The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-27
SO CUBA MUST BE FREE
CHAs. n. DANA EAISES a CUBAN
CLUB TO ESTHUSlAsx.
The Freedom Of Cuba = Cause Thae later
ests All Mankind. end One Ihas
Especially Interests Americana


NEW YORK. Nov. ss.-The cause Of
| Cubas patriots was the topic at ne
mass-meeting held in the hall Of coovsr
| Union tonight.
| The meeting was usider :he auspices ef
the Jose Mari Club. composed Of Gu
bans.
| Dr. Henry Lincoln Winter introduced
the Hon. Charles A. Dana, who was .
personal friend OF Marti, as chairman Of
the meeting.
lie eulogized Mr. Dana as the undying
! friend OF Cuban liberty. Mr.. Dana was
received with a veritable whiriwind Of
| applause. the entire audience rising ana
| cheering again and again.
When quiet was restored, Mr.. Dana
spoke as follows. his address being fre-
quently interrupted with appla,se:
MY friends" said Mr.. Dana. "Cuoan-
| Americans, the warmth OF your reception
oyerwhelms me. l feel that have done
nothing to earn such confidence ana such
sympathy. but l know It 10 not the per-
sonal feeling that ever flashes from each
eye that | see before me. expressing the
| spirit OF liberty and the hope OF indcpend-
! ence for the fairest isle OF the earr>i. All
enthusiasm. delightful as il Is 10 the
soul in which 1t is kindled, Is OF no avail
unless 1t advances the solemn mission
OF humanity freedom, progress. ana
liberty Tor all OF US and the oppof-
tuuity for every man on Gois footstooi
| ha A
dence has assigned him.
JOSEPH MAR1r.
My friends, 1t was one of the pieces
or Che great good fortune that have
| marked a career 80 short that khe"
Jose Marti | knew him Intimately.
worked with him, side 10y si.e. and gath
cred inspiration from the ideas that
flashed from his unauenchable soui. he
was "A man OF genius. he was man Oh
| conviction, he was man whosc sym
pathios went over the whole range OF
/ humanity. and sough, FOR all the fuii
/ opportunitics OF life. lie died wortniiy.
lie died In the cause nearest 90. his hesrt'
and We who came here tonight 10 re-
call his lovely character, to admire his
great qualities. ana TO feel that q mar
was consecratcd wherever he went "~s
well be content tQ gaze upon MS h.s
and to feel that he did not pes's"
vain. .l~~~
No man perishcs VINO ioho"s
such as he followed s.
'for freedoms battle. once peSon
Reaueathed by bleeding sire 10 s"os
Though baiiled Oft. is ever won. IL.
There was great cheering al this po,n''
and MIR Dana had 10 pause n lew ''o
ments till the applause cths.i. .,
And thai grave Of MART, he rrsuh..
"thomeh In seems 10 mark the failure ~
a,sappointment of hts greatest ssp..s
TONS. IA in itself "A monument on '.'
roadside along which Cuba mAfcnes W
her great destiny of universal happiness,
progress. liEht, and freedom.
WHERE LIBERTY Is SOUGHT.
For my part can say that whert ~
liberqy is socght for, there Is my ceno.
| try ard wherever hand ID rnSsoe
blow struck To secure the freedom
people, there Is my heart ana AZ the ~
, that 1 can give shall be rendered ~ IN
, ",rhe freedom Of Cuba is a cause tfa.
interests all mankind. and u Is csSs>
| that specially interests all AmericanSA
''It IL on the American continent ~
last foothold OF meiiaeval despot1sm stl
: | Is the last dungeon IN which tho on ~
| is perpetuated - lmprison the hun yf
mind and repress the energy or man:
| II cannot share that anmosity again,
) Spain which so many OF my frienns tsS'
r and which kno" they feel Jusuy ts
. cause that Spain did not make nerss.t
she Inherited the dungeons ana the N
stitutions: she has inherited the despcsi'
practices. and what Is more she IA
Where does she 40 for the treas,tr
that is necessary 10 maintain her anli
auated system? She cannon draw u III "
the pockets OF the spanish peasants .n'
must draw Il from the rich nelds and w
: divine sky Of Cuba. But that excuse cen
not Justify Spain, and cannot Just y
the oppression, the tyranny, ana TN
I wholesale piunder ot ths1 s,eas an' ~ s1,,i'
q iiful island. by "nicn Spaiii 10 :" suPt''
her own interests.
80 Cuba must be free" The enthusi
asm here reached fever heat. and tn
: audience seemed 10 have lost controi
> themselyes under the spell OF Sir. Dana
= oratory Hats were hung IN the AR An
the women waved their handkeEchlefs u
e their enthusiasm.
: $50 cuba must be free" continued Mr.
I, Dana. "and spain be reduced TO a. s,n
) tenn Of forced economy. NY friends, VI
q not detain you longer. There are som
= letters 20 be read. and after you VIII hea
speeches from men whose hearts are nre
with the inspiration OF freedom ana wn
Will use words which VIII Sorresvon
with the spirit OF freedom that pervade
!. all hearts here tonight
n CONGRESSMAN sULzER.
;, Congressman william sulxer was th
nest spe.ssii psras,ins a"I lie ev said In part:
q I'm the present crisis in Cuba my sym
n pathies are all with the heroic and "a
: triotic Clbans. and ! sincerely hope an
a belieye they will succeed. Cuba must an
= viii be free and independent. and In m
:. Judgment TIE end il near. the result inevl
:, table, and the Cuban republic Will 500
: take its stand among the nations OF n
world. In this revolution the sysnpath
OF every American and every believer !
freedom acd in liberty should 20 out {
Cuba and PIE cubans.'