The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-10-29

perpetual possession OF Cuba was mere diplomatic ruse
on the part Of Great Britain. resored with no expecia-
ton wish hat would succeed bnt deemed necessary
to advance her real design OF Alternating the island
But concedng for the present that we mistaken in
this opinion, and that the distinguished British nobemen
have jus, what they said in their negotiations with
government, and that they really and earnestly de-
sired only maintain Cuba in her prssen, condition.
becomes important, in order TO determine whether that
policy is right OF wrong know what il the present
tual condition Of Cuba.
In Cuba and there alone the black and ghoule-ke soul
OF the Escural ia still dominant Could Philip the Second
of his dismal grave, be would glory in the Moro
He would not find there the Spain OF to-day the Spain
OF 1872 or OF Palaiox OF Bonapare, OF that sug
gle for national life which in Spaniards is respecla
ble or the Spain of people beginning 10 breathe
existence. and using. their asphyxia, great British
constitutional wndpipe. He would find there hide
GUS nnachronisn. He would find there tie living
members Of every abominabIe and heas,y tyranny the
quvering yet armed limbs Of every ferocious and disgust
ing cruelty which The bad passions of have for
invented, and which mankind has warred for cenu
res to eface from the earth. He would lind there
the Spain he fabrics,ed--back dismal. and silent as
the earthen sepuchre in which he dwelt; he weuld
find there dominant and all-possessinK monopoly,
with the power, il not the name, OF The Inquistion;
be would find the slaveade in its horrors and in its
horrors the vagrant and desolang garrison. which, in
his day and after, it customary to infic on the
dependencies OF his dominion. The accumulated nven-
tons OF Spanish barbarity he would find there co,he
his soul in in pail II is only possible for Philip
or Loyola TO realize in its fagraat immensely the
tyranny practised in that island An a-dominant and
perfectly INSCRIPTIONS foreign garrison, there TO
plumber and recuperate degraded off Gals, whose sanc
ty and whose crimes 60 hand. hand dungeons silent
and nscrutable; power without, responsibility. place
without dignity vaor, virtue; people without
repre- sentaon without govsrnment, without protection
without belief loyalty, with terror only-could the
ghoue Il ultra montanism desire more?
There is no liberty IN Cuba; there is no property
there-no safety OF life or honor in Cuba tyranny
against which Europe would oil. you can any
clear day from the promoniores Of Florida There il u.s.
the death Of intolerance the agony of military torture the
horror OF the nqusiion, the asng and agon-
Using demonism OF the slave trade all in one all collect
ed from the barbartes OF ages. brewing and wrlhng
under those eosded mountain tops to the east And
that is what Lord John Russell proposes with entire
liberty" to protect
There are no law, in Cuba. save such As no
oYun'y 40 " VI uoncys
chooses to make for HIMSELF There is no press there
A rigid and armed wall excludes its people from
the world. and the world from them They seize
mails there, open letters. and se ize those TO whom
they are addressed There is no trial there by jury or
otherwise secret tribunal decide life and death,
without calling witness arragning the accused
cept TO torture him into confession. No civilized man
woman can 20 GU, OF that island save as its governor
L.
permission. An old dowager and her paramount. an ee-
waited life guards dictate The rule OF that island and
enjoy its revenues The island KEEP, for her and for
grea, British bondholders who have pinned themselves
to her tkrs. brave soldier tried in there,
tried all bu, doomed in he is pinned in pub
lie view in arm chair, and his neck twisted of, and
the bells Of religion sing sancihsd chime. They shoot
men in the back there, and order Afncan savages to
bru,aze themselves and drag the noble ard dead victims
naket through The streets They shoot .amereans in the
back there-men who knelt their God, and
always die with their face TO the enemy. They kill
women there. The armed and public spy walks mask
ell there through the streets and points the vic
Tins of hi. vengeance. Night after night hordes OF
Africans poured into that society" threaten with
universal assassination the people OF the whole
muni'y. should they revol. should Disguised world
revolt for them. Priests sing their hymns the gauote
., pray for the save-shp That island lies in sight OF
Florida. in American waters, and there and such is
the asiu, quo Lord John Russell would protect with
"en,ire liberty and with British fleets.
This picture OF Cuba to British statesmen,
and st Lord John Russell would have the world believe
that her Maesys government deter mined that shall
be perpetustsd Plumpy, Aaty, say to him. we DO
not believe word OF it. We repudiate il calumny
upon the very name OF our couotrys Wonderland
THIS pretencs OF maintaining the sts'1 que IN Cuba
10 false preence The people OF Great Brila
know we'll do, that reign OF terror
and Of degradation 30 fruitful Of calamity. 40 Him
table, and dangerous to civilized nauons, will
not be endured always That it, at all events, must
cease come what else may. But how ceases There
lies the rub We all know the British and French mode
Of getting rid OF The "slavery question:. and Of the more
important White Question along with H. The wild anat
icism Of ,he revolutionary convention iadaced the
French republic Of 1893 beraie ito negroes" and the
result the st. Domingo massacre, and his Imperial
Majesty Soulouque. Fsustin l. But ~ do not be-
eve that Napoleon desires for enemy the Great Repuh-
lie friendly eoaaexon with whose citizens ia colonial
days was 20 disastrous the OF even ST. Louis and
the dynasty even Of the Capets d. not believe
either thai any Ffenchman could desire. in q neutral
island owned by third party. revival Of the murder
Gus festivities OF Hay wish 70 dismiss this ICON