The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-06-12
sympathy with Cuba.

Before the House Of Representatives adiournc,
On the 18th Of April, 1t passed = resolution o
SYMPATHY with tUbI. by Il vote ofgS to ~. Il,
the last mail, our Eastern papers give Us the tex
Of this resolution. which IS a. follows
Essohri be- re Hanss Of Esnrss.Htatroy, That the peo
le 90 IN lnii'd Si';,s - mlail-zr with The people Of Cuba ia
q republican lana q government, guaranteeing tire persona
Etru. aul ie cIufl political u=h., 81 all the people and th'
the rr--,d-nt of The Jr'tsI states whenever. In his oiiIi,n. 4
I'rutHr.u government SHALL have bseu in fact established. and
L- max deem G. yNf-Irut 90 rr,,-uiz- the i.rI-IelIrncv and
s''efesniy 81 such republican government.
The Senate took No part IN this matter, and
therefore tie resolution can only he taken as an
expression Of thc feeling of the popular branch OF
Congless, which, is in sympathy with the people.
That it does express the sentiment Of the people
no ono can doubt. The emancipation proclama-
ton which was issued by the Cuban Revolutionary
Assembly declares that rs slavery was brought to
Cuba 10y Spanish domination, they ought to ter
inmate together. 1t promujgatcs the following
DEGREES
~iist silsg2 is abolished second, an decentralization is to
cIu~c tiHrd, the freedmen axe {, bear Irns-thase who can
not si'.i! w"rL fE The cause fourth, The freedmen shall have
cause " 's
Is it to be wondered at that those who love the
cause Of freedom should syInIathizc with the Tatri-
OTIS? That our readers may have Il correct notion of
the way in which Cuba las been treated by Spain,
we copy the following from the New York Sun
\ barrel of -four, grown anywhere but in Spain,
and imported into Cuba by foreigners, has to pay to
Spain u duty OF - ia gold. Yet almost within sight
Of tine shores Of Cuba are ports vi the United States
where excellent flour can bc bought for 81 IN gold
per barrel, and which. but for the duty, could be
sold to the Cubaus for 50.
! tax of ten per cent. Is annually levied by Spain
on all Cuban land anu cattle. The amount Of this
tax l. 50, 5000 a year.
Another tax Of ten per cent. is laid upon Cuban
Industry and commerce., and ON this tax Cuba pays
10 Spain @g,2IO,OuJ annually.
The revenue heretofore collected 10y Spain from
Cuba has been S2J,OJO,DO "A year, out Of which
10000, 900 i expended in the support Of officials
sent from Spain to keep the island IN subsection, or
iayOritcs quarterei upon it for a living the remain
ing Sl5,"ph,pJO i RENTED to Spain for the use Of
home Government.
In the plain but expressive language Of a Cuban
patriot, Cuba las been "a milch COW upon which
Spain has fItteneI. One would think that il might
have at least taken care 10 keep its nurse in good
Iumor, but the contrary seems 10 have been the cISe.
In 1850 the Spanish tortes granted 10 the Cublns
The nominal right 10 send delegates 10 present their
grievances, and their plan for relreSsing them.
But when, in lSJG, they elected delegates, the Cap
number 10 the country prUPrictors, a. he should have
lone, allowed them only one-fCurth, and gave the
'ther three-tourtls Of the representation 10 the III
If cities and members If the learned pro
e-sicns. nearly all Of whom, being Spaniaris, were
q the interest Of the mother country. Nevertheless.
he delegation asked for abolition Of The customs dues
md tie substitution Of g six Per cent. income tax in
heir place. The Crown, without waiting for the &C
ion o. the Cortes, seized the preyext Of reform, and,
sIlic they abolished taxes % the amount Of = So
added others To the amount Of SO, 10000 !
Ind this was all the Cubans got by their Efforts on
hat score. ,