, 1873-11-21

GuDA OF IuD tnlLutl EEALCH Will ADOPT.
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WHY WAR IS WANTED.
The attitude Of o,lr Government thus far In |
it's rotations toward Spain Inns beon both digni- |
tiod aud consistent. Notwithstanding tho
atrpoious and inhuman acts Of tho Cuban
authorities, it l,as ta1son ITO inconHidorato step,
aud yet las prepared itself, 80 far rs practica-
bio, for any emergency which mny occur. It
Laa thus fur also succeeded in resisting tho
outside pressure for war by making no moyo
which would 10 likely to procipitute war. Tho
war-making power rosts with Congress- alone, mud
yet itmight bopossiblo for tho President and Cabi
net by listening to inscnsato clamor and yielding
to it, to involve tho country in complication
from which it could not oscapc except by do
claring war. It is ovon possible that tho House
may, upon assembling, pasB bon1bastc mud in-
tlamnatory resolution OF somo description (as It
did in tho Mason md 6lidoll caao), but 1t will
probably 10 suppressed IN tho sonato.- In this
maunor, tho Government may bo preserved from
committing tho grave missako Of punging the
country into WAT before it Is cortAin TINT tlloro
ia cause Of var, aud contrary to tho rules aud
requirements Of international law. 1t will DO
tino enough to declare war, with its attendant
miseries ami horrors, when it Is clear that the
country cannot honorably avoid 1T.
Meanwhile, what is the nature Of this unusual
pressure upon the Government? Who are the
psrties that arc 80 jealous OF the national honor,
and are growing 30 indignant ovcr tho atrocities
| Of the Cuban Volunteers? A careful examine
ton will chow that tho leaders Of 1t aro divided
mainly into two clhsses-bankrupt politicians
| and burated BpecuatorH. III tho former class
will bo found tho bacE.pay grabbcrs, tho Credit
Mohiljer corr1,plioniats tho carpnt-bny atlyen-
lurcra Lilo lopbyHlB seeking for npoilu, ami MI
WHO layo boon ongngod in tho frauds and cor
rtitr!n nE,l dihllonost transactions which lsave
boon 10 abundant during Thu last four years.
What ,noro available mothod Of hiding thcir own
1nintloots III tlore tllnn to got up foreign war
| III tho inevitable o1ctomont which nnHt follow,
their transactions will ho forgotten, nnd ii they
| Gnu lido themselves over tho noxt session Of
Congress-, they ARC safo. Every Congrcasman
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politician who haa boen engaged in jobbory,
| subsidy, and speculation, is an ardont war NAL,
and is ogging on the people to demand doola-
ration of war, and, Us tho time for Congress-
draws nearer and nearer, they will clamor louder
and louder. Il il possible they may succeed in
accomplishing their purposes and may oven
oyerpowor tho Senate, but il tho Government
has frmneas to do what is right, thoy may yet
be thwartod. the country may bo sayoa from the
consequences Of hasty aud ill-advisad action.
and they may bo hold to Nh accountability for
their past otfenHos..
Tho otlcr clasa Ia composed Of brokon-down
stock and gold spectators, who 500 in this Wal
foyor IN opportunity 10 retrieve their lossoe
incurred during tho late panic. They also arc
urging on the people, manipulating public
meetings, and filling tho air with wild rumors
in ordor to fan tho popular excitement into
flame. An instance of their msneuyor
ing WAS afforded In thoir recent dispatcl
, urging Gov. Hendricka, Of Indiana, to send tll'
| Now York moeting ~ stunning dispatch" upo1
the subject Of Cuban atroclties III tho event o
war with Spain, they soc m opportunity of run
ming gold up, and advancing tho pricos Of stocks
Without such war, thoro iB worry l,ss".e prospeo
that their balloons can bo intlatpd again and hG
, living, It mattera littlo to them how many mol
, are Allod, how many widows aro made, or ho'
! mvoh suffering Is caused, provided The stoc
| list COCA up anl profits come In 1tmatter8 lit
tic to thom that, after ouch war, tho countr
, must suffer worso financial c,is!s than thoprca
ont one, consequent upon s!ill further qQestruc
, ;, tion of property.
Il Against these two casaos, with thoir largo fol
lowing Of uutiinking people, tho dovornmon
4 must continue to maintain firm stand. Unlcs
l II Gun bo shown that otlr rights Levo been In
+ yaded, snd that Spain refuseR to mako rspera
> ton, no Aaye no cause Of war with TINT country
The Government llse thus fur hold this poaittou
8 aud conducted itself with dignity. evon in til
: faco Of tho popular clamor. 1t will be for til
i, best intorosts Of tho country II 1t continues
i this course. 1t will 10 d aorry day whom th
t Government yields to tho opportunities OF noed
t politicians and brokou-doVu gtock-gamblerH
Q violate tho laws of nattolss, and engage IN q To-
. olgn war without guilolent proyocation.
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i It will Boon become question whotlor 1t 3,
!. not cheaper to abandon dutios oil imported goot
b / altogether than to incur tho oxpenHo of oolloo
Il Ing them. In thirty ports along tho Now 1anl
a land coast, the receipts In 1s72-3 woro so25o0
"a snd the exponses e202, 900, or moro than Oil