Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-07-01
uNFoLDlNGsA DESTINY.

UNFOLDING A DESTINY.
The National Magazine Of Bos.
ton, in its July number, contains
two interviews, one by Senator
Davis and the other by Senator
Morgan of Alabama, discussing
the influences of the present war
upon the destinies of the nation.
Senator Davis said: wi
EVERY war that has been waged
for human rights has produced
consequences unforeseen by the
most imaginative speculatio n at the
time of its beginning. The re.
suits of the American Revolution
have so far transcribed it's de.
clared objects as to amaze us even
in the moments of our most de.
sultory thought. 1t will be so as to
the present war with Spain. No
| one would have ventured to pre-.
dict during the month of April,
1898, that, within few days after
it's declaration, war undertaken
for the independence of Cuba
would, by its first battle, raise
questions of conquest, policy, and
possibly Of empire, IN the antipodes
by the astounding victory of Com.
modore Dewey at Manila.
''It is too early to predict with
much confidence the full con.
sequences of that most decisive
triumph. It seems probable,
however, that it will result in
naval station at Manila, and IN at
least holding the Philippines asin.
demlnity for the cost of the war.
The acquisition of Hawaii by the
United States has been demon.
STRAIT ed to be indispensable to our
peace and safety in the most abso.
lutte military sense. We are at
this moment, irregularly, yet most
necessarily, using those islands for
military purposes,
AS a consequence of the war,
the United States will become a
naval power of the first-class. Its
foreign commerce will be i'm
mensely increased, especially with
China. Spain will be deposed
from her sovereignty in this hem.
isphere. The military spirit OF
our people will be properly slim.
ulated so that never again will
hostilities with any foreign power
find US unpreparcd, as we plainly
were when the present war began
between this government and
Spain. Ivy
The spirit Of discomfort with
our own government and it's laws
which, during the past five years,
has been SO ominously apparent
has been exercised by the potent
spell Of patriotism which has been
laid upon those who not long since
were bringing into question, some.
times by force, the wisdom and
Justice OF the laws and courts of
the republic. These men, who
needed but such an opportunity as
the present one, now stand in the
ra nks of our armies ana upon the
iron decks of our battleships.
The war has drawn England and
the United States together with
sudden and resistless force. These
nations now see that they can be
secure IN the Isolation" of the
1925, 0O0, 900 people who speak the
English language.
"The absolute coa]escence Of
the North and South into one un.
alloy ed mass ofmilitant patriotism
is the most important national
event since the Civil war. It has
consumed the last remaining ira &c
Of resentment. It will re- move all
obstacles to perfect business inter.
course, and 60 far to produce a
non.sectional consideration oil
political questions. These moral
results will be Of more benefit to
this country than all the conquests
that can be achieved by the most
triumphant exertion Of it's mill
tary and naval power. The gray
has blended into the blue. The
Grants, the Lees, the Mileses, the
Q,,klora tho Merrikts. the