Kipling, like many individuals in his generation, viewed colonialism as a positive force. Kipling believed that it was a facilitator of civilization, it provided important moral and educational benefits and was the responsibility of more advanced nations to bestow on less advanced nations.
D. Freely elected governments.
George Templeton Strong declares Beezlebub as Washington's ruler. He also claims that Washington is the first detestable place together from the extreme heat, crowd, poor fair and quarters, unhygienic environment. He considers Willard's hotel as his own temple.
~not my own words~
Those probably were freedom, independence and self-reliance. The cowboys represent brave and unflinching individuals who conquer unknown and often very dangerous new frontiers of the Wild West. They brave all the dangers with nothing but their wits and their skill with a firearm which usually is a pistol. They are free individuals in a free open space who are guided by their instincts and their morals.
