From that moment the American people resolved that the flag under which this calamity was possible should disappear forever from the Western hemisphere, and they will sanction no peace that permits it to remain.
Reid emphasizes the American resolve to eliminate Spanish influence from the Western Hemisphere after a significant calamity.
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Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.
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.
No matter what we wish, the old continental isolation is gone forever.
In November nothing could exceed the hatred which seemed everywhere felt to the freedmen.