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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22
LAS DOS GUERRAS
(De El Liberal, de Madrid)

La impaciencia pos YER el termino
de ia guerra de Cuba es natural y
patriotica; psro debe tenerse prssen
te que reviste caraeter especialisimo,
por el sistema que tiene el enemigo
dc fraccionarse desbandarse. Guam
DO algunas veces hace frente y resis-
te, es siempte venci5o. y 81 empela-
ra couabates como el reciente de la
Candelaria, POGO tendria en- quedar
deshsoho y humillado por el denue-
do dc nuestras tropas, tan justamen
ee celebrado y admirado en- el mum
do entero.
La guerra con los Estaios Uaidos
la cree mos ifnprobab'e: pero el Go
|bierno. que observa una actitud Co
trects, orgauiza y robustece, sin en-
barge, los elementos de guerra para
las cventualidades del porvenir, sin
alagde nj provocaciones vulgares, i'm
propias de los poderes que tienen
conciencia de su deber y essan inque
ntab!emente resueltos cumplir-
10.
Nosotros .debemos tener fe en-
nuestro propio y vigoroso esfuerzo,
porQue las naciones no movilizarian
sus faSszas por sinpatia tan solo ha-
cia la espalo'a, sino porque asi con.
viene SOS intereses y .aspiracioues; y
csc case llegaria 81 los Estados Unides
pretendiesen cefrar ell paso de los ma
res de las Antillas al vieio mundo,
para pEoclamar la omnipotencia ma
ritima del nuevo, con arreglo al espi-
situ letra de la doctrina &c Moni oe
pues todos los actos y maniobras de
la gran Req 1blica, por habilmente
que sean velados en- la forma, tienen
como supreme objective de sus impa-
cieates aspiraciones, esm altar en- su
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22

Y ell broche, como dice CASTELAR,,
no correrfa peligro de perderse.
No sabemos 81 aun sera tempo de
remediar esos males.
De todas mansras. Espsna expon
taneamente debiera dar un paso de
avance, Y mostrarse generosa, conce-
diendo las reformas que los tiempos
exigen, antes que dar espscio q la
intervention europa, de que hablan
los dltimos despschos telegrahcos.
Las circunstancias son dificilep, y
estas situaciones no debsn proion gar
SO.
Sea como fuere, urge cortar por 10
sano.
Y ell tempo CORE, arrastrando
consigo o!eadas de sangre y monte
nes de dinero.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22
"A GUERRA De CUBA

bandera una estreIla mas con Ia
snexion de Cuba, la isla mas feraz y
fica del mundo.
Respecto del sistema de atracci
is de rigor que debe emplearse en-
isla de Cuba. las opiniones estan c
vididas; pero hay que confssaT Cue
muthos desean procedimientos de cx-
terminio; sin parar mientes en- que nc
es cosa facil conseguir 10 que en- este
punto parece justo desquite de las
atrocidades cometidas por los insu
rrectos.
Los problen4as de Cuba Sc han
discutido p1biica y reservadanlente,
con gran amp:itud. Sc ha ilegado
en- proyectos hasta la misma vaporo
sa soluci6n de Ia venta. Per nuestra
mano han pasado documentos de al
ia importaneia, a;guno de los cuales
no es todavfa del dominic de Ia his
toria. y henos defsndido la paz de.
Zapjon contra los ataqoes dc perso-
mas ilustradas, que al fn vinieron
reconocer la necesidad de aquel he
eho con sinceridad patriotica, y que
nos dio dieciseis amos de trsgua, mat
aprovechados, por la fatAlidad de
nuestro destino.
Sc ha sostenido ssdespres, que las
-consecuencias de aqueila paz, por la
forma en- que f4e hechs. sc paipan
ahora CON "a cruensa iucha actual.
No discutimos este, porque STEM
pre- hemos respstado las opiniones
contrarias. jlzgando que todos les
emiten con petfecto oerec ho; pefo
no una. sino muchas veces, vistc 81
aspecto qae la guerra iba tomando,
ahora mas 81 cabe, con la actitud de
los Estados UniGos, hsa.sada4pensad9
y crtfdo que una paz scineJante y
aun con pronunciamientos mas pre-
digamsnte favorabies. nos libra'fa de
los abrumadores sacg,fi clos que tea
dremos que hacer, sintizndo en- 10
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22

