The Spanish American War the Decline And Fall of a Great Nation
The Spanish American War the Decline And Fall of a Great Nation
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The nation that is characteris- tically brutal in government, institutions, religion, and amusements, is a degenerate in the family of nations.
One more acute cause is working the ruin of Spain. There is in Spain a certain small class of grandees, notoriously corrupt. They are ruled by a spirit of greed. They have worked the ignorance and gullibility of the people since the days when Spanish greed for the gold of Peru and Mexico corrupted the ruling classes. The rulers of the Spanish colonies h...ave been the most corrupt puplic men in 9 the world. An example is found ia Weyler. The Tab!e'. , thel<^d ing Roman Catholic paper in England, recent y contained aa art o;e in which it appears that when he was governor of the Ffci'ippine Islands his salary was ^40, 000 a year, and that at the cose ef his term he had to his credit, in the banks of Lond in an ; Paris, a sum variously estimated at from ;?i, oooooo to ;?4ocoooo The tyranny and corruption of the colonial governors in the Spanish provinces on our south at the beginnii g of our century, brought on the dissatisfaction in that vast section of the coa'intut south of the Rio Grande, which, under the example of cmstituti-^nal liberties furnished them by the young republic of the United States, broke into open revolt, and led to the beginning of Spain'a dismissal from the American continent.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The nation that is characteris- tically brutal in government, institutions, religion, and amusements, is a degenerate in the family of nations.
One more acute cause is working the ruin of Spain. There is in Spain a certain small class of grandees, notoriously corrupt. They are ruled by a spirit of greed. They have worked the ignorance and gullibility of the people since the days when Spanish greed for the gold of Peru and Mexico corrupted the ruling classes. The rulers of the Spanish colonies h...ave been the most corrupt puplic men in 9 the world. An example is found ia Weyler. The Tab!e'. , thel<^d ing Roman Catholic paper in England, recent y contained aa art o;e in which it appears that when he was governor of the Ffci'ippine Islands his salary was ^40, 000 a year, and that at the cose ef his term he had to his credit, in the banks of Lond in an ; Paris, a sum variously estimated at from ;?i, oooooo to ;?4ocoooo The tyranny and corruption of the colonial governors in the Spanish provinces on our south at the beginnii g of our century, brought on the dissatisfaction in that vast section of the coa'intut south of the Rio Grande, which, under the example of cmstituti-^nal liberties furnished them by the young republic of the United States, broke into open revolt, and led to the beginning of Spain'a dismissal from the American continent.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Scott F Scott Funk Hershey to read onlineMoreLess
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