The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-12

j. walker, then Senator from M1SSlS-
sippi for the recognition of Texas.
Hale (R.) of Maine asked Mills wfeth-
er that resolution contained an asser-
ton of the independence of the Repub-
lie to Texas, or whether it was only an
expression of opinion that it should be
recognized.
Mills demonstrated against interrupt
tions which interfered with the trend of
his argument. He said that he would
not stop to discuss the question of taste
ON the part of the Secretary of State
IN declaring to the world that Congress
had no authority to do what was pro-
posed. and that if Congress did so it
would produce disaster
Morgan CD of Alabama-On the
question of taste, have you examined
the report of Henry Winter Davis from
the House Committee on Foreign At
fairs in regard to the establishment Of
a monarchy in MeXico?"
Mills said he had got that report be-
fore him, and would refer to it. He
recalled the instructions given by Clay
ton, Secretary of State under President
Taylor, to the agent sent to report on
the Hungarian revolution in 1913. One
of the sentences in these instructions
read: Should the new Government
prove to be firm and stable, the Presi-
DENT will cheerfully recommend to Con-
gress the recognition of Hungary
Mills also recalled the resolution
adopted unanimously by the House con-
oernnlng the action of Secretary Sew
ard instructing Mr. Dayton, United
States Minister to France, that the Ad-
ministration of Mr. Lincoln did not
propose abandoning its policy in refer
erce to the French army in Mexico;
ard he read extracts from the report
Of Henry Winter Davis condemning
that assumption of Mr.. Seward as
equally novel and intolerable. That re-
port, he said, had been voted for by
Morrill,, now Senator from Vermont,
and by Allison, now Senator from Iowa,
and soon to be-if public rumor was to
be believed-Secretary of State himself
and a more capable one, Mills added,
cannot be found within the United
States
Mills went ON to criticize the Presi-
dent for declining to recognize the Re-
public of Cuba because it had no cities
or towns or courts, and did not collect
taxes; and he said that the report of
Money of Mississippi showed that the
CubanS collected taxes from Captain
General Weyler himself. There was a
Government there, and in full opera
ton, and yet the President says that
the time has not come for recognition,
although two thirds of the territory of
Cuba is in the hands of the insurgents
IF he had said nine-tenths," Mills ad-
ded, "he would have been more cor
rect The whole course of the Presi-
dent and of the administration, said
Mills, has been to strengthen the power
of Spain and to hasten the hour for the
destruction of the insurrection in Cuba
L do not know where the President
got the idea that the recognition of
belligerency is no longer urged 1t may
be possible" he added, with a most
scornful expression, that boards of
trade, stock exchanges, the commercial
clubs IN the great exporting cities on
the Atlantic seaboard and in the North
West rave access to his ear and give
him that information. They say Bust
ness is just reyiving, and now yau are
going to destroy it again. You want to
bring ON war. What have we got to
do with Cuba? We are making money
now. Let US alone
1t is this mercantile spirit in the
country that is fighting against its
honor. The President speaks in his
message of what we owe to Spain. We
owe no duty to despots, except under
treaties; and Spain has persistently re-
fused to comply with it's treaty obliga-
lions q Int 10
pie of Cuba-Cuba in chains; Cuba
under sentence of life condemnation We
say to Cuba, You cannot go to Eng
land, which would protect you You
cannot go to Germany, which is ready
to take you. You cannot go to France
lou must stay in your dungeon until
Spain shall tax you to death In a war
in which the motto is determination to
DEATH we are throwing all the power
of the Administration to the monarchy
of Spain. If / had the power which the
President has / would call upon the
Congress to authorize me to take the
armed frigates Of the Government, and
would there protect the power of the
United States, or 1 would reduce those
fortresses to mortar and ruins. Would to
dore Ingraham or of President Frank
lin Pierce in these days. 1t would make
the atmosphere smell of sulphur for a
month Uaughter)
Further on in his speech Mills COM
mented scornfully on the threats of in
reference of foreign Governments, and
said: Are we going to be scared by
the tremendous army of Italy? Signor
Crispi has declared that Italy would re-
gard our recognition of the independence
of Cuba as very serious complication
of foreign affairs. Who is Signor
Crispi? There was a day when the
Roman name was acknowledged
throughout the whole earth. But that
day has passed; and the symbol of the
power of Italy to-day is a monkey and
an organ grinder. daughter in the gal
leries) Now if Signor Crispi takes Of
Tense at the action of Congress; if in
with Spain he is disposed to
make holy alliance. let them come with
their monkeys and organ grinders and
their hot tamales. Haughter) This
Government is too great to sit under a
threat of all the armed powers of the
earth
lei Premier CASTELAR, has also compli-
mented the President of the United
States. I do not envy the President
these compliments. His hands are be-
smeared with the blood of fifty-seven
innocent American citizens who were
executed while he was Chief Executive
of Spain: who We're executed without
trial, and who died asking the question
which Saul of Tarsus asked the High
Priest: is it lawful TO scourge a Roman
citizen?' God grant that the day may
come when this great martial President
may once more be relieved from the