Arizona republican., 1898-08-21
THE WAR WITH SPAIN.

The war has brought the United
 States many reasons for gladness in
 the midst of the causes for personal sorrow and national chagrin over min
 or mistakes. The broad results over
 shadow the blunders and the losses.
 The victory has been won. The fight
 has developed latent qualities of strength and has revealed to the world
 the prowess of a peace-loving land.
 In the first place the navy. Without detracting from the other agencies in
 the campaign the naval force deserves enthusiastic praise. At Manila, at San
 tiago, along the shores Of Cuba, the
 United States has dominated. Its
 ships have shown themselves capable of the finest work possible. Its sea- men have behaved like heroes-like true Americans. Its officers have shown themselves valorous and skill full. It's accessories, representative of the American inventive and construct i've genius, have wrought out their results with notable completeness. The prestige of the American navy, raised to high point in the war of 1872 and then suffered to lapse, has been re- stored, and, best Of all, the conditions favor-indeed, demand-such advance ment as to insure that the navy of the future will no longer be classed far down in the list of nations.
 The American soldier has once again proved himself man of valor, intel ligence and patriotism. In the land
 fighting the military unit, the man with the rife, has shown himself one of the most reliable, determined, pa tient and potent factors in campaign ing which the world knows. His op- portunity for military achievement has been small, but his heroism under the most trying hardships incidental to the nasty mobilization of a volun- teer army under severe climatic condi- tions has shown that true valor is not confined to the firing line
 In the conduct of the campaign there has been such intelligent energy as was by the nation. Advantage was taken of every chance to bring the i enemy to speedy realization of the | American prowess. Not a. reverse 1 mars the whole record. All is victory | n the fighting.
 The war has demonstrated many i -hings. It has shown how wise was President Mckinley in his efforts to prevent a precipitate declaration of l var while the nation was wholly un- His management of the natter in the early stages was char acteTistically intelligent and states Events proved that he was 10 less master of the situation when le sought to postpone decisive action hen than later when he assented to i 'pain's proposition of peace
 The war has also shown that the world must readjust it's judgment of he American influence beyond the na- ional boundaries. It has strengthen d the prestige of the United States as as no other event or series of events Il it's history. The great republic is ; encefCrth to be reckoned as one of he material factors in universal trade { nd progression. {
 Best of all, however, has been the } omestic uplift, the freshening of the i copies national spirit, the revelation 3 the citizen of the nations duty and t Is power to perform what is set for 3 to do. The people have been taken l rom their narrow ruts Of localism and eifshness and placed upon broad, Y igh plane of patriotism, and filled : Tith a thoughtful, but ardent, conf : ence in their government and institu- f ions, and in the future of the great I epublic. Ie