The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-04-15

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ment capable Of performing the duties
aul dlscharglng The functions Of
separate nation, and having as a mat
ter OF fact, the proper forms aud at.
tributes Of nationality. such Govern
uent can be promptly anl readily rec.
eshI2ad aud the relations aud inter
tests o. the United States with such M.
ton adjusted.
There remain the alternative forms
OF Intervention 10 end the war. either
as an impartial neutral, boy Imposing n /
national compromise between the con
testants, or rs the active ally Of one /
party or the other
As 10 the first. IL Is not 10 be forgot |
ten that during the last few months
The relation Of the United States has
virtually been one Of friendly Interven-
ton IN many ways, each not OF itself
conclusive. bat an tending 20 the ex-
ertou Of a potential Influence toward
an ultimate pacific result just and hon
orable TO all interests concerned. The
spirit Of all our acts hitherto has been
and prosperity In Cuba, untarnished boy
differences between us and Spain and
unstalncd by the blood Of American
citizens. The forclble Intervention Of
the United States as a neutral 10 stop
the war. according to the large dictates
lof humanity. and following many his
an earnest, unselfish desire for peace
! torcal precedonts where neighboring
/ States have interfered TO check the
> conflicts beyond their borders, is justi-
, fable on rational grounds II involves,
however, hostile eonstraInt upon both
g the parties to the contest, as well to en-.
p. force a truce as 10 guile the eventual
4 settlement. The grounds for such In
3 PREVENTION may be briefly summarized
q as follows:
/. IN the cause Of humanity and to
p put an end to the barbarties, blood
4 she'd starvation and horrible mlseries
3 now existing there, and which the par
a ties to the conflict are either unable OF
IS unwilling to stop or mitigate It is nc
% answer to say this Is all In another
r. country. belonging to another nation
6. and Is therefore none Of our business
1t is especially our duty, for 1t is right
\ at our door.
= >. We owe 1t TO our citizens in Cubi
- to afford them that protection for If
and property which no Government
there can or will afford, anl to that ent
u to terminate the conditions that de
" priye them of legal protection.
E" 3. The right to Intervene may b
justified by very serious injury to tn
" commerce, trade and business Of on
" people and by the wantoR destruction
Of property and devastation of the is
:, land,
" L. And which is Of the utmost in
" portance, the present condition of n
= fairs in Cuba is a menace to our peace
and entails upon this Government emo
=, nous expense. With such a di'
waged for years in an island SC nea
!, us, ard with which our pople hay
such trade and business relation
:. when the lives and liberty of our eli
-, zens are in constant danger and the
- property destroyed and themselvu
= ruined where our trading vessels a
-. liable to seizure, and are seized at Of
: very door, by walships of a foreign n
rod ton, the expeditions Of filibusteril
md that we are powerless to repress ali
gether, and the irritating of either
uta and arrangements thus arise-all the
wi and others that l need not mentiC
Idi. with the resulting strained relation
Tvs are constant menace to our pea
Of and compel us to keep ma semi-w
ia footing with a nation with which
ON are at peace.
O. . BLOWING UP OF THE MAINE
; in These elements of danger and dis
sta der already pointed out have be
left strikingly illustrated by tragic ev'
ons which has deeply and justly moved
the American people. have already ira
its nlitted to Congress the report of
asses Naval Court of Inquiry on the destr
thai ton of the battleship Maine in the b
a is Dor of Havana during the night of
Until 18th of February. The destruction
gat. that noble vessel has filled the natio
rely heart with inexprcssihle horror, 4
was hundred and ifty-eight brave solid
as. and marines and two officers of
navy, reposing in the fancied secul