The commonwealth., September 16, 1897, Image 4

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THE COM MON WE AI .Til.
»«»llllltD t»IRT THURSDAY
IT T H I COMMONWf ALTH PUB. CU.
JA*, K. VAKIIAMAN. *
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF LEFLORE COUNTY.
Oltr.KNWiMilP. Ml-S
NOTICE
Vi <* have rid * » in ln«'«l 11 .
no m«>ne\ tu 1 »*•
I here
i.l'le
paper f<*r *1
waiting 12 mou M
tak< a a grcal deal
the exp*
who hat
f he pa <t
Ihc> ha
fh"n|
I •' '
and
iftïicc.
l»er f<
If tin I
e pjlbl
not. it Kill hi ;i gn at l i
they will 11 1.
funds
send you a Mat« m*
Tiik ( '<»•
it
We
IN« K V I i II I 'I
The Cry of tin- I'
Wa
mil -I In ing. a
i! at
ing,
time Involved
llieflt to I Ile I < ' J ill t » 1 11 - I li ill I li.:! w hit'll
in heard toda.\
of htisine-s, t hr r i
III«* lievrl-era-llo ,
trad«*
Th«* cr
story "f I In* hink*
ed hopr*
flu* einpt \ ("iii.uli .uni
Imine.
I
-I
I cl I
>1 blight
"I disappointed ambit imn.
squalid
i fohed
Il Is lie
ail o|
m*ss, of want, of u n -p*a (. dde
Is the roar of «llslanl ! h
tH*tok«*l|H ih<*
tuning
the eimcenl ml cm M ,i
whi«*li iiiii) s|tali« i
to lïagnn-ut - -
superb system "f g<.v«-i nuicnt
II Is to h«* hop«*<| t hat I In lr
of th<* nation may liMin
warning and talo
hied the
tin ncn try prc
at to avid i he titipi
Then* is
•ant u
ding «lisas
i* t hing erriain i he
t«*r.
I
tendency of the pri'senl, is ilariuing.
The eoneenlnil In
In I lie liamls ol I lie ii
I.
il all the
t In- iinlml)
greed for gain l lie 'iiliorilimil Imi and
subversion of even
moi al
to sordid sçllisli lie
waul and dlseoui, nt. i lie pi,
Hull of the lut! I<ii, tlie nil, o|
tlie nianhoiHl-ile'tno im;
herlted liidlgenee. all Imlieale I he
Hie
I'fToel of In
«f I liai deadlv germ of g,,\
I lie fat al symp
presen,','
criimeiil ilesl nud loo
il
toms of nul lirai deal Ii.
I'o ( lie pilot', of tiie goal I mi I, ol
slate rcnll/.c Ilia! Hi, I
just ahead?
alarm, re
and avoid ilGasi, i
rakers a
Will 1 licv sniii,,| || M .
■rse II. ourse ,,f Hie -hip
\\ e hope so, bill
to Is' candid. I here G lin le
upon
which to base such a hope. The pa
per by Join, Clark Itldpatli.
will lie found In llus i, uml.ei ,,| Th,
('otnmonwealtli. iilnlei
The Cry of Hie I'lM,I , v
at
I Ik* lie.id
J I <
"'I"
*' ell
lllosf t II,lily'llt fill
ending.
The an ion
■I I he -In i l 11 and I,,
deputies in tiring u|,.i, Hi,
miners
and killing qulie a numb, i. al H a d,
ton. I'll.. II lew d.l
for
ns
llolllL
s siuee. Im
1 li.it wliieli fini
has a right i
highway was Hm m
Infamous, i
ever |s r|ieliali d in I lie name
The sheriff and bN wir, I,
■ to lie shot, and Hie (hing
nni't regret i' that tlm
\merieaii ell
» alk I be pnlil ie
"iilragmis.
ardlt and liedisli crime
if law.
e de
ell
di
t
if
»«
•Cl
Ill i 111') s
ere
all
not armed ami equipped
that the
might have turned upon ilieui a
dent roved every mot liei -
,1
of them.
list
'hie of our i 'i,vi
d I'Vi'hungcs dis
like' "lengllit eili|,,nal' ami "ma
nzine articles" In
Ilia
ew spa per'.
