The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
AMERICA WILL DO HER DUTY
A Resolution In the Senate Defining Or
Attitude Toward C~uba-seEator Calm
ger Tells of the Horrors of the Cubs n
War.
SENATE.

War.
SENATE
wahsington. March "a vivid
word picture of rhe horrors and par
ba-ities Of concentration on the island
OF Cuba was drawn in the senate to-
day 10y Senator Gallinger. OF New
Hampshire. The senator recently Wis
uarion Of the r~econcentraGos and TO as
certain the facts concerning the gen.
eral Cuban question. IL was known
that Senator Gallirge- was TO speak
upon Cuba today and long before the
senate convened the galleries We're
packed.
Almost as soon as the senate con-
vened, Senator Bacon, of Georgia, in
troduced the following joint resolu-
ton:
That the government and people Of
the United States, while avowing that
at all times and to the uttermost limit,
they will maintain their national honor
n protect their material interests;
A~S 'tA NOAkAE an SISI vi
blood or treasure which nay be neces-
sary for the accomplishment Of this
high resolve, nevertheless declare that
it is their desire to live at peace with
all the nations and Peoples OF the
earth.
THAT supremacy confident in the
loyalty and patriotic devotion of the
people Of every class and of every sec
ton Of the country; strong in more
than 10000, 900 of people, r~esolute
brave and ready for any personal sac
rifice the honor and safety of their gov
erment nay require of them, and rich
in the possession of material
practically without limit, the United
States, nevertheless, desire and intend,
in the present threatening emergency,
earnestly and patiently to use every
practicable and honorable means TO
preserve a so far as the same may
be consistent with the honor Of the ma
ton and with their duty to themselves
and to others.
That while answering in their pur-
pose to fully protect the honor and the
property of the nation, as we'll as the
persons OF it's citizens, and while de-
teurmined upon the performance of
their duty to humanity, and to a neigh
boring people struggling for liberty,
the United States, desiring peace and
d~eprecating war, VIII in good faith en-
deaVOr to accomplish these ends, con-
SlStently with national honor, through
peaceful agencies and without unneces-
sary resort to war and bloodshed."
Senate Bacon said that owing to
the Importance of the resolution he
would not ask for it's immediate consid-
GRAFTON, but would permit it to lie on
the table until tomorrow.
Then Senator Hale, of Maine, chair
man of the naval affairs committee,
quietly rose and favorably reported
the bill providing for the relief for the
survivors of the Maine catastrophe.
There was a suppressed murmur of
expectancy in the galleries, but the
was e AND passed without
a word of debate.
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina.
announced that he would next Tues
day at 3 O'Clock p. m. ask the senate
to consider the resolutions upon the
death of his colleague, the late Sen
ator Earle.
Senator G~aHlinger's speech followed.
He spoke in a low, clear tone of voice,
dis audible throughout the
chamber. When he declared that a
government that would starve 400, 900
of it's people would do anything, and
followed this with the further declara-
ton that the lives of the brave men lost
in the Maine disaster could not be
atoned for with gold or silver, a spon-
taneous wave of applause swept over
the galleries and the vice president had
difficulty in restoring order. When he
had concluded he was accorded a ire
mendOus burst of applause, which the
vice president made little effort to re-
strain.
Senator Gallinger detailed some of
the event leading up to his arrival in
Cuba and OF his rec ption by General
Lee. General Lee" sale he, lis de-
serving of the highest possible praise
for the hammer in which he carries
himself in Havana. Cool and fearless
in the midst of difficulties and dangers,
he loses sight of the fact that he
is an American citizen; nor is he I'M
n of the tremendous response
bilities and duties of his position"
Referring to his call upon the au-
economist cabinet, Senator Gallinger
said it was evident that the president
of the cabinet was not encouraged in
the work. THE truth is" said Senator
Galllnger, is a fiat failure,
opposed alike by the ultra-Spaniards
and the Cubans."
Senator Gallinger recalled tina he
had heard during debates in the SEN
ate deniaas made that a state of war
existed in Cuba, but it required only
a brief personal observation to convince
one UndI war actually OlO exist. A
desolated country and it's stricken peo-
pie told the story more ~eloquently than
it could be conveyed in words. "The
war in Cuba, however" he said, lis
a war of starvation and extermina-
tion-a war more cruel h the world
has ever known"
The Spanish oops do not impress,
Americans as great soldiers. They are
a lax discipline and are poorly
uniformed and inadeQuately fed. The
high officials do most Of their fighting
in hotels and cafes, the actual fighting
being done by those of inferior grade.
On the contrary, the insurgents are
comfortably clad and under strict dis
cipline. They occupy a large part Of
the island n could, in Senator Gal
fingers judgement, take havana or
Matanzas whenever it might suit their
purpose. although those cities could
not be held for a lack OF a navy.
The scenes in the streets OF Haxana
are narrowing beyond description. Peo-
pie in want and suffering are every
where eel and walking skeletons