The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-13
A TRUE lNDICTM ENT
Of the UAi.ed States in Her Deal.
ing With Cuba.
LIARS AND HYPOCRlTeS'

Is Wha: Francs and Spain Truth.
fully Say Ws Are. Our
Country Disgracsd ss-
fore Nations
The dealing OF the United States
with Cuba is Infamous. II you cont
think go read what We print below from
the Columbia State:
The Latin races are accustomed to
sneer at the hypocrisy o. the Anglo
Saxon. Frenchman, Spsniard and ltal-
ian regard cant as characteristic Of
British aad American expression, and
they marvel much at the curious bent
of mind which causes the men Of these
nations to cloak all their evil purposes
With the pretence of high and holy mo-
tives. Even more do they marvel at
this becau:e the cloak is thresdbare
from overmuch use and utterly fsils to
conceal thst which it attempts to cover.
The solemnity Of this moral pretence is
made even more absurd by its utter
faulty. Does the Anglo Saxon sue
ceed in fooling himself? asks the Ls-
tin; how can he? And IS he can
neither delude himself nor the rest Of
mankind by the assumption Of holiness
in his worst works, what is the use Of
it all?
The Latin is right. In this respect
the Anglo Saxon is his inferior, for be
not only sins as freely as any other in
dividual of the human family but he
aids to shat sin the further vice Of hy-
pocrisy--and all to 10 effect except the
creation Of a universal disgust. The
Latin does not trouble himself to be
hypocrit 'c.l. He takas a pleasure
rather in being frank about the mo
tives for his wickedneDses. Il he
wishes to conquer another he admits
that he does 60 for the sake Of glory;
if he wishes to seize upon the property
of another he acknowledges that be is
aotusted by the desire for loot; if he
wishes to appropriate the rights Of
another he pcoclaims that he does it
for the sake Of power. he is above the
coneen ptible meanness Of alleging that
he INDUCES these sppetites simply for
the good Of the victim.
When the United States went to war
With Spain in oraerto CELEBRATE" Cuba,
Sraniards and Frenchmen, relying
up N their generalization Of the Anglo
Saxon character, insisted that the
pledge contained in the Teller resolu.
ton would be violated and that way
would be found to hold the Cubs ans in
subj sction to the cenquerors. Time has
proven that they were right; time has
shown that the honor Of the United
States, pledged in this matter, is as
little regarded as it was when the Uni
ted States administration in the spring
Of 1861 pledged itself not to disturb the
status quo regarding Fort Sumter and
telegraphed 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 the interior of Cuba
before the close Of the war, appealing
to the Cuhsns to make common cause
with Spain for the reason that they
would be betrayed by the Uoited
States and placed under alien control,
were prophetic in their warning. The
Cubans refused to believe this, and
we could not imagine such bad faith
in view Of the professions with which
the var had been entered upon; but
the event proved that they were right.
For concentrated exhibit of Anglo
Saxon hypocrisy in its most loathsome
form We commend to the public the in
augursl address of President Mckinley
delivered recently. Nothing in D.ck-
Ems is more illustrative Of that con:
temptible vice than this deliveran nee Of
the chief magistrate Of the United
States on hia assumption of the powers
of government for second term. The
whole address is perlnsated with can't
and false pretence. It gives one the
creeps to read it. The president is
| glad to be ADVISED by the recent act
Of congress of the policy which the
legislative braach Of the government
deems essential to the best interests Of
Cuba and the Uaited S:ates"-a policy
which the president himself formulated
and forced through congress by m cans
which csn be characteIiz ID only as
bribery. The same nauseous pratence
| Of obeying the mandate Of congress is
made in regard to the Philippines
| when congress in this matter, as in
the Cuban matter, acted only upon the
combined influences Of menace and Sc
duotion proceeding from the executive.
The address ftly concludes with the
| assertion that ''the governments rep.
resentasives, civil and military, are do
ing faithful and noble work in their
mission Of EMANCIPATION and merit
the approval aud support Of their couD'
trymen." Faugbl
We conclude with al editorial from
tn, Chicago Times-Herald, whose edi.
tor. Mr.. Kohlsast, is a personal friend
Of President Mckinley and Republi:
can. Let the administration be judged
byau honest friend!
But yesterday the word Of this re-
public might, like that Of Caesars,
have stood against the world. To-day
who so weak or simple in all the courts
of nations as to do it reverence?
The Times-Herald has a word Of
comment to offer upon the CubaE
amendment to the army bill as an orig
insl proposition. II may contain the
9isest provisions that could be devised
for establishing peace and giving g
stabls government to the island.
What We insist upon is that the Uni,