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

“All these states were declared free and
independent, except that the Romans (pretending
that Antiochus, king of Syria, threatened the safety
of Greece) retained, for the present, the strong
places of Chalcis and Demetrias in their own
hands.”[10]
The war had been waged by Rome at an infinite
cost of blood and treasure to herself. Freely she had
sacrificed the blood of her sons, and caused the
tears of her daughters to be shed, in this war,
“solely for humanity.” She had marshaled her
armies, and mobilized her fleets, put the former in
the field, and the latter in the sea, solely and only
for the purpose of bringing liberty to these small
and distressed dependencies, the little sister
republics, who were struggling for their freedom.
She asked no money nor land for all this; her cup
of joy was full to the overflowing, because she had
done such a great act of disinterested kindness “in
the cause of humanity.” In a striking proclamation
she published to the world the liberty of these
people, won by her valor at arms, and freely given
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