The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-11
Il ne for Revolution

The reports from Madrid and Other
cities CT Spain show II that the SPANS.
people are ripe for revolution and that
the present dynasty is tottering to is
fall, but, ss the Atlanta Journal says.
whc can HoL der thst tfsre is rioti1e
in Spain, that the p;su scs de6es the
representatives OF - law. that the
government is tot!er;ng? T.- me. e;
OF the Spanish people have gooi cause
for complaint. They bear an iIrita
ing burden of tsxat;on, but this is not
The main cause Of their turb ,lsrcs.
What anger them mos! is the discove
ry OF the utter incompetence of tn
government and the shameless decep-
ton which has been practiced upon
them by officials and official newspa-
per fans. TIE ST anish people have
been assured that the Uli ed States
could not stand sgainst the lrowess Ct
their government and tba: the war
could result only in an easy victory
for Spain. A great msjority Ct them
can to believe this. and rheir axak.
ening to the real situstion las made
them fulious. They see havana
blockated by An erican wsrships
which sail back sid forth at will ngkt
under the Spanish forts. They have
learned that pr psrations are AIN ost
complete fer the invasion Of Cubs by
our army From Manila they have
heard that the fact WI ich was to IN
nibilste our ships in that part OF tle
world as itself teen destroyed ty
those same ships. They have lest
faith beth in the power ard the bcn's
~ Of lheir government. Toeir uiafs
are hot with tie fwy of revt luton;
they hste their own government even
mere than trey hste us. To show tie
wa7 in which the leading Des spapers
OF Spain have deceived their rea9tri
snd Leld out utterly false hopes
lheu1 we quote from a dispatch from
its Uoi,ed States correspondent ,e-
Gently printed in the Madrii Impaf-
cial:
The United,Sta e. b. tates to fight.
It, ia ting poli,Y' Is due 70 tinid:ty.
Its feet hovers around the shores of
uba and moves up and down tha
American cosst, doing NJ greater
damage than here and there ths c.p
'ure cf dee ;seless nerchal tmsn.
The r:ason for this is that the Amrl:.
can govern ment is Lot prepared to
feht. It was not thought that Spain
would offer sng real resis area cne
press OF this republic hss misled The
populsce as to The power. resou
and military virtues OF he Spanish
people.
The Only powder mill oo The
American continent capable o. pro
dvo.ng snokeles powder has bean o.
stroyed. Thus the Amer cArs have
no way OF reloading their heavy or
raDca, as black or hlcWn poWd'r can
not be US effectively.
''Then the s'ates which we're couut
d on to furnish the men for the war
f q S'hemselves handicapped by q
threaten ed Indian ulri<ing. Tre rfs
lar army has been withdrawn ano the
savages have alre, d taken the war
path. In the states OF OHIO, Illinc
ard Iowa the citizens have already
been called out to prote ct their west
ern frt ntlers from The raids Of the wi'd
men
In the District Of Column ia the
militia guard has refused to serV
The guard wss ordered out by the
president, and when i. discove re that
il was to 60 into camp ard drill for
war pu, p oses it disoteyed the fisr
and returned to the pi'al
The $50, 600, 00O voted for the wsr
has not been collected, ard bill is
now before the CO.. 2r.ss providing
means to borrow mol ey "itn Wnich
to fight Spain