I
i. dislike lengthy
magazine
I
editorials a,id
art icIcn, unie
written by wii»ihli* people ami e, Ml .
tain informât im, T«» read t leitet hy
editorial written
would l»e about i > nk
profitable as piekln* <
a (lead nicker's head.
I bey
are
I
In
sunie
Hial
e and iiii
H'klebtirrs frum
ail.
Hie
tIlls
An ingrate Is I,
The ii m ii wlm w
turn liis back
'l.»wi by him in dlstre
mean to g,, to hell.
m
the friend Dial
. malign the
iw« y "mi honored ami trusted him
Will find himself sliiiuneil I
imps of bell I »ru use of Ids Infamous
! In* Vrl v
they
si'lilshiiess
te have
received the luilial
lier of The Chronicle.
mini
piililislied at
can
i/e
Si'ranlon. 'll".
II is .1
gölten
up paper,
is good, the editorials well written.
We take pleasure in placing it upon
our exchange !Ui and wishing it
cess.
Tlie lyfiograpliical
rk
is
wi'
siie
iiizc'
G'
To
answer
an
nil a
argument w
sneer Is a trick often resorted t
, >witIi the arrogant idi
knave. It is
Ignorance is the only m
and cow aril 1er chills the heart.
year
with
in
could
cry «•> >iixcnii'iit
in
■k in traile
\ole
Tlie strictest
ticrna iiigtirated is noiv being main,
tnlncd in Leflore
only thing to do to avoid tlie
quarantine that
w.
Il is the
'»•urge.
'minii.
T
Hon
•'in
alone
To tx' without mull makes
most as lonesome as Adam was in n„,
Garden of Eden without
"Me ;
a female.
.Til.
LEFLORE SAFE TO DATE.
CU.
No Cases of Yellow l ever Reported in This Coun
ty ns Yet.
I vory I'rco.mtlou Being l.ikoit to Prevent tlio Introduction of
the Proud Malady Hero.
IVvcr i<*p"r!»«l ni I In*'«''Minty. .iii«l
tij- !.L< t that every precaution i* Mu# taken
I. I . 1,< !l ire may |*<i • • I lirnukh f In
tliere liave )i''fll fl'f «'
l c
. |
t lie hope pre\;u!
t'. pre*vi
I»,il I P
liât . froi
«fille f iun (,f
fh"n|
i'fpted by Ili< ' «Hint.y Ihm
flirui.gh "0 the d
r
»day t hen
j me.
11 r 11 « 1111 < • «I h'l •
ar« a
ils lia* n
I pi I. I hi- en
W mi H».
In teh !
I Ilf
>!
f<
are comp, ai a
<•' fill III Ml
" lie t liai il is heller Io lie
few dheofllellt'd
I. alt hough liiere a
W 11"
its
it
w Iim Ii. dm ing t In
I
ml
■g.-Mt'-'l, nia I
III* llllll'll'*
'Ii
\ M'C K imhi
i liai, all
i'p'ii l'6 I" I In cunt ran
\iM»*rda
in JiN famil>.
ding, I hen* li
lick in's
it li da
II"
inn <■, mi i il.t in- t liai
Ah-i
fi ii
to
■olaled I hat he lias beei
arhln , il
'■'I I" its.soiim- today
ils was tia
a** slight ly
id to oi
i /.< • i » •«
-I
» i*\ adr I In* ijuaraiit in«*
in every install««*
law, hut
hr' 1 1 1 MM lilt ion
pievnt «•( I i hn
'I'hrl ilr .l cl*, no
tin* most
paui«*-strieken, and
I r* 'in Mdwanh <•<»in'
•late a
i* not «»i
iii
lave
all
ho •*
i'd I In «*as<* • I Imre
All I«
The
follow ing
'inar.iiit
iai ions.
h ' i
ports i »i, new ,Msr. yesier.!
I ( v ,, r ( . I
I • • j m » p 11 1 ; 1 1 « * « I. bul no suspicious rase as
uwi-allh at
lair hour loday
No hi
l*s ol
i*r in I In* '•late
If
i*r«*
r«*|»( »rl <■« I up t « » I o'clock t"da
ill i"iial suspicious ca*cs at
Mix Anna lit*
1 1
*k voiull last night.
ha
black
< »lliphant
li Ode deal It.
mmiug.
i* foda
■i
iild in Neu
Jar) sol
>rlean*
lie.|| I
I « ! Ilot ii pa pel Ilspeiided I j
Ihn daily bullet ins
ill give
I. liest
Nr,
1 II !r,i
Mli* pc il Ii ul I !il"\
Nm
Mlrins 11 ;ii Mil wards.
