The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23
Cuba,

things in the & Gem" perplexes the mind and leave
Us so much in doubt as almost to make US question
whether not there be such an island at ALL Th
various statements foreiby remind US of the con
fcting versions OF the results Of battles during Gu
own The dispatches which come from Spanish
sources invariably represent that the rebellion is al
| ready, or soon to be crushed On the other hand
those from Cuban sources with equal persistency
represent that the rebellion is sure to succeed Blu
it fairly be inferred from recent items of infona
ton that the instruction has changed its plan of oper
ations and instead of rereating before the Spanish
forces, gives them sharp encounter OH every favor
able occasion The revolutonists have been waiting
it is said for hot weather, which to judge from the
temperature here to-day they surely have by this
time and they mean to harass the Spanish troops
during the coming season to the utmost. Meanwhile
they hope that the diseases incident the climate
locality will cripple the imported Spanish soldiers and
in this expectation they press the contest with the
more vgor the heat Of the weather increases These
calculations are not without reason and they may ac
count for the greater vigor which the revolutionary
forces have recently manifested Besides this the as
sistance they said to have received from this
try has doubtless emboldened them to more aggres
sive Of the results of battles one can form
very little idea when each party claims decisive and
final victory in every small skirmish. But the recent
engagements seem to have been rather to the disad
vantage of the Spanish forces. A statement of the
number Of armed men employed Oh each side, the re-
liability of which may, however, be fairly doubted
puts the Spanish troops about 40 000 and the armed
insurreconiss at about $4,000, but the latter are
aided at almost every point by bands of partsans who
can hardly be counted regular soldiers,
As regards the sentiments of the native Cubans to-
wards the United States, there also diverse ac-
counts. Some correspondent writing thence to New
York paper recently, asserted that they had fancy
for annexation having holy horror Of beng overruu
with the carpet-bag vermn who infesting the South
Sensible Cubans.
JACK HAN1LToN-The Galveston News of S0th May
gives report of Jack Hamiltons speech in that city.
1t says we give very meagre and unsatisfactory re-
port of the eloquent and mpassioned speech, which
held the crowd in hreathess attention for two
hours" Flom the following extract from the speech
it would seem that the ustrious gentleman has modi-
fled his opinions very much since 1866. We dis
posed think that his change of sentiment is attbu
table to the fact that be was given the cold shoulder
DN the htulcal party Wien ne WIS III w HSIllStou
City We are 10th to believe that his repentance is
the genuine article
We had beer invited to call convention and frame
another constitution which had been DONE The ques
ton now was whether this constitution should be
adopted or not 1t objected by certain parties that
the constitution did not dsfranchise anybody He was
glad Of it, The privilege of voting not danger
to republican government its refusal, and he
would ask all who wished to see Texas
stored to all her rights, and placed the road to
peace and prosperity to vote for the constitution The
only persons who spoke of dsfranchsemen were those
who wished TO see it in order that their narrow
minded views might prevail
Their who would for the sake of Office disgrace the
best in the country by denying them the fran
chise, and thus securing to themselves the spois OF
Office He had been charged with betrayng his trust
and his duty-he would ask to whom-to few miser-
able, peddng politicians who would sacrifice the in
terests of society for their selfish purposes He
had rot sought to make this country seething hell,
but he had labored to give the State such constitu
ton would insure domestic peace promote nmi-
grafton, reestabsh credit and once more place Texas
in the front rank of prosperous States If he had not
betrayed these great interests he spurned with CON
tempt and indignation the shafts which had been
driven at him.
1t had long been said to him that if you refuse to
disfranchisc rebels you no Republican. He did
not want to be such Republican. These may live by
agitation-they know that when the cauldron ceases
to boil they will longer float the surface These
miserable reptiles the other side as long
as it fashionable to be One of them not
far off and editing newspaper, who declared that
he-the speaker-was not Republican. He had en-
deavored to the State from the eeches which had
fastened upon it, and would do all in his power to free
! the country from the vermn with which it in
tested They threatened to read him ont of the
party but they bad readers and he would advise
them to quit reading politics and take to reading the
Lords prayer-it would do them great deal Of good.