{"1": {"fulltext": "E72.1", "height": "4048", "width": "2534", "jp2-path": "freecuba00arno_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3641", "width": "2179", "jp2-path": "freecuba00arno_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "-7 i*\\nFREE CUBA.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Charters of Liberty are always Written in the Blood of\\nHeroes.\\nSPEECH\\nOK\\nEON. WILLIAM 0. ARNOLD,\\nof pennsylvania,\\nIn the House of Eepeesentatives,\\nThursday, March 24, ISOS.\\nThe House being in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and\\nhaving iiuder consideration the bill (H. R. 9378) making appropriations tor the\\nnaval service for the fiscal year 1898- 99\\nMr. ARNOLD said:\\nMr. Chairman: We stand to-day on the verge of an armel con-\\nflict, and it were well that our actions be justified by the facts\\nand approved by honorable men everywhere. It is clear that the\\nMaine was in a supposedly friendly harbor, and was anchored in\\na particular spot by direction of the Spanish authorities. ur\\nnaval court of inquiry, composed of men of unsullied honor and\\nsterling integrity, it is believed, found that the vessel was blown\\nup bj some external force\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a mine or torpedo.\\nAs to what particular persons were the active agents we may\\nnot be informed directly, but we do know that the only party in-\\nterested, and the only party which hates the United States and\\nv,-]iich was in a position to accomplish the cowardly and infamous\\nact. was Spain. It may not have been officially directed, but the\\nresponsibility still exists. Without such direction there is such\\nnegligence as would make the party, in criminal law. guilty of\\nmanslaughter in a similar occurrence as between citizens of a\\nState. To my mind there is moral and legal responsibility rest-\\ning upon Spain. Assuming all this to be true\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and I l.elieve it to\\nbe true what should be our demands in way of re])arationV In\\nthis connection. I desire to refer to the suggestion of some un-\\nAmerican citizens, that the controversy be settled by arbitration.\\nI submit. Mr. Chairman, this can not be done with honor. We\\nhave not only lost the Maine, which in money can be estimated,\\nbut there were ushered into eternity without a moment s warn-\\ning 266 American sailors, whose lives were dear to them and dear\\nto us. and this can not be estimated or measured. Shall we make\\nmerchandise of the lives of our people? Can money purchase\\nhuman life? Is gold dearer to us than the blood of patriots? No,\\n3iai 1", "height": "3600", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "freecuba00arno_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": ".v\\n72333\\n2\\nn 0^\u00c2\u00b0 there can not be and must not be any arbitration.\\n[Applause.] Our honor is at stake and our flag insulted. If I\\nV in.\u00c2\u00abult any gentleman in this House, should there be arbitration to\\ndecide an d inform that gentleman whether or not he has been in-\\nsuited Again, any agreement to arbitrate is an infamous reflec-\\ntion on the hoTior and integrity of the gentlemen who composed\\nour court of iniiuiry.\\nYou may then say that my views would necessarily lead to war.\\nIn connection with other facts which I will refer to. relative to\\nCuba. 1 unhesitatingly say. yes. war. with all that it implies, un-\\nless full damage.sV)e immediately paid and the complete independ-\\nence of uba be at once obtained. War is the incarnation of an\\nawful tragedy, but a greater tragedy was enacted when 260 brave\\nAmerican sailors went down to their death through the infamy\\nand trsachery of Spain or of some of her subjects. We all love\\npeace, and it is dear to us. but may it never again be said of this\\ngreat nation that we will purchase peace at the price of honor.\\n[Applause. J\\nAs to our recognition of belligerent rights or the independence of\\nCuba. I conhdently assert we have both a moral and legal right so\\nto do. International law materially differs from constitutional or\\nstatute law. First, it is not univers:il. and is not binding in law\\nor con.science upon any except those nations which have so agreed.\\nIn fact, so-called international law is not law in its true sense,\\nbut is in the nature of a contract or compact or agreement by\\ncommon consent. These principles, or rather agreements, are\\nTery broad and general in character, and no positive or inflexible\\nrule of action is prescribed.