Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-13

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WINE the citizens of Florida were doing
| - IN their power to assist the refugees
49, hleihS were limited. The resolution
! Pntti S.eea to
| ma,,t S, Md presented a regal argu-
H. p uPo1 me auinorlty or congress and
dec,nr;n nnioe.is s' unoer me constitution in
thar thnsa "iiu pios.cuti,iS war. ne said
ancient In M lii.a.lolS were
| have set IL ,,o;,,4 = y" ' -. - oui i"tnerS
eminent was pot rnnnar ,,,, ~ ;,,lH Fly
| the President ,ni,,bt ;nt,,-nr ny III "ii it
army or navy al his win tn mako u .ne
| AS Congress alone has noyer - 4o'1,,r
| war it also has mower Ia limit If I'on
| Sress has authority 10 delerate thie
| power to the President or any other OFT
| Ger II war is to be waged Congress
| must order what shall be the nature of
INNS war declared, and as commander-in-
| cIiei OF the army ana navy the President
nus. carry on the war as directed by
40, less ana IN no other way. 1t would
t ~, , we "i'nlh the limitations for Congress
| waon 49, "i'p'i ,he Ifcsidcht authority to
| W. VI q, ms dStfetoh.
| doo,,nra1 titus had tohctutcu Alleh en-
| ius, rr.ai,1 eruic We passage OF. a nili
Mason VIA h ON 'ne ii"u li no this
the Cuban Sit,,atimn ntin,taG On
gave noti 49, va ~, i''i , '-liloAaS
| dress the snnt NM, ~ ',i ""-
Mason then nrorr,.Ied Win hie ,,,,,,,b
He had prrp1,rd il c,rrfniIH ana cnniinrj
himself closely to his n1apuscrint liz
| speech WAS a lnynl aruumnnt i'm ft,nr az
| the recognition by his uovernn1nut Of
! the independence of the Cuban rcuilb-j,.
Mason said: LAS before announced TO
YOU in language which could not a. mis-
| understood / am for war and have been
since the hour our flag was lowered in
| havana harbor and the lives of orr citi
zeEs taken by the government of Snain
| II have no desire to destroy the Span
ISL nation but her flag must he dfshnn
or"d by Surrendcring her soytrcientv
over Cuban territory as an atone1nent for
lowering our flag sinking our shin and
murcdering our men. But while am for
war, | stand ready i'm This hour to uDhoid
the hands of the Executive ana take TN,
| best | can get | have, been indulpine i'm
4 hope that the Executive would recon-
mend intervention and Independencc to
the Cuban republic. intervention hv
! force of arms as recommended by tbr
| President. is war To declare for inter
vention without declaring directly. onnniv
for war. seems to lack fraullness ana
SAVIOR too much of Spanish diplomacy. If
we can have armed intervention without
recognizing the indanendenre of C',Iha ana
can have nothing else | must accent thn
will of the majority. reserving to myself
the right to respectfullv nrot,st ana also
I reserving the right to fuht for. the indc
pendence of the brave MN women anJ
children in the island of Cuba.
what had been done by this country in
the past regarding recognition. and con-
tinued: Are we to be governed bv nre-
cedent? Here is the struggling island of
Cuba and il docs rot sew ,,Hssi1ii, Va,
anyone can now d0nht af+ar fhl +o 80
monv of nur roiIaao,'a No t,,',, 80,
Vermont rs to the hib t.,,te, ~ ~
natfIa Cuhans ~ -. iaeai ~ u t'ic
.Nr prnsida,t :; ",o 'T, 1, ' ~,
,,1t1,, 80 ~ seems atlil"9' IKE III
"4 III Wy iii1ehlStit'e 81 ihH toliFaSueS
~ Caii ''ttellloH 10 tlat c!Fll government,
Viii IT - hIiowh lhat, through that gov
tiihtiN tl'E nave collected hundreds of
thousands Of dollars and maintained
standing army that has kept at bay near
~ 2upop armed and equipped Spanish
soldiers and has given evidence of as
great bravery and endurance as any army
in all the recorded past.
During the present year the President
has considered the question of acknow-
lodging the belligerelt rights of The On
bans Was it moi well thai in the bnnr
of consideration he knew what mis-
branch of fhe yo,,arnraa,t ,bn'-t,bt ~
fbis ouaetfono Tte acly,a,,.1t1I,'7, c
the indnnendance If ono Sic h.,
ie unGe1 eI,nra ;,c,,ros,,r,,,. - ,,liJe''
cause foi. war If tba txec',,i,.a bni,t,
'u9E t'i ".'i. ~ tll' l-Att'lltNt -. ne tie9
~ 60 i 'i,'t S'NP - iltHtiIt' WI ne NOV
~ P4tis1u IN F"HSI"trdtiut oi tue step
~ "C it'''t N IeSIeg'iui !dfsu1te oI
lHt WlSh oil TINS of'hch on the govern
mehl'
THE brilliant orator from Iowa said
the other day in the House that Hover
ing above the dark waters OF that mvs-
FERROUS harbnr of Havana the black
winged vulture watches for The dead
while over ii and over all there is the
eagles binrFing cN" sternN Watching fur
the truth Mr. President is il t. continu
| to he an eagle or is the aVaficr ana
greed al nation to cause it to descend an
partake Of the yulturu's food?
"President Iela. writing to Arangte''.
said The Yankees are hogs and if you
conquer your own Independence. they wlI
| absorb YOU Mir. President. did lie toll
the truth? Are We going ont on an crraud
| Of mercy loaded down with day book
am, journals? Are We To forget our clti-
| ZeuS who went down in the harb0r of lia-
wanna in orr greed for gold and territory p?
Are We 10 leave the door open to com
pei an additional terms from the insur-
gents who sacrificed their wives. their
children and their homes? DO W" wish
| special treaties If cummerc" and l"eV"
tn" door open for that Do We wish to
relieve some American investors who
have bought Spanish bonds aud WHO wish
/ tn trade them for tn" bonds OF the re
public? De we. worse still, wish +" leave
the door open to compel thos" BRAY" men
and women To ut terms Of autonomy
or to pay blood money tn the Spanldrd
or the ShNlockS Of our own land?
May he forgiven if | express tn" hop"
that the heart of the Executive may h'
touo he'd in their behalf? MAY we not nope
that their last lingering look OF lille be
not with suspicion and hatred upon your
flag and mine; that it may not rest upon
he mated color of the yellow flag 81