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Show THE SECOND CONQUEST. . H Saltillo, Mexico, where Mr. Clement died, is 'H close by the battle field of Buena Vista. It is fifty- H six years since that battle, but what changes H have been wrought since then. It was. a march of M oightccn dayB trom the Rio Grande when General " H Taylor made it. It can be accomplished now In H six hours by rail. It was practically a war of con- 'M quest on the part of Taylor and Scott. Now the H country is being taken by Americans In a- differ- M ent foim of conquest. The locomotive, the pick M and shovel, and the dry goods store are making M his second conquest. M General Scott and the administration behind M him have been blamed for not retaining Mexico M alter it was conquered. It is better as it is: A M great Republic is growing up there, and Ameri- M cans, as friends, not as enemies, are leading the M procession in all the industries. It will be Am- H erlcanized before many years, and then it will not H matter what flag Is in the ascendent there. Our M great far west has been settled and transformed H inthose fifty-six years and has added to the H world's money 6,000 millions of dollars. The last M half of the nineteenth century was more marvel- M ous than any other-1 half century"since the1 world M began. H |