\\nThe result or effect is that each particular case must be deter-\\nmined by the circtamstances. surroundings, and facts of that case.\\nBut as to our interference in Cuba we have authority and prece-\\ndents. Grotius says:\\nThe same justice which binds the individual as an individual must bind\\nhim as a state member. The law of nature which i)enetrates the individual\\nconscience must guide the national conduct. Justice is approved of and in-\\njustice condemned by the consent of all good men in every relation of life.\\nD Aubigne says:\\nThere is a God in history. There is a moral power abroad whose dictates\\nneither statesman nor nation cun afford to despise.\\nMaine on International Law says:\\nThis (Roman) .ius gentium is identical with natural law, and this is, in\\ntruth, the highest law by which individuals and nations can be governed:\\nhighest in the alisolute perfection of the rules which it contains: highest in\\nthe cogency of the commands which it utters, and highest in the absolute\\nobligation of the duties which it enforces.\\nLet US now refer to precedents: In 1849 the United States early\\nand promptly\u00e2\u0080\u0094 being the first so to do\u00e2\u0080\u0094 recoanized the independ-\\nence of far-off Hungary. In LS-, England recognized the inde-\\npendence of the revolted South American colonies of Spain, be-\\ncau.se of sympathias. united with English commercial interests.\\nThe United States had several years earlier\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in 1822\u00e2\u0080\u0094 recognized\\nthe indt ppndt-nce of these same South American republics. In\\n1802 P^ngland instructed its representative in Paris as follows:\\nYou will state most distinctly His Majesty s determination never to forego\\nhis right of interfering in the affairs of the Continent on every occasion in\\nwhi.li the interests of hw own dominions may appear to him to require it.\\n1 his riiriit His Majesty possesses in common with every other independent\\npower. It rests upon general principles.\\n3191", "height": "3641", "width": "2179", "jp2-path": "freecuba00arno_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "V 9\\nN\\nIt was in this same spirit and on the same principle that the\\nBritish ministry defended the hombardment of Copenhagen and\\nthe seizure of the neutral Danish Heet.\\nAnother precedent, interesting and pertinent at this time, was\\nthe prompt recognition by Spain, in Juno, I.SCI, of the independ-\\nence of the Confederate States in our own land. But it is unnec-\\nessary to multiply authority and precedents. The millions spent\\nby our country in preventing filibustering expeditions to Cuba\\nthe loss of tens of milhons in commerce, the illegal and revolting\\nimprisonment by Spain of American residents in Cuba, these and\\nmany other good reasons dianand immediate action, whicli has\\nbeen too long, much too long, delayed. The (luestion will never\\nbe settled until it is settled right.\\nBut throwing aside all precedents and all injuries, and not even\\nconsidering the Maine disaster, there is a law greater and higher\\nand nobler than any and all international law, the law of com-\\nmon humanity, which not only justifies but demands immediate\\naction at our hands. More than 400,000 innocent and peaceful\\nmen, women, and children deliberately starved to death within\\nthe last two years, and hundreds, if not thousands, now dying by\\nstarvation daily, almost within sight of our shores.\\nIntensely and sadly interesting as is Senator Proctor s and\\nSenator Gallinger s portrayal of the sad scene, and though we\\nhave had full knowledge of the awful crime, no hand has been\\nlifted to save. 1 have confidence in our present Chief Magistrate.\\nI hope ana believe he will measure up not only to his full duty\\na but his opportunities. Washington, because of his labors in the\\ncause of liberty, will live through all time. Lincoln, in the cour-\\nage; gentleness, and firmness of his great heart, through the\\nemancipation proclamation, will be honored through all the\\ncountless ages yet to come.\\nAnd to our present Chief Magistrate there has come an opportu-\\nnity seldom vouchsafed to man to build for himself, in the cause\\nof humanity and freedom, a monument which all the assaults of\\nall time can not destroy, and leave to posterity a glorious name,\\nwhich will be revered by all men and which will be an inspiration\\nto all in future ages who shall battle for their liberties. [Applause.]