Spanish-American War and Battles in the Philippines: Containing a Full and Graphic Account of Dewey's Great Victory at Manila, Sinking of the Spanish

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Excerpt from Spanish-American War and Battles in the Philippines: Containing a Full and Graphic Account of Dewey's Great Victory at Manila, Sinking of the Spanish Fleet at Santiago, Battles of San Juan and El Caney, Surrender of Santiago and Invasion of Porto Rico, Including Battles With the Insurgents at ManilaSpanish domination of the Isle of Cuba has been so relentlessly merciless, and has occasioned such horror and unrest in our own land, that war has indeed seemed prefer able to a further continuance of the abhorrent barbarities continuing with such cruel persistence at our very doors. Humanity and our national peace of mind, together with the rights which citizens of the United States had in Cuba and on the high seas, apart from the reparation justly and speedily due for the treacherous loss of the battle-ship Maine and her gallant crew, demanded that our country should assert its authority and promptly maintain the honor of its ¿ag.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.