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

nation, perhaps, friendly to the idea of having the
United States in the Oriental caldron. Many think
that this friendship will conduce to peace, but that
it can not possibly do this is clearly set forth by
Carl Schurz in his address before the convocation
of the Chicago University last January:--
“If we take those new regions, we shall be well
entangled in that contest for territorial
aggrandizement which distracts other nations and
drives them far beyond their original design. So it
will be inevitably with us. We shall want new
conquests to protect that which we already possess.
The greed of speculators working upon our
government will push us from one point to another,
and we shall have new conflicts on our hands,
almost without knowing how we got into them. It
has always been so under such circumstances, and
always will be. This means more and more
soldiers, ships, and guns.
“A singular delusion has taken hold of the
minds of otherwise clearheaded men. It is that our
new friendship with England will serve firmly to
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