The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-05-20 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

COTTAGE OXRDENV.7O, by E. W. Badger.
(London : Houlston la Sons.) This is a nsefni
an-1 cheap edition, affording a vast amount of
inArnetion t those posing a gorier or n
pi, cc of ground, upon the best manner for ren-
derioT it both an agreeable and healthful occu-
pation, and a source of pm fit. By ita perisal
we au sure fenny perions in y make their gar.
(leasant recreation ground for their leisure
time, besides having an abundance of fruit and
vegetables. It Aill also stimulate many who.
perhaps, never competed for the much-desired
prizes at the mainsl flower, vegetable. and fruit
shows of oar neghl.ourbood. The work is well
Writ!r;i, nnii the In,tr.:.! given Urm the 14-
E 00: mod• a of opu.! f. r cJtjti,i, and
the a-Iva:A:m..4 to ha 4i ••I fro.o comic par-
ere V.'s .1 TIRI es.
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i'my of !,,I. etiti the 841111.
Ooiilhint ousti.:c • i o.•y eontinae until th.• Splia•
shit 4Jllbolll p.i-
ple dciiiidid, viz., to right of bed-govern:lent,
the immediate abolition of slavery, the freedom

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of the press, of opinion, and of commerce. No
less than 30,000 live,- have been sacrificed in the
Cuban struggle for independence. It is argued
•• that everything urged in justification of the
overthrow of Queen Isabella may be urged with
equal force in vindication of the attempt of the
Cubans to get rid of a corrupt, lawless, and ty-
rannical government. If the Spanish revolution
was right, then the Cuban revolution is also
right; and at any rate, the Spaniards at this
hour labour under the stigma of claiming for
themselves liberties which they deny to their
oppressed colonists. It was thought by the new
order ef things Spain herself would be trans-
formedband she would so far imitate the good
example of England as to proclaim freedom to
the negro, and to establish justice in her cob-
tiles; but she has done nothing even to give
effect to the aspirations of the most enlightened
of her own statesmen. The earliest effort of
the Cubans for freedom was made about the
time Spanish colonies of South America acquired
their independence. Venezuela, which was then
at war with Spain was hitting out an expedition
to help the Cubans, but the United States op-
posed the movement. Ever since Cuba has been
suffering under a relentless tyranny, having
failed in her numerous attempts to shake it off.
Amongst those who have met with persecution
and execution was General Lorenzo, who, while
Governor of Santiago de Cuba in 1836, pro-
claimed there the liberal constitution promulga-
ted in Spain, for which Captain-General Tacon
sent front Havana a heavy body of troops
against him and his constitutional followers
The principal leaders of the insurrection are
amongst the rich, free coloured men. Colonel
Macias, the author of the work, sketches the
organisation of the Republic by the formation
of a provisional government in October 1868.
A draft of the constitution adopted bye conven-
tion at Guaimaro, the recognition by foreign
powers, and lastly, the proposed sale of the
island to the United States, by the Spanish Go-
vernment, for one hundred millions of dollars.
The work is published at one shilling, and may
be read with much interest at the present time.