The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-22
A RALLY FOR CUBAN LIBERTY.
RECOGNITION OF THE INSURGENTS
DEMANDED.

Made NV Gov. CTuuAe Nottbavvs
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/
SpSSch'
i Philaaelphia, Nov. 2l.-The cause OF
+ Cuba was eloquently and boldly advo-
Gated at the Academy OF Music tonight al
+ a meeting held under the auspices Of the
Philadelphia Brigade, Pennsylvania Re
serves The principal address of the even-
I ing was made by GOV. Claude Matthews
+ of Indiana. who delivered tba speaeh nm
/ on "rrrs. f,,,fsts tt. L., 49, ,.-,, !
%" hASe DNb@ tHdt ne hau prepared 10
] denver al The Atlanta exposition. The
1 audience was not large. bur il made m in
a,,tb,,s45-,,, ,,.,,,+ a t,t-..7 l.. -.
I and GOV. Matthews ana the other speak
I ers were heartily aftn1a t7rad ANA Tho sept.
i rnents tbs,- qa..a ,t.+.,.,,,,... !, - ,,,,,,7.
I 7"'N "st0. e,''01 10 IA oeH8A
/ on CUBAN hherIy we're those OF their au-
dit0rs
Gov afattbo,,,- MAJ. e.,,-.., ~. 49,.
"d9 Ao4ioWeu ny DoIi>
/ @aie Jd Quesada OF New York, the secre-
: tary OF the Cuban iunta Mir Du Que
sada made an in,rassiorad an,1 a.,
speech. appealing to the sympathics of the
audience Tor the struggling Cubans, and
4 astins +l,,+ +b,,- H. ,,,s7..i-s
, '"o' 'u9S De 4e~oshi@eu as pel-
I Aserehts py this government. Resoiu
/ tons of sympathy and promising aid to
I
,'"'i9 Meie ""opted. IAe resoiu7
uohs also called upon the senators and
! representatives Of PENNSYLVANIA. and tt.
/ on tbe ty.o houses 80 ,.l,,,r,,., -, -.
/ r..st i-0'-sea ~ Guns 80 "neh 'iey
Aieet 70 pass a concurrent resolution dl-
1 rcctlng the President to recognize 'tthe
renublio of C,hs ~ i, i,-3if,,.,+ Z, 49,. =,
a.-...t. - 1" - eli' t'''''oI'
a committee OF the Philadelphia brig
/ ade Will present the resolutions to Mr..
Cleveland
ran+ w u r. ,. -...
cape' ". W. herr, assistant district
/ attorney of Philadelphia, made the most
4 radical speech OF the evening in favor of
4 the CubanS. Capt. Kerr has attained
/ wide notoriety of late as the owner of
/ the steamships Leon and Laurada which
4 nave peen accused Of landing flibustering
/ expeditions upon the shores of Cuba.
/ Capt Kerr boldly proclaimed his right
uHuer the laws OF this country to land
men ana munitions or war upon the coast
4 81 CuDa, ana that the burden of prevent
/ ing MN DOING this rested upon the main
/ talnahce OF blockade by Spain He rid
/ lculed and derided the opinion of Attor-
Hey GeheIal harmon mat the laws OF
1 this country prevented him from doing
SS,i5is, SS5, anu asseIled that under orders from
| w ashllston every custom inspector in
y oiAS p pr - u tme ohlteu states mas become
! Tp.!sn 2peliIsn spy; 81.
oIltiiiaullng, III ms, ne sald: ana they might
1 az az " W., , hilOW, tlat ultll CuDa rs Tree,
9rps ~, , WI IL ~, r sal from ms coun-
"a si,r is'4iu ~ 9pet. w coesl ol IuDa men
q. @ i,9 a@II' @ da eiiei ~ ~ tIlSy Keep
tti9il ~ ~ Ss aAlI Sats ppeI they VIII near
hIt 1ti1 t @p9uIS,oM IS pgtls lanueu IN
1 49, g5illi,s r. taIS ti IAN ~ @Iout y AiSA9
60, 4f Ili.-is s5. ~ eahS d s .ils ,, llsh; i, .,t
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tIP ~ 'ns ~ tdi,isil FeIIliIlell1 upoIi
tf 5le t,i iisi ~ ~ = s'pa, anu asseIted mat
or,- - y ~. -, -. SSossii5~eS tle belL
Soen ~ 90 tLlr Satiu1 4 9iiN snouiq hesu e
one Vroifid he v5flling t5 90 H. la,1h,f
oIs' ~ mGGlu ,D DS NilLns, 70 ~. lie laugheu
SnS 20 II 10 ~ 1r' 'otseiil i9 ~ IdlIi
- - S,,fns t w. 49, nilies alu sn llles
10 ~ Y dgeli eOesI 1P4ll Wh5cn lilIDusteI-
e - a ~ III 'pI9 ; SouIG iaIlu udHy Wlthout
E" Ci Yr5iii,l 81iSii ~ ulSgl lS, pelils seen.
~ ~ ~ " man LdAieI, commander OIL the
,,ati ne ~ slug' ailouiceu 70 lhe
1ss tssISSalils eLidt ne du hdu received Word from
S3ts SGotsI Issiilan 3i 1 amos cummings that the
t lattSt Hau to-uay utdRn up a concurrent
aSSolu @ etoll' MHlch ne WIZ present 10 con-
stSSs' eIseosnlzlnS Cupa beilgerency.
ne ioloWihS rs synopsis OF Gov. Mat
theWs speech: esteem ii happy prvi-
/ leBe 70 meet with you, the citizens of this
peQud CITY, leh IN the historic memories
/ OF the rounding OF our government and un-
def the auspices OF an association whose
members are moved by the noblest i'm
p9lsSs, ana the loftiest sentiments Of pa
triotism-an association magnanimous and
brave, the first 10 meet the generous spirit
oI the American people to rob sectional
dlnerence OF its bitterness and to pro-
claim. upon the field of Gettysburg that
brave men, though once opposed in hostile
strife could mingle in friendly reunion as
citizens of a common country, and to-
gether write the record of American vaIor
and American magnanimity 1t is a fitting
time ana occasion, WITHIN the shadow OF
Independence hail. the cradle Of freedom
in the western world within the sound of
the old bell ringing out the grandest event
in our nation history to proclaim liberty
throughout all the land unto all the
inhabitants thereof" and surrounded bv
the magnificent evidences Of the strength
and enterprise. the prosperity and the
happiness of our people, to pause in our
busy, self-occupying career and seeming
indifference to review the history of or
past, remembering the PRINCIPLES for
which our fathers fought who by deeds
of valor and sacrifice threw aside the
CALLING yoke, and to publicly express our
sympathy, with words of encouragement,
for a neighboring people, contending for
the same rights and principles-for nde-
pendence and home government
I'm that golden age of discovery, Cuba
was the first in all the western hemis-
phere 10 disclose her beauty TO the ven
turesome and covetous Spaniards and
soon thereafter became the base of the
various expeditions Of Spain against Mex
leo and the southern continent Here
were htted out her expeditions for dis
covery ana conquest Of rapacious greed,
OF heartless cruelty and atrocious ina
manity; unequalled in the history of the
world.
The governor then traced the further