PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 95 



England's statesmen weep crocodile tears over our 

 misfortunes, and be sad, in mockery, at our fate. 

 The truth is, that England and France have not a 

 tithe of the fear of a war between this country and 

 Spain, that they have of the extension of our poli- 

 tical theories over Cuba, and the triumph of the 

 American theory — that States having different social 

 organizations, can exist and prosper in political 

 union ; and of the consequent consolidation of Amer- 

 ican power on this continent, and of its influence 

 throughout the world. 



