The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-11
LIVINGSTON HIGHLY LAUDED.
LEADING vENEZUELANs PRAISE A
SPEECH IN CONGRESS.

The Georgian Demanded in n Speech
That VenezueIa's Territorial Dis
pute With Great Britain he settled
by ArbitratfOR-EnEInn Severely
ArraiEned In the Letter-A Boast
Made That Venezuela VIII Fight
Rather Than submit to Injustice.
Atlanta. Ga. May l0-Congressman L.
+. Livingston OF this district received to-
day handsomely prepared communica-
tion from distinguished Venezuelans.
which makes interesting reading as bear
ing upon the existing complications be-
tween that country and Great Britain.
II will be remembered that Mr.. Living
ston introduced the resolution passed by
the last session OF congress demanding
that Great Britain arbitrate its differ
ences with Venezuela. The letter receiv-
ed to-day under date OF April is signed
10y Gen. Medardo Bello, Geronimo Sim
onovi, Tose Flores, Diego Blanca, Fran
cisca A. Prada, Eduardo Perez, Jesus Ma
ria Romero, Ramon Benites, Juan Velas-
quez, Isodror Flores and twenty other
distinguished Nenezuelans and is as fol-
lows: with our hearts fun OF vibra-
tions of gratitude we have read in El
TEMPO. a Caracas Illustrated paper. your
splendid and brilliant address before the
honorable congress of your country. in
behalf Of our noble and beloved republic,
now deprived of a part of her territory
through an European power which de-
spises .iniquitously our sovereignty as a
nation By making use OF the detestable
law of the strongest. and outrages our
national flag by snatching from US our
richest region. thus threatening our ma
tional autonomy. We were well aware
that our northern sister, that great re-
public we love and respect so much. as
the advanced guard watching for our
rights constantly threatened by European
covetousness, would not see indinerently
the outrage inflicted to a sister republic
by an European nation. odious to the
whole word and whose rapaoity and in-
satiable avarfce are we'll known TO all
BY taking before the congress In such
an eloquent and worthy manner the vim
dication OF the rights of Venezuela against
l1ngland. that eternal usurper OF terri
tories belonging to nations less strong
than herself, you have been the faith
fu interpreter of the noble American
character and you have taught ambi-
tlous England that the free noble and Just
nation OF the United States is ready TO put
into practice for the benefit of her south-
ern sisters the precepts of that sublime
Monroe doctrine, the hope OF all Ameri-
can nations and the preventive of Euro
pean overflow.
BE sure that Venezuela will never for
get you, the noble representative OF Geor-
gia, and the throbs OF our hearts will al
ways be OF love and gratitude for you.
The work you have undertaken is nobIa
and pralseworthy, and just and noble
causes are crowned by God with the
palms of victory.
May the Guayana question be settled
by arbitration. II not Venezuela will
show England that, although weak she
knows hows to handle the rifle, to hold
the sword and that her sons are ready to
die with honor on the bloody battlefield
TO protect the national dignity and the
sovereignty OF the their freedom.
May God keep you safely"