West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-01-27
PATRIOTIC EL0QUENCE.
Congressman Champ Clark Cham.
pions Cubas CauSe,


In Congress last week some bril-.
liant speeches we're made on the
Cuban question and among the
best was that OF Champ Clark, the
gallant Representative from Mis-
souri,, who scored the Republican
policy OF cowtrdlce and do nothing
ism, while poor, suffering, bleeding.
martyrcd Cuba, right at our doors.
begs us for aid. Here is part of
his speech.
If Spain does not brlus the war
% speedy conclusion tLe Un,cd
States ought to expel her from th,
western hemlsphere There cait
20 no doubt as TO what h,s been
our traditional toregn pohe :.
What our f0regh y ICY ls undt
the Mchtni,A s4n l.s So - .tkr
the peace ~ s,os p, a al a.
dersthncing.
IN THESE DAYS OF NC HANNAISM
our foreign policy Is too feeble, so
cringing, SO cowardly that ever old
and decrepit Spain insults our. flag,
maltrcats our citizens and searches
our ships with perfect impunity;
and President Mckinley instead OF
sending men OF war To protect our
honor, assert our supremacy and
teach the insolent aud impo,ent
Dons lesson they would never
forget, passes the hat around and
invites the American people to con
tribute aims for starving and dying
| Cubans.
IL is high time that wo served
plain and emphatic notice on all
Kings, Emperors and Po,entates
that the navies of the truns. Allan
tic powers shall not be used as col
lection bureaus for questionable
debts, rs was done year or two
ago Mt Corinto, and was done u
month or SO ago ut Hayti. The
Cuban case is this: For three
years the insurgents have fought
with u courage and suffered with u
fortitudo that has challenged the
the admiration of the world-sav g
and except the Mckinley admins
trutiou.
Three or four hundred thousand
people-some OF the plpcrs say six
hundred thousaud--have died i,
men, women and children,
AS MUCH MARTYRS
in the cause OF liberty AS was War.
rem or any other hero who died
that we might be free--and yet the
Mckinley administration lifts not
it's finger to stay the slaughter and
can think Of nothing more effective
for their relief than to pose as the
big beggarinan.
The party of Sumner. Chase and
Seward, winch proudly vaunted
i'self as the friend OF man. has be-
come the nlly of pestilcnce and
arson, famine, devastation, rape
and murder.
To every suggestion that We
should rc enter upon vigorous
foreign policy we are met with the
hystericAl shrek that we are ndyo
eating war. IL is not true, but sup
pose it were There are some
things worse than war--deplorable
as war unquestionnbly is---and one
OF them is to play the cry baby act
until We arc despised Of all nations
and kindrcds and tongues.
] Now that we number seventy
million souls, Republican admin
istration cannot be tainted, kicked
or cuffed without rescntng an in
suit or demlnding reparation for
an injury. Such contemptible
and pusiIlanimous policy is enough
TO make Grant, Sherman and Sheri
dan, Dupont, Farrsgut and Porter.
RESTLESS In THEIR CoFPISs.
"Mv Republican friends" be
said in conclusion. "I invite you
TO lay aside the weight that is hold
ing you down, assert your rights,
come out on the side Of eternal JUS
tice and human liberty, thereby
demonstrating that you are worthy
Of the high vocation wherein you
are called. We Democrats aud
Populists stand here ready to re-
move from America her great re-
proach. We on this side will con
tribute one hundrcd and hffy two
votes. II only twenty seven Re-
publicans will break the woke, defy
,hcir task masters aud join Us in
tbs noble work. before the Sun sets
this day we will send the glad tid-
ings ringing round the world
'Duba is free FREQ. thank God.
by the act OF the American Con