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

iak in his Majesty (nf opsin) tna. 9spostoe .ucu
- IN sooordsnce with such laudabe Undertaking
~ preambe concludes by stating that the Council
of India and the supreme tribunals having heard
the information OF per-ors enlightened and Jealous
for the prosperity of his States, and all agreeing as
20 e abolition Of the negro traffic, the treaty had
been celebrate with Great Britain and that tue
epoch Of the Abolition having arrived, and the Int.
rests Of his American States having been conchated
by the sentiments his royal mind, an the desires
Of all the sOyersigps his friends and allies, he had
agreed upon the articles Of the royal schedule.
1t therefore remans proved tn It England was not
the first nor the only ,ton which stood up TOT aoo
ti0n, but that this general cple-even In
Spain herself-~hch cust have sooner or later boon
established without potcs having tho slightest IN
iiuence or development ia it, Lei us now eximino
whether maligDed England Is the sole cause oil our
present compromised @ison or whether IL Is NOS
rather the cd metro nlis herself which has never
had tie least skill or judgment IN the duties Oh gov
eminent.
80 grave and important he dc sired ia good faith 70
increase tina p0pulaGun OF those islands, rs the
only means of supplying the want OF hanos wnca
should have been exp neaced on the cessation OF tine
trade in 1870 and issued the Royal Schedule OF
10th August lSl5, f,r the white colonization Of
Pperto Rico which decree on the 2lst Of 0cto-
ber 1877, exteude1 % Cuba, where, in conformity
thereto, there created emigration sosiesy
(Jnmsa) assigning ITSELF for funds the six per cent
for every negro imported rom Africa, and under
the active cooper siOu OF the lntendaLt Ramirez,
the colonies of Nuevitas, Manzanillo aud Jagua
IL
pursued with the warmth and perseverance with
which It had beea commenced, might have Ia 0
few years placed the island IN the position Of needing
no more slave hands Than those which would have
been introduced Us - the year 1920. But our evil
star 60 willed that IN 1923, Don francisco Dioaisio
Wives YVES placed a. pain General, at the mead OF
this government. R- IN the necessity Of defeating
the constitutional system then in force, without
vioert rupture in the country in view OF the heat
o: public opinion for he conservation OF liberal inst
tetloDs, from which NOT even the army of the garfi
son was exempt-fonnd 40 other means to calm OPT.
nan than that Of terrifying it, leaning to the side OF
supporting the aroes, placing his confidence on
them. aud giving them larser share Of indulgence,
80 that by showing tna< if liberated, they would be
capable of self-government, the whites should be
unite and should III their alarm undergo the yoke
which fell anew on their necks, shortly before
erect. The good success of this established
the cursed system Of the Cuban government. SO the
port Was suddenly closed TO white immigration; its
Increase was stunned, it being believed prejud0ia
to the eternal vassaage to which the island was
con demned and, as il the treaty OF 1917 was then
regretted, 1t was scandaously evaded, and entry
and protection afforded to slave piracy, as the
only means Of preserving US in perpetual chains.
This is tse pauAton Of the etfrontery aud impu-
deHce with which notwithstanding the treaty. and
Notwithstanding the f.sr hundred thousand pounds
received, nnumerabe slavers have been fitted out
In our ports, with tbe permission OF the highest
thOaities Of the island. Who ia there that has not
knowD among US, the privateers captains aud crews
NJ the slave yesseisl Who has not seen these vessels
lifted out and ces at bed from our ports and arriv-
ing at them with theb cargoes OF victimsg Who has
not met Y csc latter ut disembarked going through
our public streets! Who has not seen them in she
depOH where they were de- posted and sold, in the
suburb Of La Puuta. where the cholera broke out in
1888, and beneath the Castillo del Principe? And
finally, who has not heard recounted, without any
disguise, the tricks aye by the slave vessels on
the English ships ard prvateers by the collision Of
the owners with the neutrality-suspicious. Of SO
many iniquites snd in'smes? And all this vas done
under preience OIL pro Getting the agriculture and in
tereets Of the island when ia reality it had no other
object than the policy Of Wives, adopted and pursued
by the supreme government
In vain was the Voice Of some Cubans raised to
denOunce aud restraih the danger which such con-
duct bore TO the unhappy country. general cry
OF indignation was raised against them among the
slave dealers and they denomnated insurgents,
negropholsts pbilanthropi-ts abolitionists; and
they might be considered fortunate if the iron hand
OF the government did not fall on their heads with
all the weight of a fierce and cruel despotism.
