The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-08
sen. MILLS CUBAN SPEECH
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representatives OF the United States and tho
people OF the United States willis ,bcv
laud tho president with praises for his
course. use
The neutrality laws Of the United sta,.,
only bind the administration TO prevent the
sn'iinR oil armed expeditions. and ovor ala
over and over again has Il been ruled ,hs,
the sailing OF vesr.l with arms and muni'
lions OF war Is no violation OF the neutrallt,.
laws of the United States, nor ia ~ n viola
tion OF the neutrality laws OF other cnur
tries. We have the neutrality laws passed
| In the administration OF President Monroe
and not only has II been hold that arms
and munitions could be shipped. but II has
been held that an armed ship may be sent
TO insurgents lawfully b, tie laws OF ma
| TONS. only II has 10 run the peril Of be-
ing captured by the enemy. Whenever tho
| insurgents in cuba ccne to the United
States to buy arms and munitions with
which to DEFEND their liberties and to save
themselves FROM destruction they have To
apply TO the customs officer when their boat
lie loaded. The customs officer telegraphs
| TO the secretary Of the treasury and the
| kilograms to the secretary Of tho treasury
ave made public. He tclegranhs orders from
| tho treasury to the cusioms officer: let
| the ship so. on her stating that she IL Co-
ing from certain port TO A certain nor. -
That Information is given to Spain BY the
public press and SPANS cunbohis can go
| to that port or seize the vessel on the WAY
| IL that fair ard Just Would il be fair
and just with any people OF the earth out
side o. this hemisphere Prcsidont Wash
'neton In his farewell address TO the poo
| pie of the United States cautioned them
| against favorltism to governments, eau.
toned them against partialities Neutral.
| lily means impartalliy; means that all shall
he treated alike; and yet the whole course
of the policy of the present administration
In this Cuban struggle has been to strength
On the power OF SPUN and hasten the hour
OF the destruction OF the resurrection in
| Cuba. Tho president says In his message
| that the question OF granting them bclligcr-
ont rights Ia now no longer urged Where
! did the distinguished chief MAGISTRATE OF
J the Nation got that remarkable inforna-
I ,ion? He did not get It from congress
Congress passed law. or concurrent
resolution. which is the expression of it's
opinion, and It Is upon the statute book
yet. IT It were no longer urged. somebody
would offer resolution to repeal 1t ON the
| ground that we had made a mistake, but
instead OF reiracing our steps OF last year.
I congress is proposing to advance ! do not
know where the presdcn, got that remark.
able Information. He did not get II from
| the people OF the United States The poo
pic Of the United States are republicans and
| democrats In the broadcast sense of both
| those terms. They believe In a government
Of the people founded on the consent OF the
governed, They are opposed 20 monarchy.
they have no sympathy with Spain Nine
ty-nine out of every hundred patriots In
tho United States deeply aud profoundly
sympathilc with the insurrectlon In Cuba.
II may be possible that the boards OF trade.
the stock exchanges. and the commercial
clubs OF the great exporting cities on the
Atlantic scaboard and in the North and
West have had access to his ears and given
him that information.
Mr. Morcan--The senator will allow mo
to say that the committee on foreign rcla
lions when they first pissed on this ques
ton. had before them resolutions adopted
by. I think. not LEGS than fifty boards of
trade IN tho United States, urging the
recognition OF the belligeroncy of tho Cuban
insurgents.
Mr.. MilsThey 90 not do It now. they
have gone back. because | have received
communications from some OF them. and
some very interc sting letters from some of
the distinguished commercial gentlemen
In tho United States. criticlsng me for the
part I have taken. They say: 'Bnsiness
has Just begun TO revive, and now you are
going on tearing 1t all &c pieces again, you
want to bring on war, What have we got
TO do with Cuba We arc exporting and
importing to Cuba: We are making money.
Let us alone" II Il this mercantile spirit
in this country that Is fighting against It's
honor. Tho president saws we ought TO do
the right thug; not 20 nsc might. hut to
use right: and he speaks IN his message
of what We owe to Spain We owe to Spain
certain duty that va ought TO observe
He says,
DefcrrinF the choice of ways and meth
DDS until the time for action arrives we
should make them depend upnn the precise
conditions then existing; and they should
not be determined unon without giving
Il q .Fy.., t...-.
ing our honor aud Interest or the interna-
tional duty we owe To Spain
DO We owe no duty 10 the poor. s,rng-
Cling people whom Spain Is hutchoring
every hour? We have said for one hundred
wears. and we say II today. and the p,esi-
dent repeats 1t in this very message. that
We will lot no other power interfere in
Cuba We will not H., them 20 and as
sumo pro,cctorate over that island We
have said so. We have shut them out from |
all houses nf refuge: We have condemned |
them to slavery and to the dcSpotisin OF |
the assassin who occupies the throne OF |
Spain. We have done II; and we repeat 1t |
day by day. and vet shall we sit Sun In |
the senate and in tho house OF representa-
tres and IN the executive chair OF this
Nation md talk about our duty to Spain?
we owe no duties to a dcspot, except the
duties that wc have covoneuted In treaties
that we have made w,th her and which she
has porsistenily refused TO execute.
We owe duty TO the people OF Cuba We
said In the very begrnlng Of our history
that Cuba should remain under the domin-
ion OF Spain. We said no other EuroS'an
government should acquire It.. We said
France should not have Louisiana and we
compelled her ~ sell II to us. We were
then In n condition Of quasi war with Eng
land and France. II was apprehended by
our people that Great Britain was trying
TO get possession OF Florida. ON tho I'd of
January. Islt. Mr. Madison sent message
TO congress In which he said the country
east of the porddo river was so intimately
connected with the security and tranquil
ity OF the United States that he askDi con-
grcss 10 say by n declaration that ih;
United States could not see, without serious
that country pass from the
hands Of Spain into that of any other for
eign power" Congress passed the act aud
authorized him TO take foroible possession
d the territory, which he did and occu-
MED II with the army, notwirhstand-
ing TINT Spain was the proprietor
II the territory; and from that day on to
he day when the gallant Colonel Monroe
~ presldent of the United States. threw