The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

the governed, should be abruptly terminated by that
nation which was conceived in principles the exact
reverse of these theories.
That Providence willed it so, there can be no
doubt. Only the hand that was free from the stain of
despotism could be used to inflict punishment upon
her whose every garment was spotted with its
leprosy. With the surrender of Cuba and Porto
Rico, Spain relinquished the last acre of that great
landfall which Christopher Columbus in 1492
brought to the united thrones of Aragon and
Castile. Spain’s administration of these domains
was one long series of national crime. Long ago the
King of kings arraigned her at the bar above, and
there and then it was justly decreed that the unjust
steward should have her stewardship taken away.
Instalments of the penalty have fallen due from
time to time. Just now we have witnessed the last
payment, that of the uttermost farthing. And in the
words of Lincoln, “As was said three thousand
years ago, so still it must be said, ‘The judgments
of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.’”
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