Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-05-20

astic audience of men and women.
| many Of them well known In Washing
| ton. packed the Columbia theatcr to its
doors yesterday afternoon at a monster
mass meeting held in behalf of the
cause Of the Cuban insurgents. The
thcater was appropriately decorated.
Seated on the platform and psrtlcipat-
ing In the exercises were senators Gal-
linger and Allen. ex-senator Butler, Of
South Carolina, Rev. Hugh johnson.
pastor OF the Metropolitan Metho-
dis; church; Rev. Howard Wilbur I'm
mis- and number Of others identified
with the interests OF the insurgents
ten William Henry Brown. prcsi-
dent ~ the Cuban league. called the
meeting to order aud introduced Scna-
tor Gsllingcr as the presiding officer.
The latter made brief address and
read a number of letters and kilograms
of regret, among them being those
from senators Frye and burrows and
Commander Clarksou. of the q. A. L.
Mr.. Chambers letter was n follows:
wASHISgruS u. &. May IA
| s<ner a a ytg-srs. HasAingfes. n c
Dr,s sSIa Although Unable 10 attend tho
i
ra,hy. AMI cf hopc for tho relief AMI intcp~n-
deuc. of cuba
~ sish 10 the Uuitet States declare
and maintain the insisp.ndence of the island as
| France did that u the American colonies. ani
masie the United Stafes a nation. % course
shall. a. a practical frleni. vote Tor every
| minor method tending to the same henenrent
end hop. and believe that congress and tho
i president will ~ooa formally rccoenlEe a state
| Of war ami cuban beiiigcrcncy. This step tui-
bowed a. u will h. by all the other independent
nations Of the we~iern hemisphere. cannot fail
10 insure the Cuban Independence which Is
sought for
Moreover without delay W. ought To seal a
| feet 10 enter the harbor and an army to lani
upon the soil 81 cuba nr~t tn protect the lives
and property of American citifen~ and sre-
ondly. . stop the atrpclouS AMI uncivilised
mcthois OF warfare adopted By the spanish
| generals
| In advocating all these measures I am CON
Scious Of no passionate hostility TO Spain In
| Isei she recognized the southern confc,irracy
| within less than three months after ~ mill
| tary struggle hcsan. anil surely. 10 she canno,
hold Cuba without making II one vast dr~sr
| and gravcy ari hy driving the Inhabitants Into
tho cities n ~tarvc ami by hanging. shooting
or Rarrotins cuban officers for rebellion and In
csndiarism. she ought to lose the isiani ~ b.
tween isdt aud isso one confederate general had
thus been put In death. all the poN-rs % Eu-
| and armies a0o miles arross the ocean to cni
such barnarous warfare AMI q establish AMI
| maintain the southern confeierary. Vet ten
| Rob ri T. Ire aai all his generals W'rc A.
tri,y guilty Of rebellion and lneeniiarism
| vas Tneo-ieyc Men iex tionxti.s. who was shot
| for that orsu~c az Cabauas fortress. in Havana
/ on Monday last
We blame EnglAni tor abandoning the harm-
| los AMI r-acefui Armenian Christians 10 mas
sacrr by the Mosiens AMI for submitting the
| nhrrty-lOvtnv Greeks ~ slaughter Nv the Turk
| ish de>pnt EnTiaHsi rctorts that darr not
| stop the methods Il uneivilifci Warfar. a. our
| very doors in the American Gr-ts the fair ~
Land q tuba and both charge and counter
| charge Justly made
In helping 10 make cuba indrpsnsi~nt ~ are
observing a traditional ami universal Amer
lean policy the duty u promote a. the nrst
| sold opportunity the severance of Cuba frum
| spain In i-.-k also the democrats pledged
| themselves do this by their derlaration Of
/ sympathy for the people ofCuba in their heroic
| struggle for liberty AMI insirpendcnec and
| the republicans by their promise thai the rni-
| tel States should cndeaVor to restore psaes
| ami give Independence To the island There
nred he little fear that these pl,dges will
| he violated President Mckinley will
| ingiy recognizes tho blaiing fsrec
| of the platform upon which he was
| el-cte,i. and will dp his part towards making
| Cuba free and independent. lie may procred
| 10 b. undue caution. with the cries and grpans
ringing In his of unarme,i men. women and
| children cnduring inhuman cruelty and das-
tarily murder, but he viii not fall TO b. faith
| ful To his pledges. and he will before long rig
| istcr the decree which went forth in his tri.
umphant election that cuba should b. taket
from the control OF spain an uIa.is peaceful and
independent In this faith in a great party and
it, president let rest patiently ansi hopefully
Very respectfully.
| WILLIAM r. CHASpLEA
Mr. Karl Decker. of Washington.
who, as correspondent of the New York
Journal, spent some time in Cuba,
much of IL with branch of the Cuban
army in Santa Clara province, gave q
description of affairs existing and oi
the pitiable plight of many of the
people suffering for the neccssaries of
life. lie ridiculed the claims set ou,
by Gen. weyler that the island had
been paeitied, and said that il the
Cubans were granted helligerent rights
by the United States they would Ger,
tainly win. Mr.. Decker has just re
turned from Cuba
In the course of some intere sting re-
marks, senator Allen. of Nebraska,
humorously declared there was no di.
vision in the populist ranks ON the
question of Cuban liberty. In this
whole matter he thought there had
been too much sacrifice to n spirit oi
eommercialism. and it was time this
government had n little more humanity
and little more Amerieanism. lie de
clarcd that the United States could not
afford to have a decaying monarchy
with a foothold ON this continent, and
he would be delighted 20 see Spain and
the Ottoman empire wiped from tn,
map of Europe. IL the president were
to send fleet Ia Havana. war in the
island would cease IN 80 days and II
would not be necessary to fire gun.
II the United States should say tc
Spain you shall not war upon the
hospitals. upon women and upon child
hood weyler's occupation would be
gone.
Mrs Clara Belle Brown. of the wo
mans National Cuban league. said the
| league had but one platform, one ain
and one end, and that end was the es
tablishment of the republic of Cuba
Remarks were also made by Rev. DIR
Kent, Mrs Lincoln, vice-dircctor of tn,
Woman's league, and Rev. Howard
) Wilbur Ennis.
Ex-senator Butler, of South Caro-
! lima, read a series sofresolutions, which
, had been prepared. and these wcr,
unanimously adopted. They earnestly
j protest against the ''barbarous ant
/ inhuman methods OF Spain in conduct
, ing the war in Cuba. declare that thi,
: government should recognize the in
! surgents as belligerents. and that Cubs
has demonstrated that it is her mani
, fest destiny that, like Mexico. she
sholld be free and Independent with
out the payment of indemnity
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