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1'e --THE~ -ADHERALD. PUBLISHED TRI- WEEKLY IS AN SERLD COMPANY. rMs. N ADVANCE: 1 esr. - - 83.00j " .ntks. - - - - 1.50 WINNSBORO, S. C. hursday, AprIl 14. - - =1898. IT IS WAR. The President's message is a fine piece of English composition. The greater part of it is a strong recital of the barbasities practised by Spain on ='Cuba, bat the country was well ac guainted with all of these facts before the President's message was delivered. But one sentence in the whole message receives the applafise of the whole country, viz.: "The war in Cuba must stop." The 'President tells how he proposes to stop tris war, he ymeets with opposition. He wants an thority to stop it, and stop it by force. He does not specify whether he will compel the Spaniards or Cubans to lay down arms. It is impossible to say whether or not the President's policy is to wage war against the in surgents or the Spaniards. He merely asks for the authority and power to stop the war. He is opposed to the recognition of the belligetent rights of the insurgents, and his recommenda tious are so ambiguous that it i1 ira possible to tell whether he is a friend to "free Cuba" or not. He refers to the destruction of the Maine as an insident of the intolerable conditions in Cuba,-ana we t lieve that a great majerity of the American pevple con sider the Maine disaster our strong ground for a deelaration of war against Spain. They believe that, instead of making it anOincident of "the intolera ble conditions," it should be brought prominsntly to the front. The failure to make a prompt and firm demand aration on this account opened bl,. t ' ,Sagasta to remove, ostensi bly, eT se for complaint. Now tie w ak t is in the hands of Congress. Thsat a put itself on record in favor of free 1,, It has complained of dillydallying di plomacy. Will it. by much speech making be equally guilty of klY-da ?> lying? The present outlook is Ihat thi er r a ons wilibe p sed. I this; should be done, it means- war These resolutions favor free and inde pendent Ouba, demand the withdraws of Spanish troops, and the President is authorized to use the land and nav: forces of the United States to carry thb resolutions inte effect. N'othing ba acomplete Spanish surrender will pre THE SHEEXAX OF CURA. Sews arnd Courwr. Some days ago the New York Even oug Post said that the methods of Wey ler in Cuba were not more crimina than the methods of warfare adoptec by Sherman in Georgia and by Sheri dan in the Shenandoah Valley. In later article the Post suggested tha1 possibly the battleship Maine wai blown up by the Cuban patriots, and in still another artise', asking "Whal are we to fight for?" tthe Post aid: "The explosion of tbe Maine is a third cause assigned for war. Some Senators and Representatives say (hal we should fight Spain because one o-f our war vessels met with destruction in the harbor of Havana. Th'at is simply to may that one of c wo parties to a controversy is to decide it abso Iately, and enforce his conclusion upon the other. Everybody would recog nize the outrageous injustice of this course between two individuals, e.nd it would be equally unreasonable and indefensible between two iations. All that we have new is the r-eult of a secret, ex parts investiga:- by men who have the strongest p mible mo tives to exculpate the officers of an American vessel, their verdict being that the ship was destroyed by a sub marine mine, but that eno evidence had been obtainable fixing the respon sioility for the destruction of the Maine upon any person or persons.'" These several siatements of the miserable old Mugwump Post have given great offenea to some of the jingo newspapers and politicians. The New York Sun, for example, de nounces the Post's comparison of Wey ler to Sherman and Sheridan an; an inmult "to the army of the United States," and characterizes the Post's statement about the destruction of the Maine as "an insult to the American navy even more infamous," and de clares that E. Lawretsce G3dkin, the editor of the Post, "is a worse ensemy -of the country he disgraces than De Lome, whom be imitates, or than Weyler, whom he admires and de fends." But the real point is not whether Godkin "imitates" DeLomne, or "ad mires" Weyler, but whether Godkin tells the truth. He has made no charge, -as alleged. that Sigsbee and t be offReers of the Miaine court of inquiry "are liars and scoundrels," but tsuat the investigation condncted by the court cf inquiry was secret and ex parte, that the court was naturally 'and un avoidably inluenced "by the strosgest possible motives to exculpate the offi cers of an American vessel," and that it is not fair or just to ask that "one of two parties to a controversy is to decide it absolutely, and enforce his conclusion upon the other." That was all, and even if Godkin is a disgrace to his country, which we ao not feel called upon to deny, and does admire Weyler, as he possibly does in view of his admiration of Weyler's studies in the American art of war, this does not necessarily affect the force of Godkin's statement. We are not particularly .interested, however, in Godkin's so called inlamous insult to-the American