The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-04-14

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are snosds d TO rs by the stray And
fng'iive t'leeTams from Ma r.d aud
other capitals in Earop~; With the
example taat ve have . ea OF the
manner in which the de,,rsc.ioa OF
our osftleship and the murder @.
our sailors has been treated by the
Executive; with still other frantic
appeals for delay; siih the C~ryre.
OF the United States still unir formed
and uncertain IS TO what u to be
the result Of delay. IL these appeals
DO listened to, II Is not surprising 10
ny mind that the American peo-
pie have become impatient OF this
intolerabie 81 uAiipn and demand of
their representatives in Congress ac
ton which they alone are capable Of
taking. and which will grandly vim
dicAte the outraged honor ard dig.
nifty of this nation.
Senator Harris Pop. Kxn.) made
an eloquent appeal for action inme
diately to stop the hellish crimes
that are being committed in Cuba.
The following extract is taken from
his speech. and 1t truly represents the
sentiment in Congress
MOI race on earth ever exhibited
such stern, and sslf-con.rol: but, oh.
men in high places here, and be yond
the seas, d. not delude and shame
yourselves with the thought that thi.,
the blacklist crime tf all tho ages.
will be mere incident" that this,
the foulest insult that the world has
blushed for, will DO arbltrAted; that
this hideous specter will ever be laid
by the diplomatic wiles OF q nation
that forever let's "the false face hide
what the false heart doth know"
and to- day, Mr.. President, all over
this land there is the cry "Why do
you wait 7" and the fi.g snarls and
II Duts the wind, impatient.
Oh, God, it can not be that We for
get that We forget!
Sir, have seen war. IL to die
were to reach the summit Of human
calamity, if to weep and mourn for
the loved and lost we're to make up
the sum of human woe. then nothing
would be worse than war. But, sir,
there is q cruci6xion of the soul when
honor dies; there is q death Of q ma
ton when the iiugle of the guinea
heals the hurt that honor feels; there
is an existeuc, when patriotic pr de
is dead, THAT doth murder Sleep
and life becomes horrid nightmare,
and men shun their fellows, and the
laugh of little children becomes b
taunt and a mockery. True. there
have been men who could exist and
thrive and fatten without national
honor or pride or patriotism, like
worms in muck heap, but that ma
ton has been the seorned of all time
and has quickly died. God forbid
that any such should ever be called
Americans.
Sir, | shall never consent that our
dead shall lie in Spanish soil and un-
der the Spanish flag. Brave Ameri-
can sailors can know no rest there.
When it becomes consecrated by
freedom, when that flag has trailed
in the dust, when the Cuban repub-
lie is raised as q monument to the
men who went down in the Maine,
ther. and then only, will they sleep.
Do you say this is revenge, and
/ that revenge is unworthy of q great
nation No, Mr.. President, q right
eous wrath and just resentment, the
swift punishment of the assassin and
the wrongdoer, are wholly different
from revenge, and are the safeguards .
and protection of nation among ma
tions, and enable US to look the
whole world in the face. What sight
more glorious than . nation reused
in such q cause as this
God hates . coward, and q nation
timid, halting and hesitating in iti
foreign policy Is q sight despised oil
God and man, A just war promoter
and preserves all that is highest and
best in national life.
Christ bought the keys of Ps sradise
BY cruel bleeding