H squf los nombres dc los treinta
seis representatives del partido au
onomista que votaron la disolacion
Don Joaquin Masferfer
;, Epifanio Dfaz
;, Luis R Velazquez
;, Bernate bcrs{os
;, Jose Casuela Geig |
;, Francisco B ocanegra
;, lose Gonzalez Hernandez
;, Tomas Cab5n
:. Venamcio Estevez
;, Genaro MarQu@z
), Antonio Masquez
:, EIeutefio Leon
>, Jose Togo Rios
;, Juan B9utista Rivera
;, Celedofio Martinez
j, Avelino Marquez
;. Cosme B=nejan
:, Carlos Aguiar
:, Esteban RI S
;, Rafael Magxuach
;, Francisco CebolIero
;, Manuel Fern3ndez Mascara
;, Juan de M. Rivera
Lorenzo Mascara
;, Joaqufa MARTINEZ Guasp
,, Jose Antonio Morales
>, Vicente Urrut;a
Torthja por2oS
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22
e CAL CULO

abyecta masa de podredumbre
en- ell espacio infinite. !.
Y q un pals joven Sc le gufa
ercluSiVamente por los caminos del
calculo. Y SO mata su fe en- los
poderosos arranques, en- las pro
fundas sacudidas, en- las temera-
rias y generosas actitudes que
a1n podrlan engrandecerle.
- Gala y sufre"-es la con-
sigma. Por tt trabajan los demas
No arriesgues NADIA, no compro-
metas NADIA, que 10 escrito esta
escrito y yendyd la redenca6n si,,
el calvarjo"
Nosotros no hablamos asf &
nuestros compatriotas Si Ell de-
coro exige sacrifcios, empezamos
por realizarlos, y despues los pc
dimos al terruno que nos di6, con
nueatra sangre, Ia altivez y la
energfa con que despreciamos a
los que nos desprecian.
Todavfa. 81 el pats, frente q
los insultos que recibe, y que no
puede negar nadie, pugua por
reaiizar un acto que 2onga a fo-
to su dignidad. hay quien le in
cline & vlvir en- tanta mepgua, y
ivive Dio-! no faltan gentes que
se desviven por no descontentar
a los mismos que nos agravian y
nos vejan,
=" La di, oluci6n nunca, por-
que tras la disoluci6n vendrfa la
violencia y la soportarfan los pue-
bios y la llorarfa. con lagrimas
acerhas, Puerto Rico"
Mentira- La violencia no ven
dra; y 81 viene no la impediran el
partido autonomista nj el Direc
torio, a quien va desden6 con in
| iusto desden la fortaleza.
Y, aunque viniese Ssomos de
tai manera d6biles que tembla-
mos ante la Suposici6n de que Sc
acercan dfas amargos, dfas de
prueba para nuestra isla?
SConquistaron acaso sus liber-
tades los demas paises tendiendo
la hamaca a la sombra de los Co
coteros y esperanto que bajara
del eter la lluvia de orc de una
transformation feliz Y completa?
iC6mo SO educa a nuestras ma
sas en- el degradante servilismol
Como olvidan su sscerdocio
augusta los que las conducen 4
besar la maro del C6sarl
como cumplsn su deber los
que las infunden terror ante eI
sacrifcio cuando SO necesita in
fundirles valor ante el u!trajs!
Sea,
Que 81 imter6s SO imponga y
predomine.
Que la convenatncsG Sc erija en-
sonora omn;potente
Y que al fin nj el inter6s nj la
convenience SO salven.
Nosotros no contribuimos & Ia
obra depresiva.
Nosotros ponemos, a toda
hora, antes que ell interes, ell or
gullo, y antes>que la convenien-
cia, el honor.
Somos rebeldes 81 6sa es la re-
beldfa.
Rebeldes 4 cuanto nos recuer-
da cue la conquista es nuestro
origen, ell servilismo nuestro pa
sado. la exploitation nuestto pre-
sente y la incertidumbre nue. tro
porvenir.
Rebeldes como los compsn neros
de Espartaco, que sacuden la Ca
bezs, sienten la tension nerviosa
de sus m1sculos, oyen latir la SAN
gre de sus arterias, y no Sc resig
nan a su negra fortuna nj q su
malhadada esclavitud
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22

