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 which had entered into the for independence. Would forefathers have done well if they had accepted this compromise? Would we have been sat- isfied with them if they had?
 The Cubans had held out against Spain for three years. Two hundred thousand troops had been sent against them-there 100000 in Cuba when this war broke out; we do not know how many have died since-and the report, of Consuls and of trust worthy men who went into Cuba last winter that the Spanards held the cities by force of arms that they had abandoned the of the country, and that the might go indefinitely.
 Under the conditions it business in- terfere. MT. Cleveland thought that we could per- suade the Cubans to lay down their under promise of autonomy But nation has the right to guarantee what 1t cannot enforce The Cubans fused to accept autonomy and it duty fol- low out the policy of the United States of half tury and declare them free As to Spain, she could not withdraw from Cuba without precipftatng revo- lution and had to come I have believed for two years that it inevitable and that the sooner 1t the better
 At one time the United States, not officially made overtures to the Spanish bondholders assunr- ton or guarantee of at least a part of the Cuban debt by this country but they not willing to accept it.
 I hope Cuba will not be annexed the United States. That is matter which affects our honor We have entered on this war in the humanity and under pledge that do want to annex Cuba It would injure us unspeakably if an-
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premacy in every land where the sun shines, and the English tongue is des- tined to be the official language of the world. Even Cossack and Chinamen will eventually converse in the tongue of John Bull and Uncle Sam. This fight over Cuba will lead the way for the elimination of Spain from the map of nations I believe that Spanish barbarian will be forever crushed be- fore the close of the century beneath the heel of humanity
 The time is ripe for a union of Eng land and America to act together in the name of progress and humanity and civilize the world. Such a combina- tion will possibly come sooner than we expect. Let them combine and do it peaceably, if possible, but by the per suasive eloquence of the cannon's mouth. if necessary. It will be a sur vival of the Attest
 Spain is good subject to begin on as an object lesson. No one can tell where the result of our war with Spain will end, but I think the best way to free bleeding Cuba and settle the war is for the United States to whip Spain quickly, and give it a thorough licking while it is at it. It has deserved it ever since it murdered our sailors, first in the Virginius af- fair and later when the martyrs of the Maine were killed while they slept by Spanish treachery
 l have no fear of European interven- tion in behalf of Spain. because Spain has no friends, with the possible ex- ception of marriage ties in Austria. No nation feels like clasping the hand of nation dripping with the blood of murdered sailors of friendly power
 When we free Cuba let the people there decide whether or not they want the island annexed to the United States. We do not want Cuba unless she wants us. This war is not waged to get possession of Cuba, but to free the Cubans. Personally do not favor annexation. Cuba ought to be free, and I believe the Cubans are capable
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2 nexed the island If at time in the future. when the Cubans have had an opportunity to test self-goyernment, the conditions should become like those in Hayt where the people got cutting each others throats 1t might be necessary for the United States to step in, but not until that tmc
 l do not care to talk about policy toward the Philippines; first, because do not control them yet and second because I do not believe in meeting difficulty until have reached it.
 Now as to the ability of our people to cope with the trained dplomatists of Europe.
 Whenever the need shall arise the will be found. It has always been The record of the United States in diplomacy Is remarkable It equals the record any of the nations of Europe. After the revolutionary the treaty with England which commissioners negotiated was generally admitted to be triumph of diplomacy In the treaty of 1914 Lord Wellington admitted that had got that statement in Parliament.
 As to negotiations political prejudice warps popular Judgment of them for the present But dur ing the civil most ably represented in diplomacy by MT. Seward in the Cabinet, by Mr Adams in London, and by other present. tives abroad It is acknowledged that in the Ireary of ss9 of which grew the Geneva Convention we erainad a distinct advantage. I think need have no faor of diplomatic difficulties.
 As to representatives in Congress it bos h come popular criticize them and to oe with the statesmen of the past their disadvantae but I think unjustly ee'
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JOHN j.. DIVER, Member of the Democratic National Committee.

