New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-13
REMEMHER THE MAINE.

Wainwright said truly at Santiago that 'ne
Maine was there avenged. she WIS "'"p'y
ovenged-at the rate of six ships ior Que anu
two lives for one. She was avenged id u'"e'
ont fashion from her wrong for, wniie she wac
dostroyed in treachery. stealth ana darhness'
she was avenged In open. straightlor""i'' NV
or.h,o hattie She was avenged. moreover not
for mere sake Of vengeance nor i'll 'heie 'a'
FOR retaliation, motives unworthy or this N"''o'
md never cherished by 1t, but ms gri"ty he
cesstOus part Of n great work OF righteous
form, which should end, so far as this con.'
nent is concerned. the wicked rule tha' leu "
that trcachery, and should make repeu''oh
NJ the crime impossible Vengeance II seeineu'
severe enough to satiate the fercest passion.
but Il was also vastly more-correcuon anu
prevention and all else that enter OF sliouiu
enter in dominant degree into oil human auhih'
Istrations of Justice upon evldoers.
The Maine Is still to be remembered, tneh no.
for revenge, but for a moral condemnation Vi
her destroyers and for a moral vlndica'ioh y.
her avengers BY one OF those decrees Vi
Providence-or turns Of chance, or what you
will-whose fitness makes men stand III ave.
these ends are being attained In most impress
slye measure We all remember Weyler oru-
tal sheer that the Maine was lost through Tile
lack of discipline, negligence and drunken
wortblessness of her officers and crew; ana we
have nil seen the prompt and stern reputation
of the libel in magnificent victories won by
Americans through their perfect discipline anu
sobriety. and in crushing defeats suffered py
the Standards because Of their undisciphned
and demoralized condition. We shall now see
more than that We shall see If the spanish
ships individually blown up from within pre-
sent such an appearance as the wreck OF the
Maine The V.zcaya was wrecked by the e4-
nloson OF one of her own torpedoes within ner
hold-exnctly what Spanlards pretend happened
tn the Maine We shall see II her keel Is forceo
upward to her deck like an inverted ', ana
II the tagged edges Of her broken plates are
all turned inward 1t will be an exquisite turn
of Justice for a Spanish chip In her own de-
structiou, to give convincing proof that spanish
vilany destroyed the Maine.
Mr.. II. W. Wilson, the author OF "1ronclads
in Action" considers In 1.-THE National REVIEW
the whole case, In dspassionate deliDeration
and detail and with certain expert authority
in spte Of his modest disclaimer. BY an mex
orobIe nrocess of elimination he sweeps away,
one after another the various theories OF inter-
mi EXPLOSION. and. though he thinks 1.-The whole
truth will never be known until the Judgment
"Day." he declares there can be little doubt at
least I'm his mind. that the vessel was treach-
eror,sly destroyed with Spanish mine. In that
latter declaration we believe, the sober 1udg-
ment Of the majority Of mankind agrees with
him. Theoretically too. we may agree win
the former statement. Yet practically we shall
not have to wait for the Judgment Day. If the
revelations made in the wreck OF the Maine
and the circumstances Of the explosion were
enough to convince Mr. Wilson that the deed
wos done from outside the further revela-
tons made more than once or twice, In this
war must bring conviction even to the most
cnnnfioal