The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-08 00:00:00

THE CUBAN QUESTION IN THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON, May 24.
The most striking features of the House proceedings V.;
day were the temporary defeat of Lynch's prescription ra
the terrible malady afflicting American tonnage anun
very interesting and apparently unpremeditated discussi°
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of the Cuban question. The present defeat of Lynch
looked for. There were rumours afloat in the air for a,
week past that such would be the result of all his la dap
and pains ; but nobody I fancy, anticipated that to-d 3):.
during the discussion of such a dry subject as the Consaw,
and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill for the second tira,ed e
one of the most remarkable debates of the session we11.,..1t
have occurred, and yet I think it not unreasonable to prem
that out of the spontaneous outburst in behalf of Cuba on_
the floor of the House to-day more solid results are likelY
flow, calculated to give shape and character to foreir
policy, than anything that has happened here sines th
advent of Grant's administration. During the life a toe
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present Congress many speechis were made in favour
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lending a helping hand to struggling Cuba, but they ed
fell barren of effect. Members listened but seem
indifferent and careless about the matter. It really Pt-
peared as though Congress had no heart for anything bu
reconstruction and the African, as if the great representS"
tive body of the great republic of the world was unable?
settle domestic troubles and at the same time extend 5t
generous aid to a feeble but noble people battling againS„f
tyranny and oppression. But when Mr. Voorhees,
Indiana, in a speech of impassioned eloquence, drelb-
vivid picture of the American flag, dishonoured by 51'374
insolence, and caused to be read the aec°—
of the insults offered to our consul at Santiago de Cubi
he commanded the most breathless attention and roused
the House to a genuine expression of sympathy, whi,ll9i
former efforts failed to evoke. There was not a Siitre
member who dared to uphold the supine policy thus
practised in regard to Spain. Republicans who are
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cognised as the ablest leaders of the House expnn
themselves freely in favour of prompt action, and some °
them even attacked the Administration over the shoulders
of the Navy Department, rather unjustly, for not havil
lorr; ago vindicated the sacred character of our fla,;
in Paraguay and Cuba. Mr. Dawes was very enll,,h3r-
in expressing his condemnation, and Logan, of Illinois;
in a speech of great earnestness and power, called for
vigorous and honourable policy in rea'ard to struggling Cu!).°:,
Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts, declared that the Forel,;
Affairs Committee were ready and eager to make a reffsd
whenever an opportunity would be given, and that he
been waiting for a chance to do so, and at the same tiro
stated that he and his committee would be found as
anxious and willing to defend American rights as alg
body of men in Congress or out of it. There seems OA,
little doubt, from the character of all the remarks nou.syb'
that something will be done speedily to resent the SP3III
insults, and to shew to Spain and the world that the
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American flag must be respected, and that the rights.;
American citizens abroad can not be invaded wl
impunity. Indeed the feeling seemed to be so strlg
during the height of the excitement to-day that I ve,?;
believe had any member proposed to consider the
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in regular form, and moved to allow General Banks ld
make a report then and there, there w°ll
not have been a single dissentient vote.
the case now stands both sides of the -119tt
are strongly committed to the cause of Cuba as ag-11;l'i,
Spain, and some action, may be expected in regar"
Consul Phillipi, the American citizens murdered 1-
Cuba, and the entire Cuban question within a very few daYs.

