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Consolidated Aug. 2,1881.
SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26.1898.
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Obituaries and tributes of respects will be
charged for.
This Country Will Not
J
Assume Coban Debt
The Comments of a Leading
French Newspaper on the
Attitude of America.
Paris, Oct 18. 1115 p ni -Spain
can no longer have any doubt re
girding the ultimate, attitude of the
United Kt*t*r toward the so called
Cuban debt The American com?
missioners have declined to assume
it or any part of it, by express treaty
or by contract
They also declined to accept a ces
sion of sovereignty to the United
States, for ia that case Spain would
claim that such a cession by its own
forces wcu-d impose the obligation
for that debt
It is confidently believed that in
refusing to accept a cession of sover?
eignty the American commissioners
are acting also upon their announce
meet to the world in the intervention
resolutions disclaiming any intention
to exercise sovereignty or authority
over Cuba, except for pacification,
and theo to leave the island to the
control of its people and its people to
the assumption of its obligations .
La Liberte, referring to the Coban
debt as "now dividing the two coon
tries," says: "The Spanish regard
the refusal of the Uuited States to
assam* the Cuban debt as an exag?
gerated pretension "
In one sentence La Liberte de
clares that "Spanish finances were
rained in trying to suppress the Cu
?>an insurrection," and in the next it
cays that' the debt was contracted
for the benefit of Cuba n Then it
points to Spain as pleading for arbi
tration where the commissions do not
not agree, and says : "The Wa?h
ington cabinet will not Hateo to any
thing. Wc have already pointed out
the abnormal conditions attending
the appointment of the American
delegates aud their imperious instruc
:ions. Mr. Day and his colleagues
are not properly negotiators, but only
mandatories whose work is to carry
oat precise orders They have no
right to discuss or to make cooees
sions, but simply may announce to
the Spanish government the exactions
of tbs United States.
"The American commissioners
have formal orders not to lend them
selves to any modifications of the
conditions of peace, and tc repel ali
arbitration, giving notice finally, if
the Spanish do not agree to their
terms, of a naval demonstration in
Spanish waters President McKin?
ley is dictated to by pub'ic opinion,
which will some day repent its loss
of head
Madrid now knows that the ef
fort to induce the United States to
assume any part of the Cuban debt,
and to renounce the Pbiilippines,
wholly or in part, was'doomed in ad
vance to failure Spain bas nothing
to do but to give way humbly to the
hard laws of war, as a fresh humilia?
tion would be certain to follow Senor
Sagasta'8 non success against the
grasping disposition of tbe United
States."
The Temps says editorially : "It
is still thought that a tribunal of ar?
bitration will alone Jsettie the dis?
putes "
The Journal des D?bats thinks the
United States should compel the Cu?
ban government to assume the debt,
and believes that the Spanish would j
submit to arbitration, which it un?
derstands the United States declines
to accept
RAISED OUR FLAG
OVER PUERTO RICO.
Stars and Stripes Proudly
Waving in tbe Chief City
San Joan, Puerto Rico, Oct 18 -
Promptly at noon to day the Ameri?
can flag was raised over San Juan
The ceremony was qniet and digni
iSed, unmarred by disorder of any
kind
The Eleventh regular infantry, with
two batteries of the Fifth artillery,
landed this morning. The latter pro
ceeded to the forts, while the infan
try lined np on the docks It was
a holiday for San Juan and there
were many people on the streets
Rear Admiral Schley and Gen,
Gordon, accompanied by thei? Staffs,
proceeded to the palace io carriages
The Eleventh infantry and band,
with troop fl, of the Sixth United
States cavalry was then marched
through the streets aod formed in the
square opposite tbe palace
At 11:40 a. m. Gen. Brooke, Ad?
miral Schley and Gen. Corbin, the
United States evacuation commission
ers, came ont of the palace with
many naval officers and formed on
the right side of the square. The
j streets behind the soldiers were
thronged with town's people, who
i stood waiting in dead silance. At
last the city clock struck the hour of
12 and the crowds, almost breathless
and with eyes fixed upon the 3agpole,
watched for developments
At the sound of the first gun from
Fort Morro. Maj Dean and Lieut.
Castle, of Gen Brook's 6taff, hoisted
the Stars and Stripes, while the band
played the "Star Spangled Banner *'
Ali heads were bared and the
crowd cheered Fort Morro. Fort
San Cristobal and the United States
revenue cutter Manning, tying in
the harbor, fired 21 guns each
Senor Munoz Rivera, who was pres
ideot of the recent autonomist coun
eil of secretaries, aud other officials
of the late insular government were
present at the proceedings
Congratulations and handshaking
among the American officers followed.
