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

is stated, in an account of Spain late in the
seventeenth century, that most of the troops had
deserted their colors, and that the few who were
faithful were clothed in rags, and were dying of
hunger. Another account describes that once
mighty kingdom as utterly unprotected; the frontier
towns ungarrisoned; the fortifications dilapidated
and crumbling away, the magazines without
ammunition, the arsenals empty, the workshops
unemployed, and even the art of building ships
entirely lost.”[4]
This is only one chapter in the history of Spain,
but if it is not criminal history, bearing its
legitimate mark, then none has ever been enacted.
Notes:
1. Buckle’s “History of Civilization in England,”
Vol. II, chap. 1. par. 36.
2. Ibid., par. 37.
3. Ibid., par. 38.
4. Ibid., pars. 42-44.
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