The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-22
THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA
Gov. Matthews EIoquentIy and Boldly Ad-
yoGates the Cause Of the Oppressed.
HISTORY OF THE EVER FAITHFUL ISLE.
History Nowhere Reveals More Afro
ciOus Grimes Against Humanity,
More Cruel Warfare. Wicked OPP
preston, Outraged Truth nnd Jus-
tice Against Christian civilization

Philadelphia, Nov. 21.-The cause uf
| Cuba was eloqucntly and bodily advo-
Gated at the Acadrny of Music to-
| night at IL meeting held under the aus
pices of the Philadelphia brigade. Penn
sylvania Reserves. The principal nd
| dress of the evening was made by Gov
crnor Claude Matthews, Of Indiana,
VINO delivered the speech upon Free
Cuba that he had prepared to de-
liver ut the Atlanta Exposition.
The audience was not large, but II
made up In enthusiasm what 1t lacked
In numbers and Governor Matthew'S and
the other speakers were heartily np-
pinudcd and the sentiments tliry gave
uttcrancc To In behalf OF Cuban libcr-
ty were those Of their auditors.
Governor Matthews was followed 10y
GonZnlo DE Quesada, OF New YORK.
Secretary of the Cuban Junt;. Mr. DE
Quesada made an impussioned and dra-
matte speech. appealing to the smyra-
thics OF the audience for the stru. CLING
Gunans and asking that they be iccog
niZeu AS belligerents by TIL: Govern
ment. Resolutions of sympathy and
promising aid 10 the Cubuns were adop.-
ed
The resolutions also called upon the
Senators and Representatives OF Penn
sylrania and upon the two Houses of
Congress when they meet to pass n
concurrent resolution directing the
PRESIDENT TO recognize the Republic
oil Cuba as beligerent nation"
Following is Il synopsis OF Governor
Matthews speech:
! esteem 1t happy privilege to meet
with you. the citizens OF this proud
city, rich In the historic memories of
the rounding of our government and
under the auspices of an ussocjution
whose members are moved by the no
plcst impulses, and the loftiest sentI-
| nchts OF pntrlotism--an association
! masnanimous and brave, and the first
| TO meet the generous spirit of the
] american people, to rob sectional diff
| ference of it's bitterness and sting.
and to proclaim upon the field of Get
| tySburg that brave men, though once
opposed In hostile strife could mingle
IN friendly reunion as citizens of com
mon country and together write the re-
cori OF American valor and American
magnanimlty. II Is II fitting time and
| occasion within the shadow of Inde-
pehdence Hail. the cradle of freedom
| in the Western World within the
sound Of the old bell ringing I'm the
srandcst event III our nations history.
to proclaim liberty throughout all the
| land. unto all the Inhabitants thereof"
and surrounded by the magnificent evi-
dcnces OF the strength and enterprise
the prosperity and happiness of our
| people; to pause In our busy, self-oc-
cuPylnS career and seeming inuiffcr-
cnce. to review the history of our past,
remehering 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 cncour-
agemcnt for neighboring people con
tending for the same rights and prin-
ciplcs-for independence and home
government.
In that golden age of discovery Cuba
| was the first In all the Western hemi-
| sphere to diclose her beauty to the
venturesome and covetous expeditions
of Spain against Mexico and the South
ern continent. Here were fitted out
| her expeditions for discovery and con-
quests OF rapacious greed, OF heartless
cruelty and atrocious inhumanity un-
| elualied in the history of the world"
The Governor then traced the further
history of the ever faithful isle" and
contrasted II with that of the Spanish
Republics that had long since gained
their autonomy. Poor Cuba" he cx-
claimed. 'lulled to sleep with false and
| dcccitful promises of reform and the
honeycd fiattery of ever faithful awokc
! to find herself deceived. bound hand and
| foot, her loyalty desDised. robbed of
her birthright and only prey for spoils
The pages of history nowhere revealed
more aStrociouS crimes against human
| ity, more cruel warfare and wicked op-
! preston. more examples of outraged
truth and Justice. nor crater crimes
| against all Christian civilization than
spotism In Cuba. ~ gem upon the sea,
| ii would have been Il mine of wealth TO
it's possessors through the nurturing,
fostering care of humane rule, and
would have well replenished the depict
| cr treasury of a decayed and effete ma
tion. But the reverse has been true.
The wrongs against which we rebelled
were not half so grievouS nor the bara-
brous crueltics nearly SO great; and yet
the same great principles are involved
that aroused to action our fathers in
l776. Yet, with all disadvantages, the
Cuban patriots have been brave and have
fought good fight. Her sons have in
halcd the atmosphere of this liberty low
Ing country. We can almost hear her
asonizing cry for help across the mar
| row channel that separates us.
OF the extent OF the war and of the
actual condition in Cuba, we can have
no accurate information. The insur-
gents can send none, the Spanish au-
thorities give none.
Spain. thousands OF miles away, by
, nes' acts, proclaims that it is war a re-
volut.on, not mere insurrectjon, nor the
action of q mob. \ nation of II, 600 600
with one million soldiers on a war foot
| ing. is pouring into Cuba, vast armies
of mcT. material. supplies and arnmuni-
tions and munitions or war-emptying
both her arsenals and her treasury"
The speaker closed his address with a
| tribute 20 the Monroe doctrine" which
| he introduced thus:
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