Ensign King hoisted the Stars and
Stripes on the Intendencia, but all
Other flags on the various public
buildings were hoisted by militaty
officers Simultaneous with the
raising of the flag over the captain
general's palace many others were
hoisted in many other parts of tbe
city
The work of the United States
commission is now over and all re?
ports will be forwarded to Washing?
ton on Tuesday next The labors of
both partira have terminated with
honor to all concerned The Ameri?
can commissioners worked without
the least delay and in the most thor?
ough and effective manner..
The United States is now formerly
in possession of the island of Puerto
Rico as soverign The war depart?
ment has received the following :
San Joan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 18.
Secretary of War, Washington :
Flags have been raised on public
holdings and forts in this city and
saioyted with national salutes. The
occupation of the islend is now
complete.
(Signed) Brooke,
Madrid, Oct 13.-Advices receiv?
ed here from Puerto Rico say that
all the high officials there have taken
steps to become naturalized Ameri?
cans
The Evacuation of Cuba.
Spaniards Expect to Com?
plete It by tbe First Week
of November.
Habana, Oat. 19-9.15 p m.-Senor
Beuitez, interpreter to the Spanish
evacuation commission, this afternoon
delivered to the American commission?
ers two notes, one announcing that
Gen. Bianco yesterday ordered the
evacuation cf the trocha from Juraco
to San Fernando, the troops to move
to Cienfuegos prior to embarkation,
and the cavalry to go to Placetas to
sell their mounts, and then proceed to
Cienfuegos. The evacuation or the
troops is exneoted to be completed by
the first week in November. The
Spanish commission farther requested
tbe good offices of the Americans with a
rie? to explaining the movement of
the Spanish cavalry toward Placetas,
so as to avoid a regrettable oiash with
the Cuban troops co tho read.
Capt. Hart, under instructiona from
the American commissioners, wrote at j
once to Cuban headquarters, explain?
ing the matter in order to preveut any
misunderstanding when the Cabans Ree
tbe Spaniards galloping through their
camps as if on a war footing.
Gen Parrado, president ot tbe Span?
ish evacuation commission, has unoffi?
cially informed Lieut. Cal. Clous
that sm:e the publication of Gen.
Bianco's decree, 4,500 Spanish soldiers
and officers bad asked an absolute dis?
cbarge, with the intention of remain?
ing in the Uland. Gen. Parrado esti?
mates that moro than 15,000 will do
so, before tbe final evacuation.
It is reported that the Spanish com- j
mission will to morrow deliver a note to
the American commissioner* referring
to the total evacuation of Holguio on
November lOth and also another note
acknowledging the arrival or tba spe?
cial commissioner of the Uoited States
at the Spanish camps and asserting the
issuance of the orders that every facil?
ity be given for the misson.
The Habana Reporter, an American
paper jest founded here, published its
first number to day.
Situation as to
I Cuban Sovereignty.
_;_:
AU Eyes Turned Towards
the French Capita).
Paris, Oat. 20 -The Spanish peaoe
commissioners have not yet received
from Madrid either iostrnotions or per?
mission to bid adieu to Coban sover?
eignty without further seeking to at
taoh to this soverigoty some coodition
providing tor the assumption of the
Cuban debt. by the United States If
they are as at nresent disposed and
instructed, the Spaniards will not, at
to morrow's meetiog, recognize affirma?
tively the United States' position.
Should they flatly reject American io
sistaoce. tbe Spaniards, while recog?
nizing the physical power of the Uotted
Stares against unaided Spain, will
dombiy extend their palms upward and
fhrug their shoulders They regard
the situation as pitiable, and are not
.-.verse to any sympathy it may excite.
They affirm that tbe American answer
to their debt propositions is very loog,
and that they have not yet had time to
meditate fully upon it. They, thus far,
apparently intended not to yield, and
wili (to morrow make another written
presentment and expect an extended
discussion thereon. Whether they will
to morrow be met with, or at tbe close
bf the session receive ag to Cuba the
American ultimatum of terms and time*,
mast be then developed. V> bile this
is DOW not qaite probable, it is possible.
A SPANIARD'S VIEW.
London, Oct 21.-The Paris corre
f-pondent of toe Time* says : "I bad
a visit to day, Tuesday, from a great
Spanish personage, who seems to have
been commissioned to ascertain the trend
of public opinion on the negotations
here. He appeared much depressed.
