Show Ox general principles we would have much preferred to have seen the Fortification Fortifi-cation bill in force Our extensive line of seaboard should be provided with adequate defenses but the demand for such protection either now or probably for years to come is more imaginary than imperative England and Spain are the two nations cited by alarmists as most dangerous to our coast cities and of these England has enough at home and abroad to keep her out of aggressive mischief for probably all time Spains weakness as a nation should render her an object of contempt rather than of fear and in any case the Spaniard is much I more exercised about his grasp on Cuba than he is about bombarding American cities |