Estamos con usted-de-
clan al senior Munoz Rivera los
representatives del partido auto
nomista en- la asamblea
con usted por el sentimiento, por
81 coraz 90; pero refexionando,
meditando, cornprendemos que
no cOnU1ene 10 que usted propone;
y estamos contra usted por la
cabeza, por ell calculo."
Muy bien: va conocfamos la
tendencia. Els propia de facto-
rfas colonia.es y de pueblos mer-
cantiles Sobre todas las genero-
sidades del espfritu, sobre todos
los impulses de la voluntad, ell
inter@s dominador, absorbente,
robusto como basti6n indestruc-
tlble. Ell inter65 y la convenien-
cia: ahf estan los dos. grandes
factores de la esclavitnd.
Campoamor ha escrito:
Que blen manda los hombres 81 que tiene
en- una mano el pan la otra el palo!
Y Campoamor, conoce Jay! las
pequeneces humans.
Nosotros c0lcuzamos tamhi6n:
gufa siempre nuest'a marcha la
refexi6n, madura y grave; no nos
lleva en- sds alas de fuego Ia 10
cura, nj en- sps alas dc tempestad
el entnsiasmo. Nos contiene ls
rienda sutil inquebrantable de
la l6gica. Y en- los ernpenos mas
altos de nuestra vida, el racioci-
MO sereno contrapesa al impulse
energico = activo.
Pero nega un puntn en- que ell
calculo es 10 menos y en- que 10
mas es el honor. Y Ell ese punto,
81 el interes sufre, 81 la conve-
niencia padece, pasamos sobre
ellos como el caudillo pasa -sobre
las campinas y las ciudades aso-
ladas por sus rudas falanges ven
cedoras.
81 los heroes que ilustran la
historic SO hubieran detenido en-
las pequeneces del calculo, nj
diendo los perjuicios que pudie
ran causar q sus sembrados 8 q
sus cortijos, nj tendrfa heroes nj
tendrfa historic este planeta mi
serable.
5Qui6n dijo a los valientes del
dos de MayO Que no dess faran
la c6lera de aquel Bonaparte que
domino con sus legiones in
victas q los reyes de Europa?
Daoiz y Velarde SO lanzaron a
la lucha. Y Espana fu6 libre.
5Qui6n aconsej6 al nauta geno-
YES que no So arrojase al oc6ano,
porque morirfan 81 y sus hom-
bres, 81 fallaban sus presagios y
no SO cump,fan sus intuiciones7
Colon surc6 81 mar en- sus naves
diminutas. Y America brnt6 de
las ondas.
SQuien insinu6 & Washington
que no luchase con el immense
poder de Inglaterra, porque la
victoria serfa de los buques Y de
los ej6rcitos britanos9 Washing
ton luch6. Y ahf brillan ahora las
estrellas de cuarenta estados indie
Z pendientes.
3Qui6n contuvo a Kocius ko
3 cuando Polonia gemfa-y aun
. gime-bsjo las plantas del des-
!. potismo9 Kociusko f46 q la muer-
te. Y no salv6 el gnter<s, no salv6
la cOnVenaencta; salv6 el nombre
y la honra de su patria.
Si SO obedeciera al calculo, no
habrfa Epaminondas nj BOLIVIA
res; no existirian Garibaldis nj
Laffayettes; no habrfa iluminado
la revoluci6n francesa los confines
del mundo, que rodarfa como una
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22
Sc V1ENDE

