Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-09-11
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some of us advocate from q purely
business standpoint are Republican
principles, and, therefore, we are moi
Democrats; and charge us, with the
Republican party, with all the blood
carnage and horrors of the Spanish.
American war, and even with trying
to shoot the religion of the Lord
Jesus Christ into the poor heather.
We are further charged by this cir
culating library of instruction with
all the bad results of the war. Let
us look into this little and see who
is responsible for this war. You re.
member that during the Cuban in.
surrection the United States, regard
less of party, Democrats or Republi.
cans, all mixed up together, cried for
war while the President and business
portion of tho country opposed it,
The politicians gave notice to Spain
that she had to end the war in a
given time, and also gave Mr.. Nc
Kinley notice that he had to begin
the war, and after being goaded by
members of his own party and mem
bers of the Democratic party in Con-
gress, reluctantly declared war, and
hostilities commenced.
want to impress it upon you that
when the proposition was made in
Congress to vote s50,OO0,O00 to start
the war, there was not one vote,
Democratic or Republican, cast
against the proposition, and it has
always been doubtful in my mind
whether the resolution was legally
passed. The members of all parties
were 80 eager to vote for it that they
could not wait for the usual formali-
ties to be complied with, and some
say that the members voted in regu-
lar South Carolina 1876 style-'searly,
often and late" Then Joe Wheeler
and the boys did the fighting.
1t is said that Senator Morgan, of
Alabama, started the war and Joe
Wheeler ended it, and l am not pre-
pared to doubt it. Anyway, the war
was waged at the behcsS of the poll
ticians and the business men and the
people of the country paid the cost.
Now, submit, it i'll becomes any one
who voted to bring this war ON, and
then does not try to settle it up on
the best terms possible after the vic
tory has been won. To sulk and
impede just settlement of the mat
ter is not craftsmanship but partisan
ship. We had cause when the Maine
was blown up to 60 to war with
Spain and punish her. These gen
tlemen now blame everybody for
these evils who do not think with
them. They certainly knew what
war "blood, destruction and
DEATH" You all know Gen. Sher-
mans definition of it. Now if these
politicians made a bad bargain by
waging the war, they should use
every effort to correct the wrong
and not complain with others who
differ with them in the settlement of
| it..
This brings us to expansion, which
in the eyes of our friends seems to be
such crime against Democracy.
Was il not to be expected that these
islands should be protected by this
country, and in return for this care
yield sovereignty to the United
States undor the best form of gov.
ernment we could assist in devisine
for them? TO leave these people
alone, without the ability and means
of protection would be cruel and
wrong.
Expansion has ever been a princi.
ple of both Democratic and Repub.
lican parties, and the people gene.
rally, ever since the day Columbus
set foot on this continent. We have
been land grabbers from the founda.
ton Of the government, and all the
territory that has been added to this
country has been under Democratic
administration, with the exception oi
Alaska. While it was not by con.
quest, some of it was the result oi
conquest. do not believe that any
one gave much thought about these
Spanish possessions before tho vic
tory. No one can tell where and in
what war between two nations will
end. Unforeseen emergencies arise
and must be met. The emancipa.
tion of the slaves in this country was
not the prime cause of the war bo.
tween the States; but the emergency
arose and then followed Mr.. Lincoln't
emancipation proclamation in 1868