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^TULW. ADVERTISING RATES. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM f w-^ f |k Y/~f X T I I I O T\ A HP/"* I~S ll'enternSouth Carolina. ? M g-? I H I 1 I \| I I S | I | \| 1 J 8 ^ ^ 1 L/ l 1 ^ 0 jgg[ ^ ,4 ml A ^ jE,. A M. -A J&k. JL -fi. ? Liberal contracts made with those wishRATES REASONABLE. " ??attI.dTertiae f?r tbre6' 8ix and twelve q ? ? Notices in the local column 5 cents per " line each inser ion. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM I Obituaries charged for at the rate of one _o_ ' VOL. XXVIII. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20,1898. NO. 23. | Address ion PRlVTlvr. 1 SPFfMTV. G. M. iiARMAN, Editor and Publisher. ????maa? mi i ! ??b?? j aBsaKamBanMBOMm UUU lllli.lll.iu i 1 UI uv<^?. . . , i ???? ?? | - B51IS FOLK SIIS1IIR, ATTORNEY AT LA W, BATESBUKG, - - - - S. C. Practices in a'.l the State Courts, especia:ly iu Lexiugtoo, Edgefield and Aiken counties Mar. 0?ly ANDREW CRAWFORD ATTORNEY AT LAW, COLUMBIA, - - S. G. 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Estimates turn i>hed None but F.rst Class Workmc-a t m ployed. Hou*e building a specialty. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Remember us when jrou want work done. s. A. B. IIA EM AN. KILLIAN HARMAN. September?11. tf tSraod Ceislrai Hole! * t-atrt a . s. c. VV/l-i E. H. GILLIARD, Manager XL WL Y JREXOI A TED. ClISIXE ( XSIRPASSED. E&peciftl'y adapted far those desiriu? Comiort, Ease. Home like m? tuods. Commercial travellers receive eveiy ac com modatiou ^STRATE-i. $2 mid $2.50 PER DAY.-18* Jane 2. if?07?tt. LKXLXiTON SAVINGS BANK. DEPOSITS RECEIVED Sl'II-JK* T TO CHECK. W. I*. liOOF, DIRECTORS: Allen Jones. W. F. Roof, C. 31. Etird; P. H.lton James E. Ileiidrix. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits cf $1 and upwards received and interest at 5 per cent, per annum allowed, payable April and October. September 21 -1* mBOBBaBBBHKHBmEBaB MAIN STEE1 M'KINLEY SENDS IN j HIS CUBAN MESSAGE i a a _ 1 Ti rresiaeni asks permission. ui Congress to UseTorce In Restoring Peace. SAYS TIME IS AT HAND TO END THE STRUGGLE j lie Wants Discretionary Powers Vested In Him? Reviews'!'rouble and Argues j Against Recognition?Catastrophe to Maine Cited us Proof That SpninCan't j Cuard Interests of This Country. MESSAGE IN 11RIF.F. Washington*. April 12.?The president's message was sent to congress at noon along with cen.-nlar reports. The infoimation that Spain has proclaimed a cessation of hostilities on the island did not have the effect of lffateriallv changing the president's message as originally prepared, except that it furnished important evidence in j support of his contention that discretionary power in some measure should j bo given to the president in the use of \ fcrce to compel peace. In his message the president strongly j opposes recognition of belligerency as , inexpedient. He also opposes therecog- j nition of the independence of Cuba at ' this time, but favors the granting of i authority for such use of armed forces < of the United States as he may deem | necessary to put an end to hostilities j and to secure a stable government in J i Cuba. He also asks for an appropria- ; tion to bo used for tbe relief of Mick of the people as are still in need. Tbe message shows that Sjiain herself first suggested to this govern- j 111 ent the dtsirabilitv of an armistice ' and signified in advance her assent and asked that the United States use its good offices to secure a like assent from the insurgents. This request was denied. The Maine incident figures quite . prominently in the message and tk'> president argues that tbe wreck of our battleship in Havana harbor shows conclusively that Spain is not able to guarantee to the United States and the other nations that security to their vessels which they have a right to demand. The message shows, however, that Spain, so far as can be done, without specific action by the cortes, has disavowed any connection with the wrecking of the Maine and has ex- i pressed her deep regret and sorrow that the appalling disaster should have occurred in a port within lie jurisdiction. ' The only feature of the message which it is thought will enc ounter any serious . opposition in congress, is that giving j the president a measure of discretionary authority in the use of force. It is believed. however, a majority of the com mittees of the two bouses, to which the ? message was leferred, will support the president's view, and the opinion is gaining ground in adininistraticn circles that a more conservative sentiment ! has Veen developed than seemed probable a week ago, and the expectation is ; | that when pur to the test of a vote, the j , president's recommendations will re- 1 ceive the support of a majority of both houses of congress. MKSSACK IN FI LL. Washington, April 11.?The president today sent the following message ; to the United States congress: Obedient to that precept of the constitution which commands the president to give from time to time to the congress information or the state of union and to recommend to their consideration such measures as lie shall judge necessary and ex]>edicnr. ir becomes my duty now to address your body with regard to the grave crisis that has arisen in the relations of the United Siate> to Spain by reason of the warfare that for more than three years has raged in the neighboring island of Cuba. I do so because of the intimate connection of the Cuban question with the state of our own union and the wave relation to the course which ir i> now incumbent upon the nation to adopt must