The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-13


church. Academy of Music, New 10fk'
Sunday morning, February 2'th, 1890
Text.-As for you, We meant G'H
against me, but God meant ut Tor soou'
Gen. LOO. ..;o;s,,s
II is no time for captiOus crlucisins
of the President. The Chief EXECUTIVE
of any civilized nation must st'thu h,oC
for peace. and only for war "heh tn1
Sternest duty calls for it. Thus far the
course of the President III une 1haihe
catastrophe has been one OF pecoinl,e
dignity. He has given Spain the 0eleiil
of the doubt, and quietly proceeueu %
prepare for the worst. 81, :.
Spain is ON trial for her me- sue -
weak. ignorant and bankrupt. we are
the mightiest nation ON the ear.h' W.
have all the resources at nome WIN
which to fight as long as there Is d man Ia
to shoulder q musket. we nave zen mn
To-, n,on +o amt into the field and we
ho,-a wealth enough to buy hemisphere.
rho President ought to be dignitied. But
divinity is not enough. There are no
accidents. Whatever caused the destfuc-
tion of orr beautiful ship in Havana
harhor the Handicapped of that eXpIo-
sim was Gods trumpet call to tins ma
t,ion If Cleveland had done his duty Cu-
ho. would have been free more than Il
vcar ago without drop of blood beng
s.ho5 nv this nation. If Mckinley had
;mmediately carried out the platform of
b;s marty the war would have ended and
Cuha would have won her freedom. The
death of Canovas and change of minis
fry and policy i'm Spain gave him how
ever. some ground for short deIay.
But the delay is overlOng. The heillsh
nature of the destruction OF the Maine
has nut an end to the patience or our
people. No man of good sense DeileVes
II was an accident. 1t was a horror
without n parallel in human history.
The men had been plped DeioW. III q
momeut two hundred and fifty brave
sa;Iors were torn and mangled into
sbreds of flesh and clotted blood, i've
hundred helpless hands clutching for
their weapons found only the flames OF
hell. the blackness of the might, the
roaring of foul waters.
But the flash of that explosion was
the rleam of Gods torch with which
he IL searching for the foundation OF
iustice ON Spanish SOIL 'Shall the axe
hoast itself against him that hewcth
herewith!
Great cool will come to our nation
and To humanity from this unparailei-
cd horror.
1 lis hot lIreai b lars kindled the fires
of patriotisAg IN millions of souls. fof
this VIC thank God ~ To-day there Is no
North. South Bast ror West. Our peo-'
ME are one4vpnef in SORROW, one an 10Y
atty. one IN tfslith. one in the spirit OF
glorious sacrifice. We were beginning
ia forget oasss past IN the fever of pu-
tr.d atmosphere of modern greed. Men
who wear sHlrple and fine linen and SIT
i'm high places, have been schooling lis
i'm cowardiee. brutality and dishon0r, In
the name of peacetand industry. Ihesc
cold-blooded }lgutes who call themselves
the ''conseryat tors of society nave Bee'i
preaching flpn-intereferenoe IN the race
of the most liellish crlIelties practised at
orr very doors by race of blood-thirsty
savages. They have assured us that we
are not our brothers keeper; that our
sole end in life is to look out for number
one. and let the rest of the world go to
held The throb of patriot hearts has
drowned for Il time their Internal noise.
. Out of it viii come the certainty
of adequate national defense and the
safe development of our future. Our
coast will be made secure. Little, GIN
let-headed men in Washington have
hitherto prevented this Our navy will
now be built. We need thirty more
battIe-ships and S100,000.000 feet of
smaller craft in cruisers, monitors ana
torpedo boats. If we had navy equal
TO our strength and responsibility no ma
ton i'm this world would dare attack us.
The inadequacy of our navy is the only
danger of war to-day with Spain The
hest guarantee of peace is perfect na-
ticnal defense.
= The freedom of Cuba is now as
10
eyer full or abiect. can satisfy the people
of America. Spain paid and apologizcd
for the Virgihius We have passed the
stage of apology and indemnity. The
honor of the great Republic is not Tor
SALE Iartyrdom means progress. The
roar of the lost Maine was Gods answer
to a murderer's cry-Am ] my brother
keeper? Justice is worth more than all
our stocks and bonds. The civil war
cost the nation untold billions of dOlla" IS
and the blood of half million men. 1t
was a good investment. We are richer.
nobler. stronger to-day for this sacrifice.
National conscience is worth more than
national commerce. National honor is
more precious than gold. God pity the
puny official who in this crisis seeks to
betray them. He will be ground to pow
der.
The cause of Cuba has become our
cause. We refuse to allow any other
nation to interfere: we must shoulder
the responsibility of this savage war.
The murder of non-comba tants. the
burning of hospitals filled with wounded
soldiers. the starving of hundreds of
thousands of innocent women and chill
dren! 1t is no use to talk longer Sna n
must get off this part of the earth
II is useless for legal qllibbers AMI
diplomats to lie about the Maine. Tbern
are no preccdcnts. This colossal crime Is
without a parallel in the history Of mod
ern civilization. There never was
case like it. and there never will he an,
other.
we do not want an apology from
Spain. She has apologized twice before
for the murder of Crittendon and his
men: for the murder of the crew of tho
Virginius. We have not forgotten it,
We do not want her money, we've
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