The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-22

Correspondents Who Protests
A9mtasf Hmase.

Seattle. March %.
70 the Editor: That we are nearing the
dread arssi;ranent or war with Spain ID a
sslf-eyidefss fact Ali Indications esesriy
shew that whether II shall bee peace or
war sige American government is making
al necessary steps IN eonter niasioa Of
s1ca contingency. ard l. not is-- = 10 he
caught mapping anticipating war-i.A de-
veinusneuss
The question Of war In Itself relic Of
Barbarian. Is q serious matter for confern-
plAsion BY any people. and should he en-
tered into only after the most searching
investigation a. TO its necessity and JUS
ssfcation. involving as war invariably has
done. The best interests Of the masses by
pianging nations into debt. destruction OF
property Of the parties concerned and
the frrsparaoie wrong done society by the
frsghsfui loss Of useful lives. and the bur-
densHg upon the community Of millions, IL
may be. OF wives AID families beref, OF
Their natural protectors. whose support
has 10 be borne By the living remnant OF
these that have escaped being sacrificed
upon the battle field. Is not this fact?
But, says my patriotic fellow citizen.
don't you kaow that our honor and dig
nifty are at stake. our flag assaliea If We
DO not resent. sorcih.y IL We must the in
suit rendered our government in the blow
iug Up sof the battieship Maine ia the har-
nant fellow citizen. Don't Hasten the DIFF
tienlty. 1t may come all TOO soon. Let
ts proceed carefully and inseil.gentiy to
ind cut the true cause OF the disaster,
and. after having aseertained all the facts.
Jet the American nation proceed 10 u set
tieinent Of the question under q proper
sense OF dignity and decorun. and, IL at
all consistent with the honor and integrity
OF tha country. In the name af humanity
assra fsfa fas rkA
amscabiy and in peace. Certainly. the
authority sent 10 investigate the disaster
officially " absolutely satisfied that the
disaster was caused from outside sources
even uttdsr such circumstances would the
American people be doing themselves JUS
tlce IN precipitating a war with Spain?
Noild Il be morally just, Or would it like,
" be q money making proposition? We
conclude 1t would be neither. War. in no
Instance whatever. except purely in de-
Tense az home aud iircslde. has ever had
any moral Justification, and az &. business
paying feature. so far AS the interests of
the masses are concerned. the American
people are sitFiy Wei informed. They
have stu remaining with them today a
very large share OF unpaid Indebtedness
Incurred in little difficulty Of this nature
that happened same thirty-four years ago.
The memory of many American citizens IL
features OF war. and they will naturally
enough hesitate before plunging into It's
vortex.
hut" continues my exuberant patriot
ic hero. "our relations with Spain have
been somewhat strained for some time.
We have feit that It's attitude towards
Cuba for some years has been one OF IN
Justice and wrong doing. This gem Of the
Antilles has hereicnliy fought for its indie
.7a,a -
has suffered all manner of atrocious treat
meut al the hands Of monarchical Spain,
and those inssignittes and atrocities are
beng perpetrated almost under the very
gaze of the American people And" adds
my heroic friend shall We stand idly by
aud calmly witness this grea, injustice?
II IL morally right 10 do soF'' How shall
We answer Let fae take my hero back
10 a period of over thirty years ago when
srafficiiai st{.fe ragged in America fer
more than three years. Citizens Of the
same country were arrayed against each
other on crimson +snsanEutnwd. CORY battle
fields, sstesgIng 70 the tcrrlhi@ earnest
ness ST the fearful carnage devastating
this common brotherhood Of men. Surely
If there Was ever any occasion. III the in
ssrest 81 humanity. for the staying hand
81 iaserventioa. thar VAS the cecaSInu.
DId anything OF that nature happen
Nothing Of the kind /; was fight 10 a
finish. precisely as the present war wag
igg between Spain and cuba. suh5mgattnn
on The one hand Independence Gu inc
other. Hands oMff was the slogan I'VE
VIII s~fsl. this little difficulty ourselves
without auy foreign interference" and Il,
wis sone. Just as eventually as the cause
Of Independence must pnsceed tn Cuba
Then there - still another no3anie his
teFte incident that reaches further hack
tugo history, whag1s England wax made 20
'ss 10 her hold cf THIS country. and the
Independence - America w8s ashieVesi.
and THIS without The ala ct assistance Of
ans armed sysnl4 thettc hoss.
Certainly. as Ne nave eaatenta;, var l.
invariably a v~Kfetaa'e circumstance ana
osigiaf 10 lae avoided Il possible. II Is a
Yesie 81 hyaane days. "tae piay alag Of
kings" the delight 81 modern fssgees. a
tssan 20 the stxjo=-ks ana sgsos1ey lenders
ana a egtaa 80 shs tosnman people. upoa
asgse shoulders falls ihe burden. art
WHO from their aim vvWSr8 fTpsu Isber
sssfscsly and otherwise have - lo3t tiae
eiil II Indebtedness tHcsrrva.
Les sas rot s>@ guilty % making sas sc~
&irueiiau - the oasttessalp Name pre-
seNt feF AuFYsing tae nation suto i war
@itA Spaln isas ,ss 'Tast tf1as ettss oatsu-
SCI Nth pfeN&ii sf ths det,rmsnaF es - auy
stssFsealtsss tssE 1fsax sssss fa tne adjust
isssst AZ this question lei as Hot f.e ie4i
awax asaes fhr .aeizz5V~ cant af hcsss1g
gtnfy patriotism. hat 10 les sfss pgesezss
tssespsest pass without sRssesl - aTrAz
wuea3 tsYnGHa stea s3sasY~ saa aaa1sfsasG
aag RAgi@aal dignity - she v~rssst
hsssseeTmAs Ne have as asaca sswara as
amv SshvT American citizen far an. ssosser
ssaa eAsvasSy af .sstn~assa. tut sAas b
~eSssa ssx tSxs ssses@fxea ~ plumstns lska
hss@sssstIe< with Spain at tss present g4nae
esea wien shs ultimate oeisgg Is sss@ ID
As3a tSgaa sse,sss~ EFsse pSsdeescS- So arg
nas wgitss9 se ss0aesde. J. MARTIN