Un coche, de cuatro asientos,
nuevo, FORBADE de pie de buffalo,
de eleg nte construction. T.! que
10 inte dirigirse alque suscri-
be en- Ia herrera de Ia Gale del
Coto.
Pedro Castaing
Pence, Abrii do 1895. avs.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22

Don Vicente h. Munoz
Ramon E Gsdea
Vicente Ortiz Lopez
;. Jose Maria Carrillo
:. Rafael Ortiz
;. Pedro Acevedo y Rivera
;. Jose G Torres
Luis Mufioz Rivera
La historic hara justicia esos
hombres que mantuvieron con sus vo-
tos la proposicion mas radical mas
austera que Sc ha puesto a debate en-
las asambleas del partido autonomis
ia.
Representaban los comites de
Ponce, Mayagiiez, Yauco, Piedras,
Humacao, ,Naranjito, Anasco. Aguadi-
LA. Isabella, Maunabo. San Sebastian,
Ouebradillas, Moca, Las Marfas, Ba-
yam6n, Caguas y Camuy.
Estaban por la diso!uci6n los CO.
mites de Penuelas y BArranquitas,
que enviaron en- ese sentido CO.
municaciones al Directorio; los de
San German y Sabana Grande,que no
corcurrieron por creerio inuttl, veri-
ficsndose la asambiea en- la Capital,
v el de la Cidra, que, q pesar de
todo. mand6 delegados adversos q
aquella tendencia.
Entire los och4nta y seis votos que
figuran en- pso del stain quo. hay nnos
treinta de la Cap,tai, donde Sc
recibian actas en- blanco. Cuatro
dc Ponce, enviadss por nuestro ami
90, ell sefior Principe, pertenecen
csc genero.
To que consignamos es sencilla y
francamente la verdnd, sin ropajes
de ninguna especie.
Y ST alg1n detalle Sc necesitase rec.
tifcar. va 10 dira FL Pats, mas que
oosotros conocedor de los pormeno
res que nos referimos
Vease. pues. como Sc descompone
ia nsayorta tnwenSa CUE derroto LA
DEMOORACIA
No snadimos concentrates.
Nuestra personal delicadeza. y
nuestso sincero patriotismo, nos i'm.
pidep ahondar mucho en- estas cues
tones y en- ocras que ofrecen mate
ria abundantfsima de rIh >xion y de
| estudio.
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g vende

la casa solar tamero 5i en- la call1 de
Villa. esqnina al callej6n do la Molina
En- la misma casa SO vende tamhi6n nna
mnltitud de arboles de anacahuita.
Para informes dirigirse a su dnef,o dor
CeferiGo Ricaft Ponce 90 de A5ril de 1soe
1-6 alt.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22
A ADlESTRO Y SlN!ESTR0

Lam6ntanse los per;6aicos matri
lenses del sislamiento en- que vive ls
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-22
Ell CREDITO Y AHORRO POACEAO
GlRA A CORTA VISTA

] Sobre todas las capitales y
! pueblos de IA Peninsula &
islas adyacentes.
Sobre New York. Puerto !
! Rico y Mayagii.z. !
\ Sobre Ingl4te ra, Francia. !
! Alemania. Austria, Russia, !
! Be gica, Holanda, Saiza, Di- !
namarca, Sraecia, Noruega, !
Italia. Portugal, Grecia y !
Turqu.a !
Soore Bulgaria, Luxem !
J burgo, Ramania, Montene-
gro, Servia y C6rcega. !
7 sobre- Eg pto. Tdaez y
! Marruecos.
Ponce, Is Abril 1896
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81 SOLICITA

Una casa que reuna condolences higieaieas
para enfermerfa, Sc halle situada en- las
afneras d.s Ia poblacion. La ASOc taoi6n dS
Dependencies desea alqnilaria.
Pence, 10 de Abril do 1895.
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A MAsTERLEss MAID.

