The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-04-08
Washington Letter.


From our regular correspondent.
WAsHINGToN, April 4.-Vengeance is at
hand. There is to he no more dilly-dallyng
with lying Spanish diplomats. Uncle Sam is
going to take Spain across his knee and give it
q thrasbing it has SO lcng deserved at our
hands, and the cowardiy and dastardly massa-
ere of our sailors and the destruction OF our
battlcship is to be avenged. Even Mr.. McKin-
ley is now convinced that Spain has been play
| ing him AUTOMATICALLY for no other purpose
than to gain time. Mr. Mckinley acknowl-
edged his failure to secure the independence Of
| Cuba by Diplomacy, and now it is the turn of
| Congress. which this week will either declare
| war against Spain or adopt legislation that will
| be equivalent to 4 declaration of war. A last
| frantic attempt is being made by the bond
| holding element to muZzle Congress, but there
| is no possibility OF its succctd ding. Congress
| knows that the end of the patience of the peo-
pie of the country who place national honor
| and patriotism above the stock ticker of Wall
street has been reached and that the time of
action is at hand, and it will act and its action
will mean war, which the country is now in a
position to Fl hit TO victorious end in short or
der, if it only has Spain to contend with, and is
determined to win regardless of what it has to
| contend with.
| Every man who believes in honest and open
| and above board dealing between nations as
| well as between individuals, can appreciate the
feeling of the man who, al ter listening to lot
| of round about rot about how we could make
| the Spandards open hOstities without our de-
| clarng war agains: them, got excited and said
| "They blew up our war-ship; they murdered
our sailors. That is why we want to punish
them That is just exactly the truth. Indi-
dentally we shall be glad to free Cuba and to
relieve the suffering on the unfortunate island
| but the word THAI is mirrored upon the average
| American hear is neither sympathy, nor hu.
manitarianism, but revenge, for the PREACHER
Gus assassination of our sailors and the blowing
up of our battleship.
There has been more or less speculation con
corning Il resolution offered in the House by
Representative Flemmer, of Georgia, dire ting
the Secretary of the Navy to inform the House
if the document printed by the Senate as the
| President message and evidence on the Maine
incident, contained all the evidence embraced
in the report of the Naval Court of Inquiry
now on file in the Navy Department, and if not
{ o transmit to the House copy of the omitted
| evidence.
The French Ambassador to the United States
has asked the State Department officiall!
whether there was any objection to his looking
. | after the Interests OF spanish SUBJECTS III In'
United States after the departure of the Span
ish Minister, and has been informed that Their,
would be none. This action is regarded as be
ing significant of:the intention of France t.
remain neutral in the war, Notwithstanding
many assertions to the contrary. 1t was addet
to by cabegram from Madrid saying tina
both the French and British ambassadors ha,
rendered Gen. Woodford, United States Minis
ter to Spain offers to care for American inter
cSts after his departure from Madrid.
Few men possess the all around common
5 sense equipment and temperament needed t
I prevent the man who fills the position of Sccre
tary to the President-the man who stands he
q tween the President and his callers, and cIthe
makes him lots Of enemies or additional friend
, making himself double barrcled ass. Da
t. Lamont was one Of the few. Mr. J. Adds0
( Porter, the gentleman who now fills the pos
c ton, is not. IL has made himself the aughin
stock OF Washington by his frantic appeal t
the editor of the Hartford, Conn, COurant I
g arouse the conservative people 10 the suppor
; Of the President, in order to prevent majorit
y of the Senators and Representatives carryin
out their intention to force war upon the couI