needs bear to the traditional policy of our government if it is t<> accord with the precepts laid down by the founders of the republic and religiously observed bv succeeding administrations to t he prosent day. xue prescm irMitum.'u i> i>m mv ;-uvcesser of other similar insurrections which have occurred in Cuba against the dominion of Spain, extending over a jieriod of nearly half a century, each of which, during its progress, has subjected the United States to great effort and expense in according its neutrality laws, caused enormous losses to American trade and commerce, caused circulation, annoyance and disturbance : among our citizens and by the exercise 1 of cruel, barbarous and uncivilized practices of warfare shocked the sensibilities and offended tin- humane sympathies <>f our people. Review of the Revolt. Since the present revolution began in j February, ]*! '.">, this country has seen i the fertile domain at our threshold rav[ aged by fire and sword in the course of I a struggle unequalled in the history of the island and rarely jxtreilelod as to I the number of combatants and th>{ bitterness of the contest by any revolt:! ti<-n of modern times where a depend| fiit people. striving to be free, have been <?p|vised by the power of the sovireign state. Our people have beheld a I <nce prosjwous community red need to I comparative want. ir< lucrative rom! merce virtually paralyzed. i:> e.vcpj tiotial productiveness diminished, it| fields laid waste, its mills in ruins and i its people pcri-hing by lens of thousands ' from hunger and destitution. We have found ourselves constrained. ! in the observance of that strict neutrality which our laws enjoins what th? law of nations commands, to police our wn waters and watch our own seaports to prevent any unlawful act in aid of tip? Cubans.. Our trade has suffered, TXT. IS r, - - Solicts a Share of the capital invosUd *#v our oiti/.cns m ! L'uba has been larpdy lost, and the temper and forbearance of onr jieoplo have been so sorely tried as to l?e<ret a perilous unrest anmnj; our own citizens, j which has inevitably f? unci its expros- j -ion from time to time in the national j Ieprislatuie, so that issues wholly exter- \ :ial to our own body politic engross attention and stand in the way of that ' tie se devotion to domestic advatn enn nr that becomes a self contained romim 11wcalth.whcse jrinntl maxim hasbcin the avoidance of all foreign entanglements. All this must needs awaken, and lias indeed aroused the utmost concern on ' the part of this government, as well j during my predecessor's term as in my j own. In April, J800, the evils from which i rmr country suffered through the Cuban j war became so onerous that my predo- | eessor made an effort to bring about a | peace through the mediation of this j government in any way that might tend to an h.onoiable adjustment of the eon- ' test lietween Spain and her revolted colony, <>n the i>asis of some effective scheme of self government for Cuba under the flag and sovereignty of Spain. It faihd, through the refusal of the Spanish government then in power to ! consider any form of mediation, or in- I deed of any plan of settlement which ' did not begin with the actual submis- ; sion of the insurgents to the mother country, and then only on such terms as j Spain herself might sec fir to giant. The war continued unabated. The resistance of the insurgent:} was in no wise diminished. War of Kxtermiiiatioii. The efforts of Spain were increased )v the dispatches of fresh levies of Cuba '.nd by the addition to the horrors of jhe strife of a new and inhuman phase I aappily unprecedented in the history of j civilized Christian peoples. The policy j of devastation and concentration inaugurated by the captain general Oct. J, ISM, in the province of Pinar del Kio j was thence extended to embrace all of j the islands to which the power of the j Spanish arms was able to reach by occupation or by military operation. The peasantry, including the dwellers in the open agricultural interior, were driven into garrison towns or isolated places held by the troops. The razing movement in the provinces of all kinds were inaugurated. Fields were laid waste, dwellings unroofed and fired, mills destroyed and in short everything that could desolate the land and.render it unlit for human habitation or support | was condemned by order of one of the [ contending parties and executed by all the powers at their disposal. By the time the present administration t')ok effect, a year ago, a reconcentration?socalled?had been made effective over the belt r part of the four central or western provinces. Santa Clara, Matanzas, Havana and Piuar del Bio. The agricultural population, to the estimated number of 1100,000 or more, was herded within the towns and their immediate vicinity, deprived families of support, rendered destitute of shelter, left poorly clad and exposed to the most unsanitary conditions. The scarcity cf food increased with devastation of the population areas and the destruction and want became misery and staivation. Month by month the death late increased in an alarming ratio. The Mortality CJreat. By March, 1807. according to conservative estimates from official Spanish sources, the mortality among the recoucentrados from starvation and the dis- I eases thereto incident exceeded 50 per- I centum of their total numlier. Practi- ! eal relief was accorded to the destitute. | The overburdened towns, already suf- { fering from the general dearth, could give no aid. Socalled "zones of cultivation." established within the immediate area offective military control about