He bas found great and general sym?
pathy with Spain, but bas been unable
to discover any possibility of obtaining
morai support against the Amerioan
delegates who are inflexible in their
demands and with much politeness of
5 form have hitherto categoricaly refused
) to make the slightest concession on any
of the instructions received by bim,
j never having asked their government
I for the slightest modifications."
That Story Prom Madrid
About a Sea Fight With
the Filipinos.
Washiogtoo, Oct. 20 -The sensa?
tional Spanish report of a naval battle
between Admiral Dewey's vessels ano
the insurgent navy in the Philippinen
is received with absolute incredulity
in both tbe navy and war departments.
If there has been any recent action.,
Admiral Dewey has failed to mention
it, and neither Geo Otis, nor United
States Consul Wildman have regarded
it as worthy of notice
It is believed al the navy department
that the Spanish authorities refer to the
seizure of the little steamer Abbey by
the McCullough on September 23rd,
last. The steamer was of American
register, though formerly known as the
Paeig. It was reported to Admiral
Dewey that she was bringing arms and
supplies of war to the insurgents. He
sent the McCullough to stop thia move?
ment, but wheo the cutter found the
Abbey in Batanzas bay the latter vessel
bad landed her cargo of arms and the
insurgents refused to give them up.
Thereupon the Abbey was seized and
taken by the McCullough to Manila
Tbis affair could oct be dignified with
the name of naval eogagement, and
Admiral Dewey io reporting the seizure
to the navy department made little
of it.
It is just possible that there have
been some similar iooideot not deemed
worthy of report io the isiand of Cebu
or Panay, as it bas been reported that
s onie insurgent vessels have been carry?
ing arms lo spread the insurrection to
those islands and Dewey would have
repressed them. But the reports to tbe
navy department show that it is absurd
tn speak of an insurgent navy serious
ly, for the entire force consists of a few
schooners, and one or two little coast- j
iog steamers, all put together not beiog
a match for the least of the vesseis
j under Dewey's command. The expla?
nation of the admiral's interference
with these vessels in their operations is
a desire on bis part to maintain the
status quo in the Philippines pending
the conclus;,n of the peace commis
sion's work io Paris It is not surpris?
ing that the Spanish cabinet is trying
to make much of any iooideot that can
be twisted into a demonstration of ac?
tual hostilities between the occupying
Amerioao force io the Philippines and
thc insurgents, for that would help to
sustain the contention that they are
sure to put forward when the Philip?
pines come under consideration before
! he Paris commission that the United
States force never had been abie to
take possession of and bold ferrite ry
outside of Maoila proper. Under the
rules of international law such a point
would he entitled to serious considera?
tion io determining what disposition
should be made of the-territory.
The President's Duty
As Seen by the Post.
Constitution m Relation to
Past and Present.
GOVERNOR TANNER AND THE
BLACK MAN.
New York Evening Post.
'.I hold that there is no reason in
the world why a negro is not entitled
to all the natural rights enumerated
in the Declaration of independence
the right to life, liberty and the pur
suit of happiness I hold that he is
as much entitled to these as the white
man I agree wilh Judge Douglas,
he is not my equal in many respects
-certainly not in color, perhaps not
in moral or intellectual endowment ;
but in the rights lo eat the bread,
without the leave of anybody else,
which his own hand earns, he is my
equal, and the equal of Judge Doug
las and the equal of every living
man."
Thus spoke Abraham Lincoln at
Ottawa, III , on the 21st of August,
1858, in the first of his speeches in
that famous joint debate with Ste?
phen A. Douglas which led to his
nomination and election to the presi?
dency, and thereby to his signature
of the proclamation which emanci?
pated the slaves
Forty years have passed since this
utterance was made. The constitu?
tion of the United States bas been
ameuded so that the black man is as
much a citizen as the white. As
such, the second section of the fourth
article of the constitution applies to
him-that "the citizens of each State
shall be entitled to all privileges and
immunities of citizens in t?ie several
States ;" while an amendment adopt?
ed expressly for his benefit provides
that "no State shall make or enforce
any law which shall abridge the priv?
ileges or immunities of citizens of
the United States, nor shall any State
deprive any person of life, liberty or
property, without due process of law,
nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal rights of the
laws."
