Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-09
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.
MIR. GUYER'S

The following patriotic remarks were
made in the house yesterday by Hon
John r. Guyer when he presented the
HI. j. R. congratulating the presiden'
on the happy termination of the wal
with Spain by signing the treaty o
peace:
"Mr. Speaker: The peace treaty re
ferrcd to in this resolution, means mucl
to the great nation of which New Mexi
co has the honor to be a part. 1t mean,
much to the unfortunate Cubans who
for 400 years have borne the yoke o.
despotism, cruelty and misrule. Il
means the termination of the creates
wal that the world has ever seen. Grea'
in every sense of the word. Great il
execution, great in brevity, great in re
suits, but greatest, MI. Speaker, in the
pupose for which it vas waged. Tht
war for humanity, the light of the brave
and the strong for the weak and the OPP
pressed. Greater yet for the unseltish
ness of its motive. Not a war of cor
quest but a wal of mercy. A war fol
defenseleSs, starving men, women anC
children, it stands recorded in the
worlds history as the only n of its
kind ever engaged in, and adds another
bright page to those already written o.
our beloved Republic of the United
States of America. And now it is ended
The defeat of proud old Spain is com
plete and the Cubans are free. 1t is {
glorious victory because of it's ultimate
object-freedom for the oppressed, thar
which there is none dearer to the hear
| of tho A tnart0on pitivnn WaSa iiiSf
war, a holy war and entered into will
the sentiment that,
"In the beauty of the lilies Christ was borl
across the sea,
| With a glory in his bosom that transtixes yol
and me.
As he died to make men holy, let us die tt
make men free,
While God is marching on"
And surely, no purer sentiment coult
actuate the noble heroes who went on
to die that men might be free, and tt
teach the oppressor that civilization was
sickened with her tyranny and tina
God is marching on.
New Mexico is proud, Mr.. Speaker
to form an humble component part O.
such a nation. She is proud sir, to be
long to the country which, guided by
the hand of our wise president, take.
up the cause of Justice in the interests
of strangers and brings to it such a sue
cessful and glorious part which her SON
played in the grand conflict. There art
gentlemen in this honorable body toda,
who will bear me out in the assertion
that no state or territory in this grea'
Union furnished Drawer or more conse
Grated men than those who went from
our territory. And now that the treaty
is an accomplished fact, the homes made
desolate by this struggle will not have
that has been spilled in this holy cause
will not have been shed for naught. The
mourning and regrets for lost loved one'
who, upon the bloody field of battle gav'
up their lives for freedoms cause will
now, by the magic wand of patriotism b.
turned into tender, loving memory be
cause the object of their sacrifice ha.
been achieved; and could those silen'
lips, stilled forever and buried upor
foreign soil but move to voice the senti
ment it would be 1t is WE'LL
"And sir, let it not be forgotten tina
New Mexico has furnished her quota o
brave and noble sons who are n wv rest
ing in the silent city of the dead, ant
that her loyalty and patriotism is evi
denced by this conservation. She stands
therefore, pointing with pride to thu
record which she has made, conscious o
the loyalty and bravery of her citizens
asking to be elevated to the position o
one of the great sisterhood of states o
our country