savage republics to the south of us!

This nation, whose chief magistrate is the embodiment of power never
dreamed of by the Caesars and Napoleons in their palmiest days! This
nation, that is impregnable against the combined armies of the world, is
being sapped and mined of its wealth under the very eyes of its
driveling lawmakers, and silver is becoming the badge of its humiliation
and inferiority!



XIV.

The national debt of France is $7,000,000,000. This exceeds the combined
national debts of the United States, England, and Germany.

In territory, France is not as large as California.

Her population is[2] ....................... 37,000,000
The population of the United States is ..... 65,000,000
The population of England is ............... 37,000,000
The population of Germany is ............... 40,000,000
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Total .................................. 142,000,000

The French navy is a fairly close second to that of England.

Her army is as large as that of Germany.

France, then, supports an army and navy of the first class, and has only