the cities and fortitied camps, j proved illusory as a remedy for the suf 1'ernig. Tlie uniorrunatos, ceing ior tup | most parr women and children with i aged and helpless men. enfeebled bydis- ; case and hunger, could not have tilled 1 he soil, without tools, seed or shelter, J for their own support or for the supply j of the cities. Reeoncenrration. adopted j avowedly as a war measure in order to ' ( lit off the resources of the insurgents, j worked its predestined result. As I | said in my message of last December, it j was not civilized warfare: it was exter- j initiation. The only jieace it could be- ; get was that of the wilderness and the grave. ' Meanwhile the military situation in the island had undergone a noticeable change. The extraordinary activity that characterized the second year of the war. when the insurgents invaded even the hitherto unharmed fields of Pinar del Rio and carried havoc and destruction up to the walls of the city of Havana itself, had relapsed into a dogged struggle in the central and eastern provinces. The Spanish arms regained a measure of control in Pinar del Rio and parts of Havana, but, under the existing conditions of the rural country, without immediate improvement of their productive situation, liven thus partially restricted the revolutionists hold their own and their conquest and submission, put forward by Spain as the essential and sole basis of i? a< e. seemed as far distant as at the outset. In this >tate of affairs, my administration found itself confronted \\ itli the grave problem of its duty. My message of last December reviewed the situation and narrated the steps taken with a view to relieving its aeutenessand open * .-f I- ? . !.' ? 111^ T 111* WilV 111 >111111- nil HI 111 111 111-11 .lllll.scttlement. The assassination of tho prime minister. I'anovas. lc-fl to a change of government in Spain. The former administration, pledged to subjugation without concession. gave place to that of a more liberal party, committed loin; ! in advance to a policy of reform involving the wider principle of home rule in j t'ul?a and Porto Hieo. The overtures of I this f;overnn!oro-__v> V- through i'c ?ov j j April "Wisdom. Do sure that your blocd is purr, your apptt'te good, your digest o i I perfect. To pi r fv your blond and build up I your health, take Hoods Sarapaj lilhi. This medicine has accomplished remarkable cuts of nil blood diseases. It is One Tiue Blood Puiij tier. H >o I s S irsapai ilia lias power to make you well by pmifving and en l iching your blood, giving you an J appetite, and nerve, mental aud j digestive strength. 2o a^onTCZErr?^ Your Valued Patron An Afflicted IvXothcr. Fron: the Times, Paw P..\v, I I A resident of this town who has lost two children dnrii g the past six years, by violent deaths bus been utteily prostrated by the shock, and seriously sick as a result of it. One child (aged b) was killed by a cyclone i in IK) while at school: another, three years later was run over by a Burlington Jh IT train. That griefs and misfortunes may so prey on the mii d as to lend to seiious physical deciders has been well demons!ratediu this jase. Asa iesuit of them, her be aith w as shattered and site i hasbteua constant suiiVrer since 18bl). Her principal tiouble has | been neuralgia of the stomach which . i nu;?fiil ;irwt r-vhihi'rd :?i 1 Ur? ?n j |/n i li i i? - . the symptoms of 01 tiiuary neuralgia, nervousness and iudigef timi. I*;!?>- i j ciaus diil her id good v. hatrvi r. She j was discouraged and a band >n? .1 all hope cf getting weJJ. F.na!]*'. how-: ever, a certain well known pi; 1 was recoil)mended (Dr. \\ iham*' Pmk j Pills for Pale Piople ) She supplied heis?lr wi:h a quantity of them and bail Lot taken t mil two weeks wheu she t o i-*e 1 a marked impiovement in her iou- . ? i I H v j ! / h \ ^ // 1^1 ! a constant sufferer dition. She continued taking the pills until seven or eight boxes j had been consumed and she considered herself entirely cured. She can ! now eat. all kinds of food, which is : f something she his not been able to do for years. She is not troubled in the least with nervousness as she was during the time of her stomach trou- , bies. She is now well and all because oi Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale j i People a complete cure lias been ; made. If anyone would like to more i of the details of her suffering and ! relief gained by the use of Dr. AYil- ! liams' Piok Pills for Pale People tL ey may be obtained probably, by wiitiug the lady direct. She is one of our well knowu residents, Mrs. Ellen A Oderkirk, Paw Paw, 111. ______________? i envoy. General Woodford, and looking j to an immediate and effective amoliora- ! tion of the conditions of the island, although not accepted to the extent of admitted mediation in any shape, were met by assurances that home rule, in an advanced phase, would be forthwith offered to Cuba, without waiting for the war to end, and that more Immune methods should thenceforth prevail in the conduct of hostilities. Coineidentally with these declarations, the new government of Spain continued and completed the policy already begun by j its predecessor, of testifying friendly regard for this nation by releasing American citizens held under one charge or ! another connected with the insurrection, ! so that by the end of Xo von her nor a single person entitled in any way to i ur national prorecuon remainuu m a oruui.sli prison. A?ded by Antcricaits. While these negotiations were in propress, the increasing destitution of the | unfortunate reeoucentrados and the alanuinp mortality among tlieni elaimed I earnest