The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-29

and To strengthen our navy ahu a.
my in every respect. =. 10
'sSpain has an equal right ". w
thin INIT TO send across the Atl'ihtlc
vessels. that can serve no Purpoec
excent TO war upon us IS an acl "a
wor. They should be stopper oU All
hazards" 81 NAVY .
Continuing, the Army ann Navy
Jonrnal adds: ''With Patrlck iierlS
we may say: Il know OF Duu Que
lamp by which my feet may w SUI
c1 and that is the lamp OF eNper-
iance' And with Henry we may aau'
IN considering Spanish preparations
FIR war: They are meant tof u.s.
tbcy can he meant for no othef' III
l. vain. sir, to extenuate the matter
Gentlemen may cry peace, peace
Int there is no peace; the war mas
actually begun"
II was these things ana others OF y
similar nature that have, for the past
three days keep the tension here taut ~
n how-string. No doubt the same splflt
has been manifested elsewhere over thi5
and other States ON the Atlantic coast
THE national honor les at stake, one
hears ON every hand.
The South is for war, North CarolIl[a
is for war-if war be the only thing ny
which the Cuban hutcherieS can be
stopped and the island freed.
lit will be war or peace, SetttemenQ
somehow. an end of the wretched Su9~
pensc. Spain must be asked to give aSSuf-
anceS of better days for Cuba. There
must he no compromise IN the way OF
raiment and food; that is to say, "let uS
feed the Cubans and say no more ae0u5
it." Though the President may desire
this Congress and the people would no
allow it. This would wreck the admin
iStration.
And here comes the political side of
the trouble The Republican Congress
is voting as a unit for war. They are
obliged to do so. Lhe Democrats will
not permit them to do anything else.
Republican leaders here do not hesitate
To say that a successful war lis the only
thing that would redeem the administra-
ton.
If Mckinley backs and fills and pre-
vents this war;" said prominent Re-
publican last night, "there will be no
Republican party left. There'll not be
a bakers dozen of Republicans in the
next Congress. But I'll tell you what
will happen. Fitzhugh Lee will resign
I'M ten days. He will come home and
lay the whole thing bare. He will be-
come the popular idol and be elected
President of the United States
We'll Gideon. what do you think
about the prospects for war; | asked
Ohio Wilson.
Il think just as i have thought all
along-there'll be war;"
Are YOU going to enlist"
mo"
why not. you'd make splendid mate
rial to stop Spanish bullet"
mo doubt / would, but I've got enc
mics here at home that claim my atten
ton"
"Who?"
well the News and Observer for
ONE
Marion Butler. too?
Perhaps, but j had too much res
ito mention it in the same breath
| with him."
And Gov Russell"
'Umph-humph.'
Then the Band closed its interview
with a few appropriate observations re-
| garding the beauty of the weather and
the fine prospect for a good crop of Rep
| Pop fusonists in the next campaign.
Il notice in nearly all the interviews
| touching the impending trouble with
| Spain, published in the News and OBJ
| server Sunday feeling of confidence Of
victory, and in some little boasting,
said man yesterday who is we'll known
for his knowledge of military affairs
| but whose name j am not at liberty to
print here.
| coincidence is well enough in IFS way
| but it doesn't go the whole way. Let's
| review the situation. We are stronger
than Spain upon the sea and our coast
defences are not bad. So far as the
war would be a naval contest we would
have the advantage. On land, though.
our task would not he so easy or sue.
| cess 50 immediate. Much, very much.
would depend upon the first attack upon
| the Spanish feet and the fortii"ations
of Havana. If our forces should at once
capture that fort the end would he in
sight. for the Spanish would thus be
driven from their base Of Supplies and
cut off from re-inforcements of men,
provisions or munitions Of war. Thus
cooped in they would be compelled tc
surrender.
But it must not be forgotten that to