The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-04
WHY THIS DELAYt
No Purchase of Cuba Now, but free
dom, Says Rev. MIR. Littell,

dom, Says Rev. MIR. Litten.
Rev Joseph Iittell, of the First United
Presbyterian Church, did not mince his
words in describing the Cuban situation TO
his flock yesterday. The money power,
he held, has too long prevented relief.
1.-THE love of money is the root OF all
evils applies to social relations and civil
government as fully as to the personal char
acter and life of one man. said he. Love
of money is the root feeding upon the es-
sence of earthliness, supplying the organ
ism with that which can only promote the
growth of sefshness and produce moral
weakness of civil government. TO the op-
server of the great connections in recent
years there appear many characteristics
common to them all. In some form the
question in dispute in every instance has
been as to wealth possessed by one class
and lack of wealth by another. While other
factors, such as hereditary pride, prestige
and religious prejudices, have entered into
the solution of the problem, still in them
all there has been evidence OF the presence
of that problem. In short, the soul OF ali
these contests has been the right or money
against the rights of man.
Money is the distilled essence of human
labor. All men desire to possess it. Money
possessed is power in the hands of the pos
SCISSOR, by which he is stronger than the
nonpossessor. This is true OF combinations
of moneyed men in their relations TO nom
poSsessors. 1t is the energy which inspires
the soul of selfiShness and seeks to dominate
natural affairs for it's own good, and knows
no law but might is right This mighty
power whispers its commands to legislators,
its desires to judiciaries and executives OF
civil government, and by the sameness Of
its methods and purpose has right TO the
name Of the monarchy of money. In con-
tradistinction to this we have another text,
The love of righteousness is the root OF
all good The effects of that energy are
Justice
strength to resist wrong, and is the only
power which contrasts the sovereignty of
money. In the recent Turko-Greek struggle
Turkey was deeply in debt; so was Greece.
The bankers were their creditors and held
their bonds, the payment of which depended
upon the revenues Of both countries. The
overthrow of either government would null
lily the bonds, for which no other country
was responsible. During the recent Arme-
MAN massacres the European alliance was
prevented from crushing Turkey by the
money power until the Armenians were
of money preserves Turkey a moral cancer
on the earth. Another case of mighty inn
portance to humanity is on trial at this
hour. Cuba is the victim OF the power of
Spain. Cuba belongs to Spain, but the
right of possession of the land does not
carry with it the right of oppression, yet
she has oppressed the Cubans by every
method in her power, denying them civil
and religious liberty, and even the privi-
mortgaged the products of their tolls for
generations with the same merciless vigor
which gave birth TO the inquisition.
Almost within sight of Cuba is the great
American Republic whose watchword is
Liberty, equality and fraternity. Cuba has
imbibed the spirit OF America and has grown
to know the rights of man. America is the
foster mother of Cuban liberty One of the
vital truths interviewer in the moral struc-
ture of the republic is the defense Of the
weak against the strong and to deny the
right of might to Cypress. Our protest was
louder against the Turkish outra ges than
that Of any other nation.
But what strange power has paralyzed
our government now that a greater crime
has been committed at our doors? The
moral sense of this whole Nation has given
long and loud protests against the oppres-
sion of Cuba by Spain. The people for
three years, have had but one voice while
Spain has continued to murder CubanS by
treachery, assassination and ambush.
Women and children herded together are
starved in common with wounded men and
of our government to act according to the
sense Of justice? Has ii been regard for
Spanish rights or for international law?
Our stand has brought praise from other
governments and the details of the delay
make fine stage settings for the diplomatic
play before the people.
But the great well guarded secret of all
this has been the power which the mon
archy Of money has brought to bear upon
America hold Spanish bonds secured by
mortgage on Cuba. Separation of Cuba
from Spain by war will nullify the mort
gage To save the bonds Cuban liberty must
be secured by commercial treaty in which
Cubs assumes the debt.
Cuban liberty has had To wait the COM
sent or money while tens OF thousands were