{"1": {"fulltext": "E.72.1\\nS\\nfceeJh\\n4\\nnwv Jceef h 8- W-W\\n$fg", "height": "3619", "width": "2689", "jp2-path": "forfreecuba00belf_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3577", "width": "2205", "jp2-path": "forfreecuba00belf_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "E 721\\n.B42\\nCopy 1\\nFOE IFIRZEE CUBA.\\ns p i i c h\\nOF\\nHON. JOSEPH M. BELFORD,\\nOK xVKW yoi;k,\\nHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,\\nThursday, March 31, 1898.\\nWASHUS-a-TON\\n1898.", "height": "3577", "width": "2205", "jp2-path": "forfreecuba00belf_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "V", "height": "3577", "width": "2205", "jp2-path": "forfreecuba00belf_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "v^\\nSPEECH\\nHON. JOSEPH M. BELFORD\\nThe House being in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union,\\nand having under consideration the bill H. R. 9378) making appropriations\\nfor the naval service for the fiscal year ending June :JU, 1*99, and for other\\npurposes-\\nMr. BELFORD said:\\nMr. ii HUMAN: I move to strike out the last word.\\nThe question of liberal, aye, bounteous, appropriations for the\\nincrease of the United States Navy is one that addresses itself to\\nevery dictate of sound judgment and every impulse of lofty\\npatriotism. Under the complex conditions of modern civilization\\nand international intercourse it seems that the necessary condi-\\ntion of peace is a thorough and adequate equipment for war; and\\nunder circumstances such as those that now confront us, and in\\nthe solemn and momentous situation in which we find ourselves\\nto-day. the voice of everyone, irrespective of political lines or\\npolitical affinities, must favor the placing of the American Navy\\non such a footing as will enable it to successfully cope with any\\nnavy upon the broad expanse of the ocean. And it is probable\\nthat this proposition has never been more forcibly emphasized\\nnor the attention of the country more sharply directed to this\\ntruth than at the present hour.\\nConditions are such now with reference to our relations to the\\nGovernment of Spain that at any moment we may either choose\\nor be forced to make a test of our naval strength upon the high\\nseas. But it must prove a source of universal gratification, Mr.\\nChairman, to the hearts of American people to know that if we\\ndo so choose, or are thus toned, it will be in one of the most\\nrighteous causes upon which the smile of God has ever rested.\\n[Applause on the Democratic sule.J\\nSMtt 3", "height": "3577", "width": "2205", "jp2-path": "forfreecuba00belf_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "L1BKHKY Ur LUNUKt^\\n013 903 263 9\\n1\\nThe history of Cuba for fifty years has been the history of a\\npeople vainly struggling for freedom. I say to yon, Mr. Chair-\\nman, that the hour is now here when Cuba must be free. [Ap-\\nplanse.] The pledge of the American people, the will of God,\\ndecree this. Applause. J You can no longer forestall this con-\\nclusion, gentlemen. And while I have been highly edified at the\\nexalted exhibition of virtue and courage upon that side of the\\nChamber, I want to reassure you, gentlemen, a- to the attitude of\\nthis side so far as lam individually concerned. You will see this\\nquestion settled, see it settled by the Republican party, voicing\\nthe highest aspirations of the American i pie, see it -et\\nhonor dictates, see it settled as the highe-t dictates of conscience\\nand of manhood demand. [Applause.\\nAnd in my humble judgment, Mr. Chairman. Cuba musl be\\nfree, not by purchase, not by the payment of two hundred mil-\\nlions, or less or more, in gold, but free by the diviner right of\\nhaving purchased her freedom by a higher price than gold the\\nblood of her patriotic sons, shed in the most cruel, the most inhu-\\nman, the most infamous war that has ever befouled the pa_\\nhistory. If these results can be accomplished bypeacefn] nego-\\ntiations, well and good; but accomplished they must be, or the\\nvoice of the American people go unheeded. And it to accomplish\\nthem there must be an appeal to the most sob inn and terrible of\\nall tribunals, as Longfellow sings of the Building of the Ship, so\\nwill the undivided voice of the American people say to our noble\\nPresident and to our gallant Navy which he shall thus commission:\\nOur hearts, our hopes, are all with thee,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nOur hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears.\\nOur faith triumphant o er our\\nAre all with thee,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 are all with n\\n[Applause.]\\nMr. WILLIAMS of Mississippi. Through the action of Ameri-\\ncans.\\n[Here the hammer fell.]\\n8908", "height": "3577", "width": "2205", "jp2-path": "forfreecuba00belf_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3577", "width": "2205", "jp2-path": "forfreecuba00belf_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n013 903 263 9\\nHollinger Corp.\\npH 8.5", "height": "3577", "width": "2205", "jp2-path": "forfreecuba00belf_0008.jp2"}}