The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-22
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Tn. Cuban, IN tie Wa,.

Aut S91duS III Tux H9s
The Cubans probably never will be
able to understand Americana. They
are not built on the same moral plan.
No wonder the question is being ask
ed, Are these people worth the priceless
American blood being spilled for them?
Register.
unfortunatelythis is ue,andthe aues-
don is. so far as the Cuban soldiers re-
ferred to are concerned. pertinent one.
It calls to mind the popular impression
that prevailed before the war that the
Insurgents only needed American as
slstance and their patriotism would do
the rest. There was great deal Of SEN
timent INDUCED IN, and when conserva-
dive leaders IN this country grew scepu-
cal regarding the effectiveness and
character of the Insurgents. even when
armed and equipped by this country, the
peace at any price" eptthet was thrown
At Them,
But there remains one thing which
should not be lost sight of. which was
the real justification of the war. and en-
titles it fairly 70 be called a7war for hu-
manity. 1t had not to do with the con-
duct Of Garcla's insurgents that give
General shafter so much annoyance. 1t
was the slaughter of the lnnocents In the
name of the Spanish government. 1t
was the brutal reconcentrado policy; the
starvation and even butchery of the
non-combatants; the outraging Of
womanhood. the mercIless and inhuman
treatment Of children; the thousands
upon thousands Of unmarked graves Of
those who never lifted a hand against
Spanish despousm. but were submissive
10 an the horrors Of their condition, and
the thousands Of pleading faces of mere
semblances OF human beings, in a coun-
Try wonderfully blessed by Providence
with all the resources that should make
an ideal happy and prosperous home,
and designed by Nature for vertiable
paradise on earth; 1t was the terrible
Story of years of suffering, starvation
and death which moved theheart OF this
great Nation, at the very gates Of which
this awful tragedy was being enacted.
Il was after our President, himself
man with a great. sympathetic heart,
mad exhausted every effort that
the ingenuity OF man could
devise 70 secure to these people
some measure of relief, and to stop the
crime that was being committed against
civilization, that he resorted to the
great power that was within the Nation
10 wipe out by force OF arms the rule
at the decayed monarchy which was re-
Opopgfble for 1t all. That heroic means
q now being applied, with every success
attending each movement toward the
crushing blow.
There was not from the beginning
much faith placed in the representa-
ti,ons concerning the utility OF the Gu
ban Insurgents in the field, as a force
oomnetent to understand and to prac-
lice the amenities OF modern warfare.
and our military experts did not count
much upon them as efficient factors In
me situation. Nor will the government
40 count them. II will carry out the
p,rpose of the war. nevertheless, and
tbo5e insurgent leaders who do prove
themselves worthy. and there are some
ana will be others, as the campaigns
proceed. will be given credit as they
-. Ah,tr yyortt
The people of the United States Will
not with the results that come in the
-f,tnre. have regret. Our American sol
dIerr who have made sacrifices, and
tboGe who have shed their blood have
NOT done 30 for these lazy and mon
rrel bands that have proven themselves
unRrateful and lacking in appreciation
Of What Is being done for Cuba, but for
the higher purpose of carrying out the
mandate Of this great republic that the
ule of q degenerate European power
shall be swept from this hemisphere,
and that in It's stead may he set Up the
standard Of a better and more humane
order OF things.
The issue is not a night for the worth
less ones The purpose 10 all set down
a the PresldenrS proclamation 70 the