attention. The success which j had attended the limited measure of re| lief extended to the suffering American j citizens among them by the judicious | exjtenditure, through the consular apt nj eies. of the money appropriated exprcssiy for their succor l?v the joint icsolutiou | approved May. M. l>ni. prompted , the humane extension of a similar i scheme of aid to the pre at body of >uf; forers. A suggestion to this end was i acquiesced in by the Spanish authorities. On Dec. la>t. 1 mined to ho I issued an appeal to the people, inviting ; contributions in money or in kind for 1 the succor of the starving sufferers hi : Cuba, following this <>n .Jan. by a i similar puldic announeeinenr of the I formation of a centrai < "ui an relief com; jii it tee with headquai^ers in X>w York j city. n>ni]vised of three members re] r. senting the National H"d < "ros> ami the i religious ai.d business elements of the j Community. The effort- of that committee have been untiring and accomplished much pood. Arranpcmeuts for ! free transportation to Havana have prcatly aide<i the charitable work. The president of the American lied Cross | and the representatives of other con\ tribatory organizations have generously visitcd Cuba, and co-operated with the consul general and tin- local authorities u< make effective distribution of the relief collected through the efforts of the central committee. Nearly uo in money arid supplies had already reached ihe sufferers and more is forthcoming. The supplu s.ar-admitted duty free, and transportation to the interior lias boonarranged so that the relief, at tirst necessarily eon line.* I to Havana and the larger cities, is now extended through most if not all tie* | towns where suffering exists. Thou sands of lives have already leeii saved, i The necessity for a change in the cotidiI tion of the reeoneentrados is recognized by the Spanish government. Within a few days, the orders of (u-n| eial Weyler have been revoke!. the reeoneentrados are. it is said, to he ]*-rmitted tc> return to their homes, and aided to resume their self s"trp|#or:i;rg pursuits of peace: public works have heen ordered to give rliem employment and a sum of ?<>00.000 has been appropriated for their relief. The war in Cuba is of such mature that short of subjugation or ext. rininai tion a final military victory for either side seems impracticable. The alternative lies in the physical exhaustion of the one or of the other party or perhaps I of both?a condition which in effect i ended the ten years' war by the truce of J Sanjon. The prospect of such a protee' tion and^conclusion of the present strife r, je., iage. Prompt and l- a contingency hardly to* !? contemplated with ? <|x;:ini>; !ty l>y tin- civilized world. ;?? ?I It a>i til' all by the I'nited St.sr afTe-nd ami injured as w arc, deeply and intimately bv its very existence. i f!oris to I.n?l War. Jtruli/.ing this, it appealed to be my duty in a >piiit of tine friendliness no less to Spain than to the Cubans, who t . 1 - 1 ? -.1. ^ 1 nave so n;i:i-n so io>e ny me prolongate n of tlie struggle. to bring al>out an immediate termination of the war. To this < nd I submit tod. on March 20. as a result of much presentation and correspondence through the Knifed States minister at Madrid, proportions to tlie Spanish govennicnt looking to an armistice until < >et. ] for the negotiation of I care w ifh the goi (1 oflicos of the president. In addition 1 asked the immediate revociti'ji of the order to reconcentration. so as to permit the people to return to their farms and the needy to lie relieved with provisions and supplies irom the I'liitrd States, co-operating with the Spanish authorities, so as to afford full relief. Tho reply of the Spanish cabinet was received on the night of March HI. It offers. a> the menus to bring about peace i:i Cuba, to confide the preparation thereof to the insular parliament inasmuch as the concurrence of that body would lie necessary to roach a final result. it being, how.iver. understood that the powers ros'Tved by the constitution to the mitral government are not lessened or diminished. As the Cuban parliament does not meet until May 4. next, the Spanish government would not object for its part to accept at once a sus]>cnsion of hostilities it asked for by the insurgents from the general-in-chief, to whom it would pertain in such ease, to determine the duration and conditions of the armistice. The propositions submitted by Central Woodford and the reply of the Spanish government were both in the form of brief memoranda, the texts of which are before me, and are substantially in the language above given. The action of the Cuban parliament in the matter of "preparing" peace and tlio manner of its doing so are not explained in til'* Spanish memorandum: lmt from G< noral Woodford's preliminary reports of preliminary discussions proceeding, the final conference, it is understood the Spanish government stands ready to give the insular government full power to negotiate peace with the insurgents?whether direct or indirectly?it does not appear. With this last overture in th" direction of |>eace and its disappoint nig reception by Spain, the executive was brought to the end of bis effort. The Last Resort. In my annual message of December last I said: Of the untried measures these remain only: Recognition of the insurgents as belligerents; recognition of tin* independence of Cuba; neutral intervention to end the war by imposing a rational compromise between the contestants and intervention in favor of one- or the other party. I speak not of forcible annexation, for that cannot be thought of. That, by our code of morality. would be criminal aggression. " Thereupon I reviewed these alternatives in the light of President Grant's measured words, uttered in 1873, when. illll'l sc>CH _?'"