The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-15
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tiago. tho reasons or it's retrogrado
turn westward and departure from off
Santiago, aud tho propriety thoroof,n
Mr.. Raynor roforrod at length to tho
meeting Of Commodore Sohloy with
Capt. Sigsboo then in commend Of the
St.. Paul, uron tho arrival Of the flying
squadron off Santiago. Speaking Of tho
captain, no said; "a moro honest wit.
meas than he mover took the witnoss
stand, nor is there a moro gallant and
efficient officer in tho navy than ho is.
Unfortunately he has cotton himsolf
into g prcdioament because against him
10 an overwhelming array Of testimony.
| in roEeceLc ce to the COMMUNICATIONS he
hold with Uommodtre re Sohicy eff San
tiago and which absolutely Justify tho
admire! taking the course he did,"
Mr.. Raynor said tho scouts were the, q
for tho purpose Of finding out if the
Spanish fleot Was in Santiago, tho samo
purpose that Commodore Schley was
there for. Thoy Did not find out
Commodore Sohloy did. They 20 SCOTT
free and Commodore Eohloy is to be
condemned.
Mr.. Raynor then referred TO tho do.
partmont dispatch of May 10 which
Admiral Chen oaptaip) Cotton testified
10 delivering on board the Brooklyn and
in which tho positive state mont was
mAds that tho Spanish feot was in tho
harbor at Santiago and said that it was
certain it never had boGn received by
tho commodore. FE
IF Capt. Sigsbeo had roS aid to
Commc orc Sohloy tho Spanish foot
was not there, Commodore Schlcy never
would have gone TO the westward on
what 10 oallod his rotrogrsdo movement
More than thai, Japt. Sigsbeo put q
Cuban pilot on board Sohloy'a ship aud
that pilot improasoo tho commodore
with tho idoa that the Spauish ships
could not get in there, All things
crested in tho mind Of Commodore
Sohloy tho indoliblo impression that
tho Spsniah A:et WAS not.in tho harbor
of Santiago. This absolutely justified
his movement to tho west. Evory in
oidont around there, Capt. Jewolpu
failure to communicates, Capt. Wiso's
abeolute failure to communicate, Capt
Cottoh's failure to communicate, bo-
csuso tho dispatohoR ho received could
never hayo boon delivered to Uomplo
dore Suhiey ct that timo, as thcy were
datod afterWayd, Capt. Sigs beo'a posi-
tive assurances, tho putting Of tho Gu
ban pilot on board, everything, msyit
plesso the court, conveyed doubt to tho
mind of Comm odore Schloy. II want
COAL, was his ory. T havo got to get
GOAL onnuot coal horo. I have
broken down oollitr.' My brother horo
has interlsced thab dispatch and torn it
word for word. But thero ia not O
fslsehood on tho face Of it. Commo
dcro Schloy was pa,fea,ly right ip pay
ipg that he had q wcrthlesa collier, be.
cause Tor "a hours, according to the
testimony Of Capt. Miller, she WAS OBJ.
aolutely belpless. With broken domn
collier; with only euffioient amounS Of
coal Oh hand to get half way to Msrti
niquc; with tho positive assurance OF
Capt 5igsbea, sustained aud corrobo
rated by tho Cuban pilot tba. the fleet
was not in Santiago, ho did. the only
thing he could do and that wa. to turn
to the west for coal. But he never
went in that direction milo further
than Was ne oossary, for whom the weath
or cleared ana the eea bdosmo amosth
ho ooaled. Then he returned to his
poeition of Santiago, discovered thej
Orietohal Oolos, gave Il battle on JGiy
Bird and struck dpwnat hei Spanish asa5t,>
atthe eame time taking from S ss.:R bhe.;
anoiopt possessiong upon tho face Of.
the American continent. .aI
Mr. Raynor then closed 90 ftllowa:
II have now briefly presented thie
case as it appears to me in its Goneial
outline. Suoh trial 40 this has mover
to my knowledge taken placo in tho
history Of the world. 1t peomed to my
mind that this case had hardly oponed
Ni.h ho testimony Of Capt. Hiaginson
before it commenced to totter, and from
day to day its visionary fabric diesolvod
from view. When Capt. Cook, their
lest witness, was put upon tho stand
the cntiie structure collapsed and now
whom tho witnesses from our own chips
and the gallant captain and Grow Of the
Of the Oregon and Admiral Sohloy hsvo
narrated their unyarnished tale, The
whole tenement. with all its oompart-
ments, from ito found alton to it's turret,
has disintograted and lies here like
mass Of blaokened ruins.
1T has takon three years TO reveal
tho truth. There ie not single wit
ness, friend or foe, that casts tho phad-
ow Of reflection upon tho hoDored
name Of tho hsro of Santiago. Hs has
nevor claimed the glory Of that day.
No word to this effoot has ever gons
forth from his to tho American people.
The valiant Cook, tho heroic CLARK, the
lamentod Philip, tho intrepid and un-
daunted Wainwright, and all the o.her
captains, and every man at every gun,
and every soul on board of evory ship
are equal participants with Admiral
Sohloy in tho honor wrought upon that
immortal day. We cannot strike down
his figure standing upon tho bridge Of
tho Brooklyn, his ship almost alono re-
ceiving the entire fro of tho Spanish
foe, until the Oregon, 40 il upon the
wigs of lightning, sped into the thick
ness of this mortal carnage, God BLESS
the Oregon was tho cheer that rang
from dock to deck. And on they won't
twin brothers in tho ohase, until tho
loo gun was fred from tho Uristobal
Colon and tho dtspotic colors Of Spain
VIC re awept from tho faoe Of her ancient
posaessions We'll DONE, congratulate
you on the victory was the strcamer
that was bent from tho hslyard of tho
Brooklyn, and from that day to this no
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