M'lcans.
«» m"
No ib.it lis .Il Mobile, but one at Ne'
Si
The I hilly Ellin pris , ad veil file foil vin
points at a Li I e In
dispatcher froiii inl\««-tr«l
IIIIS'I.I
lui. At lidwj
- of similar sympic
«'omlil I«
i Is uiu*liaiigi*(l.
Is tonight t lii'ii* an* 17 c.im s uf
is. bill not yet «leelgrt*«!
is 'Tit i' il. I It* had hla«*k vorn
ell,
level C.lpl , Molltgolm
il last night and today his comlit
Both Hie I'resliylerian
ami Methodist
lia
mini'll
llli Hie dreaded disease.
I'l
dm is
■■ lia • irdcred lents
foi refugee camps to lie planai
.
linder I In* c
iln.l "I Man
11" «pit il nuthorit ics.
\ lei il I leeened from N i It a
Y lima sa v -
that 'Iale,i!m I 'amenm. -,m
anion, died ! here
I, ol
er,
yesterdav.
lb 1 bad alt,'lull'd il, a, S s t 'liauipioli,
Im died "I
I'llow fever
at Edward everal days
S'T.'t 11 1 1 ill. Sept , I'i, l| r. p.
''"scs and no deaths here loday.
I < Mil look miii'li bei ln* I ban ha-« h
•en si nee i he fever
■ t" lir-l aiinoiiiicnl. Tin*
ell izens
feel iiiqx lill that I lie
!"lSl is H\«'l
BAILEY ON WHEAT
AND SILVER.
jyT.i.u; mu:vi
lei' not kill,,! H,,, silver
1 1 i' jii'l as 11 \ e a ml t lie demand
i: I finie! i<*i i ,is ,i mm
"ii
for Hie iV'inral im
ns import;uit .nul necessary t "*!.»
from
"I si|
ry metal is jusl
nf I lie
"■ratic leader in the
a - al .m: I
e » II llilt I Im lii'lor
Tiii
tut imi.
I i-01.
I", 1 Badin . del
iW'er Iioiim' of
• « • T''pT' h 1 11 • " • *« l :i- ,i hef 1er expressif
«'"tigre*
t he *s'ihjee
»f our own
n
t iimtil s
Tlui'i' who t Ii i ii U I lull Hm h ,1 ut , i-,.
the price nf wheal lia
■luted
"" arguments for the ... tge if «ilvei take a strangely nqiertieial view
if I lie quest ion.
W-* M
''' m i ei i, ici i t ! i a 1 I lie g-, Id -i anda nl
e lie\el
renders
all rise
the priée of en
modi! jes imp
S'ilile; but
mir cuntetiiiii
is that it
commodities lieiow what il ought to lie. and
prevents Hie rises wliieli do
s\stem of lilnietallisin.
■ ur from going as high as they would under a
I be tael Heil wheat G win I Ii mure now f ban il was
list year only pnoc' l lint a small r,,|, will fetch better
prices per bushel
Ilia
lib'll m, w Ge man ever denied.
agi
a pro|Mi»il ion
So far
have
e have insisted that il applies to
relation be
ig, m ring li:,' law ,,i 'tinpii and demand.
free silver advocates
I steadfastly rceogni/al it - .q ,-ial i,>•,-. but
" i*« * iiiiu*kI 11 it* .
I't MV simply t'XpIvss.'N t 111*
I ween
V and pri ,per( y : and, ph
ily. I hat relal in
may lie altered hy a
lent in property.
"m g"ld Mandant friend' might to investigate the
■ \, - 1
lliest imi hi'fui'c Hiev
euiH'lllile
that Hie recent rise in tlie price ,,f wheat disproves
Hial mum y has 1,ecu alipreeial ing since |s7:l.
mir assertion
'I'I"' records are accessible lo
ail. a
li tlies,. records 'Imw that Hie a
erage price of wheat on the farms of
.i' *1 . , per bushel, while the average farm price
ill ti,,| exetvil 7', rent' per luishei.
