The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-01

the more certain il Is :has war ami war
alone will extricate sol. In trying 10
allow Spain "a complete her reeonoue>t
of Cuba. yon have made i, absolutely
necessary that you shall Intervene IN
the cause OF freedom. There may 81
time still TO avert a war,
Within the hast fortv-cjght hourS a
representative of t.1e Cuhaa republics
has said II me that thy lii not desire
uS 10 engage in war with Spain: that all
they ask is that We recognize their in
dependence. Ia give hem the C@t,dit aud
standing 10 which they are entitled
among The nations 81 the earth, ana
with their own strong arms and wish
their own brave hearts, they viii
achieve their independence.
A member: And th, battle.Ship
Maine. with all the accompanying lives
of American Seamcn. oopld not have
been sacrificed.
CUBA DOES NOT ASK HELP.
"A representative of the Cuban re-
public said to me with great frankness
aud feeling:
we do not seek to involve the United
States in a war with Spain. 1t is un-
necessary. Give us recognition of our
Independence so that we can obtain
arms and heavy artillery. and in thirty
days we will put an army of hundred
thousand Cuban patriots in the field.
and in thirty days more the flag of Spain
viii be trailing i'm the dust of Cuba.
Applause on the Democratic side).
That is their spirit. Why do we not
meet them in it? War; You invite ii
with all its horrors. | know the horrors
as we'll as the gentleman from Indiana,
(Mr. Iohnsonl. ] witnessed its desola-
ton. My father and my kinsmen came
back from the battlehelds rendered his
t0ric by the courage of those who wore
the blue as well as of those who wore
the grey. When they turned from APP
pomattoX. where they had left every
thing except their honor they came
back. and on every hand they witnessed
the horrors and dcs0lations of war
Where they had left a happy home,
they found mass Of charred and black
ened ruins. We do not want war. We
have twice offered you the opportunity
to avoid it, But Mr.. Chairman, we
might as well be frank. If it takes a
war to free the island of Cuba, my
voice is, and the voice of those with
whom j have the honor to act is, Cuba
free, without war if possible, Cuba free,
with war if necessary. prolonged
applause on the Democratic side.
Mr.. Grosvenor. stllepnblican. Ohio.
whose utterances are given great
weight. owing to his close friendship
with the administration. answered Mr..
Bailey.
Il rise" he said, Ito point out one or
two absurd statements constantly re-
peated in the newspapers and, which
found an echo in the voice of the gen
tlenlan from Texas. He warns this
House that il the President attempts to
force the Cubans to buy their freedom
He'll will break loose in about fifteen
seconds ON the Democratic side. No
body proposes to force Cuba to buy their
independence 1t is like n tale told by
the idiots full Of sound and fury and
full of nothing. There is no such prop
osition. by TO. or from the administra-
ton. and the whole idle prattle of this
character in the newspapers has been
just so much folly and nonsense and yet
a statesman. leader Of a great division
upon this floor. rises and solemnly
warns the Republican side of this House.
that if the President drives Cuba to buy
her independence. they will go to work
to prevent it, Nobody has attempted it,
it is an idle dream of s0me0dy and talk
of the newspapers.