The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-15

Patriotic American womnn'. B,ooa
Hollis at the AdmInI.tration,. Conrrr.

hots at the Recommendations Course.
To rHE EDITOR or THE sUS-Sir During IN,
Spanish war of succession. 1s34.ls4o, IN.
Wholesale butcherlcs OF wounded and prisoner,
and destruction Of property. witch had been
perpetrated by both Christine and Carlt,t
leaders, 81 aroused tho Indignation OF tho Eng.
lish people that Lord Palmerston. then Premier
OF England. was compelled TO dispatch Lord
Eliot to spain to negotiate tho terms OF a con.
vention between the belliRerents which would
insure the ordinary laws OF civilized warfar,
being obeyed. Considering the savage nature n,
the spanish race, and the uncivilized condition
OF Spain at that period. II was no easy task that
was imposed upon Lord Eliot. Although tho
convention he finally succeeded In getting tho
belligerents to sign did not altogether prevent
acts of savagery on both sides. 1t nevertheless
mitlcated TO n great extent tho horrors which
had up to that time characterized the strife.
Tho ruinous conflict which has been raging
and disRraclng our civilization for two year.
past In the island OF Cuba Is, In many respects,
especially In regard to Wholesale butcherie,
and wnnton destruction OF property. very sim.
liar to that sixty years ago in Spain.
Is It conceivable that tho people OF this coun.
try, at the close Of the nineteenth century,
should be possessed OF less humanity and les,
courage than were the English at the beginning,
According to Mr.. Cleveland. the war In Cuba
10 a war of determination and devastatlon: In
other words. It IL . war OF savages that Is being
carried on. not a Thousand miles from our coast
as Spain 10 from England. but at our very thresh.
old. Yet Mr.. Cleveland tells our people that they
must do nothing but stand by and
with brutal Indifference the utter desolation OF
that rich and beautiful Eden; the extinction OF
Its Inhabitants by the most barbaric methods,
the butchery OF American citizens. the nnnihi.
lation OF millions OF dollars Of American prop.
artv and fI,a 1aat vt,,tfnn 80 "a ,.., ..l ...t..lt-
commerce. while at the same time he upholds a
sacred doctrine as q bloody barrier against tle
humane interposition Of any civilized power
BY assuming the privilege Of representing tho
American people does not Mr.. Cleveland make
them stand before the world "a murderer and
vandals quite as monstrous as those Spanish
butchers and despoilers In Cuba7 What right
has Mr.. Cleveland to compel the people OF this
free country to subserve the abominable pur-
poses OF a cruel and corrupt monarchy How
dared he to offer to that same monarchy tho
sympathies OF this country and TO pledge tho
support Of her people In order to perpetuate it's
odious tyranny In an American island commu-
nity2 Now comes at Mr.. Cleveland's behe.t
the offer OF more treacherous reforms. as IL tho
Cuban patriots-hRhting as only men can fight
who are consumed by a self-sacri1cing fervor
for q holy cause. their freedom, which n almost
within their grasp-would accept any promises
which would once moro place the yoke of serf-
dom on their necks! Did the heroes Of our
Revolutionary war. who cemented the founda.
tons Of our glorious republic with their blood
and ashes. accept the concessions offered to
them by their English oppressors under similar
circumstances? No! Why. then. should we.
the sons and daughters OF those heroes. ask tho
Cubans to place their necks again under the
inhuman yoke Of their Spanish oppressorsr
As the granddaughter OF . Revolutionary
patriot, and rs the mother of sons who fought
for our cherished Union. my blood boils at tho
thought that the Chief Magistrate of this great
republic should be the despicable protagonist Of
q blighted despotism. and the blush of shame
burns my checks to see the manhood of our
country. the descendants OF heroes. so degen-
crate rs to submit tamely TO IS Spanish bondage
through that same base ~servient OF Spain.
Heaven bless THE SUS for It's essentially
American attitude on the Cuban question. as in
fact all others of foreign policy. and may its
teaching impart to our couutrymen that moral.
humane. and intellectual force called Christian
civilization. with which our forefathers were
abundsntly ndowed. but which seems to DO
wanting in the composition of their desoendAntsl
ADAUGHrER oFrHE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
RUTLAND. Vt. Feb. IL.