The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-04-28

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The only pills to take with Hoods ssrszparilla |
means that the President is opposed |
% Cuban indepen dence nov or here
after. He does not even ask rs TO |
empower him to intervene that We
may establish independence. He
uses the language ito es
.ablish a stable government" | re-
zret that the President did not say
what he meant, for il would have
given me the create st pleasure to
have voted for his recon mendation,
IL il had been an honorable one. As
Il is, do not know. IL may mean
that he wants Us to vote to author
ize him to establish Spanish de-
pendence, to keep the Spanish flag
over the island, and give them q
but very little better
than the one they have had 80 far.
1t may mean that he wants me to
vote to give him power to establish
q monarchy, a dependency Of this
or that he may lease the
island cut to q syndicate of capital
lists and bond sharks. Mr.. President,
do not know what he means. but
when | vote shall know what vote
for.
The President asks Us further to
give him power and authority ito
Intervene to "stop war in the is
land" know what that means, be-
cause We have been informed al
ready that he asked Spain to stop
fighting. and she stopped temper
arily. Now he asks US to empower
him to intervene to stop war. There
Is nobody now who wants to fight,
it seems, but the Cuban patriots,
who are fighting for their liberty.
Shall vote to authorize him to stop
the Cubans7 Shall l vote to au-
thorizs him to make war against
Come and his patriotic followersi
I do not know what others will do,
but for me, never. Such q PROPOSE
ton ought to make every American
blush with shame. To "stop war in
the island" without independence
for Cuba means to become an ally
OF perfidious Spain to crush the Gu
ban patriots and nothing else. What
does such an outrageous PROPOSE
ton meant
The Senator from Illinois thi,
morning, in argument unanswerable
showed that if We honestly favor Gu
ban independence and do not want t.
be q party to mortgaging the islant
to a greedy syndicate Of bondholders
the only wise and manly course, thu
only safe, patriotic course, is first t.
recognize independence before VI
intervene. l would like for SOM
person who favors Intervention with
out recognition to give one single
solitary reason for it. If there i
any reason, we ought to know it
1t has been stated by some of tn
best lawyers in Congress and in tn
country that to intervene withou
first recognizing the independence
of the Cuban Republic would max
us liable for the Spanish bonds
Certainly that is q doubtful ques
ton, if it is not absolutely true
Then pray tell me why We shall
take the risk. Give US one reason
for doing such a doubtful and fool
lsh thing. There is some dark an,
secret purposes behind such a m on
strous proposition.
Mr.. President, I do not like 10 pre-
dict unless can make pleasant pre-
dictions, but I am impelled to msk
the prediction that it this govern
ment passes a resolution authorizing
Intervention at the discretion of tn
President without first RECOGNIZING
the unqualified independence of tn
Cuban Republic, either the Cuba
Republic will never be recognize
and never become q free nation, O
else before it is done a mortgage vii
be placed upon that island and upo
its future generation that will max
the Cuban patriots more helpless an
pitiable than the Egyptian slaves ur
der the lash of the English taskms,
ter, mortgage to put millions &
profit into the pockets of the sam
bond syndicate that has been bleed
ing this country and that is to-da
controlling the destinies of Europ
|, 1t is possible that this syndicate
siren song has caught the ear of til
Administration Will Congress SUI
render to its devilish influence Th
syndicate must be grappled with an
defeated by Congress before tn
Maine can be avenged and befor
. Cuba can be free.
, Mr.. President, number of US al
often ridiculed when We speak of thi
shylock syndicate and its baleful il
termeddling in the affairs Of nations
l hold in my hand q copy Of the r,
view Of Reviews, maya zine that hi
never been accused of "silver her,
sy" or any other lunacy that is as,
ally charged against American pAtr
, OTIS, the followers of Jefferson, Jacl
son, and Lincoln, but yet it contain
|. q statement Of facts, . statement tn,
was made two months ago, that b,
been copied in hundreds of newsp,
, pers and republished in other mag,
} zines from one end of the country
, the other and in many foreign mag
zines and journals, and no one b,
{ attempted to contradict it or refu
! it. It is statement of certain r
) cent operations Of this gigantic j
) ternational bond syndicate.
Let rs have the description re,
, here. and see il that same syndica
: may not be intermeddling now to pr
, vent Cuban independence. I ask Il
: Secretary to read the two paragraph
marked. It is part Of the common
Of the editor of the Review of R
, views upon the Chinese loan.
; The Presiding Officer. Without o
, lection, the Secretary will read
requested.
The Secretary read as follows:
The financial plan by which it is pr
posed that England should lend Chi
} great sum Of money is interesting
several accounts. The money Of cour
will be supplied primarily BY the gre
international banking houses of E