I called the Now World into --.xist-H
ence to redress the balance of the Old."
H The foregoing is the real history of hovf the
M iMonroe Doctrine had its birth, and reveals how
H momentous its declaration was at the time, and
fl gives glimpses of how much it, at the time, did
H to insure, the independence of Spanish America,
H and what a factor of peace to our country it al
B ways was up to our war with Spain, and what it
H has saved to all the states of Spanish America
since it was promulgated by President Monroe,
fl eighty-five years ago. No attempt was ever
H made to set it aside, except when, In the stress
H of our civil war, France and Austria tried to
H found an empire in Mexico, and when, after Ap
M pomattox, Secretary Seward notified France that
m the "United States government expected that as
soon as possible, France would recall her army
M from Mexico, the shadow of the Monroe Doctrine
H wa.s behind his words, and France hastened to
m heed them.
M We bellove there was an election. There was
H something about It in the papers on Wednesday.
H In speaking of the late unpleasantness, it might
H be in order to ask those who are supposed to
H know best about such things whether or not they
M believe it would pay, when selecting a county
H chairman, to get an experienced man, somewhat
Hj familiar with the game of politics, and having
H ability enough to make his side of the local cam-
H paign at least interesting.
m Dry and Brut
The
H standard
H of fine
H Sold by all champagne
H Ihigh class dealers
JIS LITTLE CHILDREN.
( . - By Arthur "Wl. Copp.
i Tell me, God, is this not true,
Thy heavy hand is laid
Upon us, not because Thy heart
Hold3 anger at Thine own; but lest
Wo in our blindness stray too far
From Thine own love? Grief warps
The weaving of the days with some,
And twists their hearts awry..
From these, oh gentle God, there comes
The cry, "There is no God."
But even In this crying out,
Wrung from them by their grief, they know
They lie. Make soft Thy hand, oh God,
To these. Teach such
That punishment Is not from anger sent,
But of Thy plan to bring
Thy children closer to Thee.
In Thine own modeling Thou cast
Us. Ah, how far
From that perfection now. But as the child,
Wayward and sullen, gazes deep,
A.nd sees there In it's mother's eyes
Naught but the mother's love, so, God,
Show also when Thy guiding hand falls hard,
Thy love that lies behind.
Not Orthodox Darwinism
THE 12TH of February next will be the one
hundredth anniversary of the birth of the
great Lincoln and the great Darwin. The
fame of the first will grow with the ages, the
fame of the other will continue, but all that he
proclaimed will not be accepted. The good book
says that when tho first man was created in the
Garden, God breathed a soul into him. Now tho
chances are even that at that time there were
animals in the guise of men on the earth, but
that like other animals, they were but to live
their allotted time and pass away. But at last, as
the finishing creation of the new world that had
been called into being, the Creator brought forth
the man that was to have within him the germ
of immorality, that death could change, but
could not kill. That there were other beings in
the form of men is clear from the fact that one
of Adam's sons found a wife on the outside. And
so creatures in human form have filled the earth.
One class of them have intelligence, but when
they are analyzed they have no moral perceptions.
They are bright and shrewd and strong, but their
sense of right is just as obscure as is that of a
hog or an alligator they have no trace of that
divine soul that is to triumph over death and
steal from the grave its victory. Darwin's theory'
is good for such men as started merely from the
animal plane; it has no reference to the race
the progenitor of which had breathed into him a
soul divine. Heaven will not be much crowded
and there will be no other place for those who
ought to go there will never wake up.
Darwin was a wonderful man, but he "missed
the link" which in this life unites men who have
souls with those who have not half as much souls
as dogs have, and in whose natures there is no
spark divine.
A Land of Wretches
THREE weeks ago a war was threatened in $fi
southeastern Europe, and men shuddered
at tho possible horrors that would follow,
if those cross-blooded wretches became mixed up
in a general struggle. But a peace was patched
up, by the terms of which Bosnia and Herve
govina were practically attached to the Austro
Hungarlan empire. But the surgeon-general of
the army reports that the men of those states
would be worthless to enlist as soldiers, that
many of them are .deformed, many subject to dis
ease on the slightest exposure, that they are de
generates physically and mentally.
This is the result of Inbreeding, hardships, in
sufficient clothing and food, and more because '
through the rule over them no light of hope has
shone in upon them for years. Still they live in
one of the loveliest of countries, upon rich soil,
with every natural surrounding calculated to
make of the people a strong, brave, gifted and
beautiful race. The centuries' civilization swept
over them and has left only the traces In the
ancient cup of splendor. The lesson to men is:
Be careful of the childhood and youth of a peo
ple. Keep them disciplined, but always hopeful.
Make constant appeals to their pride and self
respect, and keep before them the dream of mak- j
ing for themselves a high place in the world. !
Educate them and teach them the honor that at
taches to righteous labor. In our country Impress
upon them that they are a part of the govern
ment, and when they falter in the right, it is a
wound upon the state itself; that to serve coun
try faithfully Is to serve God, and that the fu
ture of the land Is in their hands, and that the
result will be either to tlneir gloryi or their
shame.
U. S. Government Tests Prove
That a 5c loaf of wheat bread contains as much nourish- "wT I
mgnt as two pounds of meat costing about 20c. Rj9lb
Our crown label on every loaf of Royal Bread helps you fff
to get the genuine the bread of quality. All dealers sell ferSTiv
our leaders, the Table Queen, the Milk Loaf, the Royal i IHOSAP
Nut and many other kinds and shapes. "" "
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