The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-03-06

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restiyeness of General Lee under the
curb-bit which has been put on him,
there is great amount Of concur
rent information as to his indignant
sentiment over the Administration
course. Sent to Cuba as Consul
General to relieve Ramon Williams,
his more confidential function was
recognized to be the personal report
er and adviser who should acquaint
the President with the true condi-
ton of Cuban affairs. This was an
open secret in diplomatic circles.
The sagacity and keenness of Gener-
al Lees perceptions were generally
regarded as being sufficient safe
guard against misconceptions or
hasty judgment on the side of mere
sentiment. That the President be-
lieved this is shown by his selection
for position so critical, and the
fact that Mr.. Cleveland would nat
urally choose such mouthpiece of
information as would buttress as far
as possible his own predetermined
course as the American representa-
tive of Spanish interests
The result is a triumphant indict-
ment of Clevelandism in information
al politics. General Lee, if he has
not already sent his resignation to
the State Department with vitriolic
reasons therefor, is certainly full of
patriotic rage over the attitude Of
the Government which sent him to
Cuba. This is assured, not by one
or two casual kilograms, but by the
united reports of the press from
Havana. General Lee, in an inter
view with the correspondent of the
Times, especially speaks in unmis-
taxable language. He went to Cuba
unprejudiced and determined to
form his opinion by what came di-
rectly under his observation. He
sums up the result as follows:
From the moment | landed my
American blood began to boil and If
stay here much longer and am
forced to witness all the indignities
heaped upon my countrymen without
restraint, it will literally all boil
away. They trample ON our flag.
hiss us ON the streets. Americans
are murdered, robbed and impris-
oned; indignities are heaped upon
our women, and every atrocity con-
ceivable for a Spaniard to put on
Americans is thrust upon us.
| That General Lee, in his commu-
nications with the State Depart
ment and the personal condolences
of his late visit, has kept Messrs.
Cleveland and Olney fully informed
of all the facts which have so stirred
his honest American blood must be
assumed. But it has been of no
avail, and the Administration Just
now setting is likely to go down to
history as infamous in it's cold and
brutal treatment Of a question so
close to our national sympathies.
General Lees resignation, which is
believed to have been sent to Wash
lington, under such circumstances
will be a stigma to Clevelandism
blacker than any other of the num-
erous disgraces which the President
has so brilliantly achieved.
| 1t is asserted that Mr. Olney has
communicated with Spain as to the
Ruiz case, but on the verge of the
cleveland Administration death
this or any other action amounts to
mere boys playa mere show and
pretence, the sputter of an expiring
candle. Nothing that the Cleve
land Olney policy can do now will
save the Administration from the
damnation of history in it's connec
ton with the Cuban question from
first to last.-NeW York journal