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The United States received military succour from France, who treated them as allies ; they did not become, by means of a multitude of wars, speculations, and intrigues, the debtors and the market of foreigners. Besides, the independence of the Spanish colo- IN AMERICA. 135 nies is not yet acknowledged by the mother-coun try. This passive resistance of the cabinet of Madrid has much more weight and is produc tive of more inconvenience than may be imagined. Right is a power which long balances fa...ct, even when events are not favourable to right ; this was proved by our restoration. Had England, without making war upon the United States, con tented herself with refusing to acknowledge their independence, would the United States be what they now are ? The more obstacles the Spanish republics have met with and shall encounter in their new career, the more merit they will have in surmounting them. They contain within their vast territories all the elements of prosperity variety of climate and soil, forests for the navy, ports for shipping, a double ocean which opens to them the commerce of the world.
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