The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-24

trophe to Liberty: 20 Union. what crimes
are committed In thy namel'' Weyler
in Cuba but followed the lessons OF
Sheridan in Virginia. upon whose stau
he Is said to have served. Spain miNht
well say that she Is fighting for the
union OF her empire and why should
the countrymen OF Sheridan and Sherman
oppose her and her methodist Have the
Northern States experienced change
OF heart? For Is II not apparent that
the principles OF the Confsderates. tho
principles OF l776 are again receiving
recognition by the controlling section or
the United States7 The United states
Senate resolves that the people OF the
island OF Cuba are. and OF right ought
to be. free and Independent" To be
sure, Il IL certainly no business or
country foreign 70 Spain to declare the
Independence OF one OF SPANS colonies
But TO declare CuSa's right to independ-
ence and TO deny that the Confederate
States had this right are irreconcileaole
propositions. The recognition ~ the
Ssinciple OF sclf-government in 1888, by
application takes In the recognition or
lfs principle In 1861. and Is an admission
that the war In violation OF IL was un-
righteous. But the vision OF the typi-
cal Yankee Is not fully purged yet. and
his memory Is short. one OF them
writing on "'rhe United States and Gu
OF The Fortightly Review justinss tho
war against Spain as a crusade In tho
cause of humanity extolling the tender
hearts Of Americans" and saying that
II would be hard TO find case In which
their strength had been used 10 bully
some weaker creature" Mans innu-
mainly 10 man" was conspicuousy seen
in the conduct OF the war against the
Confederate States. as history written
and uhwritten, can attest And tho
poor Indian" might raise his voice here
as well-bulled suffering weaker crea-
ture." We are assured Of the reverence
in which the humanity loving people of
this country hold their own declaration
OF Independence almost as sometnang
sacred and inspired" quotation ~
given from 1t as appropriate to ClSoa's
case without any thought apparently or
the hypocrisy OF those who would bestow
liberty upon Latin people which tney
forcibly denied 10 Auglo-Saxon commu-
mites OF their own kindred and tongue.
What more aptly states the argument
for the Southern Confederacy than these
words from Jefferson's paper OF lil5?
prudence indeed. will dictate that
governments long established should not
be changed for light or transient causes:
and, accordingly. all experience hath
shown that mankind are more disposed TO
suffer, while evils are sufferable. than 70
right themselves by abolishing the forms
TO which they are accustomed. But when
a long train of abuses and usurpauons,
pursuing invariably the same object.
evinces a design to reduce them under
absolute despotism, It Is their right. n
Is their duty to throw on such govern
ment. and 10 provide new guards fos
their future security.
Looked at as symbollcal OF these prin-
ciples. the flag of Washington. the early
secessionist Is not so Inappropriate AT
ter all to be found by the side OF CUBA
ensign. But certainly no banner which
stands for ''indissoluble union would be
in place here. Peaceful secession was the
inalienable Drerogatiye OF sovereign states
according TO the law and justice OK
America. II is true then that the vital
principle OF self-government-the worlds
Ideal, and what was foDdly deemed
Americas realization OF that ideal-went
down In blood and tears on the stricken
field OF Appomattox2'
The Hon. James G. Carter, OF New
York, In his address at the Universit y
OF Virginia. admits that the United
states. or the States OF the Northern
Union, could not lawfully treat the Sc
cession OF a State as a rebellion and sup
press II by force" and he adds that tho
war did not settle this question, that he
cannot admit the efficacy OF force TO set
truth. Truth Is eternal and immutabie
and the warfare OF those who seek 10
suppress II will forever be IN vain" Yet.
in the next sentence WITH astonishing
Inconsistency, NJ. Carter proceeds To
suppress" tho truth by denying the SOW
ereignty and independence OF the states
and telling us that the union OF 11ss ere
ated "A nation which could not be In
| stantly and peacefully resolved. not into
| it's original elements-f?) but into SUP
posed constituent parts" Verify, the ef-
| fort 10 defend what Is indefensiole. a
war OF sovereign states against their
fellow States puts the Northern spolog-
, list 10 strange shifts,
Cuba being. according 70 the 'resolu-
! ton OF Congress no longer a constituents
part" OF the Spanish Union. but COM
| munity having the right 10 self-govern-
| ment, Southern soldiers might well and
! appropriately carry the Stars and Bars
, as their ensign-the glorious emblem OF
! freedom ever sacred TO Confederate Vet-
| Grams and Sons OF Veterans. And let Us
I hope that--with the Northern soldiers.
| now converted Zone may suppose from
! the errors OF their fathers). that other
! flag. the Stars and Stripes may redeem
| its lost Significance as an emblem OF IL
J berty. Certainly II has now most sinis-
| ter associations for
"A DAUGHTE r OF THE coNFEDEs
| RACY."
| Doughoregan. Md. June IS. 1895.