The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-31
ncircnmstances Alder Cares., Z,

Tallahassee, March 9O.-Editor Morning
News: In the intense excitement conse-
quent upon Cuban affairs, several con-
gressmen, self-constitute committees, have
made pilgrimages to the Queen of The An
TILES and come back to the states loaded
with horror. The environment Of the
wretched Cubans have exhausted the vo-
cabulary and words cannot be found force
full enough to express the sentiments Of
Senators Proctor and Thurston and Rep
resentative Amos Cumming. The reading
public, through conservative, as well
the notorious yellow journals, know fairly
we'll the horrors of the reconcentrados
and the so-called pacificos. The press of
the country is bitter in It's denunciatlon
of the processes inaughrated by Capt.
Gen. Weyler, and but little ameliorated
by Blanco. The heart of this country is
stirred to the core by reason of these ter
rible scenes, and well it should be. and
the generous contributions made by the
charitable, evidence the sincere feelings
of the citizens of this country. for the at
fiictions of the Cubans.
How singularly circumstances alter
cases!" The journals that are loudest and
most demonstrative in their ,lenunciatinns
of Spanish methods, condemnlI.g in han eh-
est language the cruelty of Wcyler and his
successor, were singularly SILENT or else
applauded the barha-'i,es Of ONcil IN
Missouri; Pope. Hunter and Sheridan IN
Virginia, and Sherman in Georgia and the
Caroliuas. These very papers, whose souls
are filed with horror at the Cuban out
RACES, made no protest of parallel vandal-
ism i'm the federal reduction of the South.
Spain claims there is Instruction in
Cuba. The Cubans are her subjects and
she alone has the right 10 enforce national
authority over her rebellous subjects, and
IL is not the business of this or any other
country to advise her as to the plan OF
operation.
Foreign countries dissent from the cruel
methods of Sherman ami Sheridan and
the United States plainly gave those gov
ernments to understand sympathy or adj
vice was not wanted. R'st when it comes
to the sorrows of the semi-civilized Gu
ban or Americans, how the soul of thla
country is stirred, and Indignation, loud
and Deep even unto plunging the country
into fearful war, excitcs the humanity
of these papers
Strange, is il not, "whose OK is being
goredr Federal cruelties upon The South
were but righteous judgments of heaven
upon a rebellious people. deserving all
that had been laid upon them and even
more, for the heinous crime of striving for
SelI-goVernment, iestInate rlEnt unuer
the compact of the declaration of the hill
of rights and the constitution. Pity, help
and sympathy withheld from their own
kinsmen, blood Of their blood, and flesh
of their flesh, yet how their sensitive
hearts yearn toward the poor Cuban.
Such are some of the Inconsistencies of
human nature. The cases are strilxinyly
analogous. yet how far apart the sympa.
thies of the people.
Do not understand that proper regard
and sympathy is not felt for the unfor
tunate Cubans Far from it. Truest sor-
row for their Affections are felt. but simply
in illustration of the Inconsistencies of hu-
man nature Those who applauded Sher-
dams announcement after the utter de-
struction of.the lovely valley of the Shen-
andoah. "A crow flying over the valley