In The Middle Of The

It Was A Rich And Gorgeous Sunset - An American Sunset; And The Ruddy Glow Of The Sky Was Reflected From Some Extensive Pools Of Water Among The Shadowy Copses In The Meadow Below.

Spanish Civilization Crushed The Indian. English Civilization Scorned And Neglected Him. French Civilization Embraced And Cherished Him.

The Most Momentous And Far-reaching Question Ever Brought To Issue On This Continent Was: Shall France Remain Here, Or Shall She Not?

When America Was First Made Known To Europe, The Part Assumed By France On The Borders Of That New World Was Peculiar, And Is Little Recognized. While The Spaniard Roamed Sea And Land, Burning For Achievement, Red-hot With Bigotry And Avarice, And While England, With Soberer Steps And A Less Dazzling Result, Followed In The Path Of Discovery And Gold-hunting, It Was From France That Those Barbarous Shores First Learned To Serve The Ends Of Peaceful Commercial Industry.

America, When It Became Known To Europeans, Was, As It Had Long Been, A Scene Of Wide-spread Revolution.