Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-04-08

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plish n peace. and while our own
great common sense senator tells
the story of Cuha's wrongs
scarcely above a whisper and in
the mildest language lest he may
stir the passions OF the MASSES. it
is disheartening To see men, even
men who should be grave and
digni6ed senators play the boy.
Even II there is but one right side
to this controversy. it is very
singular case that has not two
sides claimed for it and both
worthy of consideration, and
candid, dispassionate considera-
ton. To talk of "wiping Spain
out" as though it was to be a
holiday amusement to wipe out
a maritime people who are in
touch with if not themselves
possessed of the skill and prowess
of the once most famous naviga-
tors in the world, to have a
swarm of hornets, vessels well
calculated to annoy an almost
limitless and in greater part de-
fenceless frontier proving upon
helpless villages and cities, to
have untold thousands of the
bravest in the land destroyed by
the terrible enginery of war, is
the consideration of all these
things to be lost sight of i'll the
fog and noise Of passionate dec
lamation?
Besides, look at the situation a
moment. A demand is made on
Cuba for portion of her pos
sessions we will say. The indi-
viduals who compose her active
government tits personally do
not feel that they have authority
to carve out and convey away
any portion of the possessions of
the crown. They say we wish to
submit it to our congress. But
the demandants say mo, give it
to us now or we'll thrash you
The head of a large farming es-
Establishment being absent his cat
tie are taken damage feasant by
a still more powerful neighbor
In reparation for the damage so
done the stronger man says to
the overscer and workmen of the
absent owner of the cattle give
me the fertile piece of land adj
joining the one on which your
masters cattle destroyed my
crops
The reply would naturally be
"Wait, till the master returns
He will be here in a few days.
In the meantime we will arrange
that no further damage shall be
done"
Would not such a proposition
be entitled to some kind OF con-
sideration,? Suppose in reply to
this the claimant should turn to
his workmen and overseers and
ask them what they thought OF
, such a request for delay, and one
of them should get upin response
and deliver a large portion OF
, Patrick Henrv's speech on the
, subject of the American revolu.
ton, without much reference to
whether it applied to the situa'
, ton or not, would that be called
, candid and in the interest of good
neighborly conditions? Every
, proposition is entitled to be can.
didly treated and not met with
; boastful scorning. Suppose Spain
! wrong, as she probably is, she
=. should be first reasoned with
But YOU say there is limit tC
. reason. True and we are willing
to leave it to president Mckin
ley, who will at least not be par
q tial to Spain to say what that
limit is. But these current seek
!, ers and sensationalists seek tC
- take the matter from conserva
y tive hands and submit it to The
:. disposition of inconsiderate pas
;, sion. Is it not well to consider
where and on what ground the
q war is to begin? Is it to begir
. by demanding that the outside
world be permitted to feed thu
starving in Cuba? Very we'll
i, suppose thatprivilegeis granted
>, then shall it be required tina
Spain shall sell for a price namet
by the purchaser the island o
CUBA? Will it not be well t.
u consider whether such a cours
: would not too much resemble tn
: western drover who went abou
, purchasing sheep with a sho
] gun? Is the war to begin by de
manding the freedom of Cuba
y freedom under what sort O
j autonomy? That which woul'
be prescribed by the insurgents
:, or that which would be adopted
u by those who repudiate SPAR
:, and the insurgents alike ant
q who protest to president Mckin
n ley against interference? Wha
{ if some strong power had dc
manded of Lincoln in the nam
of freedom and humanity at tn
!. time Col. Fremont issued hi
l. famous emancipation proclama
o ton that all the reconcentrado