Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

revenue than BY issuing bonds. An is
sue Of bonds should be the last resort of
statesmanship, not the beginning Of it.
Nothing would force q speedy and
successful conclusion Of this wal SO
much as o declaration by this house
that we will raise millions for those
who fight the battles on land and sea,
but not q dollar for the b~ondholder.
Such q declaration would sound the
hour when the fogs Of politics, diplo-
macy and delay that now hover over
the acts and purposes of the admins
tration would have to disappear and
actual war commence.
"Sir, we have not yet been able to
reach out and come in contact with the
Spaniard before we are surrounded by
and in the clutch Of an enemy that
bears q more sinister aspect. The presi-
dent has Just issued his call for 1916, 600
volunteers to free the Cubans, and now
with undue but thrifty haste comes
Shylock and issues his call for $780,
900, 900 in bonds with which to enslave
the American people.
A Dual Conflict.
"We ought to crush the Spaniard
and end this war in two months, but il
Shylock is to share our councils and at
tention then the respective strength and
character of the two contending nations
do not furnish any reasonable basis Of
prophecy as to when this war will be
ended. It throws us into a dual conflict,
with the Spaniard in front of us and
satan in our rear, and the war will not
terminate until the American lemon is
thoroughly squeezed.
ST know that liberty lie the dearest
as it is the choicest think on earth, and
it is never secured only as it is paid for
inch by inch in blood and money. The
American people have undertaken to
pay for Cuban liberty in that kind Of
coin, but they will mete out just pun
ishment to those who place them in
bondage to Shylock for 30 years for the
liberties of any foreign people.
"The reason given in the report that
accompanies this bill for the issue of
bonds to the amount of $500, 600, 900 at
this time is the necessity Of impressing
the great powers Of Europe with an ex-
hibition of our unity and vigor. Sir,
we have not entered into this war for
holiday parades and exhibitions, but to
pluck the Gem of the Antilles from
the crown Of Spanish despotism and
place it upon the brow of freedom. If
our army and navy proceed about that
at once. and do it quickly, we will i'm
press the great powers with q deeper re-
spect for us and at much less expense
and sacrifice to the American people
than if we enter upon vain and useless
speotacles Of our power.
The Peoples Confidence.
"The issuing Of bonds at this time is
declaration Of our want Of confidence
in the peoples willingness to meet the
burdens of q war which they have
themselves demanded. Their enthusiasm
is SO earnest, their are so
great and our opportunities for levying
the sinews Of war are SO many and ex-
cellent that all other means for carry
ing ON this war should be exhausted be-
fore we add another dollar to our ma
tional debt.
eff we cannot diminish, let IS at
least hold our national debt where it
is and pluck that flower Of safety out
of this nettle danger.
"The man who has the e at
hand to pay his debts, but prefers to
sign a bond for their future payment is
. fool, a Spectator or a knave. Nor
can that government be honest which
passes by and ignores the wealth and
means within its reach for carrying on
an enterprise, but prefers to force upon
its citizens an issue of bonds that will
be a burden upon them and a curse upon
their children for generations afterward.
ST do not impute dishonest motives
to gentlemen who adhere to the method
of raising venue adopted by this bill.
1t is their method, it is their faith, for
the political shrine at which they wor-
ship is consecrated only by the JUNCTION
Of the bond; but we believe that the
means for this war can be raised with
out issuing bonds.
"We believe that national bonds,
even when issued in q crisis Of necessi-
ty, become q source of national corrup-
ton; that they create q monopoly that
fattens upon the people; that locks up
the sources of their prosperity and in
dustry and impoverishes them. That is
why through all the stages of this Gu
ban question Democratic and sen.
sibilities have been more easily aroused
in behalf Of Cuban freedom than that
Of Republicans.
Bred Cuba's Woes.
"The disease Of Cuba, her poverty
and misfortunes, that have cried aloud
to us and high heaven for redress, were
bred by Spanish extortion in colonizing
$500, 600, 900 Spanish bonds on that
island for the purposes Of lust and rob-
berry. That is Democratic faith, and by
and through that faith we were able be-
fore Republicans to comprehend the de-
plorable situation of the Cuban and first
to extend to him the hand Of sympathy.
"That is still our faith, and in main.
tanning it here against this bond issue
we do 30 on the highest plane of con-
sistency with all our acts and principles
touching this great subject.
From the beginning we have labored
for a free Cuba-not that miserable
freedom which would still compel it to
gnaw its life out on the bone of debt
and drink from the bitter cup of a hope
deferred, but a freedom full Of life and
light and joy, a freedom disenthralled
not only Of Spanish sovereignty but of
Spanish bonds.
"When we stand against this pro-
posed bond issue, we are but defending
the American people from the identical
evil which has induced them to so gen.
erously espouse the liberties Of the Gu
bans. Slowly but surely it is dawning
upon the gaze of mankind that he who
fights against national bonds is fighting
the battle Of human freedom every
where"
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