The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-30

citizen II % equal value before the law.
They wkge net s<nasors--fEey Eere sail
9rs. Their widows and orphans cry aloud
10 Us. s.1e silent appeal OF ~ searrsn
comes 20 IA agaln and again, saying. We
are ress OF your flesh. bore OF your bnse
and blood Of y0ur blood. we lived and sli.ss
for the flag fS1af shields yoss What = -
- our answer. Shall We ansxES wstli
nnsnrys
81 Am for war"
''ar. President, I speak only for nyssIs
and ana Tor war. Applause in the gal
iegsea1 ss lsAIaA -.
s.us gentlemen may say: Don't say yo1
.rr for war-say that you are for armed
Intervention. which means war. believe
Ia sailing things ~ their right name. Il
we 6-Eisye that numbering cur ns~n. sink
ing our ship and lowering our Tag = not
4 cause for war. say so, and refer IL. as
they did the gIrgintus affair. ard allow
our brothers to be sold Ike stock for god.
X IL r. cause for war, let III assume the
responsibility put upon Is by the constisn-
t!on and say 80. not only to Spain. but to
the whole world Let nor say one thing
and mean another. For Gods sake. let
moi Spanishize our dspiossacies. hut rather
speak the truth and prove ourselves trEe
disciples OF james q. Blaine.
I'VE can hide no longer under the exects-
five wing. He can neither declare war nor
for one am ready 10 vote now. You may
continue 10 cry Peace, peace bat there
can De no peace while Europeans butcher
their slaves on the same eoutineut where
our flag floats.
But there are those who say tae court
does not fix tie RESPONSE Iisy. Il was not
necessary. The peace az any price men
cannot escape 20. The law fixes respon-
sibiIity. We were In Spanish waters and
over Spanish soil. The harbor is owned
and controlled by Spain. IL Ii was a tor
pedO. 1t was a Spanish torpedo. II {, was
a mine, IL was a Spanish mine. No ex-
piosives have been on sale in Havana for
over a year 10 private citizens. II il was
gun cotton. II was Spanish gun cotton.
and IL IL was dynamite. II was Spanish
dynamite The power 10 explode IL was
controlled by Spain. 4 government acts
only through its agents and officers mas
much as they control the discharge Of their
cannon. IL was owned, located and ex-
pIoded by Spain. and Spain must answer
Il shall oppose any plan 10 assist Spain
to place any kind OF autonomy on Cuba
Spain cannot be trusted &c, keep her prom
ise. and We cannot undertake TO compel her
TO. Aside from that. poor Cuba has paid A
larger price for liberty than we did. and
she mus oe free. shall oppose any plan
that looks 20 forcing Cuba In the future TO
pay Spain for her liberty. Her land is full
Of graves. ard her future generations must
not be mortgaged. II il claimed by some
that Cuba ought 10 he willing TO pay
SDains war debt. Cuba TO pay for the
powder and lead that killed her people?
To pay for the torches that burned her
homes To pay the back wages OF the
Spanish soldiers who ravished her wives
and daughters? Never. Not by any vote
OF mine
beware of Farther Treaehery.
Some tell us We must wait for the Span
ish elections. II her elections are az rot.
ten as her diplomacies we cannot wait Ii
is GAINED that If we will wait until the
Spanish elections. Sagasla Will give all
concessions. Are We TO be fooled twice with
the same trick? Is De LONE 50 soon for
gotten?
Some tell us We are not prepared. When
shall We be better prepared? VIII IL be
when the Spanish torpedo fotilla has
crossed the water and rests complacently
on her base OF supplies within five or sig
hoars' distance of our feet? We know now
officially what we have believed for forty
days. Shall we wait until she can destroy
more OF our ships and men. God forbid
that such a crime should be charged
to IA.
Let us awake. Shake off the Chinese
narcotic that locks US in drowsy Incidence.
murmuring Peace al any price Awake.
as our forefathers did at Concord and
Bunker Hiii awake to glorious war
auains, a nation that burns homes and
murders women and children. awake To
glorious war that seeks No gain for as IN
treasure or territory. but n war 70 drive
the oppressor from the continent. to set
ire Cuban flag In the sky forever, and
war that viii help us for generations 10
come. and will give notice that the honof