St. Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1, March 1924 Page: 5 of 24
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ST. EDWARD’S ECHO
VOLUME V MARCH, 1924 NUMBER 6
AMERICA, THE WORLD POWER
Henry Drozd, ’26
Many enterprises are difficult to start but when once
started they yield worth-while results. About three hun-
dred years ago, a small group of men from across the
sea arrived on the Northeastern coast of this country.
Coming from a land which from their youth had been
their mother, from one which had, during their
whole life there been the consoler and sheltering
friend, they accepted this new home in all its
dangers and vicissitudes. Danders there were as
we see related in history the brutal attacks of
the Indians, and the great risk required in crossing the
angry seas. Vicissitudes there were, what did not those
staunch Pilgrims suffer during those bitter winter months ?
These men, however, braved those hazards in all their
immensities and started an undertaking which was des-
tined, although unknown to them, to rise into such sig-
nificance that the world today gazes upon it with admi-
ration. Yes, a meager, dangerous, and heartrending be-
ginning did this country have but into what wealth and
national prominence did not those trying days bring us?
The start, as we all have experienced, is usually the hard-
est, but the start is not the finish, and consequently exer-
tions must be made so that results from the outset might
ensue. We may start a ball rolling but as soon as the
force that makes it go is removed its motion ceases. We
also know that as we roll the ball, more energy has to be
exerted at times so that the opposite reactions which ob-
struct its path may be overcome. In like manner, as we
glance into history we see that this mother of ours, Amer-
ica, had an austere beginning, and that as the years passed
by problems had to be solved. America usually possessed
the extra power to overcome the difficulties that arose,
and to overcome them with results.
As we follow the events of days gone by, we see the
Revolution as the first great difficulty which she, America,
had to confront. The outcome of this struggle was price-
less. Here the real seed of a nation was planted, and
from this time on that seed has developed and blossomed.
Nourished by zealous patriots whose ideals were those of
liberty, peace, and happiness, the embryo evolved into a
tree with numerous branches, that is,—a union made up
of various states. Unfortunately there arose within the
union a dissention between the North and the South,
which finally terminated in internal strife. The growth of
the new Republic was not only impeded but more than
that it was completely checked. Although progress was
entirely desroyed, yet the North and the South alike
benefited from this horrible Civil War. They were con-
vinced that “united we stand and divided we fall.”
With vigor renewed, the progress where it had been im-
peded was again attained and then surpassed. From the
day of that great divide the United States has striven
toward one standard of liberty, one standard of happiness,
and one standard of prosperity.
Impediments arose from time to time but remedies as
quickly followed. Out of that small nucleus on the North-
eastern shore has developed a mighty nation a, nation
which the other countries of the world envy but do not
attack. They know its unity, its compactness, and its
power. They know the strength of this government and
therefore instead of assailing it, the foreigners apply to
it for aid.
This has been shown in the Great World War and is
being shown by the same foreign countries at present.
How ardently did the allies beg us to enter the war so that
they might not be crushed by the hordes of German sol-
diers. When the struggle between the Germans and the
allies had lasted three long years, and its outcome was be-
lieved to be critical for themselves, the allies saw that
Germany’s power was immense. But why did they ask
us for aid? AYhat was the reason for their plea? Why
did they not give up all hope when their banners of vic-
tory were being crushed? Why? Because, they saw
another power still more potent than the one against
which they struggled, and this power was America. The
allies saw America majestically bearing herself in peaceful
prominence.
America, a nation upholding always the rights of jus-
tice, practicing the ideals of democracy, and despising
tyranny entered the fight for the cause which it treasured.
The moment the armies led by the American flag ventured
into the battlefied, the fate of the allies could well be
foretold. Day in and day out cannon roared, and day in
and day out hundreds of American lives were sacrificed
on the altar of righteousness. Just as the eyes of Europe
saw America before the war, so did they, only in her
greater glory, see it as the lads in khaki crowded the
monstrous transports that bore them again to “the home
of the free and the home of the brave.”
The roar of the cannon is now hushed, the cry of battle
is now ceased, but the people of Europe more than ever
before, are looking for America to join their ranks. They
know what we are and consequently want us in their
alliance; they know that from an inferior nation scorned
by the European powers, we have become the giant of the
world. They see that since the Monroe Doctrine our pop-
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