. Bill Nye's history of the United States. irst President ■ 191 CHAPTER War with Canada 203 CHAPTER Advance of the Republic 212 CHAPTER Difficulties Straightened Out 222 CHAPTER Websters 233 CHAPTER the Wah—Causes which Led to it—Masterly Grasp OF the Subject shown by the Author 243 CHAPTER Run and Other Battles 252 CHAPTER More Fratricidal Strife 263 CHAPTER More Fraternal Bloodshed, on Principle—OutingFeatures Disappear, and give place to Strained Rela-tions BETWEEN Combatants, who begin to Mix Things . 274 CHAPTER X
. Bill Nye's history of the United States. irst President ■ 191 CHAPTER War with Canada 203 CHAPTER Advance of the Republic 212 CHAPTER Difficulties Straightened Out 222 CHAPTER Websters 233 CHAPTER the Wah—Causes which Led to it—Masterly Grasp OF the Subject shown by the Author 243 CHAPTER Run and Other Battles 252 CHAPTER More Fratricidal Strife 263 CHAPTER More Fraternal Bloodshed, on Principle—OutingFeatures Disappear, and give place to Strained Rela-tions BETWEEN Combatants, who begin to Mix Things . 274 CHAPTER Year of the Disagreeable War 284 12 CONTENTS. CHAPTER XXIX. pace Too MUCH Liberty in Places and not enough Elsewhere.— Thoughts on the late War—Who is the bigger ass, the man who will not forgive and forget, or the mawkish and moist-eyed sniveller who wants to do THAT all THE TIME ? 297 CHAPTER WITHOUT PAIN—ADMINISTRATIONS OF JOHNSON AND Grant 305 CHAPTER Chronicles 317 Appendix i^9. CHAPTER I. THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. IT was a beautiful evening at the close of awarm, luscious day in old Spain. It was suchan evening as one would select for trystingpurposes. The honeysuckle gave out the sweetannouncement of its arrival on the summer breeze,and the bulbul sang in the dark vistas of olive-trees,—^sang of his love and his hope, and of thevictory he anticipated in the morrows bulbul-fight,and- the plaudits of the royal couple who would 2 13 14 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. be there. The pink west paled away to the touchof twihght, and the soft zenith was sown withstars coming hke celestial fire-flies on the breastof a mighty meadow. Across the dusk, with bowed head, came awoman. Her air was one of proud humility. Itwas the air of royalty in the presence of an over-ruling power. It was Isabella. She was on herway to confession. She carried a large, beauti-fully-bound volume containing a memorandum ofher sins for the day. Eve
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