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

Whatever ills befell the arms or diplomacy of
Spain were charged to the account of these
unfortunates:--
“The archbishop of Valencia ... assured the
king that all the disasters which had befallen the
monarchy had been caused by the presence of these
unbelievers, whom it was now necessary to root
out, even as David had done to the Philistines, and
Saul to the Amalekites. He declared that the
Armada, which Philip II sent against England in
1588, had been destroyed because God would not
allow even that pious enterprise to succeed, while
those who undertook it left heretics undisturbed at
home. For the same reason the late expedition
against Algiers had failed, it being evidently the
will of Heaven that nothing should prosper while
Spain was inhabited by apostates.”[1]
For these reasons, it was urged that the whole
of them, men women, and children, should be put
to the sword:--
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