A masterless maid, with my heart in my keep
ing,
wander the world, and I'll wander again,
With giadness my portion where others know
weeping
And mirth for my songbook where others read
pain.
With zest speeding onward as bee to the clover,
Gods world in its fairness his birthgift to
me,
'Twixt me and the sunshine the eyes of no
lover
All soft tones evading, laugh and go free.
Adown purple hills steal the mists of the com
ing,
But few are my thoughts what that future
may be.
The lark's sky born anthem, the velvet bees
humming,
Sound sweeter than love word OF love song
TO me.
Yet sometimes linger and hush In my singing
And wait for the passing of unsteady feet
And sigh when hear baby laughter soft ring
ing
And wonder awhile If my freedom be sweet,
Yet sometimes comes wanting, unchecked and
unchidden,
When cold falls Gods sunlight athwart the
pale grass,
And down in the daisies kneel me, face hid
den,
And kiss the kind earth baby footsteps will
pass
London Spectator.
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dressed as Miss Mehitable, she was so
prim and severe even, and upon whom
her 55 years or so sat none too lightly.
/ had also a guilty sense Of sin at my
hearts depths for oonniving to furnish
her mother with forbidden luxuries.
Not that Hitty ever spoke Of it, but she
looked it, screwing her cold, gimlet
eyes into me, as much as to say, 81 can
see right through you, deoeitful boy!"
She was ever engaged in binding shoes,
at which work her mother assisted, for
the house and old fashioned garden
were all the dead Elisha had left them
when he went away ON that last voy-
age, from which he never returned, and
their utmost endeavor sufficed only to
keep the wolf from the door.
But their table, even if it were
sparsely dotted with eatables, when
they took their frugal meals, always had
snow white cloth and "chany' cups
and saucers, plates and silver, polished
until they mirrored everything in the
room. 1t was delight to sit at that lit
tie table, and 1 felt highly honored
whenever was invited to do so.
"'Twan't always like this, Benny"
chirped Aunt Mary fisher, as drew up
my chair to the cheerful tea table one
evening "'Twan't always SIGH a
little table as this When poor fisher
was alive, we used to eat in the big room,
t'other side the chimbly. Ye amt
never seen that big room, have ye? No,
an p'raps ye never will, for it's only
open for weddin's an funerals. There
won't be no more weddinis, I'm afeard,
in my family, for Hitty don't seem to
be of the margin kind, an feel, some
how, as though I'm goin to live for
ever"
"Lor, mother, what talkp' said
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AUNT MARY FISHERS HOME.

AUNT MARY FISHERS HOME
affection for one who ministered to a
cherished though depraved appetite
and that I was a welcome guest at the
old house on the Gloster road 1t still
stands, with its paneled chimney and
"overhang'' second story, as guiltless OF
paint or whitewash as when first erected,
over 200 years ago. In the coward adj
jacent its living contemporary, an elm
tree with spreading branches and as
graceful as in youth, protects the am
Gent we'll sweep which supplies the
house VITA Water.
mks' livipg room" was, as 1t should
have been. the brightest and the sun.
niest. 1t seems to me that 1 have never
seen such cheerful, sunny room since
in all my wanderings about the earth.
The sun illumined every corner and
lighted every nook. In the southwest
corner was the "bowfat," where the
dishes, mainly of china and brought
from cover sea" by the sturdy Elisha
on his various voyages, were arranged
with scrupulous care. They were busted
every day and polished twice week,
and each piece had its history, which to
repeat in this connection would absorb
deal of time and space. In the south
east corner Of the room always sac the
daughter, Hitty, whom ] invariably sd'
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RTVILLE, N j. WEDNESDAY,

