The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-08-16
WHAT OTHERS SAY.


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From the very beginning of American
Intervention in Spanish-Cuban affairs.
the Spanish bond-holders have been
diligent in pressing their claims and in
tereSts on attention. They seemed to
take it for granted that money is the
most sacred Of secular concerns. and
that where it is involved, its security and
protection must be considered and AS
sured before life. liberty. justice and
every other matter bot solvent anu con
vertible into gold, and to be expressed
in terms Of money. Thus. It the first
mooting Of Cuban recognition III Wash
ington. it was urged that there was
a special obligation known rs the Cuban
debt. which must be first provided for.
The first proposition was that the United
States should assume this debt. SO that
the poor mcritorious bond-holders should
not lose Il dollar OF their precious money.
nor suffer in their elevated minds at
any apprehension of pecuniary loss.
Mems lives and liberties and the inGr-
pendencc of nations We're ~ but dust n
the balance to these sacred bonds. which.
moreover. amounted to 10 great sun
for the United States to assume. OF guar
antce. being only S1oO.0 nO, 600. or 5000
zoe 0OO
\ little research. however, disclosed
tina these so-callcd Cuban bonds amoun-
ted to at least $500. OOO. 600. and might
reach $500. 900, 900: that the poor widows
and orphans holding them for the most
part) were the RothSchildS. and other
millionaire capitalists of Paris: that the
money obtained on them went exclusively
to the Golfers of Spain for the ruthless
campaigns of murder and determination.
rObbcry. outrage, fire and blood. Starvl-
ton and ruin to dcSolatc Cuba: aud
that these Partisan bond-holdcrS had
advanced this blood-moncy to Spain. well
knowing its bloody and inhnman pur-
poses. on terms that promised them i'm
menSe profits on the investment of cru
city. and the violation of women. with
the indiScriminatc massacre Of old men.
women and children. and the conflagra-
ton of crops and homes. This is the
holy debt created by the advance of
funds from brutal financicrs to Il bru-
tai Spanish administration to enable it
to carry on the most brutal proceedings
in Cuba ever conceived in the imagina-
ton Of the most depravcd and barbarouS.
1t was these proceedings that shocked
and aroused the world and forced the
government and people Of this country
to intcrvenc; and it is this debt. 50
contracted by Spain for the most mon
strous and malignant dragonnades. that
Cuba is to pay and the United States
guarantee.
And yet it is insisted that Cuba must
pay this debt created by Spain. for
Cuban determination and dissolution, It
is urged that the United States must
secure the men who advanced the
hloOd-money. from any loss. The loan
of the money and its horrible use were
y,nnctrn,,.. Inf 4In, $50, t,:H,, 1,.l+ ,.
air compared with this Infamous pro-
position to impose the payment Of the
blood-money unon those it was en-
ployed to destroy.
At any and every period, the honor,
humanity and common sense of jus
ticc should have compelled this gov
m to have forbidden the cXaction
Of this blood-money from its victims;
but consider that all the Cuban patriots
asked of US. after Il long and heroic
struggle had exhausted Spain, which
had compelled her to abate her cruelty
and offer an autonomous government to
the island: and when the insurgents were
III Il position to dictate terms to her
tyrant and demand and compel her entire
freedom and independence, we rushed
in. with grand professions. with our ar
my and navy. though wholly unasked,
and took possession Of the situation,
when. all the Cubans desired was our
friendly diplomatic recognition. which
would put them upon Il footing of equal
ity as belligcrentS. and raise them above
the mere condition of rcvoltcd subjects.
However. to declare war against Spain
ana aVoWedly because of her cruelty
ana deSootlSln III Cuba. was 4 full en-
dorScnent Of the righteousness Of the
cuban revolutions, and the war itself.
despite our refusal of diplomatic rec
! oSlltloh' was Tor cuban rcllef, SuccOr
ana ben"flt, or 1T was wholly ineXcuSable,
a mere ~buccaneering raid into Spanish
territory. After the declaration of war.
With the aNoWed causes and purposes.
we stood for Cuba, and the CubanS, as
Well as ourselves. or we were doubly
, pirates: pirates against both Cuba ard