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The island is directly on our coast, and no one doubted that at least as much order as in the past would be preserved there, even if we had to do it ourselves.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “The island is directly on our coast, and no one doubted that at least as much order as in the past would be preserved…”
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Reid argues that the geographical proximity of Cuba necessitated a certain level of order, even if it required U.S. intervention.
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Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.
That would be “jumping from the frying-pan into the fire,” indeed.
It will make an end forever of Spain in this hemisphere.
But, in the main, they are surprisingly orderly, and cases of serious violence among them are quite rare.