THE SCTT ANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY. DECEMBER 31'. .1808.
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THE BROTHERHOOD
OF THEBLACK HAND
ONE OF THE TEIUIOBS OF LIFE
IN PORTO HICO.
Masked Marauders Who Execute at
Night Their Kudo Conceptions ot
Justice One of tho Transition
Features In tlu History of a Beau
tiful Island.
John H Timelier In Harper's Wctklj..
When you have obsere-d In tho New
Yoik imperii that n town In l'oito Klco
has been burned by bandits, and, later,
have seen tho mall-coaches between
San Juan and Ponce travelllnK for a
large nait of their Jc Jrney under an
armed Kunrd, you will no doubt form
your Idea of tho chutactor of the coun
try accordingly, and Btialghtway wish
to protest ugalnst tho removal of tiuop
from such a lawless and dlHorganlzcd
Loinnumlty. When you also hear tum
ors of a dreaded secret brotherhood,
with the name and Inslcula of the
"Black Hand," holding under a reign
ot terror the mountain towns of Ad-
Juntas and 1'tuado, you will tie-ihuus
consider the expediency of returning
to Its fotmer owner teirltory o uniest
f ill and unpaclfled.
This, It will bo undei stood, Is your
conception of the situation us a result
of your bioad obsetvatlon fiom tho
Hotel Inglaterra In San Juun and the
I'lnzu Cafe In I'oncu. Your expetlence
with the shopkeepeis, moreover, may
tend to couflrin your com lotion that
all Horlnciueim nit lineal descendants
of tho buccnneeis.
This deduction, lioeer, will bo mod
ified when ou comp to know the I'uei-torlqueno-s
of the mountains. They aie
not, you will find, bandits by piofesslon
and law-broakeis by choice, but a do
cile and gentle folk, whose kindly ways
mako your ponderous nim "Volt"
seem as useful and apptopii.ito for
tiuvcl in their count! y as would be a
dress waist-coat or a silk hat. The
friendly "bueno' dla," from the door of
every cocoa-thatched hut, Is not merely
h gieeting, but n frank expienslon of
good-will The hosp!lnllt of the na
tive of the mountains is as exuberant
as the foliage that suiiounds bis door.
The louily offeilug of fiagiaut coffee
and aguacates or bananas Is us spon
taneous as it Is acceptable. Outside of
Ponce or San Juan, whole, bj-tho-way,
the shopkeepers nre l.ugelv Spanish
bs blith or sjmpathy. one finds the
until e? not onlv hone-t and law -abiding
but peaciablo to a degree that Is
tun prising, when one considers the fleiy
sugar cane rum which is their daily
bevel age
A CONTUAST.
A chain e stianger is .somewhat puz
zled having this knowledge of the
kindly natuie of tho Moilnquen. to i-ee
In the town of Adjuiua and tlie sui
rounding countiy a 111010 sinister nplr
it eIdenced by the smoking ruins of
plantation-houses and acres of coffoo
bushe.s nit i lose to the ground, hi cat
tle humstrung and loft to die by the
wav-slde and lamllies Hot-lug with
tlu-lr household goods to places ot
safety t)n an occasional door 01 wtoii
fiont aiipeais a single black pilnt of
a human hand If tho native lie ques
tioned, he lesponds with a Hldelong
glance and ringer on his lip
' El Alano negro." he whlspeis.
A photograph nl the sjilni .eytnlml
Is obtained only ai'ti- much diplomat
ic negoliations with the ownei of the
house, w ho Is not eager to appear In
the light one beat Ins 'vliloncr
against the- shadowy Presense. oiio
learns that the dieaded token on the
door Is the piooureor of a maskd band
coming by night to loavo a record
of Its isit with torch and mac hole
Ho heats of a woman awl child
hacked with knies anil loft for dead
on the J,aios ltoad; of a plantation
owiur aged and :nflrm. beaten ond
tort ired. his ears cut off, and finally.
Hi the piopenco of his sun, hanged
fiom a rafter In the house. He seo-j
tinees of plilnge and arson. All the.
signs of ioIence, though dlrplilthur
to the solitary traveller, need not
change his estimate ot the people
formed In his flist ride over the moun
tains. These ci lines will later assume?
their proper place in the poispective
of history. Some ot thorn aio u pint
of the outlawry that must needs at
tend the dote of the war. Tn most
rass, however, what ho sees is meto
1 a rudo unbalancing of accounts.