??! S '>1 <IT ? strnetive and erne! and cruel hostilities in Cuba, he reached the conclusion that the recognition of the indendence of Cuba was impracticable and indefensible: and that the recognition of bellip:?rencewa>uot warranted by the facts according to rhe tests of public law. I commented especially upon the latter aspect of the question, pointing our the inconveniences and jtosirive dangers of a mognition of belligerence, which, while addmg t>> the already onorous burdens of neatrality within our own jurisdiction. could not in vuy way extend our influence of e fleet-vc of bees in the territory .of hostilities-. Nothing hit since occurred to change my view on this regard, and I re-ogni/.o fully now as then that the issuatn o of a proclamation < f neutrality, by wliich process the socal.ed recognition <>f belligerence i-; published. coiiM. of itself and unattended by otncr action, accomplish nothing toward the one end for which wo labor, the instant pacification of Cuba and the cessation of the misery that afflicts tlie island. Turning to tin* question of recognizing at this time the hide]* ndcncc of the lit ill ( * J11?: I I'1' - " "< we find sale precedents in our history fr<>iii ;m eariv day. They arc well smutm d up in President Jackson's nicsj sap- to congress l)c?*. "Jl, 1W5. on the subject nf the recognition of the independence ot Texas, lie said: "In all the contests that have arisen ont of Frame. out of the disputes in relation to file crowns of Portujral and Spain, out of the separation of the American possessions ot both from the Kuropean laivernnienis. and out of the inmieriiiis and r< mfantly occurring i sft unities for dominion in Spanish America. so wisely consistent with our just I principles. lui> l?een tlie action of our government that we have, under the ' most eriti'-al ciretmi-tanees. avoided all eensme and encountered no other evil j than that induced by a transient estrangement of piod wii! in thoseafruinst whom we have been by funv of evidence i omjielicd to decide. A> to I{e-M>i;iiition. "It lias thus made known to the world i that the uniform policy ami practice of the United States to avoid all interferj etice in disputes wliich merely relate to the internal pivernment of other nations. and eventually recognize the au, tbority of tin- prevailing party wirliour reference to our particular interests Hc'b'bcd th3 Gray:. A stattliDg incident of wlr'di Mr. J ibn Oliver of Pniladelphi* v as the subject, is narrated by him as fob i low?: "I was in a most dreadful ; condition. My skin was almost yellow. c\o- sunken, torgue coated, pain continually in back and sides, no appetite?gradually growing weaker day by d y. Three physicians bad g'vt-n n.e up. l\)itunat( ly, a friend advised trying 'Electric Bitters,' and to my great j >y and surprise, the IJbottle male a decided improvement. J continued their use for t nee weeks, and am now a well man. I know they saved my life, aDd r 'obe i the grave of another victim." N > one should fail to try them. Only j oi) cents per bottle at J. E. Kauf1 manii's Drug Store, i Si & 1GEI3, < Polite Attention. ' ? ?i?????wr<n^.u . "mm . wi n.w i ? v -ja?n??M? ?J wmiprMp?nn?p?? i a Royal makes the food pare, | wholesome and delicious. " i I i I | y N|| POWDER | Absolutely Pur? * s bcyal bakin" powdcr co., r.ru vork. 1 8 ? ! ! . iff ! illlu Y ?t \\ S. ( J' ' > it .* . ' i?T l.if iU:tl < < llfiMViT-V. "Utlt <>ii tilis :i;s on every frying <-?*:?sit ;i. s.iiety is r Ik* I hi a njji'I ml* herein i' tf? jirint'itee. "In the n>iitest K t .vceii Spain ami the revolted eolo:ii"s \\.. -? ^nit-', aud waited nor only r.tir! the anility of tiie new states r ? ; ioie.-r thems'Ives i was iu!!v established. but until tit danger "f their being again sub-jugafcd had entirely p:is-ed away, Then, ami nut until then, wore ihey recognized. Such j was our rout >o in regard to Mexico her6U-11*. It is true that with regard to Texas the civil aiithoiiry or' Mexico has l?een expelled, it- invading tunny defeated, the chief of t he republic himself capi furcd. and all presetir jiower to control j the newly organized government of I Texas annihilated within it- routines, j But. on the other hand, there is in ap} pea ranee, at least, an immense disparity of phvslcal force 0:1 the side of Texas. I The Mexican republic, under another . executive is rallying its forces under a I new leader, and menacing a fresh invaj sioii to recover its lost dominion. "I"pon the issue of this threatened invasion the independence of Texas may l>c considered as suspended, and were there nothing peculiar in the relative situation of the I'mted States and Texas even acknowledgement of its i:idependtnee at such a crisis could scarcely be regarded as consistent with that prudent reserve with which we have hitherto held ourselves hound to treat all similar qucsti. n-.'' Thereupon Andrew Jackson proceeded to consider the risk their might l>e imputed to the Unit d States motives of infp-,-< ? f in view of the former claim on our part to the territory of Texas and of the a\ nvcd purpose of the Texans in .