Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-10


or four exceptions. there was not a
single port held by the Federal Gov
ornment I'm the Confederacy. Resolutions
of secession had been put to the test
OF popular elections, after the deliberate
action OF State conventions. The Con-
federates had an established government
with executive powers I'm fun force:
navy, with regular official life. recog-
nlzcd in the capital. and with courts
of justice throughout the whole length
and breadth Of the Confederacy.
Secretary Seward. Mr.. Hale went on
20 say. imploringly and entreating'y
urged on the European Powers the IN
justice OF even so limited a measure or
recognition Of bellgerency as those Pow
ers proposed to take and did take
and he never ceased TO insist upon
European nations rcceding from that
recognition. which they at last had done.
Mr. Mitchell Republican), Of oregon:
Spain did not recede from II.
There was no European Power" said
Mr. Hale. that during the years OF our
civil war showed such friendly views as
the Kingdom Of Spain did. Spain never
allowed a British built and equipped pri-
vateer 10 remain in her ports an hour
beyond the time absolutely necessary for
supplies And when the British priva-
teers took prisoners from Union vessels
into ports Of Spain, they were at once
released by the Spanish authorities"
Mr. Hale spoke of the inilammatOry ap-
pCai- Of most OF the American news
papers. and Of the action Of both houses.
and attributed the popular feeling against
Spain 10 the mendaciOus report Of
condition OF things in cuba which DID
not really exist The charges against
W. H.. .4e-.r.F 4.
soiutely mendacious fiction from end TO
end. set up by somebody. And now he
had Discovers, ] the evidence Of their men
daCity. That evidence was in moderate
respectful, and dignified statement OF the
Minister from Spain, which statement had
been brought out by the recitals which
had swayed the Senate.
Mr. Hale sent TO the Clerks desk to
have read Senor de Lome's statement 10
the press but Mr.. Davis Republcan). Of
Minnesota. objected to its being read, as
being a communication from foreign
minister I'm regard to internal relations.
After some colloquy on this point Mr..
Davis withdrew his objection. and the
statement was read in full
Mr.. Hale supplemented Senor de Lome's
statement with recent dispatch from
Cuba published in a metropolitan newf-
paper. DENYING the truth Of the charges
against General Weyler.
The hour Of 2 o'clock. and the Dupont
senatorship report interrupted Mr.. Hale's
remarks, and the matter was laid aside
temporarily. while Mr.. Hale was given
unanimous consent to proceed tomorrow.
CUBAN INCENDIARISM.
Mr. Hale read from a paper published
in New York in the cause Of the Cub. n
revolution an article setting forth, with
eNultant headlines. the work which me
revolutionsts were doing in the burning
Of villages. and in the destruction OF
sugar and tobacco plantations.
Liberty" Mr.. Hale declared, docs not
fight its battles in that way. Freedom
has risen oft from prison bars; oft from
battle clash: hut freedom does not rise
from the horrors and confagralions and
devils work rccited so eXultngly by TINS
organ. A man turns from them with
natural bathing His b.Ood is stirred
His pulse. which leaps at the story OF
BannockbUrn and Bunker Hill and York
town. turns with lOathing from them. i
is not even war. II is not battle. IL l.
incendiarism. II is the torch Of destruc-
ton. 1t is murder. 1t is outrage. IL -
the widest strife Of savagory. II / vote
alone. / will vote for no resolution that
win give aid and comfort to the leader
whose tAl.DlAS are ~ fAdAAtal-lS NAApi'i
cled as ! have read them here
To a question put to him at this point,
by Mr.. Sherman, Mr.. Hale replied that
that was just the question which the
European nations had put TO the United
States during the civil war. How long
had they 10 wait?
IL was that consideration Uhe anxiety
lest foreign Powers would interfere.
which had given an added stoop to the
tall form Of Abraham Lincoln. 1t was
that consideration from which the opti-
msm Of Seward took on a sadder tone
II was that consideration which broke
down the lion-hearted Stanton. and left
him ruin. The answer to the question
was given by Mr.. Seward.
Here Mr.. Sherman interposed the re-
mark that. before "a single battle was
fought in the civil war, Spain, England,
and France had acknowledged the South
ern Confederacy in the very language
contained In the pending resolution.
AWcre they acting rightly said Mr..
H0ar. shooting the question point-blank.
NO; | think not Mr.. Sherman an
swered. but we have waited now q
long time. and have seen the atrocious
acts committed at our very door, and
have never raised a single friendly hand
nor sent a single friendly word
SEWARD'S REPLY.
Mr.. Hale went on TO illustrate the point
he was discussing, and quoted, with
high measure of praise. Mr. Sewards re
ply 10 the question Of how long European
nations had to wait. and said that thai
was the answer which he Qlale) made 10
Mr.. Sherman's question.
"Ihe United States" Mr. Seward said.
r.fallfasts Ifff II
do II in its own way. The methods by
which II shall be done must be selected
by the United States: and no foreign
Power must be allowed to interfere with
the United States IN its methods of sup
pressing the rebellion"
That" said Mr.. Hale. 'is the answer
to-day. This must be left TO Spain. she
sends troops TO Cuba by the thousand
and by the ten thousand. She sends able
and experienced commanders. And as
Europe waited, so the United States. 10y
every precedent set by our government.
must let Spain have a fair opportunity OF
suppressing the rebellion. 1t is not the
first one. Mr.. Grant said in his message
that they are periodical.
I'VE are taught by General Grant tn
restraining lesson that we must do what
the European Powers did when the United
states announced that il would settle
the rebellion in its own way. They re
tired grumblingly and mutteringly; but
they kept hands on.
MIR. Hale deprecated what is called the
war sentiment" but which Mr.. Hale
called the spirit Of militarlsm that per
vades the country. Certainly, he said,
the events of the last few months were
well described by the senior Senator from
(Mr. Hoar), when he said,
m one Of his terse phrases, that every
morning somebody seemed 10 wake up 10
fire off loaded cannon against somebody
else