10 southern frontier of the great empire, while the fondling of Canada, as exhibited at present, would be the seeking of the pole for the northern limit.
But may not the Government at Washington hope, on the other hand, to unite all of the nationalities, froin the pole to the canal, in the same manner as that in which the different states of the American Union are now existing and prospering in a marvellous degree?
Which of these two paths is the American Government ostensibly following?
We reply that the second course is, undoubtedly, the chosen path, adopted as a matter of necessity and through the inexorable law of evolution. The facts are in manifest accord with the grand law.
The independence of Cuba and the obligation imposed upon the new republic of maintaining a succession of lawful and pacific governments; the exalting of Porto Rico, and the liberty which it now enjoys similar in all respects to that of the United States; the progress of Santo Domingo, and the good faith with which the government at Washington rescued it from its late economic crisis; the work at Panama, so palpable and eloquent; and the improvements in the Philippine Islands, are, all of them, the very suggestive facts.
Many persons of Latin America arrive at different conclusions from these facts. According to some, Cuba is certain to continue its existence as a Spanish speaking country. It would have been able, they say, to secure its independence through its own efforts, although it is now destroying itself by civil strife, like the republics of Central America, Spain never having known how to educate