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

“The grounds for such intervention may be
briefly summarized as follows:--
“First. In the cause of humanity, and to put an
end to the barbarities, bloodshed, starvation, and
horrible miseries now existing there, and which the
parties to the conflict are either unable or unwilling
to stop or mitigate. It is no answer to say this is all
in another country, belonging to another nation,
and is therefore none of our business. It. is
especially our duty, for it is right at our door.”
Other nations declared that America had
sinister designs. Such insinuations were repudiated
with contempt. Daily was defiance hurled at all
maligners. We boldly told the world that this was
not a war for territorial aggrandizement; that we
wanted nothing save only that a suffering people
should go free. Even as late as last October, at the
Peace Jubilee in Chicago, President McKinley
said:--
“The war with Spain was undertaken, not that
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