The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-24


Of sometimes and sometimes it Is written abcutasscca
tons formed information IL obtained,
imposed-the government them In different
and whilst not single coonst treads that shore, the
fields of Cuba nu ndated with African slaves
viii not inculpate the Cuban that purchases them Hs
plantation needs hands and since he cannot dnd ohsrs
TO employ shall he sacrifice his possessions should mat
sacrifice be required from the head of a family Whsm
do and criminate Is the government-heg vern
ment which being sbe and being bound la duty TO ex
tngu-h the Infamous African contraband, tolesaes IT.
it, and authorizes IT, in viola ion Of treaties
in contempt Of the laws and 10 the scandal OF public and
private morality
Well asain we ask Is it the Engli'h policy alone
which has placed Us in such peril No. we repeat;
stree apart from the liberation which that powerful
nation has evnced in thirty years Of endurance
atd enormous expenses In comOell ng the fuhlment
Of the treaty the political sys created ny General
Wives, and pursued by the Spanish govera neut
which nov delivers US up Is the primary cause oil
the desperate position In which We find ourselves.
Another rev political system, as base as that, has
haseI ed the deaouemtat of the slave question. al
ude to that which was establi he'd by Captain Gene
raj Don Miguel Tscon. This officer, more stupid,
imprIdeut and haIbarous than the other introduced
rs the conservative principle Of the colonial con Il.
tiOn the extinction OF every shadow OF liberty and
right, the most marked division between the peala-
sulaIs and tie creos and she fullest and most mon
strous tralzatroD Of military strength repvtsted
with the complete power to oppress and eradicate
the progressive ideas If the age. The Spanish gov
! eminent which has the least understanding OF all
| governments and much less rs to America since 1t
does not know her geogra ohy always bllndy ac'
cepfs whatever measures are indicated ny the Captain
| Generals OF those doninio0s: and so IN adopting
pecipitaiey the Taconan system, as it adopted that
az Wives it Lowered Cuba from being an integral part
oi the archy by the laws OF the ludies, 10 the
degrading condition OF Il colony; and whilst the Ba-
aaIic AID the Canary Islands, o. much less impor
lance than Cuba enjoy the benefits OF the constitu
tonal system which leigns in the peninsula, the most
absolute military power prevails la Cuba and keeps
her in q STATE Of siege.
Our deputies. summoned to the Congress Of 1886,
:. af
and as a consolation We were offered special laws,
which still waiting for at the emf Of seventeen
years. The military profession, in which 80 many
Cubans have shed their blood for she glory OF their
ration, hes been closed to all classes OF them with
the exception OF some grades IN the Insignificant mi
itia of the country. All tue lucrative employ ments
and posts prohibited to them, as well e,clesastc
"a political and civil, ami in the exchequer The
pressthat remedy, or, when less the counsellor OF
the peoples enslaced under rigid censorship;
education is dolefd ABANDONMENT; the tribunals OF
justice are corrupt and venal the springs OF wealth
and material progress are choked up to q certain
point by the protective system in favor of the
nue. of the commerce, and Of the mercantile navy Of
the peninsula, which condemns us to consume its
dear and poisonous bread; in fine, the duties and
contributions ore ever Increasing, and public mo-
ralty IS travelling with gigantic PAGES to its most la
mentable prostitution.
To ill the island with Africans at all hazard, for
the purpose OF swallowing up the whites ard to ep
press the latter by dividing them by degrading them
to the condition of beasts, and by shutting out the
creoles from all influence through position and
wealth. these are the two points of the policy by
which they rule this colony which it is desired to
show to the world as the model Of happy and en-
yable people pnder the paterna sway Of the Captain
Generals and without any other codes of laws than
his DEGREES and military commissions. Nevertheless,
whilst Spain was living despised, believing that she
Lad found in her wisdom the inestimable political &C.
cret of maintaining forever enchained the children Of
America, so as to impoversh them at their own ex.
pepse, without the ss hest opportunity of complain
ing the world becoming cognizaut Of her tyranny
and roboeries, these the Cubans) have scsped the
vigilance of their ar. uses a. passing to the neigh
boring continent, they have been received under the
protection Of their natural brothers, the North
Americans There, breathing liberty under the po-
tent egs Of the American eagle they have made use
Of the press, and olished to the wondering world
the iniquity OF Spain and the wretched condition
of the Cuban. These mournful larnents, in the
midst of the eest people OF the EARTH have awaken
ed universal sympathy, and the tyraAt has trebled.