Hie Cmini Slates m |K7.'I
tIlls yea
If the
allie ui m, me
lied not changed, the price of wheat would be
m », Ilian u was 24 years ago becatisa the wheat crop ,,r the world,
m I si, I,' of the fill Id States approaches nearer to a complete failure than it
ho are now rejoicing i
wheat, more because they think they seen political advantage
because
grealei
I! thr
1*11
in advanced price of
in it than
t
d bi'iu iii ii brings lu i ur fanners.
ill look below Hie surface
they
di tlml an overwhelming continual ion of mir argument.
We have in
'I'H'd throughout this •utin- debate that the gold standard is vicious he
cause ii iv.'iills in a sjsti'
of falling prices, and we have asserted that there
piTity in this country until the farmers rela
can lie no general and real pi
i/e lair prices for their products.
l<*
All i lie aigiinii'id I lut
< bave i'ier made could not have proven our as
The improvement In the times
sériions
is due h
eotii'Iiisively .'G :i' recent evenl -.
an Impruvenii'id i
prices, and ibis vindicates our position because
wi' have steadfastly contended that falling prices made bad times and rising
pi'ici's made g,««! times
11'."ti""" sense of Hie people everywhere recog
iiizc' llils économie t rut It today, and liiere G not a man any where who would
G' wiliing to put tlie price ,,f wheal back where it was 12 months;
Under a jusl and w ise
ign.
.'stem ol liiuielalllsm the farmersof this country
r, diz, heller prie, s iliao they are doing in tills exceptional
year under Hie gold standard; and I lirmly Mlcve that when the
"nil'll more prosperous a country is
with failing prices.
could ever y year
is'ople see
illi g,N«l prices than H has heen
iwlii'lming majorliv of the \merie;,ii people will
will proteel nur agricultural, coin
against the imnie.i'iiralile injury and misery of
in
.'ll.
\ole to establish a tiiiani'lal system which
nieri'iai and industrial elu
constant 1" falling priées.
T he
01
Hon Of him in last week s issue ,,f that excellent paper.
•'in ploys Ihe language of generous fi iendsiiip lie s|x'aks the sentiments which
alone emanate rtom a kind ...bio heart it is the estimate of :
liter "f The Uiunnionwedtli acknowledges himself indebted to the
personal men
esieemetl Uarrolllon Silver I ieiinM*riit for the handsome
Our eoiitenqsirary
i man
» " !
*}i< Mj' iH artwJrM N and intfenuoti** nature overN«>ks tin* weakness and foi
M« sofa friend, and s,-r- through the magnify ink medium of his own love
that wliieli is tfotrti, and noiliiriAf more.
L-EWHERK in this tiuniUi-of The Commonwealth will be found
very interesting paper from Ifon. II. I». Money, which we take from
ili< North American Review. Like everything from the pen of Co). Money,
il I- pertinent, no-uratv. Instructive and highly interesting. It is rather
long hut it will repay the most thoughtful arid careful reading, and it gives
n- pleasure to favor our readers with it.
e
of
.iii«l
In- i
KNATf »fi T. II. Turley of Tennessee is a democrat after our own heart.
Speaking of I lie < Tilcago platform, lie says: "Asa mem Iter of tile
I (leur.« rat iric part) «■! the United States, I think that the great principle«
. | loi w 1 1 i « • 1 1 deni's-i. icy li. I-always fought arc more clearly and emphatically
aim« «a need in the t 'h jeago plat form than in any platform adopted by the par
s
me.
tv P
any y« a
11K man \> ho \v*iilet take a in*'
T
•'s pa pel t"J a year, ami gel a-mmdi sound.
n
pion.*, advic«- and Christian couvolation out <-f it asTh«* Common wealth
: ,'ivi s in j|w readers, and t I hm» refuse to pay for it. will some
a
of these days
find liium lf in a most b I of a place That sort of man will
lie
t"
11"
surely
New .l**r usalem.
r\> I sthe '-"lor of Ids hair reflected in tin* crystal
vattrs of the
HE' il l liagiu is o I- si) ing some very pertinent and proper thing about
h made In a certain high official in its town a few days since.
itlicr state is capable of dressing the truth
more attractive verbiage than !.. M. Garrett of ihe Carthaginian.
