The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-12-12
GREENVLE WASHINGTON COUNTY, M SATURDAY DECEMBER r. 1885,


Ts" s@as some other course must be taken.
an. fos1ieu 10 be determined IS not
IuliJ clear, except that tha va ,i,ist
sease' by what bond d5ss spain hoIa c,,hs
not the bond OF relationship ami natural 80
1lon' not mere national pride In the nosssssion
anu preservation OF territorial or colonial ~
penieR-.ss. That pride was humiIiated and
ofoken years and years ago when She badA
farewell TO her South American people Tha
ouly eond which exists, and which by the i-a
nen y enleesdent Possession and occupatiol
y nelu sunleient, is that which enables her 10
tefy millions upon millions OF tribute upon
inc rleh sugar fields OF the unfortunate island
Tue contest OF the Cubans in contest for
freedom against an absent monarchy across
the sea. II 10 a Warfare against ruler who Is
practically an alien. and whose methods are
Simply those which might shall dictate. Itisa
struggle OF the right to live and breathe the
Tree AIR OF good government.
10 the average Spanish gentleman, Spain is
tue object Of alteration, but Spain without
cuba is 10 him the world without the sun. The
revenue from Cuba has been the chief ioy OF
SPAN Tor many years. and II Cuba should now
oe separated from the Spanish throne the sun
would cease to shine upon the Alhambra.
Cuoa to-day Is lost to Spain. The public
proclamation OF Spanish defeat may not have
been officially and definitely announced, but
In truth and fact the submission OF Cuba will
never again be yielded as Of old. The tribute
OF SsSOoo0oo to t40,O Ool annually, so long ex-
acted, will never again replenish the treasury
OF Spain. The struggles OF 1905 and 1896 may
sadly cripple Cuba, but they will ruin Spain
cuba, with Its wonderful soil and climate and
its unparalleled capabilities, will regain in
material wealth and growth under benign in
uuenees far more than she has lost
Inc blood OF her people spilled upon her soil
Will yield growth OF independent citizenship
consecrated to liberty, This age is not an age
OF retrogresslon, The world OF to-day Is not
welded to barbarsm In order to perpetuate
tyranny or relieve tottering dynasties What
ever may be said regarding our duty as a ma
ton toward friendly power which is striving
to suppress an insufreetion In Cuba, still no
one, either In America or Europe, misunder-
stands the situation. Every humane
heart, American or foreign. sympathizes
deeply and sincerely, not with the rapine
aud pillage by which the insurgents in Cuba
seek to weaken their enemies, but with the
spirit which leads them to look constantly
and with hope toward the star OF liberty
which they believe will lead them to Cuba
libre
AAVpo1e ehhb Nuua ~ ulTthu1 lOSt 10 spain.
Geographically Cuba il In American waters
aud politically II Is entitled to statehood In the
continent of American republics This great
continental question, therefore, when stripped
OF oil Its complications becomes in plain
and simple language. shall Cuba be freei
This country will never consent to the trans
formation OF Cuba into q slave pen for the
holding In seryitude OF the captured patriots
and insurgents who are fighting for the dearest
rights OF man. | believe 1t to be the duty OF
the United States TO use the great power at
tachlng to the nation to declare and to main
tain, as prorogative OF right belonging
generally to republicanism, and specifically
to this republic, that no charnal house
OF ruin shall be continued In the West
Indian waters, whose waves break at
our very front gate, any longer than the time
II shall require to break 1t up. And II the
duty OF suppressing this damning blot and
erasing II forever from sight shall fall alone
upon the United States, so be It.
I'VE shall not wage any warfare for the ac :
QUESTION OF territory for ourselves. We shall
not claim Cuba as reward for saving her
from the slaughter, but we will not see that