The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-11-22
THE WAR FEELING.

| CHARLESTON, 8. G.. Nov. 21.-The wa
news from Madrid and Washington to
day causes much excitement here, AM
great anxiet Is felt regarding the condition
Of forts Sumpter and Moulrie, and hope
expressed that the Government will placl
them Immediately on Q war footing. !,
SAN FRANC1Sco, Nov. 21.-The new
from Spain creates intense excitemen
here. II Is reported that two hundred
veterans Of the late war have signed srol
as volunteers, and will offer their services
In the event Of o war.
SALT LAKE, Nov. 21.-An immense
meeting was held at the City Hall tonight
on the Cuban atrocity. Speeches were
made by prominent citizens, Mormon and
Gentle, and the feeling was intense
against the Spanish officials in Cuba and
unanimous for the vindication oil the flag.
NEW ALBANY, IND, Nov. 21.-The
Ledger and Standard of this evening con-
tain the announcement that Col. Thomas
J. jackson, who served in the late war as
Lieutenant Colonel of colored regiment
with distinction, proposes to raise o bri-
gade of three thousand colored men and
tender their services to the government in
case Of war with Spain. Col. jackson
has considerable influence with the color.
ed people and no doubt could promptly
furnish the brigade: 81. {: -.
NEW York, Nov. 21.--About four thou.
sand GERM ans met at the Germanis As
sembly Rooms tonight TO express SYM
pathy with the Cuban cause and to urge
the administration to adopt a vigorous
policy towards Spain. Ex.Alderman
Rudde presided and many prominet Ger
man citizens, mostly men OF letters, ner-
chants and bankers occupied the platform.
DR.. K. Frech said that the hutchery at
Santiago de Cuba was but an episode In
the bloody' history Of Spanish rule on
American soil. It moral necessity for
this nation oi freemen TO end these, out
RACES on humanity and civilization and
assist people struggling Tor liberty Of
conscience and freedom from military des-
potism. The American flag had been
sludiously insulted, and It's honor should
be sustained at all hazards. III
. Ex.Assistant District Attorney Alger-
non s. Sullivan characterized the present
aspect Of the Cuban question as very
grave. No nation should rush into war
for q mere technicalily, but the hazard Of
war should not deter a nation from main.
tanning the inviolability of It's territory,
including the decks OF Its ships on the
high seas, fromprotecting Its citizens from
illegal violence, from upholdings the dig.
nifty OF lis flag, or from demanding every
right secured by treaty and international
law. A failure to vindicate these princi-
pies will In time bring greater evils than
war. In the case Of the Virginius, said
tho speaker, my judgment Is clear and
positive that II was an outrage OF every
principle Of law and Of every national
duty; 1t was violation Of the rights
granted us by solemn treaties; 1t was
studied insult 10 our flag and our national
name, and 1t was a wicked sequence 10
the long history ol oppression and corrup.
ton never surpassed. Reparstion must
be most ample. m
DR.. Berckmann held the administration
responsible Tor the massacre, because II
sold ships and arms 10 Spain, and now
pleads that It has no arms and no ships,
dc said he would forgive all If o vigorous
policy should now be adopted. Hon. s.
8. Cox then read the resolutions which he
10 lay before Congress. The
resolutions call Tor ample satisfaction
from Spain and are couched In very de-
language. Appropriate resolu.
tions were adopted by the meeting, alter
which Drs. Glanbensklee and Aucerbach
and number oil others addressed the
Hon. D. 8. Cox in the course Of his re.
marks said the first act Of Congress should
be one laying an embargo on the Spanish
war vessel Arapeles, which is now being
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.