The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-12-11
From the Brunswicker.l
WAR TALK.
A Stirring Article on the Cuban Ones
IiOn Written 10 Order,

The political editor wandered of
this week, leaving orders for Us to
write a stirring article on the Cuban
question. We feel that we are equal
10 the occasion. There Is that within
Us which urges Us to the task-there is
something that boils and surges, and
! fires our blood; there Is q rushing,
roaring cataract bounding through
our veins. Perhaps IL is genius, per-
haps it is patriotism, maybe it il beer.
We shall see.
When our mind dwells upon the
insults that have time and again been
/ hurled in the face of the Goddess OF
| Liberty (the beloved mother Of free
Americans) by the insolent Spaniard;
when we reflect upon the indignities
that have been heaped upon the Star
Spangled Banner; when there rises
upon our ears the mOcking laughter
that has saluted the defilatiOn Of our
glorious flag-there is forced from US
a cry Of indignation, and we cannot
refrain from asking, "WhO will care
for mother now?"
Beats there a heart In this happy
land that Is not quickened in its pull
satiOns by the news that have come
to US from the eramped and cruel
Queen Of the Antilles? Glistens there
an eye from Maine to California that
has not emitted sparks Of lightning
when it rested upon the record Of the
l Spanish cIuelties? Ways there q
tongue in an American jaw that has
not grown eloquent in deDuDciatiOn
Oftbe recent Ouirages, and urged some
bOdy To go and take Cuba?
WiO is there that does not feel hts
J courage rising? Who is there that
feels net the patriots fire burning
within him? Who Is there that is
not willing TO offer up his neighbOr's
blood on the shrine Of his country?
Who ~ there toimOurn f1r Logan?
Is this the proud land for which our
/ fOrefathers died? Is this the land up
TN which Plymouth rocked? Is this
the glorious country above which
soaTs the mighty bird Of freedom, that
peIchts upon the highest crsg and
shris Ks from preeipiee TO preeipiee (?
ls this the hsughty nation that crun-
bled.tbe British lion in the dust, and
whipped Ine-hGlf Of itself and Grip
! pltd TIE other half With a national
blsssing?' And are we so far lost TO
q sense OF manhood, 10 a sense Of
pride, as to tamely submit 10 the
/ fraillug Of OCF blOCd.sfsined banner
in the dusI? We sre trying To get
in most Of those stirring passages
the Anne ricsn hart must be fred.l
Must We lie supineiy OH our backs
and feel tie earth trsmble beneath Us,
and see the heavens grow dark above
rs, aud hear The sounds Of war above
US, sBd hot nOt-gtt up2 No, two
timfs no! The stain must be washed
away IN blOOd-buckets Of blcod-pud-
! diugs Of blood.
All that We were, all that we have,
all that We owe, We freely give to this
7 cause, and Join our voices To the
mighty chorus that goes up for "wabl'
Sibk or swim, live or die, We care not
what eOurse Others msy take, but
when in the course Of human events
IL becomes ne cessaTy, in view ofsggra-
waiting circumstances, 10 declare for
the iDalienAbIs rights % life and l.ber-
I ty and the pursuit Of SpaniaTde, and
the bl0Od-stained bird Of freedom Is
traiied in the star-spangled dust, and
the bright ensign OroOps in bumila-
tiOn, and the swallows bODevard fly,
and the American heart is fired, and
the crisis II upon us-tbSE give Us
liberty or give US cash.
four ardOr is cooling, and We fear
Z this thing won't DO, after al.
/ If this insult is not avenged II We
I DO not compel respect for our flag; il
We do not insist upon atOnement:
what ASSURANCE have we that the cut
rage may not be repeated? What
guaranty have we that the lives Of
Americans will hereafter be secure In
+ Spain And When some Of Us wish
al some future dsy To go to that Un-
{ happy country TO lock sfter our cas-
ties, what assurance nave We that the
I yellow bar bsTisns will not seize us,
ard trsmPIe on Us, and ViTginIGs
! No, feil0w-eitiZens, there IL bat one
course fOr Us TO pursue. We must
not have peace, tut We must hzve
I Spain, We must have Cuba, we must
I Havana