The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-18


and sympathy with the United States
in the war with spain on the part of the
people of Great Britain, few extracts
from a letter received by Mr.. John Frew
from a relative in Belfast, Ireland, Mr.
william Frew, will doubtless prove Of
interest to the readers of the Intelli-
gencer. The writer OF the letter has
never been in America, but like all cIt-
Gems Of Erin is heart and soul in SYM
patty with Americans, particularly In
the great struggle for the causs of hui
man liberty. 1rlshmen are not the only
ones OF the queens subjects who are
sympatiizlng with the United States,
for throughout England and Scotland
the same sentiment prevails, but Irish
men naturally feel that they have a
direct and personal concern in the COM
duct Of a war which is to give to a suf-
fering people freedom and independ-
ence. Mr.. Frew, who writes this letter,
demonstrates his ardent American sen
timent by indlcdng 1t upon paper on the
corner Of which waves Old Glory in her
true colors. and encloses 1t in an enyel-
ope similarly decorated, and containing
the card OF the Intelllgercer, which his
relative here sent him, as samples Of
the patriotic stationery in general use
in this country.
Mr.. Frew, from his Belfast home
writes, under date Of July l, In part as
follows:
AFTER first rendering to you a thou
sand thanks for your great kindness In
remembering so ungrateful friend as
myself, in regularly posting TO me those
bright American papers Il wish to
write the word American with very
large 'A'), 1 must express my great re-
lief to see from our evening local pub
LEGATIONS that the reported Blowing up
of the Brooklyn is all story-a mere
canard. am watching with the great
est interest all the movements OF your
fleet and army, and each successful
move and brilliant stroke Of your able
and courageous commanders fills me
with a jubilant enthusiasm, as II the
victories which are browning your arms
were our own. In a sense they are
ours too, for in your high and noble
defense OF oppressed humanity you are
fighting our battles also. Your cause
Is a lust one, and all England, and Ire
land, too, as indeed Is all Christendour
are with you In the present struggle.
We IRE wishing you a fastening Of the
coming day when you will give your
barbarous and treacherous enemy the
Gnal blow.
II observe that the storming Of santi-
ago begins to-day, and We await hourly
the news OF the victory. The Spanish
are very wroth with us British for not
allowing their battleshlps now passing
through the Suez canal TO take on large
supplies of coal. The prevalent opin-
ION abroad Is that the British are TO be
regarded as greater enemies OF Spain
than even the Americans, and we know
that they even more bitterly hate US
than they do yourselves. This is not at
all far from what we expect from them,
for indeed they would look very far in
the wrong direction TO seek for friendli-
ness with us"
The letter concludes: Don't send me
any news OF defeats or reVerses. Let 1t
be a succession OF brilliant victories and
successful cOnqueSts for the brave
Americans who have so courageously
entered the field In the sacred cause OF
humanity, and whose action puts to
shame our objectionable standoff In the
matter Of the poor Armen!ans, whom
we allowed to be slaughtered by thou
sands bS- the unspeakable Turk.
"As for Cuba, / believe that the tale
OF atrocities perpetrated' by the Span
Iards Will read, when fully published,
even worse than the history OF the
treatment OF the Armenians by the
Turks SO the universal shout on this
side CEngllsh) is, Down with the
Spanlard, and up with the Stars and
Stripes / close this letter as the bat
tie OF Santiago is proceeding, with the
prayer that the city may be given into
your hands and the enemy driven be-
fore the onward march OF the American
troops"
Mt his Belfast home to convince him
that there is virtue in prayer for the
Invocation In the last sentence has been
answered.