CHAPTER XXVI

The United States Sustains Its Dignity Abroad

First Foreign Difficulty--The Barbary States--Buying Peace--Uncle Sam Aroused--Thrashes the Algerian Pirates--A Splendid Victory--King Bomba Brought to Terms--Austria and the Koszta Case--Captain Ingraham--His Bravery--"Deliver or I'll Sink You"--Austria Yields--The Paraguayan Trouble--Lopez Comes to Terms--The Chilian Imbroglio--Balmaceda--The Insult to the United States--American Seamen Attacked--Matta's Impudent Letter--Backdown--Peace--All's Well That Ends Well, Etc. 382