New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-20

able number Of powerful men Joined In the assiduous
woIs OF organization and when the basis Of oper sons
had been agreed upon. and the time Of action had
nved the day eel in which nominate their dele
gaes 70 THIS classic land Of Liberty and to solicit ts CO.
operation and assistance
The undersigned contend that they have deserved the
eonhdence-not only Of those Cubaas resident in the
United States bufOfal those natives Of the leland who
having alluded the vigilance Of their oppressors
DIED to express their sentiments freely and that they
are sufhcenily authorized to represent sustain pro
mote and carry successful termination the inter
ests and the views of their revelation Humanity speak
ing IT impossible for TO have more complete rep
reeehtauCn under the circumstances In which
try lie placed.
Tyrannzcd over and robbed on the one side. and re-
ceVlng on the other the fame of liberty which il
breahed all over America 70 our shores the most
decided aspirations Of the people of Cuba tend naturally
to destroy the yoke which oppresses degrade and de-
bases them and 10 obtain en- absolute indepeudeDce of
the Spanish power The Junts which represents the
people OF Cuba cannot profess other principles than
these TO sever the ties which bind to Spain by the
only available Of the revolution and 10 take iu
the sight of all nations free and independent situation
to the end that Cuba should give herself suitable Gov
eminent by OF her representatives freely elected
by the people Such shall be the end which the Ia
bors Of the Junta will be directed holding no manner
Of transactions with the tyrants who oppress our
country.
Far be from our intentions TO abuse the hospitality
and the sympethes Of the American people. The Junth
will carefully limit itself guiding and directing that
cooperation which they haveiobtaned may obtain,
under circumstances sanctioned by history and by pre-
cedent.
Cuba desires TO be free-she has manifested this desire
concusvey. and she repeats il through our voice
She has right to be free, by the title which the breach
Of all human and divine Obligations by the Spanish Gov
eminent gives her. But in her exceptional position,
which presents 20 the world the instance of whole
territory converted into jall-s whole people N con
fnement-she is obliged Geek it for aid from abroad
and che 70 seek il in that place where che hnts
the principles Of revolution consecruted as sacred dog
mas Of liberty; she to seek it the midst OF the
American people brought together by Providence ny
the head ola regcneratiye civilization, which initiated
in former times will in the end make all the people OF
the earth happy.
ssfed by departure from established principally
monarchica people-to people who have conquered
their liberty The French assisted the United State- IN
their glorious struggle for independence How much
hppropIate would be that this naon-the freest
upon the face of the esrth-whose institutions have 20
natural q force of extension should extend generous
hand to another nation Of America which desires 70 in
tate (which sends s representatives to ask its favor and
which in the midst OF its chains has not even sufficient
liberty TO make of all its pecunGTy means but only
of that small part whicht is enabled furtively TO remit
to thoee who laboring in It's Celebrated
writers on the other hand, admit the inerposition of
foreign aid In circumstances similar 10 those in which
But perhaps it will be said that the desire of Liberty
s not suffcient-justice and public decorum demand
once the foundations upon which Cuba rests her
pretensons and, then it will be asked, what causes
what reasons, what grievances exist in the Island Of
Cuba justify its separation from the mother country
When Spain pledges herself prove TO the nations that
her colony is happy under the paternal
which she is ruled, and that peace and contentment
reign the island the people OF Cuba owe 10 the glory
of their exposition of the complaints and mo
ves which guide them In thus asserting their outraged
rights, well to show that the mother country has
presumed to add mockery to injustice
Cuba fortunately is not planted in the midst of Africa
Situated in part of the globe where all the civilized
nations meet who does not know the horrible condition
which she has been reduced by the Spanish Govern
menti Shall wefear denial We will appeal to the
conscience of these people who know us.
Included in the Spanish Code OF the Indies are the
laws which incorporate in the Spanish nation all the
people who have been conquered in America. The
Island of Cuba consequently integral part OF the
nation With her she shared her glorles and her dis
graces-the general laws governed the Peninsula
and the Provinces OF SPAN IN America IN iel2 iS|o
and 1884 the Code Of Csdz and Royt the Statutes which
gave the Spanish people instIrens less free
comprehended the Island of Cuba in their provisions
and she her part her Deputies and Representa-
tives TO the Spanish Cortes. This body conyoked
in 1896 reform the newly promulgated Constitution
OF Cadz. The Island had her Representatives in the
Cortes The doors of the Congress closed against
them-the present Constitution OF 1887 was passed and
sanctioned ond 10 the scandal of morality and justice,
dsregardng the acknowed rights of Cuba unheard and
deprecated, she excluded from all participation In
the new institutions.
From being an integral part of the nation, Cuba was
condemned to the humiliating condition OF colony,
which che To make this violation Of the
Fundamental principles of public right contempt
bic the legislators and the Queen Regent of Spain threw
into the face of Cuba the declaration that the Cubans
were not Spanards but the slaves of Spain; proclaim
ing for the first time in the second additional article of
said Constitution OF 1884, that the island should be
erned by special laws The Cuban deputies protested
and from this moment the social compact which united
Cuba TO the mother country annulled and became
of no force Monarchcal Spain, with an absolute King
called her sister, and the comparatively tree spain OF
the present day reduced her TO slavery Cuba in con
seouence has the indisputable right TO proclaim IN the
sight of the nations that she longer belongs to the
Spanish family The throne and the Cortes OF spain dc
ceyed US after the faithful and solemn promise that they
would give us specal laws Fifteen years have elapsed
and in place of lave they give US Governors whose su
preme will always nimice IS our only colonial code
royal decree OF 1925 yet in full force and vgor invests
the Governors General with the supreme power OF Gov
errors of places under martial law. -.
Cuba Is destitute of all right of representation polt
cal or administrative Neither Can her sons forward
their petitions and complaints 10 the throne and he VINO
presrlmes 10 do so is severely punished .,..,....
The Press ia condemned there to the moot absolute
surveillance even 10 the faculty of thought and the SIN
Of printing is punished by banlshInent and death
The exclusion of the Cubans from any command OF
employment the Island, has established new pfh
'' means Of alleyisnp the condition of the colony,
the Home Government created In Madrid Co.oa I'm
Council Of Spaniards, upon whose rconiiel ; 80
faxes were increased, and thm system vi
confirmed which in 1854. was commenced ny lhe zap
tsin.General Don MIGUEL TAcoN. Another OaPt pam
General Don JOSE CoNcHA, athougn also Iii ~
cal and blood thirsty endeayored, beng huuehoeu
,h srce of circumstances 10 mitigate though IN very
dmipuirive degree the oppressed conditl0h o, .le
Island The Government dismissed nun VIII iu's
Aro,ber succeeded him. and a vigorous soldier ne
limited his action like that Of autonaton 10 eonss
inc 10 sepure all elevated ideas to carrying tne ~
lem 20 its greatest extreme and 20 restraining
the aspirations OF liberty by terrors, torments an" ~
scafiold. ,,...oos NOR inof.
Neither old men, nor respectable matroh- nor lnoi
- ,-;,cins nor the merits of the most appro'eu
bcnor nor the guarantees of rches-nothing saie; no
one Is exempt from going to the jail 10 the chAns'"s
Law Of the Spanish code of the Indies permits tHe
v;oroys and Governors OF America TO send 10 oPalu
,hose i1bsbtsns whom they may deem dangerous per
s~Os nnder the express provisions that sateneh' u
sSns, u of the measure should be sent with thehl
The Crbans have not this measre satisfaction nun IN
dor the present rtgme; great number OF mem
been sent into confinement upon the peninsula "''N'A
! ,be iustifcaton OF cause. -, =. Ill