The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-02-02
NO. 80.
JUDGE MACKEY ON CUBA.

He Believes Mckinley VIII Recog-
nize the insurgents-Spain Will
Declare War and South Carolina
Have Place i'm the Picture.
Columbia State.
Judge Thomas j. Mackey is in the
| city and stopping at the Grand Central
hotel. He will remain here for u week
or two, or perhaps longer. The Judge
talks as Interestingly as ever, and is
SUN an enthusiast on the subject of
protection for American industries.
He says that free trade would put the
labor element of the country on as low
a plane as in England, and that the
English laborer works on starvation
wages, and is along miserable
looking specimen Of humanity.
The judge says that he has an idea
OF settling down near his old home in
Chester, and go to raising "hog and
hOmlny." He will, however, only cul-
tlVate the razor back" as that is q
native Carolina product and the only
animal OF tho porcine species that can
outrun the negro, adding that the only
war OF races in South Carolina is the
war between the negro and the hog.
A negro, he says, will ride Chester
White - until he rides him into the
penltentiary, but the "razor back"
although streak of lean, is also q
streak of creased lightning and gets
away with cutfy on chase.
Judge Mackey is greatly impressed
wlth the Improvement in political aud
Industrial conditions in this State and
says we have great future before us,
and that the world is just beginning
to find out how blessed this section Of
the country is in its climate and nat
ural resources, and now that our peo-
IN hn eel
there is no ostracism of anybody on
account of political opinions, emigra
tlon Will set in and the country be
rapidly filled up with an intelligent
anu industrious population from the
Northern States. He saws that he ia
gratitied to see the ample provision
made by the State for public schools
lor both races; so marked is this fact,
that the Republican State convention
last September returned thanks to the
State for the liberal system Of public
education adopted.
Tho Judge is an out and out Cuban
sympathizer and predicts that the jn-
dependence Of that island, which he
regards as an assured fact in the near
future, will add greatly to the wealth
OF the United States, for even if the
island does not enter the Union, the
relations between it and the United
States will be SO friendly that the
closest business relations will prevail
between them. He says that we pay
$4,000, 600 year to Spain in duties on
sugar and tobacco and upon our own
products exported into Cuba. That
under the reciprocity acts, now repeal
cd the duty upon barrel of Ameri-
can flour was 81 cents; it is now SIS.
while tho duties upon American ma
chlnery are prohibitory. Spain taxes
everything in Cuba from the cradle to
the grave. She raises million dol
lars per annum by duty on cock fight
ing In that Island, and discriminates
tlon OF Spanish coin, a Spanish doub.
loon being worth SIG in Spain and SIT
IN Cuba. He has no doubt that one of
the first acts of President Mckinley
VIII be TO send message to Congress
inviting their opinion as to the expe-
dlcncy OF recognizing the independence
OF Cuba and that body will declare
Itself in favor of such recognition by a
large majority, leaving to the Presi-
dent the power of making tho recogni.
tlon OF Cuban independence as an exc
cutive act, though Congress, he has no
doubt, has concurrent Jurisdiction in
such cases should it please to exercise
it.
He has no doubt that Spain will re-
spond with a declaration of war when
we recognize the independence of Gu
Da. She would thus verify the pro.
verb, Whom the gods would DESTROY,
they first make mad" South Carroll
ma, In that event, would be called
upon, he thinks, to supply large
quota OF the volunteer force of this
country, and he has no doubt that her
troops will be the best otlicered in the
United States because her splendid
military academy has among its grad
yates hundreds Of meL who are capa-
bic OF exercising high military com
maud, and it is an important fact that
we nave more men trained for military
life, thanks to the Citadel, than any
other section Of the country. This is
OF vital imp rtance in war, for q reei-
ment in battle with raw officers soon
becomes confused and helpless
mob whatever may be the individual
courage OF the men who comprise it.
Ihey arc certain to be in the wrong
place precisely AZ the wrong time.
On the question of loyalty 20 the flag,
that Is to say, the flag OF the United
States which is now the flag of South
Carolina, the men of this State stand,
as the Scotch say, "bonnctted among
the best He observed as an evidence
OF this last week, that in the graded
school at Orangcburg with nearly 500
pupils, who are the sons and daugh-
tcrs or near kindred of cX-Confeder-
ates, the pupils are all assembled
every morning, the boys and girls in
TWO ranks to salute the stars and
stripes as the flag is hoisted to the
Stafi on the buiiling