Already he has heard several times the consecrated
cry OF liberty resound in the virgin fields of Cuba,
where silence and the calm Of the grave has ever
reigned. Already he has, with terror, seen she up
rising and struggling OF the patriots who, though un
the FIRST efforts which enslaved people make TO be-
Gene free. Already he has known that prisons, dun
geons, and even the scafold, does not terrfy nor
inimdate them. and that they receive martyrdom as
a crown Of imperishable glory; and, already he has
been convinced that the cruel me ADS which have
been used TO exiipguish the fire of the revolution
Bindles it into more lively flames, and that now he
does not possess the heart of single Cuban, what
eyer be BIS age CT sex Pira liberty, and death to
tie tyrants is the constant echo that rc5ounds at all
hours OF The day and night in the breasts of all the
natives OF Cuba. But thai which most alarms and
qrieves the tyrant is the magical effect which the
voice Of the Cubans and the crueltes which
lie has exercised to destroy them, have caused |
powerful republic OF the North, whose sovereign
people embraces the holy cause Of the oppressed aud
prepared unoisgui.edy to aid us-inspiriug the
same nable and generous sentiments 10 their govern
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thies for Cuba. Yes, Spain sees that the new Pre-
sideDt OF the modern Rome, will snatch her victim
from her. 70 ward of to postpone at least, the
terrible moment of manifest destiny, distressing her
weakness, which she vsinly eudeavors to conceal by
preparations of costly ard useless forces and by rdi'
culous bOastings sac humbly duplicates the pro-
lection and shelter OF the foreign nations, lat they
may support ana sustain her in the eternal possession
OF the unhappy remnants OF her ancient and Oppres
sive domination in America
England and France made an attempt to do what
Spain can not-namey, TO endeavor t. prevent the
consummatiOn OF annex ltion. But the dignied aud
severe attitude OF the government of Washington,
caused them 10 desist from their purpose And as
England sees that event arriving, she has thought it
opportune to compel Spain to fulfil the treaty oil
1917, and going stu further she threatens to leave
her to her own resources in the inevitable and APP
prosching STRIFE with her coloDy-openy protected
by the colossus OF the New Word--so as to place
her between two forces, and that she may decide for
the English requirement s.
So il is that. under pretence Of the energetic mea
sures lately taken by the imperial government of
Brazil to put end at aud FOR ever to the com
merce Of African sla yes in its dominons-which
have produced happy resut-varous notes we're
exchanged in 1851, between Lord Palmerston and
Senior Meranores, Ministers Of England and Spsin
The first upbraided the latter, in manner sufict
emily harsh, and justable only by the COL tinuous
and scandaous violations Of the treaty of 1917 that
Srain alone continued sustaining q commerce as
dishonorabe for The government as FOR the nation,
and among other things he said =
TIE Spanish government will do well to consider that
ii it continue in such of proce ding the English
people instead Of locking with cispleasure the efforts
which mcde (by he Americans) to 0arate Cuba
from the Spanish monarchy, viii be predsrosed 70
gard with pleasure the realization Of an event which in
consequence ~ the conduct OF the span sh col nia ~
thortes viii oGt TO be the only Of putting
an end to the Preparation Of crime which the Spanish
crown solemlly pledged t-e many years since 10 pro
hbf in every rsy and ever being perpctrated by
Spanish subjects.
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