The American-Spanish war; . ly granted them local rights and autono-mous charters. To their surprise these measures appeasedthe spirit of discontent and her colonies were drawn in closerand more fraternal relations to the mother country. The British Ambassador at the Court of France recentlyproclaimed the beneficial influence of our independence uponGreat Britain as well as upon ourselves. America taughtthe mother country a lesson. She had the wisdom and themagnanimity to learn it and apply it; and the consolidationand expansion of her empire may be largely attributed to could never l
The American-Spanish war; . ly granted them local rights and autono-mous charters. To their surprise these measures appeasedthe spirit of discontent and her colonies were drawn in closerand more fraternal relations to the mother country. The British Ambassador at the Court of France recentlyproclaimed the beneficial influence of our independence uponGreat Britain as well as upon ourselves. America taughtthe mother country a lesson. She had the wisdom and themagnanimity to learn it and apply it; and the consolidationand expansion of her empire may be largely attributed to could never learn that lesson. Her mind seemed to beclosed and her heart hardened against it and, as she recallsthe dust of Columbus back to the land to which he gave acontinent and the dream of universal dominion, she receivesthe last instruction from this Republic, which all nationsshould attend, that a government which does not rest uponthe recognition of the rights of man and the community mustsurely fall. ^^ .-^i^r^?J^:^-^.^i-^a-c^. CHAPTER THE SINEWS OF WAR. BY Ho^f. NELSON DINGLEY, Chairman Committee on Ways and Means. IT has been justly remarked by an intelligent financial writerthat the same energy and adaptation of means to endswhich marked the exploits of the army on the land andthe navy on the sea, also marked the financial administrationof the war with Spain. Up to the time of the destruction of the U. S. BattleshipMaine in the harbor of Havana, on the 15th of February,1898, the administration and the country believed that the warwith Spain would be averted through peaceable pressurebrought to bear on the Spanish ministry: and consequentlyno preparations for an armed conflict were entered the hope of a peaceful solution continued to be enter-tained, pending the inquiry into the blowing up of theMaine, yet the administration in the meantime quietlytook measures to contract for needed ammunition and supplies—of which there were almost none on hand,—re
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