The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-15
TOnnDiXOn'8 Sermon
On the Maine---The Good That Will Come Out of the Dis
aser to the BattIeshp.

Spain She has apologizcd twice before
for the murder of Crittcndon and his
men; for the murder of the crew of the
Nirginius We have not forgotten II.
We do not want her money, We've
handled it before. IT IS always dishon-
oraDly stained with the blood Of brave
men. American marines are not for
SALE. TO butchers.
We do not want her to salute our flag.
She has saluted twice before. To salute
il again would be to insult it. What
we must demand, and will have, Is that
she haul her own flag down from Ha
vana harbor. That harbor is not sal fe
for our ships. 1t is but ninety miles
from our shores.
1t is child's twaddle to talk indemni
ty. apology, quibbles. There is but one
issue. the Spaniard must get off this part
of the earth. The Western hemisphere
is too small for lis both.
In all the chatter Of fools and the foul
mouthings of conservative pedd1ars
and gamblers. let no man mistake the
| issue.
If the Spanish government is connect
cd directly or remotely with the destruc-
tion of the Maine. war has already be-
gun. No mcdiocrity. no cowardice. no
treachery in press or government offices
can stay the righteous wrath of this
nation. We will sweep Spain from the
seas. tear her flag from every colony sll,
possesses, and dictate terms of peace in
Madrid.
II the Maine was destroyed without
the knowledge or connivancc of Spain
no mattcr-even that is incidental to the
real issue. Cuban harbors flying tho
Spanish flag arc a perpetual threat t.
C,ho Io
| Our proud ship a mass of curltd and
hlackened steel sinking in foul mud, The
| torn and mangled bodies of our brave
| sailor boys! The vulturcs picking the
homes of the imprisoned in the wreck
| 1 hcSe things are good. The boys in
! blue sleep to-day iii their graves. but
their souls 30 marching on. Their
spirits stir within the brcats Of ten
! million frecmen ready to take their
places. Let trimmers. traitors and gam
i blers take notice.
l say it with the love of God ana
man III my heart. as | have said in
season and out for the past two years.
and say it with malice toward none and
charity toward all. The flag of Spain
must come down from the island of
Cuba. 1t is the last red rag of Il tyra n t
that darkens the sky Of America. And
by the God Of our fathers it shall
come down,
Let the Executive, the Senate, and
TIE House see to it. Every one of them
are marked men. The blood of our sail
Ors is now on their hands. But one
atoncmcnt can be made for the colossal
blundpr> of tho past Two years Of our
dealings with Cuba We must give hcr
freedom. The heart OF this nation nGyv
demands it. God Pity the man or the
party that goes before the people next
November with any other programmes
Let Mr.. Mckinley. Mr. Reed, Mr.. HIT
and Mr.. Davis see to it. If they dare
to enter an election with the Spanish
flag tip;ttlnG within ninety miles of Key
west the Rrpuhllcan party will he an
INITIATED. IT Will be no use to tall
about financial honor to- men whose.
sons were sold for shark meat i'm Ha-
vana harbor. The blood of Frecmcn il
not for sale to Spanish assassins.