The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18

uh''s VI "d''ohdl dSprdt'oh was my
uraIy succeeded ny strohg reac''on
10 conoitlon ot amazement ,hat OUT
OF All the disorder oi cohtendlhs' us
SoNereht IDEAS or poiicy union anu
"i"'' eN'i VI" '"'''' "''. "a' ~
H'St'ht ""'oc"'s W u''eh'' "''""'o'
from the outset; nut II IL more poetlc
than correct to see our history as
long strife between an evil genius and
Manifest Dc,tiny Is il true that the
national foo,,, d, ,,,, .,ropyor In tho
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part VI INC 'hloh. are "o' o"e
american people To-Day moro IMAM
ever before yratcful Tor the absence
i'm our huge continental territory Of
>.olitical and racial lines OF cleavage
siirh limos ns traro tho story of E,u-
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"S",' VI .'''' wv "~>' Wv
pi'''S VI NV pulls WIN t"c p'"'"
Crcnched battleicldS of Europe.
1t was not only the English COM
inissioucrs Of 1863 who doubted the
supcriority IN value of Louis NIV.'s
>,,,ric,n domain 4, tho ii,,io island
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VI '"'''' '''l 49, 10 ".''"' -
u'l ot some 'o"o" IONS vi sugar an"
2.oOO,oOO pounds each # sugar and
coffee. \ passage reproduced from a
New York newspaper of 1903 WHITES
for us the doubts and Disbursements
of the time:
Asto tn. unbranded region ives. O, the
Mississippi. I, is. with the exception OF a
very few settlements of spaniards and
frcnchmen bordering on the banks OF the
iiNer' WILDERNESS t"'o"s" mn'v"
w. -, -.
tho I-r,,sd s,.,.s and ,hat not nc.s,x
,cer,h mar, o, it, territory r. vet under
occupation. the advantage Of the acau,si-
ton. as It relates to actual settlement.
appears too distant and remote to strike
the mind OF sober politician with much
'orre rms, ,nereiore' can onN res. u"
e,u'"'''" wv "'|''s .,'s,'.,,,,. NJ w., ~,
,,orh,,,s no aiio,,cd ,.r,. GO. vo,vh, Is,
The arcoun, Inv tho majority of readers
But It may bc added that. should our own
citizens. more cntcrprisinE than wise. be
come DESTROYS Of settling this country and
cmisrate mere II must not on'F PC a'-
tp""rn WI" ~, ,"c '",u. ~ w y ~ N''vl!
-, ,.,,,,, -, ,no uos.o,n ,,r, -, o,,-
,o--i,o-, must hasten III. Acknowledgement.
Of a large norton ~ our country. or the
dissolution of tho Government.
On the whole NO think 1t may With
candor nc sdiL mat "hethcr 'h' p"Ss"@
N,"" W ,"'N WV, W. -.
,.,i.a',' ,'r.,ps,,,,aa,
To tn" writer al TINS abie put -"
inaC'urdtoIN prophetl' artl'l' u
seemed that the value or the ceSsl"n
lay III the island ut New orleans Sc
curing command of free navigation Of
the river. That could mean nothing
but development of tn" river valley,
but the writer failed To appr"'laf"
the necessary extension OF his own
words. More partisan "'derallstS
attacked the Administration not in
terms OF the property IL was paving
for but OF the price, regardless "i 'he
returns. flfteen mh'lI"n dollars 50
many tons, so many wagon 'oaus ot
silver. me "i carts ;" many mics
long 80 many days labor. AT such
and such rate. to shoVel IL INTO the
carts. Stacked dollar on dollar a
column so many miles hIgh. 30 many
Years pay i"r ;" many '"o"S"''" WV"
'hr'" uo,''rS i"r every man Woman
"Hu '"i'" III Wv anu '"N'1''" ~
u S'h""' iunu' 1t ""u'u N"Pi'"'' io''N -
l'N"" '''' r'"''lH 81 ''''H P"''0 ''''' u
SlNlhs gov" H'aI !" '"'" S'"""l'
" Pr'''N S''''r""S '!'''''N' '"''''
hut II was To th"' IAN" ma ,'s' r.
s"'' was '"u !" pay me ''' '''' "'"'
INQUIRE" III th' h'\"ii'l'n'
In the parcolllnS or TINS domain
tn remarkable feature was the set