Colored citizens of the State of
Alabama, seeking to better their con?
dition in life, left their homes last
week to accept employment in an
Illinois coal mine at better wages
than they can earn in the south
Upon learning of their coming, Gov
emor Tanner publicly announced that
they had no right to enter the S tate,an d
that he would not protect them from
a mob which threatened their lives if
they should come ; that, "while it
is true there is no law that would
authorize the governor to keep them
out of the State, yet at the same
time I did not feel it my duty as the
governor of Illinois to use the arms
of the State to give protection to
mine operators in operating their
mines with this class of citizens,
thus depriving our own citizens of
the opportunity of labor and that
be would give the operators the pro?
tection guaranteed by the law only
on condition that they "would agree
not to import labor into the State,
and would employ bona-fide citizens
of our State "
The negroes were brought into the
State. When the traiu bearing them
reached Virden, the place where they
were to work, it was fired upon by
the mob, and the engineer had to pull
the train out of town at once in order
to prevent wholesale slaughter. The
blacks were taken to Springfield,
where stands a monument to the au
thor of the emancipation proclama
tion, but nobody wanted them there.
A suggestion was made that they be
taken to Pana where some southern
negroes have already found employ?
ment, but Governor Tanner immedi?
ately issued orders that "under no
circumstances should any negro from
another State be allowed to enter
Pana.'and the commander of a body of
State troops stationed there announ?
ced that "if I lose every man under
my command, no negioes shall land
in Pana " The railroau shipped the
negroes to St Louis, and the mine
operators made another proposition
to send them to Virden, but it was
announced yesterday by the military
officers who represent the govern
or that "the governor will not
change his policy, and they are under
orders to prevent the landing of any
more negroes here from Alabama or
other pointa " Meanwhile, the ne
groes, for lack of better quarters, ?ie
in jail at St Louis-imprisoned for
the crime of leaving Alabama in "the
pursuit of happiness," to accept the
employment in Illinois to which they
are entitled as citizens of the United
States.
it is obvious that the governor of
Illinois is defying and annulling the
constitution of of the United States
Under his orders citizens of Alabama
are denied the "privileges and im
muoities of citizens in the several
States." to which they ure entitled
under the fourth article of that in?
strument. Under his orders the
State of Illinois violates the
fourteenth article, which provides
that "no ' State shall deprive
any person of life, liberty, or
property/without due process of law,
nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of
the laws."
Is there no remedy for such an out?
rage as this ? Can nobody right so
atrocious a wrong ? There is a plain
remedy, under which the wrong can
be righted in a day.
Section 5299 of the revised, stat
Utes, which was enacted on the 20th
of April, 1871, provides that
Whenever insurrection, domestic
violence, unlawful combinations, or
conspiracies in any State so obstructs
or hinders the execution of the laws
thereof, and of the United States, as
to deprive any portion or class of the
people of such State of any of the
rights, privileges or immunities, or
protection, named in the constitution
and secured by the laws for the pro
tection of such rights, privileges, or
immunities, and the constituted au?
thorities of such State are unable to
protect, or, from any cause, fail in or
refuse protection of the people in
6uch rights, such facts shall be deem
ed a denial by such State of the equal
protection of the laws to which they
are entitled under the constitution of
the United States, and in all such ca?
ses, or whenever any such insurrec?
tion, violence, unlawful combination,
or conspiracy, opposes or obstructs
the laws of the United States, or the
due execution thereof, or impedes or
obstructs the due course of justice
under the same, it shall be lawful for
the president, and it shall be his duty
to take 6uch measures, by the em?
ployment of the militia, or the land
and naval forces of the United States,
or ?f either, or by other means, as he
may deem necassary, for the suppres?
sion of such insurrection, domestic
violence, or combination."
The duty of President McKinley,
under the constitution of the United
States and section 5299 of the revised
statutes, is so plain that there is no
possible way of escaping from it The
constituted authorities of Illinois re?
fuse protection to citizens of Alabama
in rights secured to them by the con?
stitution " In all such cases " the
statutes not only make it lawful for
the president to interfere and secure
citizens the rights denied them, bot
declare that " IT SHALL BE HIS
DUTY" thus to interfere. Not only
does his general obligation apply to
take care that the laws be faithfully
executed,p but he is expressly en?
joined that it is his especial duty to
enforce this particular law
Seotion 5299 was enacted fer the
especial purpose of protecting negroes
io the Southern States from outrage at
the hands of the constituted authorities
io those States during the reconstruc?
tion period, but it applies to all the
States of the Union for ail time. No
southern governor ever denied negroes
their rights so openly and shamelessly
as the governor of Illinois denies these
black citizens of Alabama their rights
to-day.
Will President MoKinley do his
doty ? If he does not, he will be him?
self an accessory to the crime commit?
ted by Gov. Tanoer, and the shame
which now attaches to the State of
Illinois will rest opon the nation.