-eekinir recognition of indeI p ndenee as an incident to the ineorpoj ration of 'J'exas in tie- I'nion. nm-lud| in;,' thus: Andrew .I;:* hsoi: (piloted. [ "Prudence tlierefore s?vms to dictate j that we should stand aloof and maintain j our present atfirml if not until Mexie i ! itself or one of tie- jrrear foreign powers j'shall recognize the indejH-ndenre of the ! new government, at least until the lapse I of time ,and tin* course of events shall I have proved bevor.d cavil or dispute the. ; ability of the people of that country to j maintain their Vet arate sovereignty and | to uphold the ^ovcrnmi nt instituted by ; them. Neither of the contending parties can justly complain of t ?i^ course. ! By pursuing it we arc bur carrying our i the lomr established p ?:i--y of our p.v* ! eminent, a policy which |;a> > -cured to 1 ti* re>pect and influence abroad and inI spired confidence ar ii Thes" arc t'nc \vrd- of tie- resolute i and patriotic .].:r k-.;i. Tie v ;-rc cvij deuce that the 1'nit -d Stati c, in addiI lion to tlie test ir u o-i l by public law I as to tin- conditi'-n of the recognition of | independence by a n'-utra! s'aie to-wit: | That the revolted stan- '.-hail constitute j in fact a body po'irir. ha\ma a yvern| nwnt in subs!anee as w-ii as in name. I ji<).s.-r\?.-' <( of i ii c t-iij- (>; >f;thiii!y ; and forming" * I * f'-r if left to i rs?*I ?*, a state amor,;; the na'ions. r-?ii:it?]y pa bio of diseharyim; t .c- ?!ts i? -??f:? state. J has imposed tor ir< mvp <; i\enianee in j ri'-aiin^' wiris rise- S:U? the further r-oiiflirir>?i that r ,?-<criii?io)i of hidep.ondcliee of that staVho ? i is no? due to a , revolted dependency n::d<T tlm danger i of its Iwinj: sub;u:?Mvd by ilir- parent i state is on tit- ly *?.i- - I away. This < xtr'toc te-t \va- i11 !;e-r applied in the ease of Texa>. I!! J is* eon^'lfSS to ( whom Pi'esa'ent .lae]i>i?n referred the ! question a? "tie "pro: ably Ivadinit t war" and therefore p. pr.it*T subject for | a "previous ntid*) ~tati iitiy wirii tliar , body by wh"iu w am an al"ije he declar-d ; and by whom ; '1 tie- |>! for j Taininy it- {. ; ;]> imW i > furnished." ; left the in;t:f< r "f lie* fruition of i Texas to the di eretio'i oj tiie executive, i providing merely for the sending of a 1 diplomatie ap-nt wi;?n the president t should be satisfied that tile republic of Texas "has become ;u; inde;r ndcnf j state." [; was s:i ree,.e>ii/.cd by PresiI dent Van llnivn. who commissioned a i charge d'affaires March is:;;, after I Mexico abandoned the attempt to reeon| qner the Texan Ten-itor.v and when j there was at the time no "bona tide"' ! contest piiiiir on between insurgent province and ir- former ?ovciej?jn. i 1 taid in my ne-ssa^e of la-: Decern-' , ber: "Ir is to be seriously considered ! whether the Cuban in-urreeriou posscsses beyond dispute tile attributes of statehood, which alone can demand the reeoy irion of holliycivnov m its favor." m I "" " " " The same rr-qnir??ui?r mas' { ' rfaniiy bo no loss seriously r< iwd'-n <1 when the graver issue of reroyniziuu independence is in question, lor no b-.-s positive tear ran be applied to ibo l'vitor than to the lesser; while < u tie- :he:- h. :< 1 rke influence ami < ? usepm a - of the struggle up'>ii the internai policy of the_recognizing state, whieii t >i:-t important factors where the :v< oankiou < | beili.:ereiicy is concerned. ate ;e < unary. if not rightly eliminahle factors, when the real question i> wle flu r rise c- inmuniiy claimini; reeoiriiitiun i? or is no; independent beyond ]? r ad vent a;--*. Nor from the standpoint of etqv-rionco tin I think it would ite wise or prudent for this .L'ovei'iiiiif*nt to recognize. at rue present time. the independence of the ! soeahed Cuban republic. Such reeo^' uition is not npqessary in order to en- ) I ' I .OIJ'MHIA, S. C., (Mober 13?tf. I | aide: In io inirrvonr an.? jxi- i:y ilis* island. Toeonnnit thisrountry now to tin- recognition of any partitular government in < "nlm might subject u> to embarrassing conditions of int< rnational obligations towards tho organization so re-signized. fn case of intervention our conduct would I?? subject to the approval or disapproval of such government. We would be r?- J quired to submit to its direction and to assume to it the mere relation of a ! friendly ally. When it shall appear j ih it tli r.- i? wirhin the i?land I :: government capable of p >rfor:uiug the duties and discharging tlm function* of a separate nation. and having as a matter of fact the proper forms and attributes of nationality. >ueh government an ! ' pi'.niptlv ami r< adily reeogni/ed, and the leititK'iis ami interests of the United State* v.itii sin-li nation adjust.d. There remains two alternative forms j of intervention to end the war: Kir her j as an -impartial nation by ini)>o*inga j nati-nal eomproinio- between the contestant*. or as the aetive ally of one > party i r the other. As to tIn* tirst. it is not to lw forgotten that during the hi-r feu months, t ie | relation of the United States lias virtually l?een one of friendly intervention | in many ways, e.udi m>te of itself ronelusive. lnit all tending to the exertion of a potential influence toward an ultimate pacific result ju*t and hoiiorabie to all interests ritiio'i'iii'l * J' 11 > spirit of all our arts hitherto ins been an earnest, unselfish desire for peace and j>resj?.*rity in Cuba, untarnished In* differences between the I'nited States and Spain and unstained by tile blood of American eit/. ns. The forcible intervention of the United States as a neutral, to stop tho war according t<> the large dictates of humanity and following many historical precedents where neighboring states have in terfercd to cheek the hopeless sacrifices of life by internecine conflicts beyond 1 heir Inn-dors, is justifiable on rational grounds. Ir involves, however, hostile constraint upon lx>th the parties to me contest, as well as to enforce a truce as to iruide tlie eventual sottlonn nr. <>roiirnls For Intervention. The grounds for such intervention may he briefly summarized as follows: Fir>t, in the cause of humanity ami to put an end to the burl urities, bloodshed, starvation and horrible miseries now existing there, and which the parties to the conflict are either unable or unwilling to stop or mitigate. It is no answer to .