A MIGHTY POWER.

Waikato Times, Volume 2656, Issue 2656, 20 July 1889, Page 1 (Supplement)

A MIGHTY POWER.

The following toast, given by an American to a mixed assemblage of Americans and English, has gone the rounds of the Canadian and American press. He said :—

" Here's a toast to her Majesty the Queen—the greatest of sovereigns—the best of women. Here's to a greater than the Q leeu —England itself' Here's to a Power greater than the Queen and greater than England : a Power so great that the whole world recognises its superiority. This Power has established itself in the great valley of the Mississippi, and stretching its arms eastwards and westwards, grasps the broad American continent from Behring Straits to the far capes of the Atlantic. This Power, in spite of the predictions of its rivals, is in the future centuries to dominate the broad island continent of Australia, and extend its civilisation over the quarter of a thousand million inhabitants of the Indian peninsula, and to conquer the ' Dark Continent' with its civilising forces : and, finally, against all cavils, it will rule in the Jir.tish Islands during the coming ages, while other powers are shaken by the vicissitudes of time and the throes of revolution. The Power, combining in its subjects the culture of Greece anil the power of ancient Rome, in the future, as well as in the past, will command the respect of all mankind. Let us pledge this Power to day since it has honoured us with a birth-right to its greatness. Here's to the Anglo-Saxon race."