The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02
SENSE Is
RETURNING.
The Film Flam Flare OF the
Jing0es Over the WAR"
Message Dying.


The Sssss Sease 81 tss Psspss s. .hs f~s, al Ess
isAsess Il What Has Bees Ds.s-Ihe lss.s With 4
Bssh 0I Parties Tried to Ali Is Nss s.r.sses Isss
Ever.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Dec a..-The /
Presidents message To Congress ten |
days ago breathing flame and smoke /
To such an alarming extent As to sug-
gest immediate war with Great Britain |
over the Venezuela boundary dispute 1
was only brief sensation. IL So plain !
declaration Of war, abuncarIiy sus-
tanned, in the Presidents estimation, |
BY the Monroe doctrine, but il was not /
intended as hostile declaration. IL /
does not mean fight. War is not i'm |
minent. All that Is wanted is infor- |
nation about matter that has been |
III dispute between Great Britain and |
Venezuela for more than fifteen years.
At first the country was startled, but
twelve hours after the beliicose an
nOuncement in the message the prepos-
terodsness OF it was
OBVIOUS TO EVERYBODY.
To save the country public humiliation
Congress authorized the appointment
Of commission TO ascertain the facts
in dispute. The boundary line between
Venezuela and British Guiana is the
question in controversy. Fifty years
Of contention has failed to settle it.
TopOgraphers, engineers, map-makers,
archaeologists, historians, diplomats,
politicians, pamphle .eers anu so Oh
have taken turn at it, only to make
the problem more puzZling. Yet the
|
settle it, and that Great Britain must
cepted at the time as an Outburst Of
patriotism, in the light of intervening
developments, is regarded as
CHEAP SORT OF BULLYING.
At the time the country believed that
the President meant what he said. 1t
was ready to defend the Monroe doc
trine. The response to his challenge
was prompt and unanimous. Ameri-
can sentiment was ready to vindicate
even strained application of the doc
trine. The disputed divisional line
covers a pestilent-breeding swamp
1000 miles away, but the American
people are ready to resent British Oc-
cupatiOn, if it violates a single princi-
pie involved in the maintenance and
enforcement of the American doctrine
against foreign aggression. But the
Presidents belligerency has about
OOZed out. He now authorizes the
statement that 1.-The commission about
to inquire into the Venezuelan from
tier question was not proposed with
any view of debating to Great Britain,
but only to supply the American peO-
pie with the latest and most accurate
; geographical information touching the
boundary question in dispute" SO all
this ten days of war talk ard financial
. panic goes up in
DEMOCRATIC-JINGO SMOKE.
The Cleveland commission will cost
the taxpayers one hundred thousand
dollars, and to that extent are the
!, plain people of the country interested
in the latest Democratic fiascO. The
temporary political advantage is
equally divided between the President
and the Republicans. All opposition
to Cleveland's denomination in 1885,
: has disappeared. Henceforth he is the
{ Democratic hero and in the next cam.
!, paign he will be "the Andrew Jackson
of the Democratic party" His nomi.
nation will be made with whOOp anC
the Democratic slogan will be "Britisf
INVASION" Such an issue will be god
> send to the demoralized Democracy
: Welcome to any issue that means obi
y Won to the past Thrice welcome t.
any question that obscures the vita
!, controversy
OVER THE FINANCIAL PROBLEM.
y The party will 60 into the campaign
}, under warrior Cleveland's generalship
e hoping to win under the false pretens
e of defending American honor. Re
publican leaders take advantage of tn
+ situation to pass a tariff bill as ''emer
j. gency" legislation. In one day, re
j. Spending to the Presidents hysterica
n lamentations, they change the entir
n tariff law and practically eliminate j
v as a campaign issue in 1896. The sen
: seless administration war clamor make
/ the silver question a clean cut, distinc
tive issue in the next campaign, an
,e makes the election of silver candi
d date the inevitable outcome of til
n Presidential election. The issue wi
soon take definite shape. The bon
bill, which passed the House to-day, au
:, thorizing per cent. coin bonds, wi
70 initiate the fight in the Senate tina
- will end in the election Of
N SILVER PRESIDENT
1T in 1896. The bill will be returned
y the House with free silver prOvis
* and the issue, which both the Republ
to can and Democratic party wished
Id avoid, will be distinctly and unequiv(
ne cally presented. So that Cleveland
I'd tpusillanimousa administration is BILE!
p sing in disguise, by lingo! 1t has bee
vs. q sore trial and great afilictiOn to tt
l country, but the Lord chasteneth h
y own people.