The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-15
"A TRUE INDICTMENT
of,he Unisod States in Her . cal.
Ing With Cuba.
LIAR s AND l4YPocR,TEsr.

LIAR 8 AND ElYPooRiTEs,'
Is what France and spain Truth.
fully Say We Arc. Our
Country Disgrac.d 90. 3.
fore Nations.
The dealing Of the United States
with Cuba is infe,nous If you don't
think 80 read wha VIC print below from
the Columbia Sta O.:
Tho Latin r.ves arc acoustorued to
sneor at tho hypocrisy OF tho Anglo
Saxon. Fronohman, Spsniard and Itsl.
ian regard cant as characteristics Of
British aud American expression, and
they marvel much at tho curious bent
OF mind which oausos the men OF these
nations to cloak all thcir evil purposes
with tho pretonoo Of high and holy mo ]
tives. Eyon moro do thoy marvel at
this booau Q tho CLOAK is threadbarc
from oyormucf use and utterly fails to
oonceal that which it attempts to cover.
The solomnity Of this moral pretunoe is
mado eyon moro absurd by its utter
faulty. Docs tho Auglo Saxon sue
coed in fooling himsolf? asks the La,
tin; how oan he? And az he oap
Mother dolude himself nor the rest Of
mankind by the assumption of holiness
in his worst works, what is the use Of
it all? a.l
Tho Latin is right. II this respect
the Anglo Saxon is his inferior, for he
not only ains as freely as any othor in.
dividual Of tho human family but no
adds to that sin tho further Woo of hy-
poorisy and all to no cffect except tho
creation Of universal disgust. The
Latin does not trouble himself to be
hypoorit' Il. He takes a pleasure
rathor in being frank about tho mo
tives for his wiokednesses. IF he
wishes to conquer another no admits
that ho docs SO for tho sake Of glory;
II he wishes to sejzo upon tho property
OF another he acknowledges that he is
aotuated by the desire for loot; ifhe
wishes to appropriate tho rights of
aanot hor ho proolaims that he docs it
for the sake Of power. He is above the
contemplate meanness of alleging that
he indulgoB these appotites simply for
tho good Of tho victim.
When tho Unitod States went to war
With Spain in orderto "liberate" Cuba,
Spaniards and Frenohmon. rolyinR
up IN their generalization Of tho Anglo
Saxon character, insisted Sthst the,
pledg5 sonteincd in the Teller Sresolu.
tion would bo violated and that way
yuo ho ~ ~ ~ l. -.
subsection to tho conquorors. Time has
proven that thoy wsro right; time has
shown that the honor Of The United!
States, pledged Ind thi asmatters All
little regard ed ss SSs2s isss. @N
TED States M &aami, ll}9t}i@s l.E9,
OF lSBI Ifpledgs
status quo
teiographed h~ ,.,. u, o,,s,,;
fully Kept, .'
actualiyS1n3 I, =,
agreement.lf2L... II Il
which Wo feadli, @s t,i,..s
before the close Il i, " 55spp4.. sagSA
to the Cubans TO mako ;SofnI.si IA i,
with spain Tor the reason thats3t they
you'd be betrayed by tho United
Statos and placed under alien CONTROL,
we're prophetic in their warning. M The
OuDans refused to.beliove this, and
we could not Imagine such bad faith
IN view OF the professions with which
the war had been entered upon; but
the event proved that they were right
For q concentrated exhibit Of Anglo
Saxon hypocrisy in its most loathsomo
form wo commend to the public the in.
augural address Of President Mckinley
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