| Show V Ii < I 1 i I I j STILT INVmTICI VT1M1 I i I I j j The prevailing suspense regarding 11 iW I the outcome of the Maine Investigation i tl I does not abate greatly considered altogether oil ner i 1 J I together but ebbs and flows In sympathy If o 1 j sympa-thy with the latest reports sent out ty 11 Yesterday the tension was greatly relaxed j I re-laxed by the telegram announcing that 11i rV Y i = i t I the Spanish authorities I were con 11 A I lnced the conclusion of the proceed 11 I f I I A 1 jJ I Ing would hn exoneration for them I P ns the facts nnd circumstances tie i f t 11 11 duclble therefrom would show that the I a I battleship was destroyed by Its own lilt f I Internal forces This Impression which I I I I I war n very agreeable i one halt yn IX a y I thum early I been conpiderribly disturbed I I I I I i and things have gradual I gravitated I I i < 1 back to where they started from or 1 near It and thui It goes I 1 j I i 1 If there were lets dependent upon the lh i I 1 I result of the Investigation I ot course the I llk C I Interest would gradually wane and lion w I wo I 41 I excitement die out altogether but the J i I 41 Ili f I louo are momentous find unlll Ih t I I finality of the Inquisition Is I ronohd I I I 1 I I any quietude that may come upon the L11i gi 1j tc scene Hill le I but the result of hanklnx I the flrci not putting them out It will 1111 I 1 t t i 4 1 be as It K I the nile I which nettled i r ft 1 III 1 t down upon the land during the period i 1 I It I following the Inauguration In 1SC1 and 11 11 the order of President Lincoln minI y I if mandlns the pence In Chnrteitona 11 I quiet which was bought to n sudden i ivful and tempestuous mlnlIm I X Illen n connon i tralnid on Tort Bum I i I I I ten sped Its fateful missile Into the I I ramparts covered by the tars and 14 Stripes Then men hastily formed Into 14 4 1 companies regiments nnd brigades Ile J I I I ll while l I l t I 4 1 The steed the mustering squadron I F and the chattering car lIg 8i Went J pouring forward with Impetu I I A I One speed I 4 And swiftly forming In the ranks or LP I I I wor 1 I I I Ito I f So It will ho again If the Investigation 1 c I I of the disaster In Havana harbor shall 4 0 IV show the kingdom of Spain to be an accessory I j 14 r I ac-cessory to the tragedy cither More or li I I 1 I after the fact Those foreign papers 11 I I tl I which through Ignorance or malice i I I And In some cases both continue to 11 i ridicule 1 our navy and declare our army I y I I n nonexistent thing have n great deal l 1 I ID to learn The United Mates Is I the most 11 1 ig elastic spontaneous nation on the Z glob It con change from Its I j I f present i situation and place Itself on a complete I I war footing between two Sundays And I J I I those who think I It will not light bo I I I eause It Is I proceeding so slowly would ii I do Well to keep out of range of Its I 4111I I guns If hostilities should actually breakout I I 14 break-out At till Battle limo the bent Ilan lots 4 i5 I I 1 ore those who approve the policy which I prompts the administration In move I i Ili with judgment and cautlonlhodc wh il i I < l In their hiurts sincere hope there I wll I I 3 be found nil cause nor necessity for 1 war at all I I 11 P ii 1 H 11 |