Suppose that he "take a day off" from
celebrating our valor in beating a weak
and bankrupt nation and oar magnani?
mity io treating the Spanish, and re
establish black citizens of the United
States io Abraham Lincoln's old home
io the rights guarantee them by the
constitution and laws.
AGAIN THE COLOR LINE.
Louisville, Oct. 19.-The grand
lodge of Kentucky Masons at its ses
sion to-day unanimously adopted the !
resolution reported by its special com?
mittee which recommends non-inter?
course between the graod lodge of this
State and the grand lodge of Washing?
ton, because of the action of the latter
io reoogoiziog negro lodges. Tbe
motion to adopt was seconded by 50
master Masons.
It was aiso decided to build a borne
for agen and infirm Masons.
Color Line in the Elks.
Cincinnati, Oct. 19 -A lodge cf the
Order of Elks, composed of colored
men, bas been organized io Cincinnati
Grand Exalted Ruler Galvin of the or?
der says thc actioo is wboliy without
warrant and clearly void, as the con?
stitution provides that members shall
be white. He will take no action un?
less tbe new lodge undertakes to nae
the name B P. O E. In ibat case
he will undertake to eDjoio them.
Paris, Oct.. 18- The Rappel says
the bearing upon Madame Dreyfus* ap?
plication for tbe revision cf ber bus
band's trial will be public. It will be
bear io the criminal session of the court
of cassation.
More Disasters on the Sea.
London, Oct 19 -The German
bark Heinrich ?otel. of 478 ton6,
which arrived at Hull cn September
22 from Savannah and subsequently
left there was in collision yesterday
during the gale in the Grimsby roads,
with the Norwegian bark Concordia,
hailing from Drammen Both ves?
sels were considerably damaged, and
towed into Hull roads.
Reports of shipping disasters con?
tinue to come in and the east coast
is strewn with wrecks
In most cases the crews have been
saved, but upwards of 30 persons
have been drowned.
The First Regiment.
It is officially announced that the
First regiment will be examined,
paid off and mustered out on the
10th of November. Dr. Wilcox, of
the regular army, has arrived and
will conduct the physical examina?
tion before mustering out -Columbia
Record.
The consul at Ghent, Belgium,
says that the introduction of the
round cotton bale is destined to af
feet favorably the exportation of
American cotton. Ghent has 565,
202 spinning spindles and 84,642
twisting apindles It demands the
round bale. In this bale the lint
cotton is pressed into a thin layer,
which is rolied by machinery into a
cylindrical bale of the size desired.
The bale generally is enveloped in
closely woven Hessian cloth. The cov?
ering preserves the cotton. All
marks and numbers remain distinct,
preventing the fraudulent substitu?
tion of bales en route. Because of
regular form, greater density and
smaller dimensions tbe bales are
more rapidly bandied and shipped.
They are almost entirely fire and
waterproof. Removal of the iron
bonds reduces the tare to one per
cent.
The Jacksonville camp seems to
be going the way of all the big
camps in generating typhoid fever.
It is a soprise and a shock to the
friends of the Second Sonth Carolina
to learn from Col Jones's testimony
that the command, so healthy when
in Columbia, has 185 cases of sick?
ness, "about two thirds typhoid.''
If the regiment is to wait much long?
er before geing to Cuba it ought to
be moved back to Columbia, where
it can regain its health -The State.
While Bsn Tillman was io Charla?
ron fbe other day the Mayor of tbe evy
and some cf the officials gave him an
informal lunch at the Charleston hotel.
The Mayor also requested Tillman to
use his influence with tbe department
in Washinorm to have the troops em?
barked from Charleston for Cuba and
Porto Rico After the lunch the re?
doubtable Benjamin telegraphed to
Washington recommending Charleston
as a suitable place for embarkation.
And now Tbe News and Courier and
The State are twitting each because
Columbia, on the rne band, voted {or
Ellerbe on account of favors shown aod
because the Mayor of Cbarlestoo, on
the other hand, bas tamed brave Ben
by giving bim a lurch at the Charleston
Hotel. Both paper*? ^een to be in an
uocomfortable position tod hare been
making tremendous tfforts fo extricate
themselves-but the lees said the bet?
ter for both OD der the circumstances
It is always better to a*k oo favors cf
men as distasteful politically as Till?
man and E leroe. and ?be News a?d
Courier ced The State wcuic doubt?
less have more respect, fer themselves
and their respective cities bad there been
no eotaogliog alliances with Tilinten
and Elleroe.-Darlington News
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