. The literary digest. and as one withwhich the vSpanish Government has no concern. We have never advocated war with Spain, but we can estab-lish no lasting peace with her which is not founded in an unflinch-ing assertion of our just rights as well as the recognition of whatis due to her. As usual with those who appeal to prejudice ratherthan reason. Mr. Phelps has something to say about the bestclass of American people, meaning the class for whom he was thus that the Puritan fathers resolved that the saints shallpossess the earth ; resolved that we are the saints. A reasonable and j
. The literary digest. and as one withwhich the vSpanish Government has no concern. We have never advocated war with Spain, but we can estab-lish no lasting peace with her which is not founded in an unflinch-ing assertion of our just rights as well as the recognition of whatis due to her. As usual with those who appeal to prejudice ratherthan reason. Mr. Phelps has something to say about the bestclass of American people, meaning the class for whom he was thus that the Puritan fathers resolved that the saints shallpossess the earth ; resolved that we are the saints. A reasonable and judicial statement about matters he is sup-posed to understand would have been welcome from Mr. discredits himself when he seeks, in opposition to the facts ofhistory, to show that it is the Cubans, who seek liberty, and theAmericans who sympathize with their just aspirations who are responsible for the woes brought upon Spain by her unwise, cor-rupt, and cruel administration of the affairs of her provinces. I. S. SCHLEY,Commanding the Flying Squadron. GERMAN-AMERICAN OPPOSITION TO WAR. F the Cirerman-American papers voice the opinions of theirreaders, then the overwhelming majority of the latter thinkwar with Spain would be frivolous and unjustifiable. TheGerman-American editors express no doubt that, in the long run,the United States must win ; but they fear that it will be at atremendous cost, and think the game is hardly worth the , they are extremely skeptical with regard to some ofthe popular ideas regarding our ability to carry on a war. Theyexpect the army to meet with serious reverses, have their doubtsabout the readiness of the navy, do not believe that our ports areproperly fortified, and even think that Uncle Sam, tho richerthan the Spaniard, is not quite so wealthy as he is said to be, andthat he can ill afford to waste money on a war. The Staats-Zei-tutig. New York, sajs that people who have no patriotism driveus into a
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