The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
SUMTER, S. c.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1896

thy With the Cu0ans 10 tnelr eHort 10
throw SPANS yoke. There were fully
300 people present, including the most
prominent business men of the city
Among those present we're United
States District Attorney Clark. United
States Marshal McCay, Postmaster Fl.
". Clark, Mayor D. U. Fletcher, City
Attorney Bars and Judge Gibbons of
the city court. The meeting adopted
the following resolutions
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
American people here assembled,
/. That they most heartily sympa-
tbize with the Cuban patriots 10 their
desires and efforts to free Cuba from
foreign control and obtain for the peo-
pie Of that island the right of self gov
eminent so much priced by us. They
have vaetly more reason for their
action than had our forefathers.. Of
whose actions We are SO proud, aud
they will persist in their patriotic en-
beavers until Cuba is free.
2. That it is the duty of lovers OF
free American institutions to express
their sympathy for the oppressed PEG,
pie Of Cuba and their desire to see them
free.
3. That we urge upon the Legisla-
ture of the State Of Florida the duty of
formally by resolution expressing the
sympathy of the whole people of
Florida with the movement for q free
Cuba.
4. That We urge upon our Federal
government the duty of promptly re-
cognixiug the Cuban patriots as bellig-
erents and doing all in their power TO
secure the recognition by the Spanish
government of the freedom of the ISL
and Of Cuba.
5. That We call upon all American
citizens who s~ympathize With the Gu
ban patriots to make known their SYM
pathies, in order that their moral sup
port may be given TO the good cause.
Queseda received a dispatch today
confirming the reports sent out that
General J.. A. Maceo baud landed on
the island with three generals and 22l
men. One of Mr.. Queseda's party add
ed shat arms in the shape of canon,
rifles and ammunition were also land
ed, but from what port they we're
shipped is a secret nom Of the gentle
men would divulge. The four generals
who landed are old campaigners against
the Spanish. They fought in the last
revolution. The three li~eutepapts Of the
famous Maceo are F. Crombet, The
Costa Rican, F. Cerron and Patricio
Corona, who was known when 10
Jacksonville as Senior Miranda, one of
those connected with the yacht La
gonda, which was seized in FernaGdina.
found to be laden With arms and am.
munition, and which was subsequently,
released.
Quesada hints that Maceo and his
party were landed from the steamship
Ethelred, which was fred upon by q
Spanish vessel a day or two ago.
Queseda seems confident that the re-
volu.ion will succeed. He said: The
only difficulty we have is to get our
ships out of this country. If we clear
the coast of this country We will do the
rest. This talk about Spanish warsbips
patrolling the coast of Cuba is all bun
conbe sent out by the Spanish autbo:i-
ties to bulldoze the patriots and their
allies. The steamer Mascotte, a week
or SO ago. made a trip to Jamaica and
then skirted the entire island of Cuba.
and how many Spanish warships do
you think che encountered? Not one,
.'Not a single warsnip