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 - ft,,,s ,f government ia the wofl9' it "asV" "l's- bsge in the administration "ladA'is % b, fhe express,On Oi oplntah' 'h7i' " v, i'ss J, ,f snesch of the press, or 0i ocoNP"''s"~ ~ '''e gsr,,ttsp1 of Russia x nos H7ss sUfe' ". a.s' b.,tfni On pspulaigon oi Jtis wv. ,.,afiy ,. H81-.1l ~ ;,ctn4iay inc siaves3 tJesie9 e4ihaatiFi h} n, arbitrary system 0l taKaii9h a'tt r ,;t f ve,atiois excuse, irsbaie oi t"e"' d ''''
 S5ilars With part ot ihis sam 'sc opai,- isVi o' ,a,sqnt snppaNs twenty ihousaha lsH ,,s ,nbabiasitS ia S0eiecioh, anu '"t . - e,'sp,sh marine, wbich ht9 10 P' tlis,-e ., 3,. inc poris of Cuba. Aso t'""' ~ ~ - s,, ba nnIS,ied without payias ioi on,nany be entertained CT 1iH 'a' '''i'' a,g ify,,o , .oo residence, no rernoNa Vo " N@- sr, ,,rer lh any ,5,s,, ihnpt some cefernonY lhe pio, P'a'e th.. plantations ale laAei--'h'S' :" g ,u nor cent on iAeU Nataej o'i'.@ @ 5 I,, .'IH- ,tt s,nennt of more than qud1Sg ', 9', 'Sf Jolt.rs Vet the inhabitants are o'4s1U h -, fieir plaees 0l worship 8au s1''O s " bl sttc,;otioa No islander is eNet "l.'" ,ts,, sNo', tto5yA inasciai, ol W.iitatyi SNeiF Pi"S1 any o.h t,,,s, oT proat IS held by natives ot oiu "' "" rt ,siaod IS allowed no fepfeseh.Sus [" NPa'n. Pg,,S rourt. The Captain Geneiai ol tii' 'ie-' 'Fo'. t,,,ltte as ihe Grand Sighoi' huo SS tAlisaS any law winch hiS e"p'ieI no! ,l,r fNItier Iis enle tae saseifade' "i'en 'o nV s, .aS ,n no otler civilized county" ion ,s pr,zA has now suppressed ih nel '|e ,,,, and ~ 5.,. . c,rr;ed on and large carsoes oi ''O" al - -'Y'''o' f,,n Afrca are constantly s"e'''Hs '"V L", '''i-" ,f ,l,oxs who are held n slavery
 ~ ,ba government URdef wEic@ 'he PeV,
 oeSH .ha ,' 6se Nn,hlng can be more natural f.s tbat they shoud find such rue iiso''is o'a bls and ,les,re to shake Ii oti. h'' ms ,l , staopf Inc planters ol lae s'"h"' "uV % hear the principal bnrdeaS oi tH0 ,,,sra is no manner cl douoi.