cousin, Tzry Hodges, he lived up at
Hambleton, where he had one of the
best farms in the county. He married
young, an he set to work like all pos
sessed to make q liYin at farmin. An
he made it, too, an he raised as likely
q family as any in that town."
Laws sake, mother, do go on with
yer story. What was it bout that
Thanksgivin dinner, anyway"
Nov, Kitty, don't ye interrupt me.
If ye don't want to listen, why Jest go
out an set on the back step. Well, as l
was sayin, Cousin Izry he sent down
the old oarryall for us, an we went up
to Hambleton to spend the day. Twas
cool an crisp, but there want no snow
on the ground that Thanksgivin. sos't
we had good wheelin all the way.
When we got there, Cousin Sally, she
run right out an seemed like she'd jest
devour Us, she was so glad to see as.
Come right in an set down., said she;
make yerselves right to hum, Cousin
Mary; we amt goin to make no stran.
gers of ye. / wanted to take hold an
help, for was straight an strong them
days, but she wouldn't hear pothin Of
it. So sot down by the old open Frank
lin stove (Which was the first improve
ment ON the fireplace we ever had, an
didn't consume so much woody an give
myself up to good solid rest. Sally,
she hustled about to git dinner, an 1
knew it would be good one, for she
was the best housekeeper In the town Of
Hambleton. Well, along about noon,
'Liz'beth Ann, their only darter, come
in an invited us out to the big dinin
room, where the table was sot. Now,
'Liz'beth Ann was what ye might call
an old maid, bein then about 90 or
thereabouts, an was fidgettiern q settin
hen-allers havin some sort of head
ache, or criok in her back, or somethin
of that kind-but she was as good rs the
av'rage old maid anywhere, an real
sympathizin, alters goin round askin
ye what allied ye, an if ye wouldn't
have little catnip tea, or peppermint,
takin it for granted that ye must have
somethin the matter with ye.
"But there was the big table, all
a-shinin with silver an decorated with
green stuff with red berries (some of
Liz beth AIMS work, who alters had
sort of hankerin arter mater, as she
called it) an with big gobbler turkey
at both ends. In the center was such
strappin big roast (for Cousin Izry did
a little butcherin on his own account,
an knew what good meat was) an side
dishes till ye'd "a thought there want
nothin i'll the way of veg tables an SIGH
left on airth. Cousin Izry, he sot at the
head of the table, an Cousin Sally at
the foot; betwixt 'em, on one side. the
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Kitty, with severe countenance. II
sh'd think ye'd be afraid to make light
of serious things. The Lord gave, an
the Lord taketh away"
"An blessed be the name of the
Lord, " rejoined Aunt Mary fisher rev.
erently. 81 amt maxim light of serious
things. Kitty. OF course I'll go, in his
good time, but it amt nothin to worry
over Better laugh an make merry
while we live. Benny; that's my motto.
When was yer age, now-but how old
are ye, boy?"
"I'm 10 next month. T"
"Thirteen Well, that amt so very
old; just in yer teens, an the whole
world before ye. Dear me! Thirteen;
that's the number that set down to the
big m hog my table in the room t'other
side the chimbly, tho very last time
your poor father was with us, Hitty.
It's an unlucky number, they say, an l
know tits.
eyes, indeedy," she muttered, draw
ing out and filing her pipe, which lay
concealed behind the lamb. Then there
was silence for a few minutes, while
she stuck her head up the chimney and
refreshed herself with few whiffs OF
the weed. That was the one thing that
Kitty insisted on-that her mother
should not send the smoke out into the
room. cts bad enough to smoke, " she
complained, 'thout smellin up o
whole house. If ye must do it, mother,
then smoke up the chimbly." And SO
the poor old soul thrust her head up the
fiue, where the draft was sometimes
strong enough to set her few remaining
hairs all afutter, and extracted consola-
tion from her beloved pipe. During this
interval of quiet she was collecting her
thoughts, which took the trend of rem
iniscenoe suggested by the number Is.
"That amt tho only time neither, " she
insisted, shaking the ashes out Of the
pipe. "What makes me think so is that
air Thanksgivin dinner that l was in
vited to up to Cousin Izry's. amt
never ben up there sence, but I'm
minded of it an what follered Set up
here by the fireplace, Benny, an I'll tell
70 all about it. Then ye can do as
ye're a mind TO about believin in un-
lucky signs an numbers. Ye see, my