| Show A BASELESS FEAR spain haq hair tried hard to scare tho the republics it to the south of tb the united states into a league against ui by holding before them the fear that v with till spain driven from the west indies our country would then begin the absorption of 0 tho the weaker stiles ettes south of us this extract Is from tho the correct espanol of madrid when vhf n spain line ahna boon been driven from tho the continent ulio she created tho par ot of chor nations still holding ol onles there tharo hilll III soon fco be disposed of ithe irea me of tho the north american politicians lanB alii hlll lo lie 10 already mutilated muil by the amputation of texas tin nal california will full art an easy prey venezuela Veney Vene uola vuela will next como come under tho the t inions alons of tho the american brazil ran ri chile and tho ilia other soul pouch h american republics would bo be succulent food for the anglo alliance all lanco it Is id not only tho the antilles that aro are tho the nations of 0 central and south america nill mill also disappear liol lafor forn in an anglo yankee invasion more terrible than that of at tho the vandals und gothe jt lt is still possible to avoid ivr the iho dinger the must lit in union with ilia mother country alcha fr for their ihrer land for their rell religion glon and for th thair thuir 0 r race if wo we ever have war alth fill any ot at tho the states referred to it will bo be because calls 0 this country cannot avoid it 11 they have hame not one thing in the wor world III which we nit covet excepting their filand ship their thoughts aro are not lik alke ours their ways waya ore aro not like ours they are arc excellent neighbors and that li da as near a relation as Is 13 to be desired there Is another country north of our republic with race language productions and thoughts like our own with common purposes aca and hopes but our country would mould never disturb that court country try not so eo much even as to a aak tic her to come com into our union if ac sho she should over ever desire the union we would gladly welcome her ter add her ter stars to our naff flag and make a great ado over tho ilia union but never until she eho wan wants is to come that probably will not bo for it a good while for our neighbor across tho the una line has very many m my prejudiced toola fools dumong her people who fire aro vastly more intensely english in their feelings than tile the men of england thoms lived jlius no matter As to a a yan keo invasion south that invasion Is 9 dolny 0 ing steadily even now not like tho the i vandals and tho the goths goehs but a a peaceable Inva alon and where it appears in tho the southland south land no trouble follows rath rather e artier there I 1 a 1 I Is 9 M more 0 ra a work for the th laborer more money for taxes better houses better roads better cultivated fields tho the spirit which nelch they carry to mexico Is biving a new expression to the th schools of that republic and it if those schools aie kept up the tha C chances aia apfl that it t will be mexico I 1 that hat will dominate central america in the next twenty five years and should that happen it it III bo be all tho the bettor better for central america Ame ilca tho the states on either side aldo or of tire the andes ought to units unite into two republics south america Is big enough for two republics and untied united the pe peo e plo pie of each could support a li allt t lie army and navy unit and a respectable a and d dignified nationality while the tha united states would rejoice at this jt it wants no part in either cither and hor ter citizens ho go co south to link their fortunes with tho the men of spanish america do not want to see A union 0 of f any or of those countries with nith our republic the republican bridge on this continent ought not to bo be of a 0 single span there la Is ample room for four of them all we want Js Is friendship and gc generous nerous trade relations and by i and by T lien our statesmen team learn a n little sense and justice and restore bjoro silver then than we would be glad to have a common coinage col naco from canada to patagonia all AH friendly alliances all lancea tire aro good but no amalgamation wo we N would prefer some islands out to sen sea |