-ay this is all i:i another country, Indenting to another nation and is therefore none of cur business. It is especially our duty, for it is ri^hr at our dt >ors. Second. we owe it to our citizens in Cuba to afford them that protection and indefinitely for life and property which 110 government there can or will afford, and to that end to terminate the conditions that deprive them of le^ul protection. Third, the righr to intervene may l>o justified by the very serious injury to commerce, trade and business of our ]>oople and by the wanton destruction of urniv.vrv iind devastation of the island. jya .... .. .. Fourth, and which is of fix* urmost inijxirtaiu'e tor tlx* present condition of affairs in Cuba is a constant menace to our peace. and entails r.|K>n this government cnornxuis expense. With such a conflict waged for years in an island so near us and with which our iieople have such trade and business relations?when the lives and liberty of our eiti/.ens are in constant danger and their projx-rrv destroyed and t hence' ves ruined?where onr trading vessels are liable to seizure i and are sei/od at our very door, by war- j ship-; of a foreign nation. rheex{x>dirions . of filibustering that we are powerless to | repress altogether and the irritating j questions and tlx- entanglements tlmarising?all these and others that 1 need not itx-ntion, with the resulting strained relations, are a eonstaut menace to out peat e and eomjiel 11- | | keep oil u semi- j war footing with a nation with which ) We are at p* a- e. The Mail!*' Disaster. Those elements of danger and disor- j der already pointed <-ur have !?ee.u j strikingly illustrated l?v a tragic event, j w hich has deeply and justly moved the j American people. 1 have already trans- i mitfed to congress the report of the na- j \al court of inquiry on tiie destruction ; of rlie battleship Maine in the harbor of T? l..-t...? itu. :Ti ??li f ,.f f-\?b. 15. i J 1,1 Ill,I 'lining . f 'J'li,* detraction of th:?t nob!.* ve^sd lia I tilled tho national In-art with inex- j pressible horror. Two hundred and j lifty-eight brave >ailnrsnnd marines ami : two officers of our navv. rejiosiug in the i fnii' i- d security of a friendly harbor, have been buried to death, grief and i want brought to their homes and sorrow | to tin- nation. Tito naval nurr of in- 1 qnirv. wiiieli. it is needless to say. com- ' nuttid- the unqualified confid'-noo 'if the J government, was utianimou- in its eon- i ' insion that the destruction of the Maine ' was e.ujsed by an exterior explosion, that of a Mibniarine mine. It did not 1 assume r<> p'a'-f tin; v >ponsihilify. That i tetnaitis to ]te fixed. j In any event the destruction of the . Maine hy whatever exterior cause is a ; patent and impressive proof of a state of ; tiling in Cuba that is intolerable. That j eondition is thus .-liown to be mu*1i that ; the Spanish government cannot assure j safety and security to a vessel of the 1 American navv in the harbor of Havana j on a mission of peace, and rightfully r there. Further referring in this connection to recent diplomatic eorresjxmdoiice, a dispatch from our minister to Spain of tla- twenty-sixth nlr.. contained the statement that the Spanish ministerfor foreign affairs assured him positively ; that Spain will do ail that tin- highest i honor and justice require in the matter of the Maine. The reply of the thirtyiirst u!r. also contained an expression of the readiness of Spain to submit to arbitration ail the differences which can aris - in this matter which is subsc'iticntly explained by the note of the Spanish minister at Washington of the tenth inst. us follows: "As to the question of fact which springs from the diversity of tween :h" report of the American and Spanish boards. Spain proj>o?e? that the fact bo ascertained by an impartial in- I vest igation by experts %vh< so decision j Spain accepts in advance." To this I have made no reply. < rant on In (cm entlon. President Grant, in Ibio. after dis- j cussing the phases of the contest as it j then appeared and its hopeless and aj>parent indefinite prolongation, said: "lu j Mich event, i pin of the opinion that i other nations v. ill be conifielled to as- ! til rite tile resjx'risibility which devolves j upon them, and to seriously consider ; the only remaining measures possible, j mediation and intervention. Owing, j perhaps, to the large expanse of water scpai.dliig tT?s VTl^Tiil "from "llu; pcnTiisula, jerries appear to have within themselves no depository of common confidence, to surest wisdom when pas-don and cxeit'-mcut have their sway ami to assume the j?irr of peacemaker. In tliis view, in the earlier days ol the eontesr. the Kood offices of the United States as a mediator were tendered in jfood faith, without any selfish purposes in the interest of humanity and in sincere friendship J'or both parties, but were at the time declined by Sjiuin with tie- <le?ddration nevertheless that at a future time they would 1*> indispensable. No indication lias U*en received that in the opinion of S|k?in that time lias been reached. And yet the strife continues witli all its dread horrors and all its injuries to tic interests of the Tinted States and of other nations. Tudor the circumstances the agency of otIn