The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-19
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It was a short war. It began by the
declaration Of war, April d, 1898, and
ended by the preliminary treaty Of
peace, August u, 1898, having lasted
lib days
The expense Of the actual warfare
has been sI5OOOO,OOO, but it is estims-
ted that when we shall have balanced
and closed the entire account, directly
and indirectly chargable to the war, it
will aggregate one thousand millions
Of dollars.
There we're SOB Americans killed and
1865 wounded. There were 2,199 Of
the Spanish killed and 2,948 wounded.
The died Of wounds, exposure and dis
ease, will largely swell the casualties
Of the war
The American loss of war material,
outside Of ammunition fired away, and
wear and tear incident to campaigning,
has been very light, almost nothing.
On the other hand, that of the enemy
has been very large. The American
navy, without the loss Of single ship,
have sent 30 Spanish war vessels, with
48, 165 tons aggregate displacement, to
the bottom of the sea. Besides these yes
sells destroyed, the United States has
captured some 30 Spanish merchant
men, big and little, and condemned
them as prizes of war. SPANS loss Of
war material and ships viii, probably,
amount to sIOO,OOO,OOO
As a result of the war Spain will
have lost, and, speaking roughly, the
United States will have gained, Cuba,
Porto Rico, Guam Of the Ladrone isl
ands, and one if not all of the Philip
inc islands, with a total area of 98,1
square miles and population of g, 49,
los. This loss falls heavily on Spain
from the fact that they were the prin-
cipal source of her revenue.
Spain has saved her honor, perhaps,
but she has lost her navy and her best
colonies. The United States has not
only gained wonderful prestige on the
sea. but has also demonstrated to the
world her ability to mobilize large
army of magnificent fighting men, in
an incredibly short space of time It
is to be reCkOned with hereafter as one
of the great powers of earth. This is
something hard to estimate in dollars
and cents, but Of great value neverthe-
less.
With a magnificent domain already.
and satisfied with what she has, with
fair Hawaii waiting patiently for years
and asking to come in, with no inten-
ton Of conquest, with no lust for gain,
not knowing her own power, America
at lasts lifts up her arm in defense OF
humanity, whose signs she has heard
and whose tears she had seen in foods,
and says to pitiless E'yrrany, "By the
gods, unhand them! 1t is enOugh!"
What is such a moral example worth?
How much will it count in the coming
years? What viii be its increment?
'fRiches and honor are with me; yea,
durable riches and righteousness.
The reflex influence Of the war has
been of great value to the country
Before the war, the veterans Of the
war of the rebellion were spoken Of
with contempt, and a regular army
soldier was considered as no better
than q ''vag." The heroism. hardships,
sufferings and victories, of our army
for few brief months, haYe brought
fresh to mind what a million of men in
over four years Of active service went
through, IN a war that for magnitude
Of the field Of operations and the stub
bOrnness Of fighting and casualties in
battle Is without a parallel in the his
tory of the world. For instancerWh
it Is remembered that more men were
killed in battle and died Of disease, on
the union side, than the whole number
Of troops called out, volunteer and reg
ular, IN the present war, by over So
coo, the magnitude Of the late war
looms up IN prOdigiOus proportions.
The veteran and regular are no Ion
ger despised. The valOr of the black
troops Of the regular army at Santiago
has stopped the mouth of ridicule
and moderated the bitterness of race
prejudice. EX-COnfederate generals
commissioned in this war and serving
side by side with the very men who
confronted them in some of the most
stubbOrnly contested fields Of that
war is an object lesson Of incalculabls
value. The wound is healed, the
bloody chasm" is no more. On the
ample folds of the flag once hated is
now inscribed IN characters Of living
light. Liberty and Unionl One and
Inseparable! Now and FOrever!"
McCauley, the great English histo-
rlen, once said: THAT nations history
that has no monuments, is not worth
the writing" Every great battlefield
OF the civil war IS q national cemetery
where shady lawns glisten with the
white headstOnes of thousands Of our
heroes in the "bivOuac Of the dead. -
while here and there granite shafts,
chiseled in the finest of the sculptor's
art mark the distressing place Of Amer
Ica's great generals. Here, each spring
time, the nation brings flowers to Law
tendeFly on the tomb Of the hum
blest, and garland the shaft Of the
mightiest Of Americas heroes
National and state capitOIs are now
adorned with historic statuary and
painting, while in the parks Of our
great cities there stand the bronze
equestrian and heroic statues Of men
OF heroic mould whose memory is the
nations richest heritage. We are be-
coming one vast Arlington, and a
gTander Gettysburg. We have added
lately to the roll Of honor and enlsrr-
ed the roster Of the immOrtaIs. The
youth viii read histOry-of Dewy and
Manila, Of HObsOn and the Merrimack.
Of the Rough Riders and Santiago. of
Schley, Sampson and Cevera-
What is It all WORTH Patriotism
has rebuked both greed and tyrrany-
It has changed the standard Of values.
The almighty dollar is weighed in
the balance and found wanting. It
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