29 States. Have we the right to deny to the United States the right of intervention in our internal affairs? By no means.
But we have the right, the supremely human right, based upon civilization, to ask, nay, even to demand, that the Nicaraguan Government shall be a government of legality and order, and that in no case shall the United States support tyranny. It is to be hoped that the spirit of the Knox note may be raised to the dignity of a principle of government, like the Monroe Doctrine, and that it may be proclaimed frankly in the face of the entire world. There are no reasons for concealing this tendency of American politics, as no power can object to the reign of order and liberty. This current is so powerful and displays so much energy that even should a democrat be elected President of the United States, the stream would have to run its course through its own momentum and by reason of the demands of civilization.
It would be, indeed, a very grand and beautiful thing for us, Central Americans, to be able to regülate our own destiny through our own strength alone. have entertained the illusion that after reverses and disappointments, we might arrive, like other nations, at the goal of stable national government; but, unfortunately, civilization cannot wait, and the whole world is in agitation, seeking land, air and sun. The Old World is full; the United States are filling; mankind scatters itself, like a seed, upon the surface of the planet through the operation of the inevitable and omnipotent law of life.
Who can control the sea? Every day, therefore, good