f?, either by mediation or by intervention aecms to lie the only alternative which must, sooner or later, he invoked for the termination of the strife." In the 1:?"t annual message of my immediate predecessor during the pending struggle, ir was said: When the inahi'ity of Spam to deal successfully with tie- insurrection ha* become manifest and it is demonstrated that her sovereignty is e\tinct in Tuba for all purpose of i's i igiit ful existence Rtid when a hop< less struggle for its re establishment has degenerated into a strife which means nothing more than the useless sacrifice of human life and the utter destruction of the very subject matter of the conflict, a situation will l>e presented in which our obligations to tin* sovereignty of Sja'tiwill l?e superseded bv obligations which we can hardly hesitate to %recognize and discharge." * ? Spain Was Warned. 1.1 III \ iwmil.ll 1 li?> ? ? I UllfilVW last IVreml?er, -rnking ?f this <ixi?*stion. I >aid: Tin* D'jir futn-o will demonstrate whether the itid;s|iensii>!o condition of a righteous jK-arc, ju-r alike to the tinbans and to Spain, as well as equitable to all our interests s<. intimately involved in th<- warfare of t'uhi, is likely to 1k> attained. It not, the exigency of further and other action by the United States will remain to In- taken. When that time comes that action will l>e determined in the line of indisputable right and duty. It will 1? faced, without misgiving or hesitancy, in the light of the obligation this government owes to the people who lnr e confided to it the protection of their iu* Tests and honor, and to humanity. "Sure of the right, keeping free from all offense ourselves, actuated only by upright and patriotic considerations, moved neither by passion nor selfishness. the government will continue its watchful rare over the lights and property of American citizens and will abate none of its efforts to bring nl>out by neaeeful agencies a peace which shall bo honorable and enduring. If it shall hereafter appear to be a duty imposed by our obligation to ourselves, to civilization and humanity to intervene with force, it shall be without fault on our part and only lie cause the necessity for such action will be so clear as to command the support and approval of the civilized world." The Ions trial has proved that the object for which Spain has waged the war cannot be attained. The lire of insurrection may flame or may ' smoulder with varying seasons, but it has not; been and it is plain that it cannot be extinguished by present methods. The only hope of relief and repose from a condition which can no longer be endured is the enforced pacification of Cuba. IN' THE NAME OF HUMANITY, IN THE NAME ()F CIVILIZATION. IN BEHALF OF ENDANGERED AMERICAN INTERESTS. WHICH GIVE US THE RIGHT AND THE DUTY TO SPEAK AND TO ACT, THE WAR IN CUBA MUST STOP. Asks Power to A<*f. In view of these facts and of these considerations I ask congress to author ize and empower tho president to take measures to seen re a full and final termination of hostilities hetween rhe government of Spain and the j>eop!e of Culm and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government! capable of maintaining order and observing i:s international obligations, ensuring jxwe and tranquility and tho security of it- citizens as well afc our own. and to use the military and naval forces of the United States as may bo necessary for these purposes. And in the interest of humanity and to aid in preserving the lives of tho starving people of the island. I recommend that the distribution of food and supplies l>e continued and that an appropriation he made out of the pnblio treasury to supplement the charity of our ciri/.< ns. THK ISSUK IS NOW WITH CONGRESS. IT TS A Sol JIM N KESPOXS1R1IJTV. I HAVE EXHAUSTED EVERY EFFORT TO RELIEVE THE IXTOLER ABLE CONDITION OF AFFAFRS Willi'H IS AT OUR DOORS. PREPARED To EXECUTE EVERY OBLIGATION IMPOSED UPON ME BY TMK l.'O.NH III 1M)> A.MrJHh LAW. I AWAIT YorR ACTION. Yesterday. a:i<l since the preparation of the foregoing messier, official information wa received by me that the latest fb or*e of the queen recent of Spain directs (.'em-ral Bianco, in order to prepare ami facilitate peace, to pr<?elaim a sn>p<-m-ion ?>f hostilities, the dnratiou and d< tails of which have not yet been communicated to me. This fact with every other pertinent consideration will, I am sure, have yonr jnsfc and careful attention in the solemn deliberations 11 fhai which you are about to enter. If this measure attains a successful result, then our aspirations as a Christian, peace-loving people will bo realised. If ir fails it will be only another justification for our contemplated action. wiu.iAii M?-Kin-ley. Eimarkaoh Eescus. Mrs. Michael Curtin, Plaiofield, III, makes the statement, that she caught cold, which settled on her lungs; she was treated for a month by her family physician, but gie.v worse. He told her she was 9 hopeless victim of consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her druggi.-t suggested Dr. King's NewDiscovery for Consumption: she bought a bottle and to her delight found berst If beut fitrd frcm i he first dose. .She continued its use and after takiug six bottles, found herself sound and wc-H: now does her ' ? ! - I own bousewort. ana is as wen as sue ever was. Free trial b< ttles of this Great D sco.very at .J K Kanfruann s Drugr Store Large bottles "><) cents and -Si do. A Brmberg jury lias convicti d Zissett, white, f: r the murder of Wilson, also white. He was uot recommended to the mercy of the court, and will, therefore, receive the sentncee of deith. %