Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-04-11


isthmus. In such an undertaking
the interests of these United States
must be, as Of right they should be,
paramount.
1t by no means follows, however,
that the acquiring of such control
should be by forcible entry and
seizure. Among us the majority
are opposed to any further extern
sion of our boundaries, for, as a
phi yslcal growth too rapid results
in weakness, so country becomes
debilitated from over.extension.
At the same time, were force need
ed and were 1t resorted to, the OPP
position of any nation, or probable
coalition OF nations, Of Europe
would take the harmless shape of
a mild diplomatic Protest. But, in
these piping times Of commerce,
the affair will be easily disposed. of;
the government will 60 into the
market places of the world, and be-
come possessed of the number of
shares which may be desired. Then
the United States will decide all
matters touching the isthmian
transit; the Gulf Of Mexico will be
to us what the Black Sea is to
Russia, and com mercially, an
American lake. Thus the coasts OF
Spanish America, from our SOUTH
ern frontier to Panama, already
Americanized to q certain extent,
will be controlled commercially by
our people, and interoceanic COM
munication will be the first step
toward the peaceful conquest of
Mexico and the Central American
States.
The peaceful invasion of these
countries by land is taking
place actually. In every rail
Of steel laid in the con-
struction of roads now pushing
fast to the southwark is forged an
other link in the chain of manifest
destiny. For the past two years
American manufacturer have
been looking toward the south, and
their active agents are securing
the land, SO that, on the streets OF
all the great cities and towns. suI
English speech is weli-nigh az
common as the language of the
country. In Mexico for the past
half century the great minority,
consisting of those OF Caucasian
race, who possess the wealth Of the
land, has slept upon volcano
knowing not when fate similar tC
that OF the French In Hayti may
befall it. These people welcomed
cur coming In 1S47, and received
with delight the promise Of sta
BILE government under Macmillan
they now hail the advent of Amer.
ieanism. 20, also, 1t is In the
countries south of Mexico. But by
the mOngrel race dominant there
the coming Of the hated Gringo II
not welcomed enthusiastically
Their hatred finds occasional ven
in some brutal murder, and, 1
they dared, the lives of all Ameri
cans among them would be il
jeopardy; instinct, not reason
teaches them that the influx o
Americans foleruns their own dis
appearance from the face of thu
earth.
By the end OF the century, posi-
bly,, American enterprise and pro
gress will have possessed them
selves of the rest of our continent
how long, then, will it be before
the natural consequence ensues
When English-speaking people
have planted themselves n foreign
soil, when they have acquired tn,
control of commerce, manufacture
and mines, and the ownership Q
the ways of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
all this happens, how long does
take them to arrive at the c0pclu
sion that they must rule political
ly also? A few English-speakinl
men took and held Texas; a les
number possessed themselves o
California; 1t has been said tina
Walker was born many years to-
late-on the contrary he was borl
too soon.
Thus Spanish-America north o
Panama will be ruled by English
speaking Americans; ia the sam,
manner their sway will be extend
ed later to Cape Horn. But, let VI
hope, these regions will not be an
nexed to the United States, as Tex
as and California were. Let US re-
member that when the eagles o
Rome few at the confines of the
world her sure decay commenced
that eur weapons have been fash
toned into trip.hammers and looms
and that, by the might of these
arms, our eagles shall wheel tri.
umPhant over the peaceful fray.
This Is the "spread-eagleism" in
which we may take just pride.
WITH regret we announce the
death of Mr.. Isaac Lankershim,