The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-22
"COHTTNG FATHER 4BRARAM."

The ndJlOn mas spoken. Armed Ill., tervention will to all appearances, soon be begun looking to the restora- ton of peace in Cuba and the estab- lishment of a. stable government there, by which equity and justice shall pre- vail, and the people of all classes and conditions and shades of color shall be protected from turmoil and massacre. Spain has apparently joined issue and declared, in effect, that her insuffera- ble pride, her insolence, her people, are for resistance to the death. Our army and navy are ready for the move to the seat of war.
 The nation has spoken and is pre- pairing for the calling of S0,OO0 volun- teers, The apportionment to the va- rious States has been designated. The House and now also the Senate have endorsed the bill. Like as in '61 when the immortal Lincoln called for 75,000 men, and later when he called for 300,- 900, and as in his later calls for men, this nation will respond most nobly Spain, it is true, has until tomorrow noon to yield, but nothing favors the view that she will submit. She pre- sents the same naughty front and dip | lomatic intercourse between the na- | tions has ceased with the departure of Minister Woodford. Moreover, a semi | official note issued at Madrid yesterday l says that Spain considers the ultima tum of the United States declaration of war against her and will make no | reply, but simply await the expiration | of the time limit mentioned in the ul- I timatum before opening hostilities; l and has in the meantime ordered her l fleet dispatched to meet that of the United States.
 | Once more, therefore, the drum-beats l and bugles of war will be heard, and | all over the land men will gaze with renewed and intensified ardor and pa- triotic impulse at "Old Glory" Not | as in the war for the Union will there be such an onrush of troops. No score | and half of regiments will be called | for for instance, from our little State. Recruiting stations will not be as nu- merous in our city as in the civil war | days,--the days of that tremendous struggle for the Union. Let us hope, too, that the war will not be for long, | and that the stars and stripes will l speedily triumph. The nation should | act wisely in it's measures for organ izing the volunteer army. The mis- | takes of the civil war in this respect, which were very costly in treasure and blood, need not be repeated in the light l of experience. The nation goes forth to do battle in a cause that appeals l strongly to every patriotic heart. Not until all efforts at peaceful interven- tion had been exhausted by the Presi- dent did the nation resolve to 'Iet slip | the dogs of war; The nation was slow to anger. Not until the greatly needed preparations for war had been l made did the President commit the case to Congress. The war is now upon us. It will be a just war,-a war not for territory, nor, conquest nor self -glorification. Annexation is out of the question, for the President has distinctly disclaimed any such pro- gramme or ulterior design We are championing the cause of a misruled, misgoverned, much wronged people. The blood of hundreds of thousands of l innocent victims of Spanish cruelty appeals to us. It is not for dollars and cents, for trade and commercial ben efits, that the war is to be waged for our dealings with Cuba are not vastly important, by any means, and the isl and is so crippled and exhausted that it will take years to make it again | prosperous We are to fight for a principle in a spirit of chivalry, self denial and conscientiousness, ignoring the blood and treasure of the country which will be poured out before a glo- rious peace is won.