The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-16
RAYNER ROASTS ZFLAYA
IN HIS SENATE SPEECH

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the ruler OF Nicaragua in person. AMI
not against the government, which
may soon be out of his grasp.
This government is cowardly
government II 1t does not make an
example of zeiaya before the eyes
of the civilized world. This case will
not admit Of any trifing concessions.
~ two American citizens-I care not
who they were or what they were.
citizens in high standing as they
have been repnted to be or soldiers
OF fortune-have been murdered by
Zelaya, then he must be made to pay
the penalty of his crime Once spread
before the American people the de-
tails OF the execution and our people
Will rise in arms and demand retri-
l5ution. They have not yet fully alb
sofBed the Significance OF this deed.
No matter how 1t was done, no trial
by court-martlal can justify it.
These men, as have shown. were
prisoners OF war, and they were not
subject to trial by court-martial."
Senator Rayner asserted that Ze-
tlaya's only anxiety would he lest he
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Ihe would rather lose his head than
his money. The Senator declared
that II Zelaya could not obtain fair
itrialsin Nicaragua in the event OF in
surgent success in that country, he
might well be brought to the United
States and tried for murder in this
country before jury of American
citizens and under the Criminal laws
of the, land. The Senator said he
would later present line of prece-
dents prediccating legality for such
an action. He quoted President
Pierce in a message to Congress in
1855 on the subject of recognizing
governments set by successful revo-
i lutionists. and cited Daniel Webster.
who. as Secretary of State in 1912,
defined the rights of a foreign coun-
TRY.
IF zelaya had the right" the Sem
ator continued, ito sentence these
men to death and execute them in
cold blood. then We must acknowl.
edge that right and recognize it be-
fore the nations of the world. If he
Ibid not have that right. mo matter
how petty and Insignificant he may
be in the eyes OF diplomacy or upon
!, the sphere of the worlds action, no
matter how trivial and unimportant
a station his government may occupy.
this government Is his acuser. and
III he is guilty he must be awarded
1.-THE doom and satc he deserves, so
!, that every tyrant on this earth in
every nationality under the sun, and
in every government, large or small,
and especially these dictators in sew
eral of these Central American
Estates who have received every IA
ivor and consideration at the hands OF
the United States and to whom has
.fbeen extended the official hospitality
Iof our land. and who in return there
J; for have exhibited to us at times the
lbitterest hatred and visited upon our
citizens the most cruel indignities
land outrages, shall be told once and
forever that our flag follows our cit
liens wherever they go, and that
when an assassination like this oc-
ours the malefactor must take his
,Iplace like any other culprit at the
iibar of criminal justice and must an
! swer for the deed with his liberty or
his life."s taH~Ha
It>The resolution which he offered
was not a declaration OF war. said
! Senator Rayner. The guilt for what
he characterized as "a great crime
against the rights of American cit.-
zenship," did not rest upon the peo-
'Iple of Nicaragua, he said. but upon
1.-THE Dictator of Nicaragua" The
resolution was directed against Pres
lident Zelaya individually. He de-
sired that his resolution he consider
ed as separate proposition from
ANY action that might be taken with
reference to the state of government
existing in Nicaragua.
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