The Items on one side have boon m
cumulatlng for some four centuties,
and it Is not -surpilslng that the lower
class of rueitorlquenos should wish to
make a few additional entries befoie
the United States closes the ledger per
manently, A DIFFICULT TASK.
It has been the business of tho Sixth
Massachusetts legiment to ruppicsa
this persecution of the Spanish resi
dents, und the task has been by no
means an easy one. By the terms
of the protocol enly such territory
could be occupied by the Americans
as was de fucto In their possession
at the tlino hostilities ceased. The
practical result of the agreement was
that a hazy boundary lino was drawn
between tho Ameilcan and Spanish
outposts. This unceilulnty left u HtUp
ot country some eight miles broad
entirely without piotectlon It i3 in
this district that most of tho out
rages huvo occurred. Alhoug'i these
hao been committed to a largo extent
by Iriebpons'ble negroes and the lower
class of natives, there has been some
n'ldence of an oigmdzed effort to drlvo
the Spanish sympathizers from the Isl
and. The secret society called for its
picturesque method of warning Its vie-tlms-tho
"niaek Hand." is a uoiltical
organization known to have existed In
the Island befoie the beginning of
tho Amerenn war with Sp-iin it had
Its origin, as did the Mafia and Cu-
DUST
THE.REST- ,
WASHING POWDER
moira, of Sicily and Naples, in the
necessity for tho existence ot Individ
ual action against tho evils of oppres
sive foreign government. It Is known
that members of the prevailing polit
ical party belong to It, but it Is of
course difficult to nscortnln whether
It was nctlvely Identified with cither
side of the question of autonomy which
came beforo the people nt their last
election. It Is certain,' however, that
Its energies nre nt present devoted
to the business of making the Island
an unprofitable place for tho residence
of plantation owners and small mer
chants who have been associated with
Spanish inliiile In tho past. Tho plan
tations and stores that have been at
tacked In and about lUnatlo have nil
belonged to Spaniards, but one 1'uer
torlqueno having so far requested pro
tection. Tn the district ntound Isa
bella and Qucbradlllas theio have been
attacks made on both nntlvo and Span
iard, but It Is supposed that these arc
tiot attributable to tho"HHck Hand
being beyond tho mountainous legion
which appears to constitute Its juils
dlctlon. Wi:i,li AUAPTHP.
Tho countiy between Adjuutas and
1'tuado Is admirably adapted to tho
purposes of brigand. ige. Beyond Ad
juntas tho loads mo little more than
mountain trails, and It Is said that a
man can stuit on foot from the latter
town and nirhc ot I'tiudo befoie a
well-mounted llder can make the same
distance. This fact, together with the
oxl"tetice eoiywhoro of dense tiopical
foliage reaching to the summits of the
mountains, i outlets pursuit of the out
laws linpiactlcablc- for American troops.
Some twenty-seven details, each con
sisting of from two to ten men, have
been sent out from Utu.ido to gunid
plantations ;ind make an ests. Only
two of these hove had filing to do, in
eacli of which cases the bandits were
in the distance and offered no lertst
nnco. Those details uie sent out when
requests aio made of Colonel nice for
piotectlon and hotses ale lurnished to
enable the men to loaih the planta
tions threatened. The conditions pre
vailing have made it necessury to in
stitute a system of 'sweating," by
which suspected ineinlwis of the band
nie onllned fvpaialely and examined
as to their connection with the organ
ization I'p to the "Oth of September,
thlit-thiee suspects have been con
fined In tho cauol In t'luado, and a
laige number of native pilsoners have
been held for tilnl befoie the alcalde
ot the town since; so far as possible
theio has boon no Inteifeionco with the
cill laws of the community. The
Ameilcan olllcers hae found thi"-e pie
llmlnaiy examinations befoie the mu
nicipal judicial los to bo significantly
lenient. It Is thought ptolmble that tho
influence- of the 'Black Hand' 'has lilt
eiod into tlie chll administration and
couits of justice of tlie Hand, so that
in many cases the alcalde, and even his
common council, aio members of the
soclotj.
BOYCOTT.
In addition to the moic violent meth
ods of harassing the Spanish lesldents,
a piocess of Isolation or boycott Is used
agalnt't them, by which they aie pie
vented from procuring a sufficient nuni
bei of Inboieis to woik their planta
tions As tho piesont month Is the sea
son for picking i offee, tlie deaith of
plantatlon-workeis Is soeiely felt.
