The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-08
PATRIOTISM SIMULATED TO ADVANCE
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| administration than amy other paper in
| Tire country. 1t has been u stcadraSt
defender of every administration policy
lie sentiment in behalf of adminstra-
ton plans. Because of it's ncarness to
the President, the double loaded column
editorial in Fridays Timcs-IIerald head
Ell War in Cuba Must End las at
tracted much attention.
The editorial points out that 1.-THE hour
for American Intervention in Cuba has
almost arrived because the WA. has
cost 100000 lives and reduced American
annual trade with the island from $50.
OOO. 900 to $2G,O0O.000; that "prcsidcnt
Mckinley only waits the conclusion OF
the abors of the court of inquiry to APP
proach Spain with the offer of the good
Offices of the United States to put IN
end to the conflict that is wasting the
resources of Spain, desoating and de
populating Cuba, and filling the United
States with mcasinCSs and Indignation
that threaten it's domestic peace with
agitation for war; that the duty be-
fore President Mckinley goes beyond
chaStisemtnt, however terrible, or i'll
dcmnity however onerous"; that lit re-
quires the REIMBURSEMENT for all time
of Spanish authority i'll Cuba; that do
what We may we cannot avoid the pos
sibility of war over Cuba" and then as
climax the Timcs-IIorail exposes its
miserable partisan spirit whcG II says:
intervention in Cuba, peacefully i'll
we can, forcibly if we must, is immc-
diatcly inevitable. Our own internal po-
litical conditions will not permit its post
ponement. Who that has marked the
signs of the times does not see that war
the only rallying standard of the lcgions
of our own national discomfort.
To-day the forces of national honor
and honesty present n solid front to the |
masses of reputation and !
dishonor. All other questions between |
Republicans and Democrats are insiS- |
niticant alongside of the currency qucs- |
ton. On this the Republicans are uni |
ted with the conservative element of the |
people behind them.
within the Democratic party there is |
dissension and open mutiny over silver. |
The party leaders are at sen and the |
camp followers clamor for a party Shib-
Doleth.
Let President Mckinley hesitate to |
rise to the just expectation of the Amer
lean peopi,e in regard to Cuba and who |
dare doubt that war for Cuban liberty" |
will be the crown Of thorns the free sill
yer Democrats and POpulistS Will adopt
at the elections this fall?
And who can doubt that hy that SiGn
held aloft and proclaimed by such mag
netic orators as William ]. Bryan, they |
will sweep this country like cyclone!
( I'm such a campaign. organized under
Such leadership. the war spirit would /
~ inflamed to such degree that all |
other issues would Ike ignored. Congress
n both its branches would fall into the
hands of the free silver Democracy. The
President would be powerless to stay
my legislation. however ruinous TO every
sober, honest interest of the country.
Gold Imagination cannot picture the
for national dishonor that
ic in the triumph of the Democracy
through such a campaign of passion and
:onvulsion.
NO, the United States cannot afford
o let the settlement of the Cuba cues
ion wait a single day after the court 90
inquiry has made its report TO the Presi-
lent The possibilities of further delay
ire too momentous to justify further
of the rights of Spain. Our
luty to ourselves transcands our CON
,;deaation for q nation that has been
ried and found both barbarous and im-
Potent"
For more than three years the people
If all parties without any thought Of
PARTISAN advantage, have been demand
ug. first, the recognition of Cuban bcili-
.erency. aud afterwards the indepen-
lence Of the island. But their desire
was thwarted. FIRST by Mr.. Cleveland
md then by Mr.. Mckinley. Now, after
he tragedy which might have been
ivertcd has brought out an expression
# the Indignation of the people, the adj
niuistration organ gravcly declares that
tuba must be given freedom, and has
he shameless effIontery to say that it
5 necessary to take this step in order
o keep MIR. Bryan out of the White
House and to keep the Republican par
Y in power.
Harrison was severe on Chilli for par
isan advantage; Cleveland rubbed ii
II" on Venezuelan matters to try to
Duild up his failing fortunes: and here
We have McKinley'cs organ proclaiming
hat Cuba must he freed in order TO
Keep the silveritos from coming into
,ower. This declaration. in a time like
his, is so low and so base as to bring
bout universal Indignation.
Cuba ought to he free-not to bolster
Up the falling fortunes of the Republic
AN party, nor to help the silverites, nor
o affect politics at all. 1t ought to be
made free to stop the Darbarity, the
the outrages and the debauch
ry that are Il disgrace to civilization. ,,