T
N.i editm* in Mis*! -ippi nr any
liai
llte I tilted States and Spanish American Colonies.
A Reply.
I!) JH J: HON. II. I). MONK)
III. 1 »IST I N ( » I ISIIMI» Mexi«*an Minisler, Sonor Romero. in hi** in
t«T''sting paper in I In* July number of The North American I
loaves a disagr«*«*ahle inipre
icvievv,
ioii on the mind of the American eiti
•s gloried
ho has alwa
sympathized with a
socially
Hi«* belief that his government had cordially
People anywhere in their struggle for liberty, and es
»I t his eontincut.
zen.
ith those
Sonor Romero declares that the re
established their independence without aid from,
•s I hat t In* Cnited States
eolonii's
HIV
outsi«le source, and del
ev«*r rendered them •*ma
>ral assistance."
< hn* of I he eomplainls against tlie Cnited States
reoogiiiziug the iinl<*pend«*n<*e of the several colonies.
is their tardiness in
I ri this age ni the
■'ll i I'- G"' i ii 1 1 ' i<i and the submarine cable, the time required fur deli
i "He ■'"•li"" "Il 11"' purl "f the United States may seem to have been iinueces
Ld-I'iirily protracted, but an investigation into the conditions wliieli prevailed
' i ■' i i"' i i""■ "I 1 1"' r«'volut ion will acquit our government of any undue delay.
11 b '' also, that the warning words of Washington in his
I l.iri'vvell address, againsl foreign emuplications. were s
recent as to have
'""■dly lost I heir erlio. and had. vvilli other causes, induced an exceedingly
cmu>crvative and «*autioiis foreign policy,
eonimuiiieaUons bet
There were then no regular mail
■eu the IT rifled States and the South American colo
•ial intercourse; and that was made
ha. aidniis by tin* -warms of privateers, who, on the South Atlantic and
I h»* Spanish Main, tie
nies, am! very little commercial or
Oil
I lie insurgent Hags ami committed the most atrocious
aets of piracy.
I lie Spanish subjects in Amoi lea did not originally conceive the idea of
independence from any particular love of it,
suffered tyranny, pre
For three centuries they had
■riplhm. repression, cruelty of their sovereign lord of
S|i.iiii, with a conslancy which was more creditable tu their patience Hi
f ( » 1 1 ii* i r <*n terprisi*.
an
In fact, vvilli Hie exception of pcrliaps Cuba, Costa Bi
I ndiaiis
ca and Chili, the proportions of whiles 1
ould not average one in
sidcralile number of negroes in La Fiat a and Venezuela
■specially, who were unprepared and unlit for self-government.
Tim Indians, wlm were the victims of flic Spanish -oppressed and
indifferent to w hat they believed would be a mere
change of masters. Imping for little benefit under any circumstances,
liai ive
twelve, with a n
op
•re. perhaps.
pressois
The
Idles were as uiiieli discriminated against, and almost as miieli op
d. as the Indians and blacks! The Spaniards held the offices, civil and
Tl"'}' were Hie merchants and capitalists, and controlled almost
enterprise, this condition of things giving them a monopoly
of position, wealth and advantages which they did not care to submit to the
fort unes of revolution.
frei
military,
even lnisine
Personally, they were thriving, and their interests
eommiUed them lo the policy of /trim ; four..
H may be well doubted whether the Spanish subjects in America
nol forced Into ivvoliit ii
were
mure hy th* chaotic condition of a If airs in Spain,
hieb left III,'in virtually to their own resources, than hy any desire for in
government. or for the position of an autonomous dependency of
Spain. It must be admitted, however, that tlie torch kindled at the altar of
liberl.t ill the British provinces was taking its luminous
Irpomleul
course, firing the
d I be people in both the new and the old worlds, and its generous
dame gave, no doubt, wartnth to flic efforts of tlie patriot» of Soil Hi America.
