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| fleet the tropical sun upon nora com
pretending every growth from the shrink
| ing Alpine violet 10 the gorgeous splenoor
| OF mighty forests. gay with birds OF prii-
| liant plumase, rich with priceless pro-
| ducts and gently stirred by the odoi-
| laden breezcs of the Pacific ocean ana the
| Caribbean sea.
salvador. the smallest but most denseiy
! pcopled OF the republics Of Central Amer
/ lea. co, tributes her Interesting quota
| and what shall we say Of our gai'aht
| neighbor. the r,pui lie G. Mexico, WHO
| In the same century overwhelmed the
| armies OF Spain ard tho Imperial forces OF
| NAPOLEON Ill Indeed. hers was narVel-
! Gus c.vilzs ton when Cortez lahdei on re'
! shores. eng to-day thousands u the oIis-
NAL Aztec type may be seen amohE ~
people. Her admin ,tration Is con iuc'eu
| In her beautiful capital 100 leet aoos'
! the level Of the sea. hard by Wher' '"'
stored lak,s rezcuco and Chaco 'Niio'
on their sparkling water the surrounding
mountains. Rich in all the precious
! metals and richest OF any IN ars -, o 90,
| nro1ucts. in recent times over half the
| silver Of the world has been supplied py
! Nexico Tn TO 1850 she had afforded 10
| tho world 50 10000 IF silver and $lS,-
| oo0 900 of gold Her supply OF copper ana
| iron Is simply ineyhaustiblc. CeIro de
Norcado is an entire mountain OF mag
netic iron. Coal marble gypsum ana
alobastcr are plentiful. Her territory
stretches across seventeen paralleis oil
latitude Her virgin forests abound III
Gerry variety of rare and precious woods.
They afford ia species of trees and cab
met woods; seventeen kinds OF oil bear
ing plants and more than sixty medical
plants are among her products. she $
rich in maize, wheat, tobacco, cocoa ana
coffee II Is not uncommon for her ma
ciendas 10 rear twenty or thirty thousand
head of oxen. Sixty million pounds OF
sugar are produced in the state OF Mo
rellos alone. and the product Of her pear
fisheries in the gulf Of California rivals
the tabled pearls of Cevlon. The NOBLE ca
thedrai in the CITY OF Mexico is the largest
church in America. The floating gardens
of Chalco and Xomllcho bring the choic-
est fruits and flowers so the markets Of
the capital Bound 10 us by great rail-
roads and even more closely by the magic
wires of the telegraph. we welcome, thrice
welcome the proud sons OF the land or the
MOnteZumas.
but there is one whom we would glad
" welcome. and vino is not here-beauu-
full island of Cuba. queen OF the Antilles,
the dim religious light OF her hoary cathe-
dral falls softly DER Tire sacred ashes Of
the discovery. Rich and rare in all her
products In coffee. sugar and tobacco,
in the pineapple, orange banana, the
mahogany ebony and palm. Her coast
line is indentcd with harbors The att
tude of her plateaus and mountains tenn
pers with delicious GOODNESS the soft breez-
es of the tropics. and she has ever been
and is now enduel with the Astounding
sympathy Of the people of this land Of
freedom May ! not now paraphrase the
language OF Daniel Webster. spoken in
the house OF representatives of the brave
| Greeks when they were driving the UNI
speakable Turk from that land where
the mountains look on Marathon and
Marathon looks on the sea- / will not
say. sir that they Will succeed-that
rests with heaven-but for myself, if l
should hear tomorrow that their last
phalanX had sunk beneath the Spanish
sword their last city had gone down
into ashes and that naught remained but
the VIE melancholy waste where Cuba
once was, | should reflect with the most
heartfelt satisfaction tnat | have asked
in the name of seventy million of free
men that you would give them at least
the cheering of one friendly voice.
These are our sister republics. They
have initiated the example our forefathers
gave The great powers of Europe and
some not so great. have parceled out the
| continent Of Africa. 1t is nearly all with
| in the sphere of influence. as il is called.
| of one or the other of the European
nations Almost the whole of Asia is
under European control. Even now GER
| tain great powers threaten 10 divide the
empire of China, and 10 assail the insular
| kingdom of Japan, the genius OF whose
brilliant and heroic people has placed
them in the first rank Of the forces OF
civilization 1t is the plain duty OF our
own nation TO see 10 1t that the sphere
of influence Of European nations shan
not further extend TO any foot OF the
soil Of that continent discovered by Co
lumbus. We owe ii 90 the traditions of
our glorious past, and as well 10 the
peoples who from us have caught the in
spiration of popular government. We owe
IL TO the countless millions OF sclf-rcs-
specting and freedom-lovng people who
are TO inherit America when we are gath
cred TO our fathers. America for AmeIs
| leans should be the an.mating principle
of every administration which Yields
from Washington the moral power of the
American people. Nor should We for this
reason withhold the due need OF honor
and admiration 10 those great European
powers which in their way and on their
| own soil are contributing to the advance
ment Of mankind. To the Spanish crown
We owe the discovery OF America. Side by
| side the Light Infantry under Hamilton
| the Corps de Elite OF the French army
swarmcd over the palisades at Yorktown.
/ The great Frederick. the last OF the
great kings. refused tpassage through
| P,ussjan territory TO the Hcssian NOR
| cenaries hired TO subjugate our fathers
and devastate our land.
"Of Italy it may be said that her sons
have surpassed any other people in many
Departments OF human endeavor In
sculrtura and architecture enc may POINT
to Michael Angelo; N painting TO Titan
| Coresgio and Raphael; in stetecrait 10
Machiavolli, to Cavour and hazipi; IN
| loneralship TO Napoleon and Massena' II
| pcetrv TO Tasso and rante; In discovery
| 10 Columbus Nor should America en-
| courage any feeling save that of amty
| and urid, FOR England. after America
| the strongest friend Of civil ana religious
| liberty on earth-land OF old ana great
renown. where freedom broadens Slowly
| down prccedel. TO precedent
.I, Is well TO meet at this great expo
si,ion rhe people OF these and other lands.
| In tho French exposition Of 1879 II was
! held by the minister Of &C mm'rte mad
| ,oissible and injurious to admit the prof.
ucts of other nations. No policy could
he more. short 81 ;hted. 1t is e. clrsivehess
| i'm her own and ignorance OF other lands
that has reduced China 10 the degrading
nosition she now holds. International
| exhibitions are among the most bene-
| nccnt means for the advancement of the
reo,lo Society I'm this has It's account
| ine. " takes stock Of its assets a M
| ton like a business house must know