How effectively a native boycott is may
bo understood tiom the fact that a
steam laundiy elected by the Btltish
consul In Areclbo Is now a lusting pile
of neglected machinery as a result of
thin foim of organized opposition on
the part of the natives. In some cases
tho poisecution takesthe form of black
mail, demanded by letteis written
under the seul of the "Black Hand."
When the town of I'tiudo was first
occupied bv our troops the older was
Issued, as usual, that alt arms should
bo taken from tho citizens of tho town
and fiom tho Inhabitants of tin- sur
loundlng country wherever weapons
wore encountoted. It was found neces
sary to modlly this older, nf tho Span
l"li resident, would be without the
means of defending their lives and
propoi ty from the attacks of the out
laws, momentarily expected. Arms
vvc-ie therefore allowed In the posses
sion of those citizens whom the Ameil
can oillceis had reason to bellevo were
in need of protection. To those was
nh given the secuilty which tho pres
ence of Ameilcan soldieis always in
sines, Till: YANKKH WAY.
The ability of a handful of Ameil
cans to caie for two bundled or more
outlaws has been fiequently demon
strated. Notably so In the case of Pri
vate IWwauls, of the Flist Kentucky
leglmeut. He was assigned to the duty
of guarding a plantation house alone,
and pioved himself amply capable of
doing so. A patty or some hundred
aimed men upmoaehed the houpe and
was met in the toad by tlie American,
w ho, after an unnoticed challenge, set
tled the matter quietly and expedit
iously, and without unnecessaiy waste
of time- or ammunition. When the
"Black Hand" representatives with
drew, they loft three of their number
on the giound pierced with bullets, and
one, with n bayonet-thrust In tho neck
received In a hand-to-hand encounter.
Theie was no need thereafter for
guards at that lmitli-ulai- plantation.
It Is to be hoped thut Filiate Kdwoids
letelved his chevions.
Since the withdrawal of the Spanish
troops fiom the island, and tho as
sumption by the American foices of
tho entire lesponslblllty of maintain
ing older. It is teasonablv to bo ex
pected that fuither acts of violence on
the pait of the "Black Hand" will not
bo attempted Considering tho fact
that tho country presents a combina
tion of geographical and moral circum
stances highly favorable to lawless pur
suits, there has been, on the whole, a
u-inaikahle fieedom fiom those con
ditions which aie naturally to be ex
pected at tho close of a war. Tho
"Black Hand." with a spirit behind It
ns bitter as uny that existed in the
South at tho close of the war, has been
guilty of no such lecord ns had the
Ku-Klux in Louisiana and Georgia.
Sunday School Lesson for January 1.
letrodmictfloe to" Jolhie's
BY J. E. GILBERT, D. D LL. D.,
Secretary of American Society of Religious Education.
INTUODUCTIOX. The title given to
this lesson by the International com
mittee, "Christ, the True Light," Is em
carded, as being Imptoper. It rovers
only tho ninth verse nnd Is Inndequato
to express the thought ot the ontlro
passage. These fouiteen verses consti
tute the Introduction to tho fourth gos
pel, nnd they have been so eonsldeied
bv all scholars. Matthew, Mark and
Luko presented brief outlines of tho
life ot Christ, giving most prominence
to the cvcntit of Ills Onlllecan minis
tty, nnd leaving their readers to infer
from the nnrrntlves what their purpo
ses weie. l!ut John, who wrote near
tho close of tho first century, began
with a stntement ot what was thm be
lieved In tho church concerning tho
nature of Christ, and he selected his
materials, chlotly fiom the words of
tho Judeaii ministry, to conllrm and II
lustuito that view, Tho Intioductlon
should therefoio be t Hulled In Its e-n-tliety.
that the interdependence of tlii
parts may bo soon, and tlie foi eo ot
the whole may bo felt.
1HVIN13. The first thought of Chi 1st
here presented (A'eises 1 to ."!) Is liii
essential Deity, tho slatting point and
dominating tiuth of tho book. Ho Is
called tho Wmil iGrcek, Logosv, a teiin
used in the literature of that tint j to
denote the absolute Reason, quite the
same as wisdom found In ancient writ
ings (Prov. ix. 1). John alllrms the ex
istence' of the Logos fiom tlie beginning
of time i ("Jen i. 1), declines his piesonoo
with (Jed and asserts that he was God
These statements ate Intelligible only
In tho light of the doctrine of the Tiin
lty (1 John v. T), the tlnee pel sons ot
tho Godhead being each divine and all
associated In unity. To give a dealer
vb'W ot the Logos, one pet "on ot tlie
Deity, John declnios that Ho was the
solo maker of all things (Ps. xwlll. fi).
