Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-02
OURSELS AS OTHERS SE: US The United States Roasted by a
 Spanish Organ. GOLD IS ALPHA AND OMEGA With Us, According to This Subsidized tngn-
 ger of Oppression and Msrule WERE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF NATIONS Saloon Keepers, Ward Politicians, Hood lums and Escaped Convicts Make Up
 the Representatives of This
 Model Country"
WERE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF NATIONS

New Orleans, Aug. 1.-Mr J. Nelson Polhamus, who is closely identified with the Cuban interests, and who is on terms of intimacy with the leaders, has received some Spanish papers in which are con tained interesting data about the Cuban revolution.
 Fl Pueblo of Puerto Principe, ram pant, red hot government paper, was for merly defender of home rule, but under the influence of Rafael Montoro and oth- CT home rule leaders has turned tail and gone over completely to the government
 Speaking of the revolution and it's progress, is says editorially: "It seems strange that the inhabitants of a coun- try which enjoys more liberties than in our much boasted master republic, the United States, should rebel against as good government as Spain has gwen the islands. The personal liberties enjoyed here, the taxation of property and the conduct of the government bears favor able comparison of the United states, with it's much vaunted form of repub- licanism.
 No one sees in this country or in spain the labor riots which daily disgrace tne name and smirch the national honor or our next door neighbor. No one sees men in high stations bargaining their honor and their influence for few thou- sand dollars; aye. even to men Tn hlSh government offices, who, spawning on the public treasury, forget the duties que their country and allow their unsuitable search for gold to rotten their inmost thoughts The United States is coun- try of gold and the inhabitants. from the meanest to the highest, are all gold loV- CTS ddolatras del oro) and in that model country gold Is the key which opens the 1o oil nd al plappS As a consequence of his condition of things the country is in the throes Of disinte- grafton, and not even thelr So-calieu statesmen are able to pilot the unlor- tunate model rpublc out of it's present troubles.
 "The political problem in the United states is such that it is the laughing stock of all civilized nations, and more laughable scene than that of congress during the last tariff debates cannot be found in the annals of history. Further more, the government at Washington, while on the one hand it endeavors to be as honest as possible the fear of los ing this and that contingent of voters induces it to defer and postpone all ac- ton which may injure that particular class of men. to the detriment or many millions. and this is called politics.
 '"rhe United States is merely more or less. and it is better that we should use clear words. though it hurt, merely na- ton of hypocrites, with al their senses and all their aspirations fixed on one idea which, shining before them ike the gold image of the aztecs, caused US woi- shippers to remain wrapped up in l IS null tiferolls rays of gold. To an American, gold, money, riches Is the alpna anu omega and as a natural result ne Wno has most money is the one who opealhs most benefits from that nation.
 After the gold craze that of polltlcai nenotisrn is the next. Look at the dlplo- matic and consular corps or the ohiteu States, then at the meanest and smallest of Europe, and the dffference IS at olGe noticed The American and diplomatic and consular corps is mainly made up of men who, having more votes anu money than brains. acquire posltioh which they cannot but make symphohy of ridiculousness. Saloon keepers ward noliticians hoodlums, escaped conVtcts and such make up the representatiVes of this model country which in It's ar ropance crams down the mouths or the unsuspecting European nations:
 "As an illustration of wlndJammihg and pettyfoggery the much heralded Monroe doctrine is the best illustration nossible. and it will show conclusiveiy to what extent that country can blow- For God only knows how many years England has been slowly eating up the rich gold territory of Venezuela without any right whatsoever and the United c+o+ae has not said a word. Now, 1t seems that some of it's citizens have an interest in gold there. and as a conse- ouence they are disposed to protest, Thercfore. it is not the justice of the Monroe doctrine that causes thelr pro feet hut the fact that some of their clt- jzens have gold in vested in Venezueia. As to how much they will protest Judg- ing from their action in inc past, l. merely will end in air. as they are great for saving what they will do. but then their national weakness and thelr rear of losing some of their money will pre- vent them from going to extremes.
 "The talk that they will send fieet to Havana to enforce the unjust Mora cialm is as wild a flight of diseased nina as any we have ever read. While we are not anxious to pick up a quarrel with any one. we are ready to defend our selves and they will not find in us such an easy mark as their poor defenseless Indians. whom they are daily slaughter ing in their fields, while clamoring Tor justice for the Armenians The Ameri- cans should look at themselves, 'remem- bering that "he who lives in glass houses should not throw stones"
 "The government of Spain should not pay the Mora claim, and if it does 1t will he an evidence of weakness on its part, for there is no justice whatever in 1t, and it is merely an attempt by the great American colossus to compel us to pay for the qualification of the few infiuen tiaI lawyers and other men in office in terested in the payment of the claim, as they will no doubt obtain the lions share of it."