Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-03-07

! nrSt, that congress shall express its
opinion that a state of public war ex-
lists in the island of Cuba and that we
recognize. Second, that the conditions
prevailing on that island which have
involved such great and deplorable
losses will find a permanent solution
only in the establishment Of a govern
ment by the free choice of the people
Of Cuba themselves, and that our gov
eminent should use it's friendly influ-
ences to that end This, in the interest
Of the people of Spain, of Cuba and OF
all other nations. And third, in view
Of the vast interests of our own people
in the island of Cuba, 80 close a neigh
Dor; in view of the immense commerce
that is being destroyed and the prodig-
iOus investments of our citizens there
being consumed, that our government
while it has never entered Unto any
connection between European powers
and their colonies in any of the strug-
giles which have taken place between
them, should be prepared to protect the
interests Of our American citizens by
intervention, If intervention be nee
essary. The resolutions ought not to
cause any trouble between the United
foment trouble with us.
81 think that gentlemen will agree
with me that the proposition of the
, cOmmitte is one far more effective than
the senate resolution. First, as to the
belligerency Of the CubanS; that there
is a state Of war is a fact shown by
many things besides newspaper re-
ports. The official reports of our con-
suls show the growth and extent Of the
war. 1t is not a production Of the &c
years insurrectiOn of 1868 to 1878. More
than one-half year ago, the cOnsuls
report, that armed forces then in the
field cOntending with desperate earn
estness and unCOnquerable will were
three times greater than the men en-
gagged in the rebellion of 1868, when at
the height of it's power, and the tide
of war has swept on from one side OF
the island to the other until today the
Spanish authority is not in fact eXer-
Cised over more than One-third or one
fourth of it's territory.
"Recently the captain general of Gu
ba issued a lengthy proclamation which
we have read with horror, which con.
tanned detailed regulations and pro.
scriptiOn concerning this war, in the
very terms and spirit of the orders
issued by Napoleon when he command
ed the greatest forces ever enlisted in
modern warfare. It viii not DO to say
that this is guerilla warfare; 1900 OF
the finest soldiers that ever marched
into Spain took possession of it's cities
rs the Spanish troops have taken pos
session of the Cuban cities and assum-
ed to subdue the people who could only
resist by means of guerilla warfare and
what was the result? Guerilla war
fare destroyed that splendid army. And
it was the defeat of Napoleon's forces
in that mighty war conducted by these
harass;ug and irregular systems that
, deprived him of his resources, SO that
after the final blow in the retreat from
Moscow, that greatest power of mod
ern times, crumbled and fell. Was that
war? Can a Spaniard deny it? There
is not a Spaniard in the world who is
not proud to recount it as the grandest
era in Spanish history, and one of the
proudest chapters in relation to that
race.
I'VE not only seize a ship that the
Spanish minister notifies our judicial
officers is about to leave before it gets
out Of the harbOr, as was done with
the Bermuda, but we sent cruisers to
pursue them on the high seas. If the
Cubans are recognized as belli8erents
they will have the same rights that we
now give fully to Spain. BY recognize
ing the Cuban belligerency they will
have flag and can purchase in our
markets.
Il will say to the gentlemen who are
fearful of the relations of our country
with foreign countries that l do not
think this recognition can excite ground
Of complaint, for this war mas existed
a year with great bloodshed. Spain
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