Tim slatnsof flic representative governments atwcrtlng their indcpeml
> inv was difficult Injbe ascertained, and the Felted States sont
heart s
speclal 00111 -
cnqulre into the true condition of the
liefere al tempting by this means to inform themselves. Hie
I niie.l Slales had very promptly proposed to Great Britain and France to
unite in recognition of the Independence of the new governments.
'net Hint added to the uncertainty was tlie efforts being made by Peru, Chil
li and La Plata to organize a confederate republic,
ivuela were coalescing into the republic of Colombia, and the Central Amer
ican States into the republic of Central America. while, during tlie whole
struggle, • from Mexico to Patagonia, there was continual talk of alii
•ioiHM's, onrried by warships, p
rovolut ionists.
mi*
Another
New Granada and Ven
ances,
offensiv,' and defensive: so that the Ctilted States might well hesitate before
taking any action likely to prove offensive t
a friendly power,
be re mein bered Huit when, after due deliberation, the Cnited States did
"gni/.e the Spaiiisli-Amei'lean goveriunents in IS
It slmiild
ree
the act was made the
subject- by Spain of a grave and emphatic protest to the Cnited States, and
"fa circular to the members of the Holy Alliance, invoking their assistance.
In fad. lier displeasure amounted to resentment, and caused lier not only to
demand explanations, but. also, to refuse to ratify a treaty already negotia
ted for Hie cession of Florida and the establishment of
our western buunti
ary. In that negotiation the Spanish minister endeavored to obtain a
pledge from the Ifnlted Stales that they should not acknowledge the inde
pendence of these provinces.
The Cnited States would make no such pledge,
even to lier own profil : and this is surely good evidence of a support, both
"material and moral."
It is quite probable that the cession was at last
Tupatlon of the tcrltory hy the Uni
ted Slates, which would have been a blow at lier power in America and lier
prestige in Europe.
made hy Spain for fear of Hie forcible
It is worthy of mention that the same desire to observe strictly tlie
failli of treaties, and the obligations or friendly neutrality, which Influenced
tlie United Slales in the tardiness of this recognition, operated quite as dis
t i not ly in favor of Mexico,'in postponing the recognition of the rcpubic of Texas,
which had driven every hostile Mexican from its shores,
eminent and performed ils functions and maintained a position tiecoming a
member of the family of nations.
rganized its
gov
For years the Texans impatiently waited
their recognition by the United States; and notwithstanding the ardent
sympathy of the people and the passage of repeated resolutions by each
house of congres i promising support to the executive, yet no action was
taken, no u'solution of congress ever signed, until the last day of the official
term of "Old Hickory.'* That ardent lover of liberty recognized the Inde
pendence uf Texas by sending a diplomatic represchtatlve to her. Still
later, when tlie French and Austrian troops had placed Maximilian on the
Hirone or the Empire of Mexico, there was not only a'slowness but an abso- 1
lute failure to ivcognlzc Ills government: and his expulsion from Mexico was "
due as well lo the decided and determined attitude of tlie United Slates is
l<* I'"' prowess of Mexican arms.
Plie United States have always recognized the th litem
were the first to recognize tne imperial government of HoiuPodro and Itur
tilde; and. notwithstanding tlie charge of cold indifference to the success ,.f
tlie Spanish-Amcrican revolutionists, they were the first to recognize tlie in
dependence of these governments. Under the bonds of their treaty with
Spain, they could not tolerate the tltting out of military expeditions in their
|xirts; but the revolutionists and the Spaniards were equally permitted to
purchase in lier cities all kinds of material not contraband of war. Of this
Istth availed themselves to tlie full extent, and the curious spectacle was af.
forded of two ships exactly alike, built at the same time, in the same Atner
government, and
foi
love
lean shipyard
As far as the law «»f nations would jienjiit
support to the eause of freedom in South America.
We are also charged with withholding "moral
one tor the Spanish king, and one for his insurgent subjects.
