Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from 1776 and 1914, a Contrast in British Colonial Action
But what is it that creates the spirit of this Commonwealth? Why is the British Empire greater to-day than it was before the United States seceded? To answer these questions, it is necessary first to answer another. W'hy did the United States secede one hundred and forty years ago? In many respects Virginia had closer relations with Old England than with New England. The States would not unite even for their own interests. And yet in spite of intercolonial jealousies these communities combined to revolt from the Motherland, and that too under the leadership of Washington, who possessed the best qualities of an English gentleman, and is now regarded by British and Americans as an outstanding representative of the anglo-saxon race. Only very radical causes could have created a union for revolt out of such discordant States, especially as their action would not at that time-seem to have been worldly-wise.
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