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_o_ ' VOL. XXVIII. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20,1898. NO. 23.
| Address
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ATTORNEY AT LA W,
BATESBUKG, - - - - S. C.
Practices in a'.l the State Courts, especia:ly
iu Lexiugtoo, Edgefield and Aiken
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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
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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.
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your apptt'te good, your digest o i
I perfect.
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I your health, take Hoods Sarapaj
lilhi.
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tier.
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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
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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- .
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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.
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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
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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,
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v -ja?n??M? ?J wmiprMp?nn?p??
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s bcyal bakin" powdcr co., r.ru vork.
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! 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."
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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- )
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(Mober 13?tf.
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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.
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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."
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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
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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.
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