\\nThe blood of these murdered people is on the hands of our nation\\nto-day. The whole question has resolved itself into one of anni-\\nhilation or independence. It has been well demonstrated that\\nSpain can not conquer: so she has been pursuing the policy of\\nannihilation by starvation. Simple and common humanitv should\\nnow move us to duty too long delayed. Let us do right, though\\nwar result, as it probably will. The history of the world, from\\nthe slavery of the Israelites under Pharaoh down to this hour,\\nshows that charters of liberty are always written in the blood of\\nheroes.\\nThere can be no peace for Cuba, and we as a nation will ever be\\nannoyed and troubled, until absolute independence is an accom-\\nplished fact. Independence is no new thing to the world at large\\nor to ourselves as a nation. Autonomy for Cuba by Spain is a de-\\nlusion, a snare, and a failure. Many centuries ago autonomy was\\na fascinating word to Hellenic ears, but it only paved the way to\\nHellenic subjection, and Greece perished.\\nIn this emergency Providence points the way, duty bids us move\\non in the pathway of progressive civilization, humanity demands\\nthat we march resolutely forward, and justice insists that we punish\\n319]\\n6", "height": "3600", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "freecuba00arno_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "y\\nLJ-bKHKY Uh CUNbKbbb\\n013 785 886 1\\ndei-eit. perfidy, treachery, cruelty, tyranny, and savagery, which\\nare the i)redominaiit traits of Spanish cliaracter. I p\\\\it this state-\\nment against that made by General Blanco in Habana a few\\ndays ago:\\nTh. v)resent Reueratlon will never see another banner than that of Spain\\nat tb\u00c2\u00ab* entrance to the (4ulf of Mexico. That Imnner, representing civiliza-\\ntion, progres-s, lil^rty. humanity, and relit^iun, will be eternal.\\nHow matcliless the irony; how infamous the falsehood!\\nIn the si)leudid progress and civilisation of the last four cen-\\nturies by the great nations f the worlil. Spain hius not taken one\\nsingle step forward, and sh to day belongs to the age of barbar-\\nism. Slie deserves no place and should not have a place on the\\nmap of the world. Compared with her treatment of Cubans, the\\nTurkish massiicres of the Armenians were humane.\\nIt has been said that our intervention may cause foreign com-\\nplications. This should not deter us from our plain duty: but\\nthere is no such danger: any foreign interference would be met\\nby the two great English-speaking people of the world. I would\\nnot favor entangling alliances. biat 1 would not refuse the\\nactive kindne.ss of plate mic, if not maternal, friendship. In this\\nconnection I am remmded of the statement of a prominent Sjjan-\\njard. a few days ago. that if wel)ecame involved with Spain, there\\nwas great danger of a revolt against our Government by the late\\nConfederate States. What gross ignorance; what an infamous\\nslander. Tis true the South suffered much at the hands of the\\nNorth dunng our late strife. Very many of her best and bravest\\nwent down to their death: beautiful homes were ruined and deso-\\nlate: sorrow and lies] lair seemed their only heritage. But. withal,\\nhonor, courage, and determination were .still theirs, and with these\\nas part and panel of ideal manhood, a new South has sprung up,\\nand joining hands with their brethren of the North we are all\\nmoving onward and upward to attain to the highest jiossibilities\\nof this our nation one God, one tlag, one country, one destiny.\\nAnd if that flag is ever assailed 1 know that no hand wi!! be\\n(piii ker than tiiat of the South to strike down the assailant, and\\nnone will more earnestly and (piickly respond to defend the honor\\nand glory of this United States.\\nI will not detain the House longer, excejjt to urge the duty of\\nthe hour. That duty is independence and intervention. In the\\nname of the Christ, let us b\u00c2\u00ab humane: in the name of humanity,\\nlet us be just: in the name of justice, let us do right; and being\\nt us dare maintain it. Loud applause.J\\n31U1\\nrighi", "height": "3641", "width": "2179", "jp2-path": "freecuba00arno_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3600", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "freecuba00arno_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n013 785 886 1\\nHollinger Corp.\\npH8.5", "height": "3641", "width": "2179", "jp2-path": "freecuba00arno_0008.jp2"}}