Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-06-04
A DIFFERENT VIEW.
This Spanish Editor Has Wholesome
Respect for Uncle Sam.

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Respect for Uncle Sam.
The following from the Madrid Nuero
Regimmen of a recent date speaks for it
self:
at is hard to understand how public
opinion can he 81 easily deceived. There
are many here who believe that it would
he simple thing for us to defeat the
United States in war. They believe that
country is only a republic OF merchants
They believe that she cannot fight with
European powers. What a mistake!
America was not a republic yet when she
first defeated England. thirty years later
she declared war with England again and
compelled her to sign an honorable peace,
Notwithstanding she saw the English
burning the capitol at Washington.
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 Sth and 9th Of March, 1852, in Hamp-
ton Roads, in sight Of Fortress Monroe,
she gave to the world the spectacle of a
naval combat such as had never been wit
messed before between two battIeships,
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 Engla
to give up part OF Oregon. In 1871 Eng
land had to indemnify her for the damage
done by the Alabama and other cruisers
built In British ports for the enemies OF
the republic. Recently she has compelled
England to consent to her interference in
thequarrel about the boundaries OF Guiana
and Venezuela. On the American con-
tinent how often has she acted energeti-
cally with Europe's opposition! In 1915
she annexed Texas to her territory. In
ls45 she compelled England to give Hon
duras the islands Of Ruatan. From 1863
to 1867 she openly opposed the establish
ment OF a monarchy in Mexico. She did
not recognize Macmillan even as a con-
stituted power. She did not attempt to
preserve neutrality. She favored
Juarez, and when the Emperor was i'm
prisoned at Queretaro she declined to
listen to the requests of France and
Austria and interfere to save his life
"Excepting England, there is no nation
in Europe which dares now oppose in any
way the United States, at present more
powerful than ever. When she fought
against England the first time she had not
100000 inhabitants. The second time
she had more than 100000; to-day she
has 62,000,000. Then she had nothing;
now she has strong naval force, and she
lions OF soldiers. Her regular army is
small in time OF peace, $4,000 men, but
they reach the hundreds of thousands in
the organized militia of the United States.
1.-The United States is now a wealthy
nation, industrious, active, enterprislng
and without fear of any undertaking, no
matter how reckless and impossible it
looks. In war with Europe, if she
would display hundredfold 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 ar
rangement are possible, and we should
exhaust them first"