In the mean time he proposes to govern this land of milk and honey, this bought-and-paid-for Paradise, very much as an eastern Despot might govern a conquered province.

The inconsistencies of man must disconcert even the Thinker up in the skies.

Well--it happens that the West and this great new city of ours, there at the mouth of the river, with her levees and her ships, her merchants, priests, and lawyers, do not want government by a satrap.

They want an Imperial City and a Caesar of their own.

Throughout the length and breadth of this vast territory there is deep dissatisfaction--within and without, for Spain is yet arrogant upon its borders.