ly, is not, in my opinion, necessary for our national safety Such an alliance does not hold out sufficient promise of advantage in other respects to make it prudent for us to undergo the risks of becoming embroiled in purely English wars, which such an alliance would in- evitably involve.
 The true American policy is that laid down by the fathers of the republic amity with all nations; entangling alli- ances with none.
 Our geographical position, our re- sources, our population and our insti- tutions make us superior to the need of an alliance as a general proposition, and it would be the height of folly to enter into a bargain where we have all to lose and nothing very substantial in sight to gain. The exigencies of a war certainly not this Spanish war as it stands at present-may possibly at some time require us to seek allies, but those particular occasions may be trusted to take care of themselves.
 Every year adds to our strength far more than to the strength of any na- tion on earth, and as we grow stronger We will become less and less in need of alliances.
 A powerful navy, small standing ted West Pointers tc command the volunteers when called upon-these to- gether with happy, prosperous and educated people to pay the taxes and to do the fighting, is the combination
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the methods of other governments which exploit themselves in the same field. None can stand quite alone. England does so more nearly than any other power, but she has reached that position only by reason of many alli- ances. She was at the head of the European alliance against Louis XIV, against Napoleon and against Russia in the Crimean War.
 In this Spanish affair we may not see the end until we apply the match to the Continental situation by an invasion of the Spanish peninsula.
 Nothing is more likely in the future of our career than that we must seek or be sought in alliance. With what country can we make it if not with England?. Since Washington violated the French treaty of offensive and de- fensive alliance by his commercial con- vention with England, she has grown to be our most profitable customer. No other country can take her place as market for the surplus products of our industry.
 The path wherein our feet are now planted leads of necessity to alliances, and from our present standpoint Eng land is likeliest to be our ally.
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choose between giving up Cuba and lighting the United States and if Spain had given up Cuba there would have been revolution which would have over thrown the present dynasty
 This inevitable. And since it was inevit- able the sooner it the better Spain had been destroying our peace and interfering with our com lnerce and we must have intervened. Since Buchan- ans time it has been the policy of the United States to free the people of Cuba In fact for nearly tury we have had in mind the removal of Spanish authority from the island.
 Spain once offered us great commercial advantages II we would guarantee her sovereignty by treaty but we refused to do so. Twice Spain and France ap- proached us to ask that Span's control of CuDa, but we would not do it. Grant recognized the
 right of Cuba to be free In his message Congress in 1S69 Secretary Hamilton Fish recognized it when he
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ples speaking the English lan-
 guage-is now fully within the
 contemplation of practical poli ticians. Whether a treaty will soon be negotiated is another matter.
 Politicians on both sides of the water are at least preparing their own minds and the minds of the people of Eng land and America by considering and discussing the possibility of such an agreement. By the very act of doing so they have brought the people of the two countries nearer together, and in England a strong popular sentiment al- ready exists in favor of a union
 It would be difficult to fix the period at which this English sentiment of de- cided friendliness toward America be- gan its present strong and gratifying manifestation, but, paradoXical as it may seem, we are inclined to credit the Venezuela incident with the awakening of that respect for us which is so ob- vious an element of the existing feel ing of the British press and public to- ward Americans.
 At least there is no doubt that Eng fish public men and English society did not look upon MT. Olney'S dispatches to MT. Bayard, and upon MT. Cleve- lands message, in the same way as. they struck some of us in this country who did not agree with the President and his Secretary of State.
 Be this as it may, the fact that an international alliance is desired by Englishmen of all parties is now one of the foremost facts of international politics. If it had not been so before by reason of the frank confessions of English sympathy for us in our war with Spain, and by active and material aid afforded us by the Government at
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JOHN p. IRISH.

Great Britain, we owe to her refusal to join with the Continental powers in a representation favorable to Spain the failure of the latter to make strong alliances against us.
 If we are to emerge from our happy isolation in this hemisphere, of which we hold the hegemony, and enter upon the wider international theater of af- fairs, we must understand in the be- ginning that we accept the duties and
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H. s. PINGREE, Governor of Michigan.

address and what he says about alli-
 ances with foreign powers: "If once the camel gets his head inside the tent" etc. l favor arbitration between our selves and all nations. As duels be- tween man and man are thing of the past, so should wars between nations be done away with. War is a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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REP. WALKER of Massachusetts.

liance with Great Britain, and it would be a firm one, too. From this time on, we must have ship for ship and man for man for the ships of Great Britain or any other. power. It is in
 evitable that the United States and
 Great Britain must cooperate along
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SENATOR sEWELL of New Jersey.

 kind. However, the present de- velopment of affairs illustrates the fact which many of us have been satisfied of for some time that seventy-f1ve millions popu- latlon cannot be controlled on the prin- ciples which governed a few millions at the time the constitution was adopt ed. In order to live and have our be- ing we must have a new territorial policy. The change or power from sail to steam developed the fact that coal ing stations are necessity and that we should, therefore, acquire the Ha- waiian Islands and construct the Nic- araguan canal.
 While we desire most friendly re- lations with Great Britain, do not think we are prepared as yet to enter into any negotiation or contract by which we should be obliged to interfere outside our own sphere in the policy of any nation whose ideas may have been different from ours for a series of years
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|. R, elLtRT.