Thus have the times run. Esgish zeal striving at
the beginning with the ignobe Spanish bad faith.
England has expended enormous amounts Of pounds
sterling in prosecuting the slave dealers, and has
aacrlhcoo excellent officers Of her war navy, whilst
Spain. shametuly abjuring the healthy principles
winch she had proclaimed before the civilized world
inundated the plains OF Cuba with African victims
for the purpose of strengthening there her barba
rous domination, and Of satisfying The covetousness
Of her magistrates and shipowners. But the scandal
has reached its hghes, point, aud Great Britain,
which could, by blow, restrain such enormites aud
did not wish to do so, waiting till the island should
be full OF negroes, limited herself to making very
ser7ons reclamatons which resulted in the new con-
ve0taon OF 1885, WHICH was nothing but hypo.
critical means of escaping from the exigency. as
the trade has since continued to be protected as
scsndslOusl5 as ever.
Such bad faith, such rashness and i'm pudence on
the part Of weak nation against a powerful one,
with justice on its aide, impeiled En- gland to mi
tate new and more serious constraiats, carrying her
s0citude so far as eve to threaten Ia lS4l to gye
liberty 10 all the negr ses VINO had been imported
hQ aGylDa uAnt
10 tho 30th OF May 1920, on the ground that sheir
Introduction being Illegal, their condition OF slavery
was null This vas q tremendous blow, which
alarmed excessively the Inhabitants Of Cabn, because
they had before their eyes their Immediate and iney
table rum, and they experienced at the time grave
losses in their a1airs siDce every one feared to pur-
chase slaves, thug which made them open their
eyes and think for the future but il was only traa
sient their beayy e,elids closed again, and they
themsel res anew 10 the agreeable sleep
q an imprudent confidence which blinded them to
their ooCditon-precarious, aud fuil OF Impending
Sglsnd did not wish FOR that time to destroy as,
and abe withdrew her demand by reason of the new
protests Of the Cabinet at Madrd and more tn IN a
Ia the confidence which sDe had In General Don
Geronimo Valdes who then governed tho island, and
to whom the slave dealers appealed In their aboii-
tenst rancor.
Notwithstanding the repetition of symptoms SO
grave and alarming, spain continued undeterred In
her glowing policy; aud toe slave t,ade asaln noar-
Cuban horizon. Negroes on negroes have oon
tnued to be introduced by her coasts bu. at
length their cries aud tesrs have reached heaven,
and 1t appears that the decree has gone forth for
the immediate dcrou3ment Of the grea. drama
which doubtless must be horrible, and bloody
Is q warning punii hnent to the peridy of nations
and the co Vetousness Of men. AMI VIII" has brought
upon us such an evil? We again repeat, the policy
established by General Wives, and adopted and fool
shly pursued by the Spanish government in Cuba,
which now abandons us IN 50 desperate situation
That with which Eoglapd Can be upbraided is that
that she has been enduring foo years the
inffaetion of the treaty Of 1927, when she might
have compelled its fuhiInent as soon as che wished,
by virtue Of her right supper ed by her power Why
has she not done with the right and the power In
her handsl Because she had other views-tbose OF
W ting till the present moment.
Inhabitants OF Cuba, every hing is prepared for
the catastrophe, and God alone, in awakening our
understanding and in giving strength TO our deeds,
can save us although the whole fault OF the crime