The next day, I heard that, in the organization of a new club, expressly intended to be established on a loyal basis, the word “Union” had been stricken out of the title by an overwhelming vote.
This statement reveals the political tensions and divisions within the community regarding loyalty and identity after the war.
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Spain failed to maintain her title to the security she had pledged, but the lenders knew the instability of that security when they risked their money on it.
We must, then, be prepared with a policy for maintaining it ourselves.
Above all, if there is a trace of politics in their work, or of seeking for political effect at home, they will fail, and deserve to fail.
Extravagant living left nearly every planter enormously in debt when the war came.