 Other highly important facts in resa,u to o"Va are c,n,aasd in all artcieitansia'ed TOT 'oe "sh- ~ io,,or mon from late number oi the fafiS i'a p..,ss- -of winch Gratdu Is the edI'of
 Noy in the question with which we are ocen- ,>;,d ,b f.cts are reduced to these two ineohtes- ffJ, n,inis: the Amencan lhioh. IS aesttheo o uoIe siI .b. nar.betn hclnSphere; the island ot Cnba tends rapidly and ioteloS ,S c ". from the oppressive gnardianship oi 9palh' T a,sc,,sS inc utilitv of this double tendency, b,t i, IS lrup ,ssible Co contest inc fealiV'
 Tha b,sfory of the tnon carries on every page ,h ,,,,oC of Inc irresistible attraction winch she exercises over the territories and people surround mo her. These people and these ierrltoneS' what aver they may be- she mast absorb and gradually aqs;nila,r. Fms assimilation is complete In Lou ;s,ana lately French, and in Florida, ceded by Sn,,D The UnIon marching with glant step lo h,rr gI,roas destiny IS arrested only m extending her frontier by the waves of the Paclhc ocean- uar frer institutions have penetrated Santa Fe, and Jins,alled themselves at san traneEco' Cana- da is attracted, and England will have enough 10 d,. far the movement she has sueceeded n re- nTesSiur will break out sgaln m spite oi her. How Gan The island of Cuba--this great fortress which ooco,oandS The Gulf of Me&ico--eScape this com mon law
 We know very well that in Spain public spnit rpvoits at the idea Of renoaneing, even by regu- lar nss1ra,ion, this magnificent colony, 80 fecund in t.,ources But we believe also, that the gov srnnent of Madrid will sacrtfse m the end its CaShlian pride to reasons of State, when fhe pub Ie ip,erestdemands Il. l. knows well that to-day IS no, tbe first time Cuba has thought of initiating Mexico and the other countres of America, who have hy thcr arms freed themselves from Spanish domination. The independence Of thls island IS one Of those events which a foreseeng government ought to be prepared oy because it IS inevitable; Il is mucn better 10 cede to day upon good cond- tions, and with good grace that which some day cannot be prevented from being done by vlo- lence and without compensahon.
 For a iong time, the inhabitants of Cuba have not only thought of Independence, bet annexation 10 the United States: and the government at Madrid onghi to know wei the causes of thiS unconquer- able disposition, which has produced mole than one inSurfeetIOn.
 The population the island IS composed Of three elemeuts--the natives, the foreign, and the Euro pean Spansh Between the Creoes and the Span iayds there exists an antipathy winch IS explained by the conduct Of the mother country All places are occupied by functionaries sent from Madrid, anu lhe garrison is composed exclusively of soldiers and of1ers from Europe. These functionaries have m general, deSpotic bearing, and an arfo- ganct which wounds deeply the inhabitants; and much mora so when, in comparing their political, commercial, and intellectual state with that Of the plTeH. State they cannot find this rigorous guar dianship sufficiently justified.
 The island oi Cuba, in effect, possesses Tn a much higher degree than Spain all the advantages oi q commerce. on grand scale. and with all the countries of the world and she has never seen, like the mother country the sources 0 her immense riches dned up She possesses system Of public instruction more liberal, administration more sohd and better organized, and finances better managed, which need not fear the light of public examination. She studies with more activity, and lntmaies with more perseverance and success, the progress of European science and industry. In 1887 she had already finished uihe railways, and two others are now m construction. She had devoted five millions to these enterprises before Spain had done anything. Her commerce amounts to more taa SSty millions year, and her revenue to more than twelve millions, of which the greatest part IS absorbed by the mother country.
 This state of things must sooner or later cause an explosion. Already several attempts to break the caain have taken place, and, though they have been severely repgessedi they do no; the less men acc the future
 The garrison of the island, composed of 3d,000 mea s spread over aTaSt extent of territory, and Havana alone IS formidable position in war. The other cities are not secure against coup de maia. ~ talS we have had bad proof at Cardenas. s.-- Consequently, from her geographical position, from 'h dSiaaHc from inc mother country, from whence She hlsi d;aw her war resources, and which would h' 8 ,er5HS embarrassment when her resources ia'led, Cuba can make herself free whenever she Set0uly wishes t.
 The Creoses have been restrained till now by the lear o' seeing the blacks iuSurgent under the dos peraie auspices of Inc government Without this apprehension independence and annexation would nave been accomplished long since. But the rapid ac'rlSs oi Inc white population cuts of every day ih' and more th,S obstacle Co an explosion. The o2lnSh government then, will be drawn, and ".'b1ii donbt, very soon, to negotiate the ceSsiou oi ltS colony, which the natufal course of things 'ens % isAe away from hsr and which perhaps Sar may one day lose, we nave said without