The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-11-22

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nishea Nisk powerful engines, about 500,
600 being expended upoa her Il mas ;.
this tine thai hernans vas ehaaged 70 The
yizrnias and Sic w.s granted Der present
HseiissEy under that name "a the New York
Cuaaem Heass Adespatch from Havana
snnan,iees thas but eiehteea s0uls Of al
Ghoss On board tie captured steamer had
been spared II AZ probability By this
time ninety- four human beings have been
slaughtered. N addition 70 thoss Who met
then doom Il Santiago On he 4th, 7th
and slh inssanss, There we're one hun
drsd and sixty-sse persons On board the
Tirginins, and one hundred and forsy-
seyen az them hare fallen victims 70 the
messilezs aushority Of the armed mob who
govern Cula.
The exeitemcnt throughout the country
seems % be intense. Indignation meetings
hare bsen held in variuus cities. cahinet
meetiugs hare been held % the subject in
Washingion, and tho Creates scsivitypre-
vais IN al ihe Navy Yards and Naval
Stations in the country The North At
knlie feet has been put upon rar foot
ing and reinforced With the bes. available
ships Il he Navy, until il now Numbers
tventy-four vessels. Z Of which are iron
slsds, carrying in the aggregate 2Sc guns
Anunber Of these ships have already saiied
iar Cuba, and others viii Be dispatched As
soon a they eanbe gutready. Thousands
Of tons n coal have been shipped to Key
West, Florida, and ammunition and other
warlike stores have been sent forward to
Key West, Norfolk, and other convenient
points All this looks very wariike, but
win var BE- declared Z That is . question
for Congress to settle. and Congress meets
il ten days from The present date DOubt-
les the subject win Be ventilated ii the
Presidents message, and from the present
temper Of the people, twenty thousand men
Nonld spring 2 arms at the frst tap ofthe
drum, and Cuba could Be oyerua BY
American soldiers By the frst Of January.
But many things should Be taken into the
aceount before proceeding to extremes.
Spain may disasow the act, bring to justice
these yioIztors Of international law, and
offer every rcparatiou in her power. She
i now > sister republic. whose citizens are
unfortunately at war among themselves,
and her government may dePrecsts hostili-
tiez wilh our own, and protier toouraccept-
ance such guarantees agsinst the sanguin-
airy cutrages Of her Cuban dependents as
We eanpot hesitate to accept If 20, war
With Spain may Jet be ayerted, Unless
she does this, war Is imminent.
We subioin one or two extracts from
prominent journals, 70 show with what
absorbing interest the subject IS regarded.
The Philadelphia AZ says.
'Isthe United States 70 become The by-worsl
VI al Europe for cowardly submission 10 a few
eni'ths0ats il Cuba7 Is this 10 Be the posii-
ton occupied By the Eniied Ststes2 Or, on
ne contrary. val the authorities at Washing
tDn pat the whole available naval force Of the
connfzy into the CubaD waters at once. and
zindleate the honor Of the nation? Demand
me sirginiliz- Il not given up, take her, no
matter where found Dcmand the men ct
santiago who led the hatchery Of the persons
captured On the Virfinins. III not given mn
land, and aeize hostages from, among IT, hest
spaniards in the place, and hold them 70 an
sHer man for man for those killed n the
Slaughter house yard Let there be no tall.
Let tho cannOn of the iron-elads scstle an as
putes. Better Santiago should be battered 10
the earth than the United States should tame.
u submit to such an outrage as that written IA
blood 10 relation to the Vireinins. The ueo
re are ialsly aroused on this subject 1key
demand action on the part Of the government
bold. prompt, and, d necessary, bloody &c.
non- Il that action IS not taken, al neufrni;-
" laws will be swept away as prairie erase
before the antun;n fires. and the rntsses viii
indicate national honor IN their own wnv,
One hundred Thousand men can be raised Il
forty eight hours to vihdicate the Stars and
stripes n Cuba Will the government act. 81
2 . ths .,| psoplsf lfthe former does not the
The New York Ward, after discussing
the subject ct considerable length, says
Annexation 70 the United States. which 4
the uppefmoaf idea in the minds Of our own
people, lacks most Of The advantages which
would render that island 70 suitable An a..
luls't'0u for Mexico BIT We possess he one
s4vaatage which readers il impossible m
Mexico Al present. We arc GfF5nz en6nrh Il
protees ind held i against European ar9res,
a9n tominsrciaIIs !. would Sc neaflf a
valuable 50 us Independent or u al aDpanage
Of Mexico Is i would be as part 81 tke
United siatesj ard politically Ii would. with
~ present Population, b misplaced as mem.
per q ne Union, There are no ties Of sym.
p@thy between ~ people and ours. Il istoo
important end pop1loas 70 be eoserncd under
aaf system as Territory, and Il i uni;t
~ seli government as 4 State. III pozrTz. I
sion would afford constant Compilations. And /
even je.haeetioue, for treating Il as our stafes
casnof pc treated without sabveflinc he f,r;;.s.
cipies which lie At the foundation Of our aov- |
eminent I's annexation Is 70 be dcprccetc,I |
p trough: yiih inealeaIahls dangers. ssus-
eiailY Niih the elements Of disturbance which I
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