The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-03

payne Of the loan.
+ ace in Cuba! ff there is peace II
Gu nj. 1T Ia the D ACE Of devastated
ti,.d Peace in Cuba Ii there Il
peace In Cuba, it Is the peace OF bluZ
ing homes. Peace in Cuba! II thcr,
is peace in Cuba, it Is the peace o
rAvished women. Peace in Cuba
there Is peace in Cuba, 1t is the peace
OF starving chill Iron; yea, and its
! ;e .ns are sung aole by the silent Ii D.
OF the ancolfiued dead, whose white
upturncd faces are nightly kissed by
the plying stars. NJ, no, Mr.. PrSsi.
dent. thcre Is war In Cuba; bloody,
awful war. Oar ears cgu
not b., dullcd to its roar; We can n Ut
light put aside the fact. War Is in
Cuba; war has been maintained in
ClSa for two years and u half and to.
day Spain Is no nearer the suhjugation
Of tie revolutionists than she was at
the moment OF the first engagement.
WHAT then? ? ALI the conditions OF
wv arc met. That buing
the cas- :, | State as an abSO!ut. AMI un
answcrablc proposition that this gov
ernmcnt has the right to recugH u =,
the brlltge'e ency Of the revo!utionis Is,
AMI In avuIlng itself rf that right it
does not offer any atfront under the w
IL.
Read what the int irrational law
writer's have said upon this subject.
have not the time, nor is 1t my pur.
pose today, to present them in detail
To the Senate, but | know what the
nr,nc,plrs are. have read them and
all that has been written on the sub.
Joct. -.
The right Of deciding when a cause
| fnr rcrornitiun OF bGlligerrnCy exists
! is a right belonging solely and alOno to
the nation that takes tho action.
With that decision and that declara.
ti0n no other government on earth can
find fault. 1t is Il right we exercise,
recoguiz d by the l.w OF nations, often
acted upon by the great powers Of the
world. When Spain recognized the
bel iErrcncy Of the Southern Con-
frderacy. We neither did nor could we
have taken exception to that detormi-
nalion and that action on her part 1t
wa, her right u decide then, and it
is our right To decide now.
Why should wo not act? The great
Senator from Nj iSsachusetLs, it seems
TO me, has dwarfcd and narrowed the
OF this proposition. He
puts II upon purely commercial aud
malcrthl and monetary considerations.
W hy shoul we not act? Mr.. presi-
dent. Cuba lies at our very lO)rs with
IN few hours sail from our ports.
We have with her, or hal with her q
great and an advantageous trade re-
ttl0n. Oar CiLlZ ms have aru lirnd
and occupied and c.rricd on great
Dlantilti ms in the island OF CuD;. for
their own advantage and for the trade
advantage OF the people uf this cuun
Try.
Why shoul we not act: There is
no nation, thc"c il no pluc. uppn the
lace OF the earth with which We have
Such lmmeuiatr, such direct, such i'm
portdnt CommcrciMl anu OJhrr relations
As with aud in the island nf Cuba.
Greece ant' Turkey may engage in
wa, and 1T matters little tD us. Russia,
Germany, Italy, and Eng! !and may en-.
broil themselves Africa may become
the seat OF great strife and warfare
but they are distant countries our re
lhtlunS with them are not relatively OF
the same Immediate Importance us our
rcla.ions with the island of Cuba
Wha should ". nn, nc:? ! wi!l iut
IT. upon no other than purely com
grounds, If You please. Oar.
ing the pcnduncy OF that war our trade
has been practically cut off We have
ost the advantage OF the Cuban
market. Daring these two years and
! half the Interests Of American
'itZ ms in that island have been SWEET
away by sword aud fire. During these
'wo years and II half the citizens OF our
country temporarily resident therein
lavc been subjected to the incpnvcni-
'nccs and the dangers, and oftenJimcs
% tho horrors, Of that warfare Yea,
even to day in the sunshine OF the
1lneteenth century, in "a pacitind
siand." American citiZ ms, 800 in u
group, are homeless and houseless and
1ungry and starving and appealing to
Is just for bread. Has u situation
,ver before arisen which has shown 80
great necessity for action upon the
,art Uf this government rs does the
present situation?
Mr.. President, why should We not
grant belligerent rights to the rcvolu-
ionists? We should do it, first, bs.
cause every thoughtful man Is cOu-
'inced that Spain never can subdue
hat island, and that II peace comes to
t, it VIII come in some other wav. If
n" plantations once more bloom and
, ossvm, it will be from some other
,auso. Ii our citizens once more have
nd shelter and food, it will
10 hacause Of some other reason than
my probable or anticipated triumph
II the Spanish authorities. over the
'evo utionists. Why should we not act
low
1t is tho abiding conviction of the
4 m"rican people, fortified by the
solemn facts Of the case, that il peace
aver comes to Cuba it viii! come under
,he Cuban flag, under the government
# it's own people, as q part OF that
grand result which will drive the las
ga nlant OF despotic authority ir
America 10 the other side OF the At
lnnlic O 4 an.
| am not asking or urging interven
ton at the present time. The grounds
are not properly laid. We can not In
tervone in Cuba now. We can not
carry out the ultimate declaration of the
Republican party now. We must first
Ivy ,he fouudatiun, and that founda
lion can only be laid by u declaration
N the part of tho proper power in the
U0itt States according belligerent
rights to the Cuban revOlutionists.
In the President OF the United States
under tie constitution is vested the
eX cutive power, and when Won rur