talk about such a combination being formed on an Anglo-Saxon or any other race or religious basis. The Ameri- cans are not entirely Anglo-S Saxon, but in time will develop a type of their own which is bound to differ widely from the traditional men of that race.
 My idea is, that>if an alliance is ever effected between Great Britain and the United States it will proceed on business lines. That is, the two countries will, by virtue of their com mercial interests, agree to protect each other on land and sea against the re- mafnder of the world.
 T think the commercial interests of England are at the bottom of her pres ent friendliness, and if, as these inter- ests are developed and examined, 1t is seen that they may be promoted by an alliance, England will become more friendly.
 Naturally, if we can make money by joining hands with the mother coun- try, we will do so. So far this is all l can see in the talk of an alliance be- tween the two countries"
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SENATOR LINDSAY of Kentucky.

want to be on terms of close intimacy with our friends. But we have not vet got far enough away from old time american doctrines to be willing to form international alliances with any nation in the world-not eve. with our best friends"
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America needs. All others are unne cessary and big with innumerable dan gers.
 It must never be forgotten that our foreign policy is an honest enc. while that of all the leading European peo- pies, England at the head of them. has been to despoil weaker peoples and to Wrongfully grab territory When we are ready to change our national char acter and follow in their footsteps it VIII be time enough to seek allies
 necessity is the controlling factor in this problem, and at the present time tion.
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ture thought, I would not commit my self upon so grave a proposition. The admonition of Washington ought to make us hesitate to enter upon a policy Which he sc pointedly reprobated. And yet the world moves, and no one can tell what day will bring forth
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SENATOR JULIUS CAESAR BURROWS of Michigan.

moment. Such an alliance, or, indeed, any alliance with a foreign power, would be contrary to the traditional policy of the United States. If entered
 upon at all it should be with great de- liberation. Without careful and ma
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We appreci- ate the friend ly feeling of Great Britain and should cul- tiVate it. We
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j. R. ROGERS, Governor of Washington

ance with England is manifestly ad
 vantageous to America and should be viewed with unalloyed satisfaction by all good citizens. What the future may have in store is another matter should not favor hard and fast al liance for all time with any power short of the Omnipotent God. All other forces in the universe are selfish and partial. It is safe, however, to trust even Great Britain when her interests coincide with ours
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GOV JAS. H. BUDD.

of this or any State to express his opin- ion as to what policy should be pursued by the national administration.
 T have full confidence in the ability or President Mckinley and his Cabi- net to manage the affairs of the nation without any advice from me-.
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WILLIAM P. LORD, Governor Of Oregon.

ments with foreign powers, but there may arise conditions which would ren- ger an alliance necessary and mutual iy Denehc1al. l think the interests of the Onlted States and England are such as should now bind them closer to- gether.
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I S l. A N D LAKE, Mich, s a t u r d a y.- Let our people read Washing toms farewell
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SENATOR FRYE of Maine,

Foreign Relations, weighed carefully each word as he said to me:
 'England's conduct toward our coun- try in the past has not inclined me to be especially friendly, but she has the same blood, like civilization and lan- guage with us, and all the while I have had an inner consciousness that if trouble should come to her my sympa- thies would be with her. In our pres ent war evidently she is our friend and this fact has made me just now spe- cially friendly to her. I am satisfied that the peace, prosperity and advance ment of the world would be promoted by an alliance of the English-speaking nations"
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w. H. L. BARNES.

Britain failed short time since.
 If had the power, treaty of alli- ance, offensive and defensive, with England would go into effect as soon as it could be formed and made The nervous agitation, not to say prostra- tion. its mere suggestion has given Flu rope proves it's necessity.
 Once established it would compel peace and repress aggression now in contemplation.
 We have always operated at the wrong end of the British lion. The time is now come to get around to the other end and shake paw with him."
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But do not think this war will extend over any considerable period. don't how Spain can afford to prolong it. She has resources And if as is probable we destroy her fleets she cannot replace them They talk of sending troops to the Philippines Spain can never do that. She has not got them to send She can raise any number of men to defend her own coast, but not to send to her colonies
 have lived in Spain and I know and have the hndest personal feeling for her leading men, I have the kindest feeling for the Queen. But cannot see no" thls war could have been avoided Spain had to
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"It would be a matter of i m pro p riety and indelicacy on the part Of fhn GOUarnnr
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If t h e r e should be a European com- b i n a t i o n against us in the war u-ith
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"I believe in an alliance of t h e English speaking 2a- tionS of the world, and I
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REP. BAILEY of Texas.