navy-he can fight that out for him self on the water; but his comparison pP of Weyler to Sherman and Sheridan shows that he bas not -forgetten some of tLe leading facts in recent Ameri can history. In "Critical Sketches of Some of the Federal and Confederate. Command ers," published by Houghton, Mifflin k Co., of Boston, there is an interest ing review of Gen. Sherman's-military career by John C. Ropes, one of the tairest and most truthful of Northern historians. Mr. Ropes says that "it would not be right to close a review of Gen. Sherman's character and ser vices without referring to his often announced policy of devastation. It can hardly be doubted that a desire to inflict punishment on the people of the South for their course in breaking up the Union was a strong element in favor of his project of marching across the country." To Gen. Grant he tele graphed on October 9, 1864: "Until we can repopulate Georgia, it is useleaf to occupy it; but the uttei destruction of its roads, houses and people will cripple their military re sources. * * * I can make the march, and make Georgia howl." To Gen. Schofield, he telegraphed on October 17: "I will make the interior of Georgia feel the weight of war." To Gen. Beckwith on October 19: "I propose to abandon Atlanta and the railroad back to Chattanooga, and sally forth to ruin Georgia ina bring up on the seashore." To Gen. Hardee, the Confedera'e commauder at Savannah, he wrote: "Should I be forced to resort to as sault, and the sloer and surer process of starvation, I shall then feel justified in resorting to the harshest measures, and shall make little effort to restrain my army-burning ta avenge a natioWal wroag they attach to Savannah and other large cities, which have been so prominent in dragging our country into civil war." To Gen. Grant on December 18, he wrote: "With Savannah in our possession at some future time if not now, we can punish South Carolina as she de serves, and as thousands of people in Georgia hoped we would do. I do sincerely believe that the whole United States, North and South, would re joice to have this army turned loo3e on South Carolina to devastate that State, in the manner we have done in Georgia, and it would have a direct and immediate bearing on your cam paign in Virginia" To Gen. ilalleck he wrote on De cemb-r 24: "I attach more importance to these deep incisio:;s into the enem)'s coun try, because this war differs from European wars in this particular. We are not only fighting hostile a?mies, but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war, as well as their organized armies. * * The truth is the whole army is' is burning with sn insatible desire to wreak vengeance upon South Carolina. I almost tremble at her fate, but feel that she deierves all that satiab!e desire to wreak van geance upon Columbia as quite as bad ., charleston, and I doubt if we shae ' .hpublic buildings there, as we Mr. Ro : S"It seems4.at en Sb~h.. Iin the passages ci ciate i distiet terms the pn iple that th infliction of such punishmient bya general commanding an armf is with tin his right; that is, that it is sanc Stioned by the laws of moder'n eivilized warfare. If we are correct in attribut ing this position to Sh.rnman, we cannot loss the opportnnity of pointing ou that the auchorities are against him. * * If Sherman purpoself destroyed, or connived at 'the destruction o. property which was not needed for the supply of his army, or of the enemy's army, he violated one of the funda mental canons of modern warfare; and just s-> far as he directed or per mitted this, be conducted war on ob solete and barbarous principles." In his official report Gen' Sherman estimated the entire damage- done tc the State of Georgia at $100,000,000, of which only $20,000,000 "inured to our advantage," the remaindrr being "simple waste and destruction." Mr. Ropes says, and it is worth especial emphasis here, that Sherman's "hold on his army was perfect; there wasn nothing that the men would not do at his bidding." He dest royed $100,000, 000 worth 'cf property in Georg 5; he left a track ot desolaton in South Carolina; he made "old and Soung, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war," he turned his array loose on South Carolina to devastate that State in the manner we have done in Geor gia;" he tremAbled for the fate of South Carolina, but felt that she deserved all he had in store for her. In sasing that Weyler'5 methods in Cuba were uot more eriminal than Sherman's methods oni his "march to the sea," the Evening Post stated a horrible fact in :he simplicity of truth. The comparison of Weyler to Sheri dan in the Shenandoah Valley was to the prejndice of Weyler. The story of Sberidan'. bratality is written in the official reports. What he did not require for the supply of his army was "siwpiy waste and destruction'-and so thoroughly was his work done that even the cro)ws had to carry their rations with :hem in flying over the desolated region. The Sherman and Sheridan methods were even more savage than Weyler's. They were at war In their own country and against the people of their own race and civilization. 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