The Van Buren press., 1896-07-04
ONE SENSIBLE SPANIARD
An Editors Tribute to the Power of n
United States.

United States.
The following from the Madrid Nueya
Regimen Of a recent date speaks for III
self:
1T is hard TO understand how publn
opinion can be so easily deceived.
There are many here who believe that
il would be a simple thing for us to
defeat the United States in war. They
believe that country is only republc
of merchants. They believe that sbs
cannot fight with European powers,
What a mistakel America was not a
republic yet when she first defeated
England. Thirty years later she dc.
elared 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
70 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. Or ihe sth and
9Th of March, 1859, 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 Merrimae 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 tho
damage done by the Alabama and other
cruisers built in British ports for the
enemies TO the republic. Recently she
las compelled England to consent to-
her interference in the quarrel about
/ the boundaries of Guiana and Nene.
zuela. On the American continent
how often has she acted energetieally
with Earepe's opposition In 1916 she
annexed Texas to her territory. ia
1915 she compelled England to give
j Honduras the islands of Ruatan. FroR
/ 1868 TO 1867 she openly opposed the es.
/ adjustment of monarchy in Mexico.
She did not recognize MaXimilian even
MS a constituted power. She did notat
tempt to preserve a 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 10
save his life.
Excepting England, there is no ma
ton in Europe which dares now oppose
in any way the United States, at pres
ent more powerful than ever. When
she fought against England the first
time she had not 100000 inhabitants.
The second time she had more than S.
0O0,0 200; to-day she has $4,000, goo. Then
she had nothing; now she has a strong
naval force, and she can put in arms at
Il moments notice millions of soldiers.
Her regular army is small in time OF
peace, $4,000 men, but they reach 10
hundreds of thousands in the organized
militia of the United States.
"The United States is now wealthy
nation, Industrious, active, enterprls'
ing, and without fear of any undertake
ing, no matter how reckless aud IN
possible it looks. In a war with Lu'
rope, if she would display hundred
fold the strength she exhibited IN inc
war of the secession, she could hardy
be defeated. Never shall we adVlse
Spain to declare war on the unlieu
States! Terms of peaceful arrange
ment are possible, and we should er
haust them first" - Chicago lnteF
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