Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
PATRIOTIC UTTERANcEs.
Address OF BartoIomo Masso, President 81
the Cuban Republic, to the Army
of Liberation.


of Liberation.
Washington, Sept. 17.-Senor Que
sada, of the Cuban junta, has received
the following address to the Cuban
army issued by President Masso of the
Cuban republic:
'sTo the army of the republic:
sit is pleasing duty which the gov.
eminent council could not but fulfill,
which at the same time it deems as
the highest gift of fortune, to an
nounce to the army of liberation the
ending of the struggle carried on in
these heretofore rich but now devas-
tated fields, before all the world, be-
tween dignity and injustice.
No Question as to Whose Ia the Victory.
There is no need to say whose in
the victory. Cuba, panoplied by
feeling of honor and the defense of
right, WAS aided in its weakness by the
magnitude of the necessary sacrifice.
and went into the struggle with the
firm and serene resolution of one who
faces death to conquer death itself,
seeking refuge in immortality-the
stubborn resistance had to result in
our complete destruction or triumph.
And as there remain Cubans in exist
ence, success can not belong to Spain.
spain's Utter Humiliation.
'All the vigorous efforts of the ma
ton that discovered this new world
and was its mistress, made during
three years and half of war, carried
on by combined arrogance and egot-
ism, have not been sufficient to pre-
vent the final placement from this
hemisphere of that grasping and
proud people, to the eternal shame of
its name and material ruin of it's pow
er, expiating finally its grave fault by
such a heavy punishment.
'Its honest ard implacable judge.
was another nation-blessed by fate,
youthful, pushing, generous, just.
The U nited States the Friend of the OPP
pressed.
"The United States of North Ameri-
ca, from the moment the cry of Febru-
airy "a, was given, rose alarmed, cast
ing its eyes across the small sea which
separates US toward this bloody and
agitated land. Moved by our convul-
sions, the United States could not con-
tinue t. live the pleasant life which
their prosperity guaranteed them, and
which other countries, Indifferent to
our misfortunes have continued to
live. The United States gave in their
cities Inequalities to our people, in
their manufactures our rifles were
made; from their shores came numer-
Gus expeditions; their press with inn
mense and constant clamor called for
justice, praising our triulnphs, publish
ing our sufferings, encouraging us
with their sympathy and promise of
help while it protested against and
condemned the atrocities of Spain.
Drove the Infamous Weyler Out.
American diplomacy drove the in
famous Weyler out and terminated
the criminal policy of concentration;
the United States have continued their
great work of humanity and justice.
sacrificing their own peace, offering
their own treasure and giving their
own noble blood, constituting itself
the executioner of their verdict by
which the empire of Spain is forever
extinguished in the Antilles and Cuba
becomes sovereign in the enjoyment of
her independence.
Proud of Duty Done.
every Cuban heart, therefore, in
stead of bitterness and sorrow, must
be proud of having done it's duty and
grateful to its protector.
'And the army of the revolution
should also receive the congratulations
of the rising republic; it deserves our
boundless gratitude. The government
+larafnra 1nfo ho CrIh
soldier, who has been model of alb
negation and heroism; it has shown a
perseverance equal to it's bravery.
VIII be Worthy of Herself.
'The American people, our ally of
yesterday, our host of to-day, our
friend always, is contemplating Cuba,
and will witness our constitution. Let
Cuba be worthy of herself, and she
will be worthy of the friendship of
the United States. The Cuban army
will do its part; it has fought under
the motto embodying our ideals
country and liberty. We have at last
country, and will deserve liberty.
Neither Interest Nor Hatred Prompted
the War.
"Our love for Cuba will cause us to
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calm present harbinger of a prosper
GUS future. Neither interest nor
hatred were the motives which i'm
PEELED us to this war. No one who
gives up his home and suffers hard
ships ard misery is capable of such
baseness. The Cuban flag so CALAMITY
defended and stainless will not be in
the hour of peace soiled with crime or
violence or revenge. The good judg-
ment and magnanimity of the Cubans
will gain for them the admiration of
the world. They will deserve a place
in history for they will have seen
their work accomplished and their
country redeemed and triumphant
The President,
'.BARTOLOMO MASO."
Camaguay, September 1898.