The Red Cloud chief., 1898-04-08

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pOpula'i N of many hundrids If thous.
ands. The y~aticut Pcruyians hai, by
vast irrigation works, made this sandy
desert blossom like the rose. In some
cases they had constructed a%qucduct-
hundreds of miles long, and even
pierced mountains in order that this
| region might be watered. The desert
Is One more triumphant. The con.
qucrOrs seeking and estceming those
things only that could be gained by the
sword, neglected the real essentials OF
prosperity, and to this day the evil re.
suits are felt. Mexico was Il similar
victim. The strange cl eatures whom
Montezuma ruled were exceedingly
progressive. But their works and
plans and agricultural gains were scat
tered to the winds by the bloodthirsty
conquerers, and to this day the spirit
less Pcon seems sunken beyond al
hope of revival. Thus everywhere, a
home, abroad, Spain has prepared tn,
way.fur her own undoing
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TIE GRANDEE SpIRIr.-Forc centuries
after the destruction of the Roman En-
pirc by the Goths and Nandals, the In
man intelligence was practically be
numbcd. A pail of darkness was over
all; the mobiles were almost rs unlcarn
Z d us their serfs and the scrfs were ut,
terly hopeless. Aspirations lay like a
giant chilled by the cold. But since
that time stimulation of thought has
caused the great heart of the world to
throb with increasing power until the
feeling Of a common humanity thrills
in some degree e. those most sepa.
rated by birth and wealth. But against
the tendency of the people to think
and act, hope and accomplish, the
proud and stubborn spirit of the Span.
ish Grandeeism has stood out reso-
lutely. The rising tide Of human as.
piration cannot be withstood. II a
government, even though boar with
age or crusted with heroic deeds, try
to turn a deaf ear to the cry Of the
poor for life and liberty, for education
and for hope, the cry will not die out
but its pleading tone will be turned in.
TO the fierce and fateful growl Of a cor.
nered beast. Thus has it been with
Spain. Far o organized than Nj
hilism In Russia, is Anarchism in Spain.
The nation is hOneycombed with law
less sentiments. The men in power
are under the hopeless necessity Of
guarding against the home population
as il it were an invading army. No
other government in Europe, not even
Russia, is in so serious Il condition.
Spain stands revealed before the world
as not having controlled the growth Of
hope and thought, but as having with
stood it. The Observation-Disclosures draws
ear each day, and is not delayed by
the fact that Spanish statesmen wei.
come foreign complications as Offering
a favorable diversion of the direction
in which the combative spirit seeks to
expend itself.
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Much nor might be written, but
why multiply words? Spain is being
hurried to her doom by the binding
forces within her. Her brutality in
peace and in war make her unworthy
OF kinship with the sisterhood of pro-
gressive peoples. She is a survival OF
bloody times that have from many ma.
tons long ago passed away. 1t will
indeed be a strong historic parallel, il
the Anglo.Saxon race that first curbed
her career in the western world, should
also he the one to finally expel her.
Fallen the pride Of Aragon,
The lordly might of high CASTLE,
Mark how the closing shadows steal
Where erst the son OF empire shown
As some strong seed unthinklug pcnt
In costly vase or fragile jar,
Its sturdy roots down stretching far
Burst outwards, seeking nourishmcIt.
SO when n new world had it, birth,
The swelling seed OF wide domain
Fell on the barren soil Of spain.
II withered there for lack of earth.
Thus many ~dawniug lives we see,
closing too soon IN dark despair
Too narrow soulcd to rightly bear
Full grown responsibility
THE TIME OF RENEWAL.
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" renewed in tn
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