The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-08-07
A PLEA OF GUILTY."

The "Voz de Mexico is in a bad way.
1t has a real pain and it needs the care
and attention of considerate friends If
for an instant we thought it reflects the
sentiment of any large respectable body
Of citizens of the sister republic we
should feel bad also, and call in coun-
sell But hear the "Voz," otherwise
'Voice:"
If the United States triumphs over
Spain there will have sounded for us
the knell Of our autonomy. Masters of
the gulf, of Hawaii (feloniously appro-
priated), and of our own Alsace-Lor-
raine CTexas), her ambition and aspir-
atoms will know no end. Passing the
canal which divides the island of Cuba
and Yucatan she will there intan her
self through a spirit Of conquest thinly
masked by all the hypocrisies of diplo-
macy. Already by infiltration has she
occupied large sections of our northern
frontier. We see the Americans, like
phylloxera appearing in every seton Of
our capital. They have acquired such
control over our commerce and indus
trial interests that financially they have
us bound both hands and feet. Their
lnElT
aspirations, are received here like
Princes. They are adulated by provin-
cial orators who tell them that neither
Cicero, Mirabeau nor CASTELAR,, in his
orations from the peoples tribunal.
reached so high a place in the fire and
energy of public speech. Enough of this
sort of adulation! The Yankees have
shown us what they are. Their vandal-
ictya in CoIi
Alaska, all show that they are affected
with the lunacy Of King Midas-gold,
always gold Their democracy is only
a shameless market, measured by the
Dingley tariff. Their International poll
tiles, docile to so much per cent, shows
all the Carthaginian malice and felony.
Washington advised and begged them,
almost in his will, to be true and Just
In their relations with other people, but
they, subject to the laws Of heredity.
interpret and practice in British style
the rights of man. 1t should not be
forgotten that John Bull is the grand
father of Uncle Sam.
II 1t was not so humorous, 1t would
be a serious matter-this indictment of
general devlishness. But there is Just
this much of truth in it, namely the
United States of America from this time
forward is to control, as it should, the
waters Of its southern lines. Possessing
the greatest utilized waterway OF the
world, along which originates one-third
Of the entire commerce of the continent,
the mouths Of that mighty river have
never before been really under the con-
troll Of the nation.
Cuba, in the hands OF a people never
friendly In the true sense, blocked the
way, and stood sentinel and barrier
likewise upon the outermost eastern
station Of the Caribbean. With French.
English. Danish. Dutch and Spanish
posts as thick in the waters of the great
southern sea as blackbirds in early
June, and with Mexico, Central Amer
lea and its bimonthly revolutions. and
the English posts upon the west Of the
gulf in Honduras, we have held tha
mouths Of the Mississippi only by suf-
ferance, practically, and our commerce
In the gulf has always been at risk In
war from which we could Ill protect it
But the conditions are changing. We
are going to control the gateway of
the gulf, and from that base will dom
mate, when the need appears for II. the
approaches to it, and make free in fact
the delta of our mightiest river. Far
to the eastward and looking benignant
~ down upon the lesser Indies from the
nights of Porto Rico, we have planted
our flag upon the fartherest considera-
BILE island of the Antillean chain, from
which point Of vantage we will now
have somewhat to say about the Ca
ribbean
With these new advantages, ours by
natural right, and by virtue of Amer
lean valor, it is not surprising that our
bottled neighbors should survey the
scene with some concern. But then.
despite the ''Voz de Mexico" which we
apprehend is very far from being the
voice." we apprehend that our Next
can neighbors do not think so badly of
us, have no fear Of being taken into
our camp and entertain no jealousy OF
our natural development They know