Show WAR HAS BEEN DECLARED AM ail the members ot ca both bra branches riches of congress have declared in favor of waking waging a war against spain and they have empowered them the president to promulgate a proclamation cla clai mation nation to that thai effect and preparations e pa rations are going on for war very rapidly in all portions of the country men are enlisting in every direction and it reminds ane one of the excitement and bustle which pervaded the union from 1865 the indications at the present time are that if none of the other foreign countries come to assistance that our 0 ur forces will be sufficiently strong to overcome theirs without much shedding of blood but if any of the other countries should decide to participate parti cio in the difficulties which now exist between spain and our country then the war may assume a very serious aspect in case anything of that kind should occur it would indeed be very hard to p prognosticate as too to the final result but all things being equal we have not the slightest fear but what our army and navy will finally triumph for our cause is just and truth and righteousness must and will prevail vail we do not pretend to be an authority on international law but it occurs to us that a great blunder has been made on the part of those who are in charge of the war department part ment in permitting the span ish vessels to be seized by those in in charge of the american vessels before e farhad war had been formally declared by either nation however we are am an american to the backbone and spain must be conquered right or wrong it is practically admitted that the government will be compelled to issue five hundred million worth oi of bonds in order to procure the wherewith to prosecute the war against vain sain S and if the bonds are issued the government should reserve the right to pay both interest and principal in silver and gold and in the mean time an all the silver bullion chichis which is now stored in the united states treasury in washington should be coined into money so it could circulate among the people and the people ought to have the first opportunity of purchasing chasin all the bonds 47 in prance france whenever heu dver it is necessary to issue bonds to make mak e internal I 1 improvements or for other purposes the peasant and anci laboring classes will stand au all night with their little savings in order to be on hanat haj z to 0 t secure so some me of the bonds int but whenever it becomes necessary y to tg issue bonds in our country the common pe people pleana plea and nd those fehd ams ja savings to in avest ret abhi io s secure acure adf they he are am general x ir 9 0 i up by a few aiho who al always ways three edw to I 1 five g d M 2 t oiw adf i h CAs C As t 77 risia f A t 7 eli 4 mur ana 0 ur 39 es jam a n C wady 7 Z Z |