The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-12


The following remarks made at a
Cuban sympathy meeting At St Louis
recently made be- Hon. Isaac II. s,ur-
geou, an old and houored citizen "
louisville. KY will be read with in
terest:
Al the CuDan meeting ut the Exposi'
ton Hail on Saturday night upon the
presentation OF the resolution by MIR
Cahlll. Controller Isaac H. sturgeon
rose in the audience and In moving the
adoption OF the resolutions ep0ke IN
BubStancCas follows:
No man living can more deeply gym
pathlGe With the patriots OF CUBA IN
their struggle far liberty and Indepen-
dence than do. Ny zeal and interest
for their success Is not new born.
Since the slaughter ~ my friend Col.
William l.. Crit,eaden, of Kentucky
with his brave companions, by order
Of Don Jose de Ia COuCha by soldiers
under the command or Senior l.lHu-
tenant Rey on the 18th OF August 1901,
my heart has prayed and pleaded Win
God to speed tho day when their cruel
deaths should be avenGed aud the ptn-
pie OF this beautiful island the queen
~ the ocean. should be given lndenen-
deuce.
"Crittenden and his comrades went e.
Cuba from my native stat.~-ECntucky
Ito Join Lopez In his EFFORT IO give
independents to Cuba with as patriotic
motives as inspired Lafayette 10 join
Washington In our struggle for indie
pendence. They got separated from
their command. were captured and, nj
ter having their arms tightly corded for
hftnen hours. were led out al sunrise
and shot. and after their execution
tfei- bodies we're stripped Of al clothes
and mutilated in too horrible q manner
To he described Their arms, ears and
other portions OF their bodies wore cut
of and. as account went, were publicly
displayed through the streets OF Hav'
ana.
when the account Of these Ntroci-
ties reached St Louis | got up puhiic
meetings 20 give expression TO public
sentiment In regard 10 the brutal muir
der OF these gallant llberG-ipvinE pa
triots When my friend, Col CrItteu
ton, was ordered to kneel 10 be shot.
he refused. and said In his proud, I'M
subdued spirit. hat an American
knecls only % his God and faces his
enemy
As II Is said. the blood Of the mar
tyr Is the seed OF the church. so may i;
be that the blood OF these patriots may
NJ the seed that shall give indepen-
Lencc 70 Cuba.
Il feel that II we had such n Consul
rs Gen. Lee. our present Consul there,
Critrenton and his patriot band would
have been spared He would have
wrapped the flag OF his country about
his body and placed himself as the re-
preventative OF his country. between
the Spanish butchers AMI these noble
inture a hair Of their heads. but as the
account came. the then Consul skuikec
away AMI could not be found till hours
after The execution
THE same brutal course ~ being pur-
sued hy Spanish officials 10 Cupa to-
dag toward the Cuban patriots In their
struggle .d5 Independence. sparing
neither women nor children. and |
think that tho time has come when thiS
nation viii be- upheld by the Christian
civilized nations uf the world. Ia say
Ing TO spain that this baroaruus war
fare a. our doors mus; cease
Nations havs duties 10 perform a.
well as individuals and a. I Join win
that grand Christian statesman Glad
stone. In calling upon the civilized ma
tloas OF Europe az any cost 20 p3 an
end 10 the oru;l! buIcherirs Of CARTS
tIans in Armenia by the flnaticai, u
Centious Turlta. "a nov ! cal! upon my
country. the leading Christian nation
on Jhis continent. to take the initiative
in acknowledging the belligsrants
rights OF Cuba. which would be quickly
followed by the H;hef Christian nations
IN this continent, which would result
In Cuban Independence.
Let us "a q nation act Ter Christian
Ily humanity, Justice and right--tTod
will uphold q nation that has the cour-
age 10 do right without the fear OF con-
SEQUENCES.
IAN Americans are brave. We are a
nation Of born heroes. but ! could al
most wish and pray that II could b.
tina: this Government could let out 70
my native state Kentucky the con.
tract 10 wipe from the face OF the earth
Spanish Eule IN Cuba, and II would be
done IN double quick time. The slauEh-
ter OF the English al New Orleans. by
Jackson. in the battle OF New orleans
would be ecllpEed by her sons In CUBA.
and the patriots OF CUBA would quickly
fs. made free, and that Island. after
few years in which to heal her bleed
Ing wounds. would bloom IN prosperity
Ike the rose II would become SORT
OF EldOrddO Tor the POOR man, as Il
takes 80 little 10 suEtain lie. and
wealth OF our land would no there and
erect palace In which to spend the
winter.
This Island producers wHat We seed,
and Our c1uatgG. thut Wh!Ch Cuban
needs, and when Cuba Is Independent
an immense trade viii spring up be-
tween Cuba and our country, but, aside
fr0tn all these material considerations,
the people Of Cuba should be delivered