MOVEMENTS OF THE FENIANS.
If there is not a veritable Fenian operation against the
peace and sovereignty of the New Dominion on foot, the red
is certainly a great deal of hurrahing in the woods s,,n,
marching and countermarching in the telegraphic rePT.I
From Buffalo is reported `.` great activity during the la
forty eight hours," of " large bodies of drilled veteran%
and five car loads of these are reported in a later disPst„t
as moving from Buffalo through Rochester for some porn,
further east, from which it is conjectured they are to /0
proach the frontier. Albany is full of the same exploslto
fellows. They are heard of in Auburn as on the wn3r
Minnesota; Burlington and other points in Vermont se,nto
word of their movements, and even Boston has a story
tell of the same threatening display. In every ease the
despatches agree oil one or two points—first, it is tis
actual presence of men for some unusual purpose that
reported, and no theories or guesses are given, becan°
the men were nowhere communicative • next in every
nre
instance where the quality of the men is noted they ,
described as men who were formerly in the United Sa'' f
volunteer forces. Besides—and more conclusive still of
the earnest intention of these valiant sons to free all of
,
Ireland that can be found on Canadian soil—the Govern'
ment at Washington has received information sufficient t°
warrant the President in issuing his proclamation warnli
the Fenians of the illegality of their purpose. So long 7,
the proclamation is unaccompanied by a general Innv
ment of United States troops and an indiscriminate arre;
willy suspected personage bearing arms, however,. 1
not avail much, and the invaders, if the necessits;
occurs and they are discreet, may even be enabled to to
into the enemy's country by dodging the troops senttr A
prevent them. Here, then, is apparently the fact 0' „t
Fenian operation fairly before us, and the further f'ta •
that the persons in charge are putting forNold
material that can hold its tongue and stnn,
fire. Speculations of the possibilities of such
movement may, therefore, well be spared, sin
lights,
it will certainly not be many days, perhaps
before these fellows will be heard of as in more or le3f,
bloody collision with soldiers, militiamen or the police
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the other side the lines. From the widely different poop
tas
at which the movement simultaneously appears, it see
to be intended to throw parties across the frontier in
way to baffle all possible vigilance on the other side 01
on this also. Invasion in this way is easy enough, hot
the concentration in the enemy's country of these isolatee
parties may prove to be quite another matter if tb
Canadian authorities are not stampeded by the first alai'
in
and act at the right moment with discreet energy. If
shall ever happen, however, that two or three thousls
of the reckless and resolute rascals who probably inler
up these parties are concentrated on Canadian soil, 11,111a0
a leader of only av;:rage skill, we do not see whY ai
world might not be indulged with the spectacle of a.,r,bB
Fenian war on a more or less bloody scale, Until
war really comes, however, and in view of the Pfcv
history of Fenian movements, we are at present 05
authorized in concluding that the Fenian treasury
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empty, and that the leaders feel convinced that " seine
thing must be done " to fill it.—New York Herald.

A NATURALISED CITIZEN'S DEMAND.-- 1013,,s
Warren has sent a memorial to the Senate, praying reciren-f
for his arrest and imprisonment by the government "rt
Great Britain, under the charge of giving aid and conifery,
to the enemies thereof. He relates the et° t
of his imprisonment and general ill treatmen
.ets,
for two years, having been confined with the vilest con Vibe
and the fact of his being a naturalised citizen al "be
United States treated witCcontempt. He holds that t
United States having invited him to abjure
al
eeb,
allegiance to all foreign powers and potentates, esPi
to Queen Victoria, to assume allegiance to a free coon be,
't be"
and having exacted a fee from him for the same, Itd
comes and is a sacred contract between this governraen an
no,
her citizens, which, according to all principles of b°ll-the
justice, and recognised law, should be fulfilled to pa
letter. He has no pecuniary motives to gratify, rto
should any damages accrue from it, pledges himseb,-.„he
devote the money to good and praiseworthy objects.
honour of our country and the perpetuity of our glori.e:*e.
flag are far dearer to him than all that good can gl:cp.a
The petition was referred to the Committee on Fare','
Relations.

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daughter and co-heiress of the late James Lombard, D.l
M.P.l'
of Lombardstown, County Cork, and married, Junefi,
1823, Sir James Lawrence Cotter, Bart., M P. for Alm".l
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for many years, wko died December 31, 1834. Her - or,
ship had issue only one child, the present Sir James 1-,1
reitce Cotter, one of the corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms.
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BIRTHS. ors.
On the 4th inst., at 2, Chester-street, Belgrave-square,
Percy Anderson, Data daughter.
On the 4th inst., Black Ball, Oxford, Mrs. Fr° ,cleric
Morrell, of a son.

111 ARRI AGES.
On the 4th inst., at Campden-hill, Kensington, Willl°l9
A. Stirling, of Bedford Lodge, 13odford-gardens,
ton, to Francis, widow of the late Henry Walter narl
Esq., of Lower elapton.
On the 4th inst., at St. John's, Paddington, William Clarki
Esq., of Stanley-hill, \V., to Mary Elizabeth, daughter °
the late John Hutchinson, Esq, M.R.C.S.

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