The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25

COhSS = A-at' y ~ wv 49, 49,
Try.
that it IS for the adv&r ceme5l tie
sublime principle OF hterry, hicE'
vii; yet eoei}dls the esrth. Not on!y
will this war free Cuhe, bat hnaIy
will free Spain. By WHIST right does
dyrastv like that stand, ard cor
cupt court dominate people for caa,
turies, taxing them TO dealh, riding il
silGed chariot ov&r Inc ecks OF ? BEG.
eared population? - ere sre 10,Q0C
boys in Spain growing up ~i:h more
capacity to govern lf.aI 1anan tna2
will tie weak boz s.o~ 10 tce Had I'd
palsce ever posses. B9fcre this con
hict is over the SyaIiSn ration Will De
well On toward the tir,s when cen
stituticn:lCon will assemo tc
establish free g)vernnen: !ns;esc oi
the worrcu; 6yrsst7 thSt no G II '2:$
the people. Tke liberty of ali aat;onS,
transatlantic as we'll IS cisatizht'c, y
not already established, S O. the Wa
snd it caacos be stoppsd.
N.roleop IL thought he hAd sue
cesgfully driven the principle cut &
Frarca when on the q day CT Deceul'
ber. 1851, be rods down he Champs
E!ysses Of Paris, constitutional gov
ernuent seemingly crushed ucder he
hoofs OF his s!eed. But did It say
crusheG2 Let the batteries On 1he
heights ABOVE Sedan answer, and the
shout OF $50, 600 corouering hosts, and
the letter OF sursende. to Eupercl
William tell the story, Sire, mg
brother, rot having been able to die
in the midst Of my troops it only re
mains for me to plsce my sword II
your msj:sty's hands. am, yorl
msj sty, your good brother, Napo.
leon. Sedan, l September, 1870.
Thst monarchy having fallen, then
the French republic resuUed Us
marc2.
Another aIlev;st;oa IS thSt tie wsl
opens wit1 great victory for ths
United States. It took our govern
neut four yesri to get over the hascc
at Bull Run. 4 defeat ST the start OF
this present war would hsve been. dis
hesrtenins to the last degree anu
would have invited foreign interven-
vention to stop the war before any
thing prscticsl for Gcd and humanity
had been accomplished ard would
have prolonged the s:fiie for wh'ca
we are hoping quick termlns!lon
In the most jlbilant manner ist tins
victory of cur navy be celebrated,
With the story otlhs exploding bat
tleship fresh in the minds Oft the world,
it REQUIRED no ordinary coursge to
sail into the harbor OF Manila and at
tack the Spanish shipping. That hsr
bor, crowded with sunken weaponry
of 6esth-to enter it was running
risk enough to make all nations shlv
er. But Manila is ours, and the bloU
has shaken to the foundation the pal
aces of Madrid, and for policys S sake
the doubtful nations are on our side.
For Commodore Dewey and ell wao
followed him let tie whole nation u.
ter its most resounding huzza, and,
more than that, let US thank the Lord
OF hosts for his guiding and protecting
power. praise ye the L7r6! Lei
everything that hath breath praise the
Lord.
Another alleviation is the fac. that
in this wsr the might is On the SIDE OF
the right. Again and again have lib
er:y sn6 justice and suffering human
ity had the Odds against them. It IaS
so when Benhadad's Syrian hosts, who
were in the wrong. 8. Aphek came
upon the small regiments of Israel,
who were in the right, the Bible pa!
ting it in one Of these graphic senten'
ces for which the book IS remarkable,
The children of Israel pitched beiore
them like two little 6ocks Of kids, but
the Syrians filed the whols country.
It wss so in the awful defeat OF the
Lords people st Gilboa and Megiddo.
It was so Ie,ently when gallan! ard
elorious Greece wss in conh:c! with
gigantic Mohamne6anisu, and toe
navies Of Europe lowering shout the
Bcsporus were in practical protection
of the Turkish government, fresh from
the slaughter Of 100, GOO Armeniars.
It was so when, in 1875. the IS colo
nies, with no way shipping and 8 fen
undrilled and poorly clad soldiers,
were brought into contest with the
mightiest navy OF all The eac.h ard a.
army that commanded the admiration
of nations. It wss so when Poland
was crushed. I. was so when Hunga'
ry went under. Il has been so during
all the struggles heretofore for Cuban
independence. But now it is our pow
erful navy against feeble group OF
incompetent ships, crawling across
the Atlantic to NEE. our f1!il!as,
which have enough guns to ssnd them
as completely under as when the Reo
sea submerged Pharcah's army. l! is
so in these times when only q few
thousand Spaniards at most can
resch our hemisphere, and We go Gu.
to meet them with 125. .000 armed men
to be backed up speedily with 100000
more il needed. We do not have to
ask for any miracle, bu. only a fsir
shot st the ships headed this way and
time enough to 6emolish them. This
is one OF the cases in the worlds his
tory where might und righ. are shcu,'
der to shoulder.
Another alleviation is in the fac!
that such an a.trocity SIS the destruc-
ton Of 266 lives in Havana harbor IL
time OF pesce cannot With impunl!y
be wrought in this age OF the world S
civilization. The question as to who
did that infernal;sm is too well settled
to need any further discussion. But
what small crime it was compared
with the systematic putting into their
graves Of hundreds Of thousands OF
Cubans or lesving them unburied for
the buzzards to take care Of. II Spain
could destroy 100000 men, women
and children, the slaughter OF 266
people was not very great under!aS-
Ing. But this one las. deed will re
suit in the liberation Of Cuba, and the
driving of Spain f,on this henis,
phere ard the overthrow Of that gov
ernment, which will soon drop to