This e ol I espuuds with tile ni-i nuilt of
n cation by Moses (Gen. I. !i), where
the wold of God Is employed, and with
the asset tluns made bv Paul (Col. i. 111).
Hl'MA.V. clult, just as shown, was
a Divine poison, associated with other
Divine poisons, existing befoie the ma
teilal untveisi, calling all things into
existence. John next ilcsltos his lead
ers to know tlie l elation of Chi 1st to
humanity (s. 4 nnd ,1). "In Him was
llf--," that is, the souico of life wax in
Him, so that every foim of lite on the
globe piocoedcd fiom Him as a life-giving
foice (John v. :;!). The llic of man
was doiivod Horn Chi 1st at the be
ginning (Oen. il. T), and Is to lie con
tinued tlnouph Him (I John v. II).
Her- is a solution ot the chief piob
lem ol science, the origin and develop
ment of life-. Moicover, John contin
ue, this lito in Chi 1st furnishes to
men that illumination which enables
them to disci in the realities and Slg
nllic.iiK .- of things. What the sun is
to tho inatoiinl woild, Jesiis, tho Logos,
tho Life, is to tlie moral woild. And
yot o gtort was the effulgence pio
ceedlng from 'Him, that while It pene
trated the (l.ukiu-ss of Die pie-Chils-turn
ages II was not coinpivhondod by
tho benighted people (John ill. I'O
W'rrXESSL'D. The Inability oi men,
through their depravity, to eonipiohond
the light of Life omlnatlng from thy
Logos, tendered neiossaiy some method
Tho symptoms of loleiu o on the part
of the members ot this sec let society
aie not to be taken as an indication of
the Pueitoilqueno's unfitness for a
place In the Ameilcan body politic. The
better class apineiiates the truth of
the observation made? by a local paper,
that "outrage Is a two-edged swoid
which may deprive us of our light to
liberty. He Is an enemy ot
Puei to Rico vv ho today attempts to dis
turb the civilizing actions of the Amer
ican people, appealing to violence and
to Illegalities', when all the doois are
open to us to obtain our aspirations
for libeity and justice."
A STRIKING CONTRAST.
Country's Situation Today as Com
pared With That of 1708.
Fiom the St. Louis (Jlobe-Deinociat
A compaiison of the teiritorlnl area
and the national Influence of the I'nlted
Stntcs with those of 179S will show the
vast inatetial and moral advance with
this eou.it has made in 100 yeuis
In the historical books 179S does not
11 Kin i with any prominence, but In
leallty It Is an lmpoitant landmark In
the country's1 expansion. It was just u.
bundled yeuis ago that the piovisious
of til tieaty of peace with Hngland
in 178.1 were fully and finnlly carried
out. For fifteen years after that date
tho United States, In its ondeavois to J
secure the boundniies guaranteed in
that ng! cement, was ohstiucted by two
nations. Kngland and Spain. The Hiit
Ish held possession of posts at Oswego,
Niagara. Dotiolt and other places In
United States teirltory on the northern
frontier, until Jay's tieaty, which,
among other things, provided for their
evacuation, went Into operation In 1798,
and even then the woik of abandon
ment was carried on with a slowness
which was exceedingly exasperating to
the people of the United States.
With Spain, however, tho I'nlted
States had much more trouble In so
cuilng Its tieaty lights under the
agreement ot 1783 than It had with
England. Then, as now, Spuln was slow
In grasping the justice of any demand
by any other nation, nnd In that par
ticular crisis the situation for this
country was rendered doubly embar
rawdng by the fact that Spain was
still one of the great powers of the
earth, while the United States was only
an Insignificant spot on the map and
had no lights which any of tho great
nations felt bound to respect. Spain
contended that the Floilda legion
which she gained fiom Knglund dining
the wor of the American I evolution,
and which extended west to thu Miss
issippi, went ns far north ns the mouth
of the Yazoo, ubout the parallel of 32
degree noith latitude, which would
make the svnitheily line of the United
States on tho Mississippi nd at that
point.
