The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-03
]Ht RECOGNITION Of CUBAN RIGHTS


,n,li,.u to the Revolution
:. r,n,-Why Not Grant Them
Bclligeicnt Rights?
Senator TLurston, OF NeorasRa'
,,h, n,, s,tei ,vr the Republican
,.,;nn,I ,,nv ntou OF ST. Louis,
mad, one OF thc strou:es; spccchos YET
delivered in tie Senate on the oe''lg-
er,.ut Rats uI the Cuban ln'''rscp'S'
and W, take pleasure in giving o'r
readers tac b,n ill., OF ''o'r"' 'H''"o's
from his speech
Mr.. President wha' Is Ihe '' q'rc'
mont OF Intcibat on.:i law Gl"'' '"'
ourst;on Gf whr,iivrnr no llN- t"N' rh
menl shall accord to u" Chh ino nci''-
uprpnt rights: | will discuss IL ais
nussiuna.rly and rs ctea ~ as | can
Without auY n.lrmpt To arouse Sent
mcnt on 10 stir np passion or pre- Juu CO
International Jaw, aS laid Gown ny th'
accepted writer, +, Quircs mat il pee
ME, in order 10 have tn"ir DcillScrcncS
gcknuN lodged, must first let up IN"
standard Of rcvO!utICn. laat mas
been done in Cuba. They must Tor
certain length ut time malntaln
territory agalnst the enemy. lhaI
has been don. ia CJbl for two years
and hat. Rad the declaration that
WAS presented by the Senator IRON
OHIO on yesterday. wherein ire lact
IS thorUuylIly established that lOr al!
the period OF that revolution onr pro
vince Of Cabs has been maintained
and held by the CLban patriots ana
revOiutiOnists.
Intcrnnt on, law says that there
mist be nn rsta 1iishcd form OF govern
mcut. has there not been in this cast:
CmId a war OF thi, character for two
wears and Il hail have been carried on,
think YOU, Il: .sS it, were carried On
under tnr form Of an organ n'Hed gov
ernment, with some central authority
behind u To 81 care moneys To urm and
equip it, 20 ,ltnr-, u Issue commits.
sUnS and 10 ulihOr Il , and direct The
movements ri tnr army?
In:rruallUnti | .w also says thai lcre |
must BE- IL seat OF COVE, nment, and | |
have ..raru il rUntrndcd upon this |
floor that bell gprrnt rig hts can not DC
accorded because there is not found |
upon thc m%p Ct Clbt Il known or Il
fortified or AL important town wherein |
the seat OF tie revolutionary govern
mont has b,""u established,
a scat e government need not BE-
held within fortified walls; it need
not b. Il 'ilcu wh.rr the nabiiatluns
)f men are clustered tcGUthrr and |
about. Str. - need not b. held within
III vic hy hanls or under
iomrS erected for the pnrpne, IF
beauty AID adornmcpt. 1t may be
hat the Cub ,ts, from the necessities
# the cas- have gone to the moun-
aims anA have set up their scat OF |
government under the Ct .rnal .ttrs.
Liberty has always II IT 10 the noun
aims io" It's tfety anu it, shelycr. In
he hi ops tho spirit Of liberty first
new Nll'th. La the eternal hills the
.andard Of rev 'lutiuu for liberty has
lwuHs been rtio,'d, and 60 Sn from the
have ri"ayS com" the sturdy
A.riDts who nave evcn.ulily wrrstId
ON tyrauny aud oppression ,he
Ovcrnmenls Of many OF the peoples Of
lc c,r,h. ca bless the hills; aud if
icrr IS no reason Other than lnat tbs. |
government is hrl in |
~ mountains, where Providence has
i've" them t'aS.i"us and parapcts and
ard fertilization, without
Il, thcn LAY that international law
As been frliy complied with and there
.anGs Ln reason, 50 far as scat Of
Uy'"umcrt i concerned, why this
eel Iraliun can not now be properly
ladc.
Mr. t'r : eut. international law re.
iNir,s ,t!at d stat. Of warfare shall he
'arrivH on tn such an extent that tr t
:iyt! authorities Of the dominant gov
rrnm-ut are no longer cnabl ii to pre-
- . tai Ia |
there Il mAn On all the earth who be-
Il"veS tnDt 'rr the past two years the
c.vl authorities ia Cuba have been
email d 20 preserve the peace and
trarq lli!i'y "f that Island bv the ordi-
nary civil procedure. bArke d NJ by any
'r"pr aid rt the military arm? No
icfcnGcr ut hr Spanish cause, no ono
mo up3,"g'Z ; for tneir atrocities, no
n" Nh" Ks to hinder and delay
ici!on uVon ~ ) resolution, has SO far
yen sn4Hrsi"" that Spain can hold
nat l>An,: IA pace and traIunillity
luI"r >'io "rd'n""y processes Of her
EVIL au;Nu"l'ir~.
WHAT lArn, Mr.. President: ln.crna-
N"hh' AK / q ares that the revolution
!''"'' n"'2 :" lar progressed that there
! F.""' "'En' ABOUT the power Of the
'"'' III w suppress III or |
>uh!u" It IN ia" near future. Is there
ANY d"ur' INA. the war in Cuba has
hroIr' s-ri '"t, far ; Has anyone
c"a1 rnLcd it: Why. Mr.. President,
i IN! r"ai !" ynd the dispatch in the
.'"sphl"r ~ this morning coming
rom SPAN /" uttcrance of one Of the
trGuitst >tAt,>lrn
4, MADRID. May 9.
~ ncc,ins "i The Liberal senator's and
,rtu' |" j.! S"'I Sagasta, former pre-
"i',, ' m'H" ," an Ihn"riant speech. in the
"Ai>" ~ wtht Ii" sad We have 200 OnI
ROOFS ~ tunI'.-
AnA L" wa" M war, with 30. 900 !
.rn"p- EHt'' r',. from the farms and the |
i'taIocs OF Spain, the lat desperate |
levy o, the S?:.nish authority upon the
S""t1 ni tnnt iand. Two hundred
1"n>a"d t""'pS in Cuba, and no war
!. l'l i pa ii Il; no trouble ; the day
''r action hy thc United States OF
'\'""rI'a hsc passed away! Only 2O0,-
>" Spanish troops in that little Is.
Ian ...-
hn' wr are II t cv n masters Of the terri
'"'E 'foiLru i'y uut SO.dlriS."
60 mo- InIr the newspaper CORES.
P'n"tn;' ap not take the unveritied
~ 'n"r'> from interested partic, Il
.h" the rnh'ic declaration made by
yic ,"rIo'r rrcmirr of Spain on ycster.
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