Show NS is FOR WARI isolation recognizing 0 ol of cubi and Decia declaring war against s spain gain v destruction of comm commerce e ace des destruction cf american Fro properly perty tile the 2 maine faine wilfully Wil fally and treacherously blosl up De declaring clarin against fl acts of inhumanity necessity for act action ion Wag washington hington march 29 T in the senate today immediately after a fier convening resolutions on caba were vere offered by senators ian allen alien foraker and frye fry e 4 r BY SENATOR RAW rawlince LINse r 4 i whereas the war by the kingdom of spain against the I 1 eople of cuba has destroyed ibbe commerce between them arid and the people of of f the united states and nd its revival will be so EO long as such war may continue at ard d whereas cy by the authority of that kingdom in the courser of such bar ar much american 4 ine rican has been destroyed and many american citizens without just cauce have been imprisoned and some assassinated in their prison cells and whereas he reap while our ship maine was at anchor in the hai gaibor bor of havana within the dm dominion and under the control of the kingdom of spain at a place designated by her ber authority that ship and anost most of the men ui oi board in the service cuu nt I 1 he ami ga te ye 7 v a Y clealy dl y and tread treacherously 1 mangled and destroyed and whereas aas tho the kingdom of spain has proven herself incompetent to tran quilie the island of cuba either by the methods of peace or by means of civilized warfare and accordingly y has proceed ed cd to make desolate the homes of its peaceful inhabitants driving men women and children into guarded camps detaining 11 them there without making provision to shelter clothe or feed them thus wilfully causing their extermination to the number of hundreds of thousands by the slow and tortuous process of starvation and a nd whereas against these revolting acts of inhumanity this government has time and again made peaceful protest to the kingdom of spain at the same time endeavoring by a helpful charity to relieve those whom she sha has thus brout brought ht to such dire distress andoor and our repeated protests having been disregarded and our shorts of philanthropy having proved unavailing and whereas firmly convinced that further peaceful protest will prove equally qually in vain and that the recognition of the co of the republic of cuba and armed intervention in its behalf by this government will alone be effective lor for the redress of past and the prosperity of future times and whereas while re regretting bettin rettin the necessity now imperious for such such action but mindful of our duty to a neighboring people and to humanity and with a clear consciousness cious ness as to the justness of our cause and that our action will IT meet act with the approving 0 judgment of all civilized peoples now therefore be it resolved Ile solved by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of ai america in congress assembled that the independence of the ie public of cuba be and the same is hereby recognized and that war against the kingdom of spain be and the same is hereby declared and the president is hercky authorized authorised and directed to employ the land and naval forces of the fhe united states of america to wage such euch war to Euc success cess |