Both England and the United States.
on the other bund, Insisted that this
country's southern boundary went
down to latitude 31 dogiees. At lust the
protests and thijats of the United
States and SpuluVi dangers in the
Napoleonic wars then under way com
pelled the latter to accede to tho Amer
ican demands. Spain did this In the
teatv of San Lorenzo tn 179i, which
JOHN I. a-14.
of introduction and explanation. For
that purpose a man named John (John,
tho liaptlsl), was sent from God v. C),
This statement accords with history
(Mutt ill. 1) and with prophecy (Mai.
111. 1). The Paptlsts had no other er
randhe came only to be a witness
(v. 7) to that light, his ono desire being
to lead men to bellevo In that I lght
(John 1. 38). It Is true that his zeal
was so gieat. his life so holy, and Ms
popularity so general, that many of Kls
coutempoi alius thought the Baptist
pleached concerning himself, and thu
ruleis ut Jeiiif'-ilem (v. 19) sent a dele
gation to Inqiihe whether that wns thu
case, but he gave them a decided nega
tive (Vs. l!l to 2a). So hoi is tho apostbv
calls attention to tho fait and assorts
that John was not the Light ubout
which he pleached, but meiely a wit
ness (v. S).
DHSCUIBICD. To distinguish the
light ot Life that was In tho Logos
fiom the pet reived light that was In
the 1'nptlst, tho apostle clerciibes the
fotmer by three pattlculuis (v. '.i).
First. It was a true light, not in tho
sense we use that woid, as opposed to
false, but oiiglnal, uudeiived and un
failing (so the Gieek signifies), shin
ing on forever1 by its own power,
though all other luminaries polish. Sec
ond, It ceiiiios into tlie vv oi Id It did
not oiigtuntc hoie, but In another
spheio and uiteied this fiom without
(Such is the meaning ot the clause
which modifies Light and not man, as
many suposo). Third, It llgliteth ivory
man, In eveiy age ami land, of ovoty
dispensation. Tho light of the Logos
sheds His benign rays over the entire
l.ue. By these throe Items Its doilvn
tlou. Its entrance Into this world, lis
extended lnllllence we see that John
has tin exalted conception of tho Per
son of whom he vviote Moieovor. hi
gh es In this voire teachings that meet
the philosophy of all lellgluu".
UUIKCTHP. Theie was another
iousi,n for John's miaMiy uf witness
to tlie Dlvlne-hunum Poison, who had
llfo In lilmsell, whoso life was Die lllit
of men, coming fiom nnotl-i woild
to this to enlighten all men. This Per
son, the Logos, had boon In the Woild
all thiough its history, engaged In his
benevolent mission, but unknown by
the masses of men (v. 10) The light
which had been leceiveil by them had
been misunderstood and misapplied
(Bom. I l'i-2i). insulting In all tho ab
ominations of heathendom. And when,
for the puipoo of making a fuller ell-,-closme
of ilimsoll, Ho i-ntPicd Into a
covenant with one family of tho rnco
(Gen. Nil. 1-1), calling them His own
people and visiting them in peculiar
intimacy (v. 11) Ho wns i ejected
again and again I Luke lx 141. Iloie
we have pteionted the deplorable ooi-
1 dltlon of tho human family th- larger
I pai t ignorant of that h-nlgn llgliti
I which lights up the pathway, tho other
j poitloli opposing the iliiluenee and
I tinning avMiv Into darkness and death
j (Piov. II. 111).
HI-:Ci:iVi:i). The Ignorance and le
joi lion just month nod wore not uu-
vernal. Some of thi gloat hndv of lui-
I inanity, outside the covenant, though
living In deep darkness Know Him who
J is tin- light of the woild, and many of
was iiitiilod by the Senate in 1790. but
17'ij! auived befoie the Spanish flag
wont down in Natchez, the most Im
pel tnnt town In the toiiitoiy in dis
pute, and the stais and stilpes went
up Then, fifteen yeais after the tieaty
of independence, and just a hundred
yeiiistigo, the title of the United States
to all its teiritoiy between the Atlan
tic and the Mississippi and from the
gloat lakes to tho Florida line was
definitely conllimed.
Ainci lea's situation In IM'S, materially
and morally, makes a stilktug e outlast
with that of 17PS On the day when
Gayoso's foices low ei eel their lhig In
Natchez and sailed down to New Or
leans, the poison who stepped below
the southoily line of Ge-cigla, Into tin
low or end ot what Is now the sinte of
Mississippi, or who ciossed the llss
Isslppi river, would be In n foreign land.
