The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-03

belligerent rights. II he had his way he
he would
But before the House had a chanAe TO
hear What Mr.. Sulzer would do IL he had
his way, he was cut off in the middle of
the sentence by the fall OF the speaker
gaVel and heard a shout Of laughter from
all sides of the House and the galleries.
The debate on the opposite side of the
question was opened by Mr.. Turner dem,
OF Georgia, who commented upon the fact
that the committee on foreign affairs had
not seen Mt to report the facts on which
the recommendations rested. There were
no facts presented; and a pamphlet from
tho state department contained only
dreary record of mutual outrage iucen-
diarism and assassination. And yet"
said he, I'VE are asked to declare that
state of public war exists in the island or
Cuba"
As to the recognition Of the southern
confederacy by Spain, Mr.. Turner recalled
the fact that the people OF the confederacy
held, at the time, a region of country eX-
tendlng from the mouth Of the Potomac
to the Rio Grande; and that it had an
army against which the combined legions
OF Caesar and the phalanxes Of Alexan-
der would have been utterly unavailing.
lApplause.) He was amazed that an ef-
fort was made to do in this country what
was done in Barcelona yesterday-to ap-
peal TO the mob spirit with tales of Span
iSh horror and atrocity lie reminded the
House that the Spanish government had
made the amende honorable TO the gov
ernment OF the United States for what
had occurred yesterday In Spain, and had
apologized for II. The Spaniards, Mr..
Turner said, might be a high-blooded peo-
pie, but they had within their breasts the
spirit OF ancient chivalry, The stories told
OF Spanish outrages I'm Cuba were utterly
Incredible. He did not believe In the un-
speakable outrages said TO have been per-
petrated under the orders of Gen. Weyler
during the last insurrecton I'm Cuba. Be
sides, at that time, Gen. Weyler was not
IN command, but was a subordinate Off
Ger. lie then recalled Gen. Grants state
ment IN one OF his messages to congress
on the subject, that during the ten years
struggle the Cuban Gen. Quesdada had
Saf af 6nn 6,ne ,S e1eegted $50 prisoners Of war VA
| II was not only a story of mutual atroci-
ties. He did not believe that a state OF
| war such as was understood under In
| ternational law existed in Cuba. And he
| again referred 10 Gen. Grant who had
| laid down the rule that In order to recog-
| nize belligerency 1t must be made to ap-
| pear that the Insurgents held an extern
sive territory, had an organized govern
ment, capital, at least some seaport
and that they could give protection to
| citizens, and that they could collect
| taxes What information" Mr. Turner
asked, have we from the gentlemen re-
| porting these resolutions, on single one
| of these important and material ques-
| tons2 Who Is the president OF this So
| called republic. / understand that he Is
! a citizen of the United States. And l un-
! derstand that he is now in the United
states, instead of making his fate along
| with the patriots fighting for freedom.
| Mhere Is the capital OF that country?
| How many men have the insurgents in
/ their army2 Who knows? What great
| battles have thew Fought? Where are
| their gallant chieftains who have met the
enemy in the open plain? Instead OF war
| we have had only stories of confagration,
lncendiarism, dynamite, destruction Of
| property, and assassination.
IF l had my way the first time that
an outrage Is committed on any one of our
own citizens in Cuba, / would send our
| men to rescue any American citizen from
wrong and oppression. And the question
| Is whether we shall, in the dark, without
| information, take measure which would
| affect our friendly relations with Spain,
| and on which may depend such a momen-
tous question as that OF peace and war;
| Mr.. Turner was followed on the oppo-
| site side of the question, by Mr.. Smith,
rep. of Michigan, and he, by Mr.. Bou>
felle, on the same side. He argued against
| haste. He did not mean to say that the
| adoption Of the resolution would neces-
| sarily produce war; but he would say
| that it was the entering wedge; that the
| House was entering upon course when
| might lead to war; and that whether
rightfully or wrongfully, the House ought
not to do that under suspension of the
| rules, but in accordance with every rule
Of deliberatlon to safeguard such action.
(Some applause)
Mr.. Cummings of New York advocated
| the resolutions He called Gen. Weyler
"a ella monster of despotism daughter
| and applause) poisoning with his breath
In answer to Mr.. Turner's argument as
| to the Cuban patriots having no territory
| or capitol, Mr. Cummings asserted that
they held more ground in Cuba than the
| Confederacy had held Qn proportion) one
year after the firing on Fort Sumter. And
| he also declared that IL Gen. John G.
Brec6inridge and Jubal Early had main
tanned their position around Washington
as long as Maceo and Gomez had main
tained theirs around Havana, the pros
poets of the confederacy would have been
| much brighter than they were at the
time of the battle of Bull Run. Zap
plause)
posed the resolutions: He yielded TO no
one in sympathy with the Cuban patri-
OTIS, but the House Of Representatives
should be governed not by It's sympa-
thy, but by its judgment, and should not
start out with haste and enthusiasm on
a pathway which might lead the coun-
try into war.
Mr.. Moody, rep, of Massachusetts. also
opposed the resolutions and expressed his
concurrence with the views of Mr.. Bou-
Mr.. Tucker, dem, of Virginia, said that
as the only member of the committee on
foreign affairs who opposed the resolu-
tions, he felt
"Who treads alone
'tSome banquet hall deserted"
That he was not to be diverted because
of the lunanimity of sentiment expressed
by his brother members of the committee
from expressing his honest sentiment
about "the dangerous character of the
resolution" The second resolution, If pre-
the Irish people who have struggled fol
one hundred years for sef-government
would be considered by Great Britain as
an affront. 1t declared that the people Of
the United States believed, and that 9th,
er nations believed, that the only perma
nent solution of the contest<was in recog
nizing the Independence Of Cuba. He ex
pected that "other nations would rather
do their own thinking" and he asked
what right have we to dictate to a for
eign country with which we are on friend
ly relations. what sort of a government
any of her people should have? The plair
English of the resolution was that, Il
Spain did not grant to the Cuban patriots
(co-called) a government of their own
based upon the choice of the people, the
United States must give it TO them BY
force of arms. The southern people," Mr.
Tucker continued, 'are not for war. They
have had enough of 1t. They know what
ii Is. They have borne the burden anC
heat of the day through four years oi
war; and they know what 1t means. They
are now pursuing peaceful avocations
When the proper time comes they viii
come to the support of this government
and defend its interests against any at.
tack But to-day without cause except