The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-07-18
ONE SENSIBLE sPANlARD.

An Editors Tribute to the Power of the
United States.
The following from the Madrid Nuevo
Regimen of recent date speaks for it
self:
at is hard to understand how public
opinion can be so easily deceived.
There are many here who believe that
it would be simple thing for us to
defeat the United States in war. They
believe that country is only republic
of merchants. They believe that she
cannot fight with European powers.
What a mistake! America was not
republic yet when she first defeated
England. Thirty years later she de-
clared war with England again and
compelled her to sign an honorable
peace, notwithstanding she saw the
English burning the capitol at Wash
ington. When, after half a century of
peace, her inhabitants were divided
about the slavery question, and she had
to fight with her own sons, the world
was amazed at the size of her armies,
at her battles and at her formidable
engines of war. 1t was then that she
produced the Monitor. On the 9Th and
9th of March, 1862, in Hampton roads.
in sight of Fortress Monroe, she gave to
the world the spectacle of a naval COM
bat such as had never been witnessed
before between two battle ships, the
like of which, also, had never been seen
before, namely, the Merrimac and the
Monitor of Ericsson.
Against England America is always
powerful. In 1916 she compelled Eng
land to give up part of Oregon. In 1871
England had to indemnify her for the
damage done by the Alabama and other
cruisers built in British ports for the
enemies to the republic. Recently she
has compelled England to consent to
her interference in the quarrel about
the boundaries of Guiana and Vene-
zuela. On the American continent
how often has she acted energetically
with Europe's opposition! In 1S45 she
annexed Texas to her territory. In
1s45 she compelled England to give
Honduras the islands of Ruatan. From
1868 to 1867 she openly opposed the es-
Enlistment of a monarchy in Mexico.
She did not recognize Macmillan even
as a constituted power. She did not at
tempt to preserve q neutrality. She
favored Juarez, and when the emperor
was imprisoned at Queretaro she de-
clined to listen to the requests Of
France and Austria and interfere to
save his life.
Excepting England, there is no ma
ton in Europe which dares now oppose
in any way the United States, at pres
emit more powerful than ever. When
she fought against England the first
time she had not 4,00O,0 900 inhabitants.
The second time she had more than 8,
600 900; to-day she has 1000, 900. Then
she had nothing; now she has strong
naval force, and she can put in arms at
a moments notice millions of soldiers.
Her regular army is small in time of
peace, $4,000 men, but they reach to
hundreds of thousands in the organized
militia of the United States.
1.-THE United States is now wealthy
nation, Industrious, active, enterpris-
ing, and without fear of any undertake
ing, no matter how reckless and i'm
possible it looks. In war with Eu-
rope, If she would display hundred
fold the strength she exhibited in the
war of the secession, she could hardly
be defeated. Never shall we advise
Spain to declare war on the United
States! Terms of peaceful arrange
ment are possible, and we should ex-
haust them first" = Chicago Inter
Ocean,