The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-03-13
A TRUE INDlCTM ENT
OF the Uni'ed States in Her Deal.
ing With Cuba.
LIARS AND HYPocR,TEs'
Is What France and Spain Truth.
fully Say We Arc. Our
Country Disgraced Bs.
fore Nations
fore Nations

Country Disgraced Bs-
fore Nations
The dealing OF tho United State
with Cuba is Infamous. If you dom
think so read what we print below from
the Columbia State:
The Latin races are accustomed [,
sneer ut the hypocrisy Of the Anglo
Saxon. Frenchmsn, Spauiard and Itsl
ian regard cant as characteristic O.
British aud American expression, anc
they marvel much at the curious ben
OF mind which causes tho men Of these
nations to cloak all their evil purpose OF
with the pretenoe Of high and holy mo
tives. Even more do they marvel al
this hecau the cloak is thread bare
from overmuch use and utterly fails to
conceal that which it attempts to cover.
The solemnity of this moral pretence is
made even more absurd by it's utter
faulty. Does tho Auglo Saxon sue
ceed in fooling himself? asks the La.
tin; how can he2 And as he c,n
neither delude himself nor the rest OF
mankind by the assumption of holiness
In his worst works, what is the use OF
it alp
The Latin is right. In this respect
the Anglo Saxon is his inferior, for he
not only sins as freely as any other in
dividual of the human family but he
adds to that sin the further vice of by
pocrisy-and all to no effect except the
creation of universal disgust. The
Litin does not trouble himself to be
hypoorit C i. He takes a pleasure
rather in being frank about the mo
tives for his wickednesses. If he
wishes to conquer another he admits
that he does so for the sake Of glory;
If he wishes to seize upon the property
OF another he Acknowledges that he is
actuated by the desire for loot; If he
wishes to appropriate the rights of
smother he proclaims that he does it
for the sake Of power. He is above tho
contemplate meanness of alleging that
he INDUCES these appetites simply for
the good Of the victim.
When the United States went to war
with Spain in order to 'lberate" Cuba,
Spaniards aud Frenchmen, relying
upon their generaliz alton of the Anglo
Saxon character, insisted that the
pledge contained in the Teller resolu.
tion would be violated aud that way
would be found TO hold the Cubins in
subjection to the cenquerors. Time has
prsyel that they were Iight4linnN
States, pledged in this matter, is as
little regarded as it was when the Uni,
ted States administr alton in the sprin z
Of 1861 pledged itself not TO disturb the
status quo regarding Fort Sumter and
telegrsphed south, Faith as to Sumter
fully kept" when an expedition was
actually in making to violate the
agreement. Spanish official papers
which we read in thu interior of Cuba
before the close of The war, apps caling
to the Cubsns to make common cause
with Spain for the reason that they
would be betrayed by the United
States and placed under alien control,
were prophetic in their warning. The
Cubsns refused to believe 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 a concentrated exhibit of Anglo.
Saxon hypocrisy in its most loathsome
form We commend to the public the In
augural address of President Mckinley
delivered recently. Nothing in Dick
ems is more illustrative Of that con
temptible vice than this deliverance Of
the chief magistrate of the United
States on his assumption of the powers
| of government for second term. Tht
whole address is permeated with can
and false pretence. 1t gives one tn,
creeps to read it. The president il
glad to be advised by the recent 40
of congress of the policy which the
legislative branch of the governmen
deems essential to the best interests o.
Cuba and the United States"-a polio.
which the president himself formulatet
and forced through congress by m?an
which can DO characterized only q
bribery. The Same nauseous prstenc
of obeying the mandate of congress
made in regard to the Philippines
when congress in this matter, as i
the Cuban matter, acted only upon tn
co onbined influences of menace and sc
duction proceeding from the executive
The address fitly concludes with tn
assertion that "the governments reI
resentatives, civil and military, are dc
ing faithful and noble work in thei
mission of EMANCIPATION and meri
the approval and support of their cour
trymen." Faughl
We conclude with an editorial frol
tho Chicago Times Herald, whose ed
tor. Mr.. Kohlsaat, is personal frien
of President Mckinley and q Republ
can. Let the administration be judge
by an honest friend!
But yesterday the word of this r,
public might, like that of Caesar
have stood against the world. Toda
who so weak or simple in all the cour
of nations as to do it reverence
The Times Herald has word
comment to offor upon the Cubs
amendment to the army bill as an OIL
inal proposition. 1t may contain Il
wisost provisions that cou'd be devise
for establishing peaoo aud giving
stable government 10 the island
What VIC insist upon is that tho Un
tod States was not free to adopt sr
suoh conditions and hang them ab1I
the neck Of Cuba. 1t was pledged
strike the Spanish fetters from an o
pressed and shamefully abused peopl
with a solemn disavowal of any pu