is adViSa ble at any time.
 Statisticians claim that the earth will not support more than about 5,994, 000,- 900 people. The present population is estimated at 1.467, ,O00,0 900, the increase being per cent each decade. At that rate the utmost limit will be reached in the year 2072.
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REP. PERRY of Kentucky.

believe that such an alliance will be necessary in the near future, though it may not come out of this war. Our commercial interests are identical with those of Great Britain to a great eX- tent"
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OL Y M PA, w a s h.-Ci ir- cumstances all ter cases. At t h e present time an alli-
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REP. MEYER of Louisiana.

a combination against us. It is certain ly no disparagement of our naval strength to say that in the event of a combination of European nations against us the assistance of Great Britain would be a very desirable thing to have"
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the same lines, and Japan must unite with us. The ports of each country must be open on equal terms to the yes sels of the other tWo."
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T was great ly disappointed when the arbi- tration treaty n e s o t i a tion
 rlI
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One of the leading Re-
 p u b l i c a n members of t h e Senate Conomitfaa nn
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While there has been lio formal propo- sition of an alliance of any k i n q w it h
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T should re- gard an alli- a n c e W i t h Great Britain as desirable if there should be
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time when the Continental nations intended to prevent war by an un- friendly demonstration against us, 1t is now certain by reason of MT. Chamber laip's strong declaration in his Birm- ingham speech in favor of an Anglo American alliance.
 The Call has asked representative men in various part of the country for their views. Here are some of the re- plies:
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amazement that they Sh0uId en- dure them, just now their life is more than ordinarily hard. For, of course, the regulars are the backbone of the army and are ordered hither and thither as the wind bloweth, and their families are not left safely behind in their own homes, but must vacate these quarters to the next corners.
 At almost every post in the country, in lieu of draperies and bric-a-brac, packing cases and burlap are the adornments of halls and rooms. and the housekeeper struggles along with as few dishes, pots and pans as she can so that the last days packing may be as light as possible
 Instances of the philosophic way in which she accepts the inevitable are with
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I HEN this is ended Spain will have n [ nothing left but the peninsula " N It is possible that Spain will retain the Y Canary Islands when the conflict is over
 tha 1I-nr ic 1ar.oIar,
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"The tradi- tions of this country a T e against inter- national alli- ances of any
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"1 h a V e thought about it very little, but it seems to me that it is no g q nSa fn
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of governing themselves. I want them to add new flag to the emblems of nations. People who can fight as the Cubans fight are deserving of liberty.
 ROBT. G. INGERSOLL.
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Our alliance is among our selves. I don't think we have occasion for an alliance with earth"
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'I do not think an alll- ance between the U n i t e d States and any foreign nation
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An alliance with England, of a general character, such as has b e e n discussed late-
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SALEM, Or. l believe that the U n i t q d States should avoid leagues and eDfanpla-
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HESE are the times that try wom- en's souls as well as mems, and nowhere more sorely than in the regular army. Used at all times | to inconveniences which make
 their sisters In civil life stare with
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N alliance between Great Britain
 and the United States-that is, between all countries and peo-
 pies speaking the English lan- guage-is now fully within the
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SENATOR COCKRELL
 of Missouri.

any other nation on
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An opinion should not be hastily e K pressed upon a matter of such great
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-01-05
Gotten Growers Meetings.
HOI.I.DW CREE X.

Pursuant to notice i'll Lexington
Dispatch, goodly number Of citizens
met at Hollow Greek church, Satur-
day, 1st Janua,y. 1898, ard organized
by electing W. B. Taylor chairman
and r. J. Price secretary.
Col. d. I. Barr offered a rcsolu.
ton that. we endorse DIR. J. VIM
Stokes hi in Congress, forbldd'nS
gambling in cotton futures and gram.
which was unanimously adopted.
The election Of delegates to the
County Convention resulted III the
choice Of W. B Taylor, G. +. kelslcr.
and J. Walter Drchcr, they to ap
point their own altcrnatcs.
Motion was then made that tn"
proceedings be sent to the Lexington
Dispatch, with request to publish.
II. J. Price, Secretary.