The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-12-08
From the Dublin Nation of Sept. 25.
THE LONE STAR.

Tie fairest and most fertile of the West In
fdia Islands has been in the grasp of SPAR
since the year 1911. Like Ireland, the Queer
2of the Antilles has groaned under the oppress
ION and rapacity Of the mother country since
Spanish colonists first settled on her soil. Us
led as a maritime garrison, to guard the Spanish
/ possessions in the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba wa
deprived Of all rights, commercial and legisla
tive, and lay, upon the sea in gripping proverty
and dependence, without a privilege or aspirati.
ION, till 1888. In that year dreadful callmit,
aroused her population to unusual energy, ant
Opened to her narrow pathway which hat
slowly opened wider and wider, till she can nov
see clear road to speedy deliverance The
famine ofthat year was so great that the Spa
nsh Sovereign, Charles the Third, was com
PEELED to abrogate the monopoly Of Cuban trade
senjoyed by the lordly merchants OF Cadlz ant
SevlIe and ex end it to thirteen ports of,he XII
|dom He d d this rather than meet the dstres:
of the colony out of the imperial sources. Com
Imerce then gradully grew up, and the white po
Ipulaton, in fourteen years, multiplied from 90
1000 to 10000 Some runaway slaves from
5San Domin 20, took 10 coffee planting in the
northern districts of the island and the manu-
lfacture grew rapidly into importance, despite OF
the dscouragement and jealousy of the moth
lher country. Almost every commodity necces-
Isary for life was imported from Spain, under
enormous duties, and Cuba, loyalty paid the
|rascally imposts till '92 when blockade OF the
vessels Of France completely cut off all such
supplies.
This caused another breach in the jealous res
|trc!ions of Spain The people insisted that
THE Colonial Government should open the ports
TO the ships OF neutral States. The Havana
became covered with foreign bottoms; and the
|audacous colonists got plenty to eat, and wore
much more clothes from that day forward. Ag-
|rieulture was improved and immense tracts OF
land, which under the ban of the crown had
laid idle, were cultivated with success. These
acts of gislative independence were visited by
Imperial anger in lS0l.-But the insubordinate
Spaniards refused to annul their own essays in
self governma nt, and Spain, the naughty and
vndlctive, held her tongue and spared her
blows Tae outrage of despair defeated the
royal authority of Madrid.
King Ferdinand the Seventh did very wise
thing in 1912. He saw there was no use in
bull ying any longer, SO he took to petting, and
conferred on the island the privilege of repre-,
sentation in the Spanish Chamber of Deputies.
"A very sayacous, determined, Cubano Span.
lard, with some Of the hot blood of the Hidalgo.
under his diplomatic bearing, Senior Arrange,
fought the battles of ncgotiai ion for the colony
at Court till 1911, when all restrictions on Gu,
ban commerce were removed. Her traffic be-
came worldwide her coffee, sugar and tobac-
CO brought high prices in the market of Eng
land, America, Russia and Germany. Her
mines of gold, silver and copper were worked
by adventurous capitalists, and her prosperity
became almcs. fabulous What had lately beene
/ wasting island dependency, blossomed like /
sea paradise.
The mother country-how much alike, to be
sure, are the acts of all these maternal guar
dians-began to thirst for the new and rich
blood now infused into her prosperous sub
ect. She taxed her for love of her; and cooily
pocketed as her share Of the spell three millions
IF dollars out of the fifteen millions of revenue
which Cuba produced, besides exacting the :
,rofuse pay bestowed on her Executive. She
tent to govern her semi military, sem-polit-
cal Viceroy, with train OF raPacious officers