| Show THE VICTORY 0110111 Me people ot the United States t have loot nolblnor by reason of the long and trying wait for new from Deweys force to which they have been Pill jtd Now that communication has ben had the curtain rises upon the greatest naval victory of the kind ever accomplished In the worlds history perhaps there Is none of any Kind recorded re-corded that equals It It li not only complete but perfect and win wrought out under circumstances which exclude all computation of accident chance good luck < or anything of the kind It was a ce of force against fame with the odds all things considered largely on the side of the enemy It wan a question of which aide had the greater kill the higher courage and that Belt possessed determination which can only come of having the better cause On all point the forces of the United States are the victors They have quite annihilated the enemy Hint eleven Spanish ships having gone to the trat tom with most of those on board Some three hundred of their men ore killed and as many wounded and Cavlte Is taken with a large roll of prisoners To add a quieting climax to these marvelous Achievements me are ad viand that not an American was kllld but holt a dorn wore wounded and non of our Phi ps was Rerlonly Injured vvhlte the gallant Commodore icndc word that he does not require any present assistance whatever and can enter Manila at any time This Is I truly albeit gorily glorious the more so because of the humane manner In which the enemys wounded have keen treated Commodore or an he my now mith propriety be called Admiral Dewey has won a victory which sheds a new lutr upon the arms of his country and In his victory we all receive marked honors and decided advantages This country exists not by dynsstlo heredity but through the Intelligent sway of Its people Whatever double my hay ben en1rtalned In Any part of the earth regarding our ability for either aggressive or defensive operatIon opera-tIon equal llo the demands of the occi Ion must now han paM away where there is I Impartial judgment and have been greatly modified In places where there Is I bigoted and begotten dislike of us and our system of government gov-ernment Dewey hR blown all hostile European theories Into fragments from the mouths of his cannon And given a warning to all other nations that oun Is I not to be trilled with Will the Spanish government and people even now recognize the fact which blaze upon the earth like the sun at noonday that In measuring arms with the united States she Is I rtmply courting the destruction of the gods which must have made her madt We do not want to tight would rather settle disputed questions without calling call-ing In the stern agency of force but when diplomacy ends and a necessary conclusion Is still unaccomplished we then become as potent with the thunderbolts of Jove us with the Inspirations In-spirations of Minerva If Spain will quit wu will quitbut she must understand under-stand that quitting mona the nhn donment forever of prostrate starved plUaKcd bloodBuakeil Cuba If she prefers to go ahead we will gu ahead with the end foreshadouea near the beginning There Is I no desire to shell more blimml l or cause moro destruction his been no such desire liutCulm must be frecl The fun nt Cnvlt have proclaimed It and their echoes borne across the Pacific and the Atlantic At-lantic sound like the flail notes set to the splendid words which reglnter In advance the great consummation All hall Admiral Dene and his gallant gal-lant nun I Spied directness and un falllne worK for all who are engaged In this cause of freedom and may their labors soon be over |
