New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-23
ME- HALE AND CUBA.
TIE MAINE SENATOR'S ENMTY TO THE ISLAND
N HER STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY
To The Editor OF The tribune

N HER STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY.
To The Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir Allow me. as young American. 70 utter an
emphatic protest against the assumptions of Sen
ator Hale's TRADE against Great Britain. He says
thai nine-tenths Of the American people feel he
does I deny IL.
I have travelled over nearly every State in the
Union this side OF the Rocky Mountains including
Colorado and Wyoming. in my lecture tour this
season have studied closely public opinion on the
subject a vast majority Of the American people
remember that Great Britain stanch
friend n the war with Spain and they wish her
success to-day in the war in Africa.
Senator Hale is no longer in touch with the
American people lie IS Of several distin-
guished statesmen at Washington who are dead
and don't know it The tremendous events OF the
Spenish-Ameriean War have produced a new Amer
lea The talk Of such men Hale and Hoar is
The twaddle Of reminiscent senty. Il tires and
Glsgusts living. thinking men II these old fellows
can keep their mouths shut The new generation
VIII give them decent burial with~atting cere-
monies II they keep up their antics they will be
Jostied into oblivion without ceremony.
such cheap bowling for liberty and fer the ep-
pressed from the lips Of Senator Hale is good comic
opera n the light OF his recent performances.
Where was Senator Hale while the brave Cuban
people. only ninety miles from shores. stretched
OFT their skeleton hands to and asked for life?
will tell this champion OF liberty He IN
Washington. IN consultation with the Spanish Min
eternal! During all the long bitter struggle Of
cuba for lie, Senator Hale was their one tmplaca-
bic foe Even when the awful revelations of wey-
ler's tnhuman brutality were laid bare 10 the Ma
uon, and the heart Of the civilized world
choked with horror. Senator Hale only sneered and
red0ubled his exertions IN behalf Of Spain. He was
the one man In the Senate who brazened il 10 the
last the friend Of the tyrant. the champion Of in
fanny defy1ng the sentiment Of the American people,
splitting in the face Of thousands of dark haired
VIII tear sta fT7e7 oEAd
the ysarning and the agony of four hundred years
OF oppression and despair And when
brave sailor boys lay rottiEg in the mud Of Havana
Harbor, and the Spanish press was laughing az
our sorrow, Eugene Hale was still an obstruction
list, the friend Of Spain and the enemy OF his own
country! And this apoiogist for Weyler poses
as the champion Of the liberty Of man! Hear. 0
earth, and give ear, 0 heaven!
Go further back in the life Of such men and
measure their present stature. Hale ard Hoar
were The style Of statesmen who produced the Civil
War Us exciting cause was African slavery, from
who LATER remued negro suffrage and negro civil
rights as abstract universities down the threats
q me Solln- now LAey pose as the champions OF
human liberty L the name Of the Dutchmen of
hold that African slavery is divine institution
day and one 0. the causes Of their hatred OF Great
Of dog He is not allowed 10 pass on the side
walks \ Catholic has no rights in the Dutch
mans republic 4 Jew has rights there. Paul
Kruger has been its dictator for fifteen years, and
VIII remain the last Dutchmen have yet to
demonstrate anywhere this earth that they
know what a democratic government means-UnleSs
And yet Eugene Hale demands Of this gen
GRAFTON Of Americans that shall shout for a
Dutch olgarchy built btgotry, ignorance, tntOl-
erHDce 5IC tyranny. ana that
kith and kin because they have resisted It's at
tepIs 20 stop the progress Of modern civliZa tom
Where the flag Of the English speaking race Is
lifted there civil and religious liberty is the uni
versa heritage OF man. White or black. Jew or
Gentle. Catholic or Protestant. I with that
nag and against every flag that denies its princi-
The assertion that the people Of Great Britain
are against this war Is just about true as that
the American people II favor Of retFeatfng from
TIE philippines believe that you could house all
me people II Great Britain who are opposed 10 her
war, with all the people in America who are op-
posed 70 our war, 2 half acre lot.
OUTSIDE CT the foreign element, which hates the
English speaking race for hereditary reasons the
sympathy Of Americans for the Beers founded
minds who read know that the ideals and aims OF
Great Britain are the ideals and aims Of America
n substance Our laws the same. our methods
OF government IN reality the The people
o. Great Britain rule. the people of America rule
ne friendly approach Of these two nations within
ne st Two years IS the great event in the nine
- - - Z@slllLy-l speak as young American proud
q MS E--F9llL-onary for inter-
ference q Great Britain fleets Of Europe would
1aFe peen lonilZed IN American waters during the
-Nf11lt IlSis dEf our country would have been
--5-Lsa p ne aust with rs two thousand miles
q eeI=-eetess coasts The nation that could forget
LIS Is rotten n heart and can have no future
Alio~ ne 10 inform Senator Hale that Mr. Bal
- = nearer re truth than ne thinks If
11 esh me life Of Great Britain the other nations
WI nave BOT only 70 reckon with the armies OF the
- ~ tley VIII find before them the barred
.5sledsls ~ million young Americans who speak
and kiDlingt TF7oAF : 'T1TSrCs- ~ rs 'I
New-York. Jan % 1890 'i'