The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-28
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THE lNTELLIGENCER.
SwHEELINa. JAxuAnYs7. 1908.


Haf5Out l pPbSlokiS iGlShbOk NhAiok WIZ
4 discuss the Cuban question without
working into the matter something
about "the gold-bugs." and its fanati-
cism also leads It to indulge In menda-
cious comments that are totally without
Z foundation and entirely unwarranted.
What, for instance. do intelligent and de-
cent people think OF this vicious para
graph from the Register. concerning the
ordering If the battle ship Maine 10 Ha-
Z vana by President Mckinley?
~ What the orders OF the cruiser Maine
= are we know not, but unless the vessel
is placed at the service OF brave Fitz-
hugh Lee. we wager thatits commander
els! 50 Handicapped from Washington that
its big guns will be useless even for the
protection Of American citizens. For a
Y shot fired would slump stocks and bonds
Sin Wall street and cause Mark Hanna's
regiment OF plutocrats to witness a
{shrlnkage In the value of their precious
Y securities, and rather than such n terri
: BILE catastrophe be brought about, let
rs every American man, woman and child
in Cuba be murdered and outraged,
Such "a comment, did 1t come from a
= more influential source, could create
nothing else than mischief. There is the
venom and indiscretlon in 1t that is
born of!an insane and fanatical preju-
dice. which appeals only to ignorance.
Y and lnflames the thoughtless mind at a
Il time when calm judgment should pre-
wall and patriotism, rather than mere
partisan yIndictlveness. should govern
the conduct OF all American citizens, as
well as OF those who are in a position to
mold public opinion No more unwar-
rantcd comment has been INDUCED in by,
the most bitterly partisan and inconsid-
crate enemy OF the administration in this
country. tits enough to cause the pub
sill to hold Its breath and wonder to what
g, extent the hatred OF a Republican ad-
Il ministration by the organs OF the Bryan
s:ite demagogues Is going to lead them in
their endeavor to breed prejudice
An against the Chief Executive OF this coun-
is try. whose whole life and career have
breathcd devotion to the country's
4 honor, and who was long ago willing to
give his young life for Its preservation
when some OF tho present day critics
liz were denouncingl the national cause:
whose policy with reference to this grave
question has received the Communications
= lof the thoughtful. Intelligent people OF
W the Nation, while partisan malice has
u sought To dlscredlt 1t. n; Z
Why not treat this subject Of the Gu
y ban policy with the gravity and the
NJ truthfulness that Its Importance and Sig.
nifcance demand? Why not treat q
discussion OF the incident Of the ordering
Of the batsleshlp to Havana with the
fairness that should characterize the at
titude OF all Americans at this juncture?
Why encourage the enemies OF America,
III She; has. any by dlscrediting our own
3 government? What is to be gained by
y. appealing to ignorance and prejudice in
the hope Of reaping partisan advan-
" tage at home, when The only effect It will
ftg have lis to comfort the critics Of Ameri-
8 can Institutions abroad? Fortunately
" the local organ OF hatred and malice
stands alone among the newspapers OF
81 the country in going to the extreme
SS$&length quoted In the above paragraph. e
'l$ The Cuban question IS one OF great
VI difficulty, and cannot be settled BY polltl-
Is. cal ,demagogues who assume to know
= more than the men at the helm who are
Ss<in close official touch with the situation.
III Have these demagogic editors forgotten
THAT the ten years war in Cuba. more
terrible than the present uprising, was
n In progress during the presidential term
D of that great soldier patriot, General
& Grant? His flrmncss of character and
watchfulncss OF American interests were
n, proverbial. 1t was Grant who ordered
the French army from Mexico. and It
4 went. It was Grant who pressed the
Alabama claims and they were settled.
During the ten years Cuban war of that
day our expeditions with relief for
81 the Cubans were captured by the Span,
n ;iards and. In one instance, many Ameri-
r. can citizens were shot. ,.1;l i,
Is There were jinsoes then, az now. ready
v TO wipe Spain OFF the face. OF the earth
with their, bombastlc rhetoric. but Cen
s9geral Grant stood firm ana there was no
q war. n He who had brought the nighHcst
Sclvl war OF modern times to an end, and
< about whose patriotism and flrmness
ssthere was no question, did not permit
81 himself 10 be swayed by those who were
warriors only IN their minds, and were
willing TO have everybody else except.
l3thomselyes do the fighting. H. III.
In this day, and under similar clrcum-.
\ stances, We also have5a. President who Is
FL treating the subject with The seriousness
Y$that5is born OF the realization of5thc re-
\ sponsibility. He Is proceeding with a
!. full sense Of that responsibility, and will
y answer 70 the people OF the country and
:: not 1.-THE lingo politicians who ARE SEEK
d ang for an Issue With which to -innanio:
The; public mind. ), n. x. Z
THIS is q time TO treat the presidency
Of the United States with the respect
that Ia due It. Decent consideration for
The Execulyes personality and his great