We weie sut rounded on tin oe sides by
poweiful nations. England wn' notth
of iif. as now, and Spain was south and
West ol us as she hold Floilda. which
compilsed the piosent state- of that
name and a stiln westward along tin
southerly line of what are now the
studs of Alabama and Mississippi to
the MlHslsslppl liver, und she had all
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Gospel,
the chosen people, to whom He catno
In a special manner, received Him.
As many as locclved Him, whether
of tho stock of Abraham or of the gen
et at family of man obtained through
Him power, (or rather privilege) to
"becotno the ftons of God," Thus was
built up a household upon the one
pilmiplo of faith, (v. 12) the members
divided under vai loua names, (John
x:16) yet recognizing a common Father.
They nil iccelved a now birth, (v.lS)
the bltth not of tho flesh, but of the
Spirit (John 111; 5). This ptesentatlon
of the doctiiue of regeneration Is
unique. Standing in uch close l elation
with the exercise of faith In a name
It Is plainly evangelical, and yet, pre
ceding all reference to the crucifixion
and even the advent of Christ, It Is" the
plain statement of tho doctilne as held
under the old dispensation. The sons of
God In any age are legeneinte. (Horn.
HI. ?,v.)
lNCAlcN'ATH. That a gieater num
ber of men might know this wonderful
Pcriun, nnd believe In Him and be
come Sons of God, that He might also
mote fully display His qualities, He
must take on new form. Thus far He
had boon In the works of nature In
the light of life, and In tho snliltual
approaches to men. Finnlly He became
a man, (v: 14) To insure Identity of
person John says thut tho Woid, the
Logos, the same about which he had
been wilting, wns made Me!h; and to
convince all that this statement wna
vvoithy of acceptance ho declaies that
In fleshly form tho Logos dwelt among
men who beheld Ills glory as Divine
glory, and that, withal, He was full
of grace and tiuth. Col. I- 111) He speaks
as an eye-witness of nil accomplished
and commonly accepted fact. (1 John
I'll Tills lefeience to the incarnation
Is much moic delicate than that of th-
other evangelists who mention Mary,
(Matt 1: 20) the virgin mother. Hut John
passes over all Intel niodlary mutteis
and iccoids only the sublime tiuth that
the- Divine wasclothed with human un
til! e, and became visible, yet lost none
of Its gloiy. (lsi M:G.)
St'MMAHY. Such is the duotiinnl
view, the ('(Histological conception,
with which the apostle, tho beloved
discipline, (John xlll. 2;!) Intioducos the
gospel that be-in h his name. Tlie pro
giess of his thoucht Is Instructive Uo
begun declining that tho Logos exist
ed prior to natuie, and that He was
the author of nature. Ho next aillrni
eel that theie was llfo in Him, the
souico or all living things. He then
declined that this llfo was tho illum
inating principle among all men, that
It had come to all men although many
In daikuess did not eompiehend it, nnd
some- who eii'ght to have known It re
jected II, , hlle lithe-IP lecolving it
weio lenewed In tholi natuies and be
came sons of God. He Unally de
clined that a mint was sent In advance
to pie-pnie tho way, and that alter
waid the Logos (lime In the foim of
innn, that He was seen and Known
by many who testified of his excel
lence. This is the Jesus of the fourth
gospol. As we shall ttudy this gospel
together for six mouths lPt us remem
ber what this Inspiiod man had said
at the beginning, and see whether lie
conti.ullc h or conllnns his woids.
the legion west of the ilvei. Tho popu
lation of the country was about 5,000,
UOtl. The- Louisiana cession and all tho
other annexations- weie still in the dis
tance'. Nobody could have foiesoen at
that time that the nanow stilp of pop
ulated in en east of tho Alleghenles,
with the scaicely less dlmutlvo stiitch
of wildi-rnoHs between those mountains
nnd tin Mississippi, would ever loach
the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific-.
Much less could anybody have foie
soen then that this countiy would an
nex all of Russian Ameiicn, absoib all
of the islands of value in the Gulf of
Mexico, and tuqulic possessions scat
teied thiough tlie Pacific extending
almost to the continent of Asia. The
p.iowth of Amet lea fiom an area of
SJ7.000 square miles and a population of
.1,000,000 in 17IIS to an inea of 3,800,000
squaii- miles and a population of S5 -000,000
In 1S9S, attended as It has been
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whh h Its file-ndshlp Is sought by the
most powerful nations of the earth,
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