We certainly gave •'material"
support. The answers
to this arc the repealed resolutions passed in congress to aid the executive
any constitutional effort lie might make for the l>enetit of the colonists;
and the interest and sympathy expressed through the press and oilier chan
nets of publicity.
a
from
gives
in
In fact, it is inconceivable, not only from what
learn from the history of those times, hut from our knowledge of the Arncr
charactcr and temper, that we should have occupied a coldly sympa
tlictie attitude toward the struggling patriots of South America, and al
though President Monroe gave a most scrupulous regard to the observance of
our treaty with Spain, and the maintenance of a friendly neutrality, yet he
privately and officially repeatedly expressed, as did his cabinet and our
most distinguished statesmen, his
we can
lean
tile
par
warm concern in the affairs of the revolu
i'resident Monroe said that
the movement in the Spanish provinces ••attracted attention and excited
(lie sympathy ol our fellow-citizens from its commencement;'* also that "to
«fther claims a just sensibility lias always been felt and frankly acknowledg
ed, but they,
t inn 1st s.
In liis message, to congress in Ik
in themselves, could never become an adequate cause of ae
tion. "
days
will
Mr. Monroe was still further
cm harassed by t he civil wars and dissen
sions that prevailed among the revolutionists themselves, and time was ah
in some instances, to ascertain what party was entitled
the
tutely necessary
to recognition as a government.
It may Ik« noted that when general recognition was accorded in 182:!.
bul a short time had elapsed from the triumph of General San Martin at Li
ma, in September, 1621, which was, by the revolutionists themselves,
sidcred the finishing stroke to Spanish authority, and as such celebrated with
great rejoicing from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
that a distinguished representative of Mexic
con
It is somewhat curious
should consider the declara
tion of the Monroe doctrine. In 182«. as of no "material" advantage to the
new republies, and much more so that it
as ol no value as giving "moral"
it certainly had much to do with arresting the movement design
ed by the congresses of the Holy Alliance at Troppau. Laybach, Verona and
elsewhere, to reduce the revolting provinces anew to subjection to Ferdinand.
Before Mr. Monroe had declared his famous "doctrine." the British minis
ter. George Canniug, had informed the Freileh Minister at London with
great emphasis, that if tile design of the Holy Alliance was persisted in.
Great Britain would acknowledge the independence of the Spanish provin
ces. Great Britain decided to weaken Spain, so as to enjoy trade with lier
This had been denied her bv the humane and gentle policy of
Spain toward lier American subjects, which indicted death upon them
Hie penalty for the crime of trailing wit 1 1 any other people than the Span
birds.
support.
in
es
re
late colonies.
as
in
The motive which influenced the executive of the United States
more disinterested, although not entirely unselfish,
most clearly avowed its belief that
was
The Holy Alliance had
no reform in government
•ould come
tiirough a revolt of subjects against tlie authority of kings, wlm ruled by
divine right, and they had made equally clear their purpose t«i suppress
movement in derogation of that right.
any
"icy hud promptly acted upon that
declaration by marching a hundred thousand of their troops into Spain and
prostrating a constitutional fortes at the feet of Ferdinand, and bv s
pressing the littéral movement in the Piedmont.
y sup
Tliey then proposed to
continue their operations on the western hemisphere for tin* restoration of
the Spanish autboity.
J'lie Fnited States had not at that, time attained a
position among nations that so challenged the respect of Europe as to cause
a quarrel with lier to be considered a momentous matter, and they laid a risk
to run so grave that the Spanish republicans of America should appreciate it.
Scnor Romero cites the historical fact that Mr. Clay, secretary of for
eign affairs, icqucsted the ministers of Mexico and Colombia to suspend
expedition wliieli their governments were jointly litt
of Cuba with a view of wresting that island from the Spanisli (
reasons given by Mr. Clay are mil accepted as sincere by the Mexican Minis
ter. who suggests that Mr. Clay feared that the conquest of the I
Colombia and Mexico would lead to the. abolition of slavery thereon,
belief is based upon the hypothesis that the administration
of
of
an
out for the invasion
Town. Tlie
island liy
This
in
was being con
ducted in the interest of slavery in the United States.
This administration
had for its president John Quincy Adams, a New Englander of
very great
ability and acconiplislimcnts. hostile to the institution of slavery, and the
Hrst representative to Introduce into congress an abolition petition,
citizens have been accustomed 1
Our
consider Henry Clay as the highest type of
frank and fearless American manhood; and will not so lightly discredit Ids
sincerity—even in an affair of diplomacy.
The reason mentioned as given by Henry Clay was not the only one
wliieli lie avowed: but In itself it constituted a sufficient motive for discour
aging the proposed expedition.
