The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-08-19
Written for the Dem0crat-Star.
THE WORKING, OF DESTINY.

From north to south and east to
west Of our grand and mighty Free
land the hearts Of its children (though
mingled with a deep and sincere sor-
row for the dead and gone heroes laid
to rest in Cuba's soil), throb and glow
to-day with a nameless pride and
gladness. Gladncss over the knowl-
edge that ere many days have waxed
and waned the white winged messen-
ger of peace may have settled down
upon this Land OF the free and home
of the brave" and her people will
have returned to the varicda and peace
full occupations Of their daily lives,
which, in many instances, were So
rudely broken In upon by WARS loud
alarm" and to US will come the pride
| when those to whom we entrusted our
honor as a nation shall have returned
from the fields of glory flushed with
the victories won and mOmentous
achievements performed, and given
back into the keeping OF the people
"Old Glory without one stain OF de-
feat or dishOnor to sully the bright
ness Of its stripes or dim the lustre OF
its stars. But something of gloom
will come to us with its coming home,
when we recall to mind those who
left us so full Of hope and proud aspi-
ratiOns, only to meet the herU's death
and find the soldiers grave on other
shores than this.
The army and people Of England In
the days Of II struggle for ~indepen'
dence, thinking to humiliate the
patriots opposed to them, bestowed
upon them the sObriquet Of yam
KEGS" Both the army and the people
of England paid dearly for that in'
sulting jest; the army through Its
many defeats and subsequent eject
ment from the land, and the Mother
Country herself through the loss WI
that which, to-day, would have prov
en- the richest and most valuable jew
ell to her crown. And now comes
Spain the pigmy, with the lack o
wisdom SO often shown by the AFRO
CANT. following the example set hel
by England and, with the same de
sire to belittle us, has cen fit II
christcn us with the still more insult
ing epithet: "ThOse American Pigs!'
!, Alas! Tor poor old Spain! had she bu'
paused for a moment aud put on lie
"thinking cap" and pictured to her
self the loud grunting THE declaration
OF war;, and the amount Ut rO0tinl
1.-THE glorious work done by the arm.
and navy which that sneering insul
was to bring to life, to her after sOr
row and loss, it Is safe to predict sh'
would never. with all her arrogance
have uttered it.
Living as she does upon the empt.
memory Of her past chivalric great
ness, having dominated as she did tn
peoples OF so many countries; stand
ing among the nations of the earth
and, because Of her many %c0nQuests
binding upon the limbs OF her viz
tins the CALLING chains OF slavery
proclaiming herself-as she was az
lk~nowledged to be In the dead an
. gone years Of the past, Mistress Of tn
World" to-day she takes no heed c
that giant, improvements irresists
bic march upon the road to greatnes
and success. She fOrgets that man
OF those natlons VINO poweu !le kle
IN humble submission 10 Ine Az Cei
: Jury, nave, To-Day, ARISEN w .uc uit
nity OF great powers sprinelns ltol
. the weakness porn OF ueieao anu ~.
quest' inIo lnc i'cfuo
anu power malhua.''eu' w
spain suali nave Suhk W ucr ue
: t'heo dooli au,o'e sue na.luns /.
: nerseli, anu nke tIe va" spe'aGa, .
aegraueo to Ihe iooC VI cno o,tss
4 laias! TOT ner, sue IS . many sCctt
: removed from VIA az to,uasJ >.
VIII never surrenne tnao s.romscsS
ner as /,
people ana s~cii-conceic III wnat .,
sIlll cohsIuers Herself 70 = y.
} granoest, greatest ann n!gny'eso q
tl9n on uoas green iooG'st9oi ,o'oa
But hatlohs, INK 'huiv'uuais' q
L. predcstlned either for happiness
sorrow, success or misfortune, al
! they can no more evade their destif
" than they can avoid existing SO Tor
e, as life shall last. And. SO, Spain, all
IT like her predecessor, England. has
last awakened To the realization
her mistake. With the pride OF h
navy either sunk In the harbor Of NJ
IS Mia, or as battered and broken hui
r. stranded upon the beach Of Cub