Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-19
Cuba Again.


The wish to see Cuba redeemed and regene-
erated-the dsire tohave her enter this con- |
federation of free and independent states as
a voluntary member thereof, in full fellow
ship, is treated as if ii was coveting of our
neighboys' goods. The generous and spirited
Den. who are willing TO aid the Caban
patriots in throwing Of the yoke of Spanish
tyranny are represented as highway robbers.
II IS true we said il was written in the
book Of fate that Cuba would belong TO the
United States. And SO she will but her
annexation viii be the spontaneous embrace
Of a loving siSterlong separated from her pat-
ural relatives. There viii be no robbery; 10
violence; there will be aid and protection ex-
tended by Us, gratitude and love retured by
Der.
The true issues are these:
!. Is an American citizen guilty Of any
moral wong who perils life and fortune in
aid OF cause so interesting as that of Cuba ?
9. Is it the duty and policy of the Ameri-
can government 10 prevent the European
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subsection
The second question has been answered by
a grave and conservative statesman, whom no
one vii accuse Of Piratical tendencies Hear
Secretary Marcy, and ponder his language
"for many reasons the United States feel
deeply interested in the DESTINY of Cuba.
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either of the intervening nations, or to any
other foreign State They would regret to
see foreign powers interfere to sustain Span
ish rule in the Island, should it provoke re-
sistence too formidable to be overcome by
Spain herself
when oppression over colony or depen-
dency is so severe as to excite revolt, and
that revolt becomes too strong to be suppress
ed BY the power which provokes it, the OPP
presso,- has assve5ly no bitter right to invoke
foreian aid, nor any better grouse for employ
snq II. than the victims Of arbitrary n'isr,tle
hare to relief from The same quarter When
IL was understood that Spain had applied To
the allied sovereigns OF Europe for assist
ance to recover her revoted colonies in
America, the government of the United
States protested in emphatic terms, against
such a procedure; and if the protest had
failed in its object, this government would
undoubtedly have had recourse to other
means to arrest such interference
Thus it appears to have been the long
settled policy of the United States not to
permit foreign Intervention to aid Spain in
suppressing revolt. But, at this very mo-
msnt, England and France are intervening
to aid in strangling the revolutionary move
ment in Cuba The case has actually occur
red when, in the words of Marcy, the VIC
Tins of arbitrary misrule have right to re-
lief from the same quarter"
But how stands the question with reference
to the conscience of the individual citizen p
Cuba has long been struggling for freedom,
but like Poland and Hungary, she has been
unfortunate. The United States, as a gov.
eminent, have not recognized her abortive
attempts yet the American heart has beat in
unison with every effort Nor did the United
States recognize Texas before the battle Of
San Jacinto vet American citizens had
marched to her aid before that time; and
duct was not in those days, considered piracy
Gen. QUITMAN and his friends occupy pre-
eisely the same position in reference to the
oppressed people of Cuba which La FAYETTE
and the illustrious band of foreign heroes in
the Revolutionary War, occupied Interference
to the people OF the British colonies. II
QuITNAE IS pirate, so was La FAYETrE; and
We had rather be pirates, in company with
LAFAyETTE, than saints if compelled to adopt
the sentiments Of the Journal. "Cuba be-
longs to Spain ! No! Cuba belongs to her
own people; and thousands Of them despise
aud detest Spain as the incarnation of all evil;
and to them she is such. This doctrine oil
the Journal would condemn to social sterility
srddssolstion the most beautiful and verdanl
spot Of crestion-an island which has risen
like Venus, from the bosom of the sea, with
s1ch bloom of beauty that the very wave
she has usurped worships the loveliness Of
her intrusion" We would have her political
condition to correspond with her physical ad-
vsntsges.
We recommend TO the attentive peruisal Of
our readers, the following able article from the
Hamilton Telegraph:
TIE CUBAS QUEsTIoE---The Island o.
Cuba is exciting more interest at the present
tine than all other matters, with which ON
government has any connection: The series in.
suits lately offered us, encouraged as they are
by England and France, are arousing our people
70 oh IF NH foh will \
reparation for these gross outrages. An east
ern exchange well SAYS, that the grave insults
to which our flag has been subjected by the
Cuban authorities I; the Series Of indignites
which have been inflicted on our country; and
the continued interruption of our commerce
are fixing on the public mind the conviction
that the present state of things cannot and
ought lot long to continue. Is there a way
Of obtaining indemnity for thefuture Wha
j, the way ?
The ultimate cause of these insults to OF
commerce must be found in the condition o.
Cuba; in the nature of its government and
its geographical position. For good or fo
evil, this fertile island lies directly across ou
commercial pathway, and is naturally and in.
evirable connected with our great and perrna
nent interests
Laying within sight, almost, of our coasts
fronting shores where there is hardly single
safe refuge for our vessels, and presenting
some Of the best harbors commanding com
pletely the entrance TO the Gulf Of Mexico
The commercial importance of Cuba can hard
" be overstated. john Q. Adams, with tn,
eyes Of a statesman and the heart of patriot
wrote in 1928 that Cuba had an importanc,
I'm the sum of our national interests Will
which that of no other foreign territory car
be compared, and little nyea-ior TO that aohicj
biAds The members Of the Union together" Il,
uss the language Of Daniel Webster, the sue
eessor to Nh. Adams as Secretary of State, il
l943, Cuba for instance, in the hands of Grea
Britain, would render her influence in thi
quarter unlimited. intrenched at Havan;
and San Antonio, (these are Mr. Webster