It was not believed that Colombia or Mexl
CO. separately or jointly, without navies and without
able to bold the island againsl the adverse contention
Great Britain.
resources, would be
of eil tier France or
ii was believed that
Almut this time and a little after,
pieparing a great fleet ami army
France was
>f invasion to capture Cuba:
and at one time there was a general report that possession of the Island had
been accomplished by her.
Great Britain had been absorbing the Spanish
possessions in the West Indies, and was exceedingly anxious to add
list the "gem of the Antilles
to tlie
that the apprehensions of Mr. Clay were
not only entirely reasonable, but warranted by the history of the times.
Mr. Clay doubted tlie capacity of the Cubans.
sn
on account of their small
numbers, and tlie racial diversity nf the population, to maintain their inde
pendence. However much the question of slavery entered into our domestic
and foreign policy, it is not easy to understand'how the possession of Cuba
hy any power likely to get it would threaten the institution in America, or
Great Britain, lashed hy the eloquence of Wilbcrforce paid
for and manumitted lier slaves In 1838. France followed, a slow second, in
l""- illK * ^ cxico (,i, l "<>t emancipate her own. of which she had very few
until several years after the events here considered.
Tliere is
-
even in Cuba.
no evidence that the Inhabitants or Cuba had invited the in
vasion of Colombia and Mexico, nor that they desired to throw off the Span
ish yoke. There was no outbreak there contemporaneous w ith the uprising
in the other colonies in Hie hour of Spain's calamity and confusion at home
In fact, the Spanish crown, in grateful acknowledge,nent of the loyally of
the Cubans in these years of general rebellion, designated her •
faithful isle.'
,p, . . 'the ever
rile invasion was projected, as far as we can learn, not
through sympathy with the Cubans, but from a natural and
Colombia and Mexico to deprive their enemy of a
ti'ms against them, present and future.
The other reason above mentioned was a sincere desire on the part of
Hie I lilted States to terminate the long-pmi raeted war betw
her colonies, which iiad not only exhausted all the ci
sources, but bad subjected the
proper desire of
convenient base uf ojiera
en Spain and
un bat,ants of their
commerce of the Cnited States to the immer
ous pirates who conveniently sheltered themselves under the ensign of
or other n the republic*. Mr. Clay was earnestly engaged in urging Russia
to bring alKiut a peace, and there seems to be no doubt that the ;
Mr. t lay, regarded by Senor Romero as unfrlendlv.
vital service to Mexic
re
one
let ion of
really of tlie most
an " t* 1 " °l' lcr republies, as it made Spain feel tlie
necessity of terminating the war with the colonies already gone from lier in
order to secure Cuba and Puerto Rico that remained to her
(lays business also to protect tlie material Interests of his
Our trade with Havana
was
It was Mr.
mvn country.
was greater that with all other Spanish oossessions
and m view of its injury or destruction by an invasion Mr. Clay frank |i ^
ÙniSd States ,v",di ,te 7 ' and M ' xl "o that the Inu-res.s ,,f the
mted States would not permit them to allow
on in Cuba.
«« anyone derived from s C nor Romero's pajier tlie impression that the
'T, ( , fr " m s P«" w i oppression was thwarted by the intemosltlon
l,f u,c l ' ,ltc( * s t»l^ in this affair he may take comfort from the true rea
"° ns ''''"«'fed above; and if the prlncipies laid down l,y Mr Clav as si.niei-nt
' lsti " ra ' lfm f,,r ll,s declaration of our policy at that time were mnllcH bv
1 '* ad " ll " is,Patl,m of toda >' ""'re would lx- a prompt interference u, ,,
" ar M " t on,y d «*>> a tlnK but destructive and exterminating Cr -n P
0,,r •'"'dness with Havana then, It wan a bagatelle to tl,. \
commerce with her at tlie biginning of tlie present ('uhm . "Z" °
Shortly after the date of Mr t'liv'sol , . ^"i"'
the new minister from the nepublic of Cenlrri T " J " St
States the -most generous f ri „„, " , lf , lK .'^" C ^ P "' M
North American Review , Jni>h
a desolating war to be carried
as w;ih
our
revol utionists. —Th#
ft
FTKK this issue
over.
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we
pages until the scare Is
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to keep our readers fully posted