The herald., 1898-04-10
the present congress to adopt the same

the present congress to adopt the sans
resolution?
| Were I the leader of the Republican
party, and wholly Indifferent to the de-
mands of liberty and humanity, as q
politician long ago I would have sent
feet and an army to the rescue ol
the Cubans.
Such an act Of courage and patriotism
would have commanded the respect and
support of every patriotic Democrat and
Populist. 1t would have diverted the
workingmen from their grievances al
the hands Of Mammon and enlisted them
in the support of their country and Its
Republican administration.
No; President Mckinley did not want
war. Neither do you, nor do l. But
a war against butchers in the name OF
humanity Is a war for peace-not the
peace of death and desolation, but the
peace which was broken, not by the Gu
ban patriots, but by Spain's injustice and
inhumanity
In legal sense the peace between ma
tions is broken when a nation violates
some principle of international law.
And oppressed citizens are justified In
armed insurrection against their cruel
and inhuman rulers when their cause is
just and they have reasonable grounds
for believing they can win their inde-
pendence; and of both conditions they
who revolt must decide. Our fSthers re-
belled against British tyranny, and
France aided them TO win. But
we - shameful it is! - having for
years contemplated the scenes Of
Spanish cruelty. sent the amiable
General Woodford to Madrid to
give a dinner to Spanish diplomats
while we were fishing up the bodies Of
our dead sailors, killed by Spanish as
sassins. Our cause is more holy than
that of self-defense. 1t is self-defense
in its noblest sense.
Said the heather poet, Juvenal: II
am a man, and nobody in the form of a
man is alien to me-" Are we Christians?
And are not the Cuban patriots men?
Are they not brave men? Have they not
defeated the Spaniards in nearly every
engagement? Do they not control half
the island? Were not the victims Of
Weyler's trocha prison fence (worse
than AndersonvilleD fathers. mothers,
daughters? Can we ever again say to
England, Shame on you because you
did not rescue the butchered Christian
Armenians"? Are not the Cuban patri-
OTIS Christians?
Oh. for one hour of Andrew Jackson!
Let our country, Mr.. Senator. establish
this new precedent-let it become an ar
tice In the international code-"When-
ever the rulers Of any nation shall treat
their citizens with inhuman cruelty. any
other nation Is justified in forcibly COM
pelling the observance Of the principles
of humanity and civilized warfare"
The horrors of war know and deplore
The worst OF 1t is that it involves the
death Of the innocent. But there Is no
remission OF sin without shedding Of
blood. The north was guilty Of COM
plicity in human slavery. and was pun
ished by the loss Of a half million of
her sons, the bravest and best. We are
now guilty Of idly standing by and wit
Messing the inhumanity of Spain. We
deserve to be punished. But at least let
us now do our duty: and the God Of
Justice will grant us victory, and to the
Gem Of the Sea independence, and few
years will see Cuba smiling with JOY and
gratefully asking admission to the union
of states, which will. hope. in the near
future embrace every republic of the
western continent.
In conclusion, let us appreciate the
good win of England. Let England and
the United States join hands and say
peace by tyranny or war; you must sub
nit your differences to a court Of arbi-
tration, and if you will not we shall force
you to do so.'
Then will peace spread her wings over
enslaved humanity. now bearing the
awful burdens of standing armies and
ravies, as we'll as the loads that Mann
mon has imposed upon their long-suf-
fering bodies and souls.
Respectfully, your fellow-citizen.
r. H. CHITTENDEN.
Redlands, April s, 1898.