Show Till rAIMI 01 blAIN It the United Stales U not today recognized ns the most powerful military mili-tary power on the glob It must bIn b-In places which contain large number or the races which have not kept pac tilt the march ot events It was the greatest piece of fatuity for a nation Imosl entirely peopled lnthls way Itself whollj bankrupt discredited oenhre clinging to mediaeval conditions con-ditions and Instincts to permit Itself to be drawn Into a contest with the mot > populous enlightened power of the Arld a nation which has Us chief fatness as the result of cultivating the best principles and effects diffusing Intelligence and banishing to their own eaves of darkness all the Influences Influ-ences i that support or lend to the op prcfslon of the humari family It was all the more significant hot the Issue should bi on these very lilies and not merely oa anything temporary 01 ic cent that tho great Republic should make the demand that barbarities cease > nnd Inhuman principles be ban Jelled rromth foreign territory nearest us and nol Much to be wondered nl that the tyrants of that territory should refuse compliance Those who know their stolid sullen animal naluie were 111 h OOI fIUW prepared for Ihls anti yet ns stated It I wan fatal fatuity for 4he bettor classes Astir hove education arid ex pcrlence In the worlds affair to permit per-mit a crowning mlsrrtun to follow so hard upon the heels of a long series of steadily Inci casing disasters They have done so however and where 10 they and the fjopuface to which they pandered stand today 10 I the contemplation contem-plation of the powers rr for that matter mat-ter III their own estimation Humllialcd to the very dust with the ashes of defeat dire mil dreadful poured out upon her head with no money no credit no friends her property prop-erty passing from her not piece bi piece but province by province Spain still affects a composure and deter rnlnatlonwhleh all things considered may entitle her to come little sym pathrIhe same kind and degree 01 Sympathy that was extended to the great Bonaparte when without n crown without country without a following fol-lowing he contemplnleU the frailty 01 human greatness and nwrtol power asa as-a prisoner on board the enemys ship pacing back and forth and hearing no vote but the murmur or the waves an they broke niralnct the sides of his foilIng foil-Ing prison The somnambulist of ono on-o ided dream the nightmare ot n dls enthralled rlrn the man hom the phantom of hope had lured Into ambush to be strlclen down nt last by that lurking enemy destiny who would withhold I commiseration Were Spain other than what she Is there would still be some remnant of hope for her Did 1 her statesmen con suit the best and brightest exemplars of the worlds proffieRB And learning Instead of blindly clinging to traditions hoary with antiquity and pregnant with precepts at variance with the best Interests of mankind did she rely upon the common law as a guidance for the common people and Ignore tile more Obsolete anti barbaric codes did she seek to Improve the minds and morals of all Spaniards Instead of keeping them where they have been for centuries cen-turies dljl she even now realize that In grappling with a strictly modern nation and an altogether progressive people she has received such a shock that to Continue ns she has been going means absolute disintegration and resolve firmly to change her policies altogether In the Interest of what Is I jet left her people there might be a healthful growth started up about the nucleus that remain and In future days there could be something that Is I Spanish to attract the attentionlandeven admiration admira-tion ot the world But this for reasons reas-ons previously Hated Is not likely to bo done That Spain will cling to her Idols < and with them pass Into history meemn altogether certain |