The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-08

1 o'"t othiitr, ypu tUNtHtdln e1Nn utnerS
boundaries. and by which you ally these
great powers together TO prevent a strong
power from obiiteratlng those boundaries
and extending Its dominion: We have moth
my OF the sort. You have colonization
schemes; we know nothing about coloni.
cation. Under the constitution OF our
country all territory which is acquired 10
ACQUIRED Tor the purpose OF forming an
| equal state In the Union with its senators
and representatives. Your system is not
our system"
That thing has been repeated by JeiYcr-
son and Madison and Monroe and John
Quincy Adams. Daniel Webster. Clayton
Crit,endcn. Clay, all OF our great states
men have repeated II. and we stand on II
To-Day. and II is by virtue OF that doclara-
uon mat wo say to all foreign govern
mcnts. you shall not take that island
from Spain. Our safety demands Il. not
yours. These people must be sacrificed,
but our safety demands that the island
shall not pass out OF the dominion OF Spain.
II lies close to our shores. II commands
tho mouth OF the Gulf OF Mexico. which
washes the shores OF Ave OF our S,atss
Into that great body OF water arc poured
tho tributary streams that ramify the
whole country. We can not permit II to
10 into the dominion of any other power
except tho poor and dying power that
holds II merely as tenant at will We
are the residuary legatces OF that estate.
The time is coming when WI will take 1t.
we nave right to grow Just an you have
a right to grow
We ought TO read the magnificent letter
OF Edward Everett, wherein he asked the
British and French ministers. whom they
proposed to enter into n tripartl,e agree
ment TO maintain tho sovereignty Of Spain
TO Cuba: How would you feel il there
wero an island at the mouth Of the
ne ~ 1t. a.. =
| tho entrance TO your capital. and N We
! IN the United States, who have no in
forest IN England, should come aud pro.
| pose that that Island. by a tripartIle agree
fnent. supported by tho armed powers uS
those three powerful States. should remain
IN the hands OF some one you can not
controlf"
Cuba is In chains! Cuba IL under
sentence OF life condemnation We talk
about slavery. Wa talk about what we
have done. We have dcuged our land to
blot it from our own continent when our
own souls are detleh by the slavery that
now exists In Cuba. and just God will
call lis TO account for IL. We can not
stand and soc these people bu,chorcd-
men, women and chIldronthoir arms and
legs torn from them raids made into the
ol,ics. and unofendlng citizens OF every
ago and condition taken out and shot
10 death. and We sim say we can not In
terfere I'VE put you there. We will keep
you there. You shall not 80 to Germany.
who is ready TO take you. and powerful
enough to do so You shall not go to
France. You shall stay in your dungeon
until Spain shoots you TO death" And
then. in their death struggle. in A war
In which the motto is "independoncc or
determination. VIC are throwing the whole
power of this administration IN the intor-
est OF the monarchy OF Spain
Mr., President. we owe something TO our
own people. ms my distinguished friend,
tho senator from Alabama tMr. Morgan.
said awhile ago. In conjunction with the
debt we owe TO The poor. oppressed people
OF cuba. Tho president SAYS that the PEG.
pie of the United States look with won
der and ndmiration--wo wonder and admira-
tion'-upon the monstrous armnmpnts that
are leaving Spain. upon the monstrnus re-
sources which she is pouring into this
terrible and unequal conflict: upon the
gigantic number OF soldiers which she is
concentrating upon that island FOR its
desolation and tho determination OF its
people; that We. a people whose liberty
has been bought with tho sacrifice OF our
fathers and their blood; that we who have
erected, as a gift from a FREQ people, n
statute Of Liberty upon our borders. nam
Ing II Liberty Enlightcning the World.
look with wonder and admiration upon the
w. h'HbNhe l'rbHlt'N ni SPAN sent 10 tnHt
country to annihllnte the poor, defense-
less, unarmed people OF Cubn For my
part. rcpudiatc tho statement look
with horror and Indignation on II, and II
had the place which the president has,
would call upon the congress Of the United
states 10 give me the power to take the
armed fleets of this government to Havana.
and | would there protect the people OF
tho United States or | would reduce those
tprtrCggpg ia nj nj v,f
tApplausc in the gallcrios)
why are not our own people protected,
There can not be any question about that
point Why Is II that In this ago when
the press Is running In every direction
over the earth to get information 10 dis
tribute TO the brains Of tho American
people newspaper correspondent without
penknife. with n certificate In his pocket
showing that he is newspaper correspond.
ent, with n certificate showing that h. take,
no part in tho armed insurrecticn on tho
island Is taken out. strung up between
two trees. and a squadron Of cavalry rides |
by--at dash--a gallant dash-and hews !
his flesh from his bones with nachctcs? |
Then what do wc do2 what does this |
great republic do? She writes a note. and |
that motto calls upon another officer 10 |
write another note, and, as poor snnguiliy |
said, 1t Is words. words. words. Lying In |
prison in violation Of tho provisions OF tue |
treaty OF 1877 for n year. and now con-
iemncd 10 perpetual Imprisonment, Worf o,
why ran not we demand OF Spain that |
Tho perpetrators Of this vile deed under
spain shal be punished? Why call upon |
Spain for wordsy
by military order when sauguIly was
captured, he was condemned. | believe.
10 be shot or to be transported for life
to the penal colony In Africa The sen
fence was one or the other.
our government called the at
'entlon OF the Spanish government to
tho fact that by treaty he must be tried by
me civil courts. The ciyil court In Cuba
Ihey hsve had the laws OF the maohote
since 1925. Cuba has no courts but the
courts that are decrood from the mouth OF
The captain general Well" Spain said.
III that viii relieve you. all right" The
Judgment OF the court y, MaGlid ia not
aside Tho prisoner is ordered back to trial
In Cuba by the civil courts. and a civil
court is the creature of Weyler, and when
The time comes for the trial. he takes out
he only witness who can prove that the
nan was a non combatant. The only wit
ness who could prove his innocence. and
boldly shoots him to death, and imprsons