, 1869-06-19
SPAIN AND CUHA.

gtltncnt Cortes upon Reform NenA.
uKcs Tor the Colonlcs-Spcech OF
CASTELAR,.
In tbs Constituent Cor.ea, May aa during the
i,cie lo7 was presented by the tcomnttes In . new
form: THE Costcs Const1saented Rtll reform
the actual system Of government .! tno fror-
Cuha aud Forto Nco l4ase taken ihclr seata, to
extend the same, with the notifications which
may he ne!!essl necessary ne rtzhis ,.sn con-
ments Here proposed but rejected In the discus
g1on on the article as An original motion, after
some short speeches from senolSs Fernandez
Morrt, senior Casielaf spoIc a. length II regard
10 asrlt1s Ii Cuba
RENARKs or sEsoR CASTELAR,
After brief preface, he said: II We hare
right to complain OF cuba-ah4 Cuba and Porto
Itieo naTe much more r'gat TO complain OF ua, We
hare latel5 gure1nGd our coloaies T.sh arsgtmen
tines we governed cut colonies In accordance
NTH ait the principles Of Justice which coald
nsn ee e1e Z sna5ts ~ snas1 w. ~
model Of prudence. Our laws or the Indies are
ono Of tht sTeatest monuments which can possibly
be found Iu Colonial ses1nen, our halas de lnatss
America. The wU:st enemlcs NJ Spanish domna-
ton ID America recognized th1: NC SUSTAINED the
onlo1 between thoss ceonfs ,6,I aa 1he,, e oef s
forcc- So It was, that from lIuenus ATrcs To
Quno, IL ttas immense line, there we're required
DnIF S,kN men 10 80yE4l1 EIC u NLe
ish naaon. We, who were 50 insP:aeabie With
the heTesJ which rrtseoted Itself 10 SpasH-
We who would not pardon Fray Llts lie Le13, OF
Santa Terrss, Or Constsnt'ne, q Me most eminent
OF ignorance fn The mI.lst Of the rigid CATHOLIC
Bult5 which all the Spanish Empire ooeEcd. We'll
there catae the constitutional reGtmen n me
dmmetrca1y opposed TO the ancient The Dcpa:
'ics from tic .antlucs came here aud We would
no. admit then to he GoEiss Of iss.; ~ came;
Pcro RIcn. All! when the last eEeata arrived on
the loln ot betDser, there EaS Colh-iay IN Cnoa
This Nas IL alu>ton TO the 1act iha: Qaeea lsa,
telIa's birthday wus celebrated with the nsIal
honn.s on TIE 10Th 0ctooer lastl. There has uts-
aoubtcdlJ, been some motive or prcse1t tot the
rsnel!on *e II, condemn: ne laas aeed, rye nase
liberal reforms. ecno1 Posada 1erIt'a Indicated
this from one OF tae tenchea In the Dprohdon
speech be ElaAe aRainst ne govern ment q Gen
etened u Senior Canorx8, anil he openel up an in-
qn!ry. But br one u th5Ee ufonunes fo frequent
N sraln. the Cnraniss!oners from PoEto K!eo A.
f1Fed heTe. md presented great eculo1nlca, po-
ntlcal, administrative anu social p!Au, tofBct
ting nothlnE-abaoluie1y nothing, that srfefted
10 the better regimen u the colonies. ~ nea.n
them; VT l1steurd II tllrw; re promised 70 take
Into Consideration their counse&. HUI scascelf
had they gone when We fofgpt It Ill to 1hat SAD
epoch-,hc days Of Isabella II. We forgot I r.
beat ali tbeif coanstls and wnrntngz, aud did
nothing but impose upon the isl4nds aa odous
faxe Consefusnsl, i Is Indispensable that from
Apd p.utuis Of felicity for these distant regions;
II il Indispensable all Of US th',u,n have The
patriotism 10 cousldeF thai cula end Porto hco
10 The midst Of that democratic lille which
Is txtcnotur Itself al orer the American oouti-
,Icn1 Thr,t ..c shEee great fncts niua which We
"a The Independence OF America, the second Is
,be Jemocrscy or America, and the third Is The
great example England fet IA with Canada.
There Is NO denying The influence ol s'lesc tac1s,
ih,y ATE tte ytrs milky w1y ira test1 Of great
thourtts. CunSt que III, II ne Wish 10 ,,c nj the
s',ttude q our ae.ta5 i 31aerea, asd 70 egn.
means Of notrg. We ought e ssy soleunly
though We capnot exactly ass!rnilate them to
EpatS. tecspse there are dangers aul incouyeni-
~ ~ re oo W. m
concede to theiu 4 regimen, Of their own which
snail serve as an exuplpic to all Auer1cs, and
;e 1 e % say btle fea nat
s,th tnts. hui thst Ne vii follow thuee grand e1.
srnnlea Of nbeftJ 4,lu Of democracy which they
snI # te s cen,nTy IN @ Of iIIertr, hope iais ren
tiefueu. i EspGctaily lupe this from I'll who
contribute to the xTrat work OF saving EnaIn.
sposs S al, 10, forget M hat cs cssos aad Porto Rico
rave nj ttelr vn:es thr crand examine or tha de-
nocra,J of the Cnltsd States; thai there slavery
stro1ri and Iha: il ia necesiary We shonli nayn
nn r1otr rsavr trahr nor s,ayrss II IA ncrcssau
We shou,i 'nsc5if,e thers ,he crana rdnctnies II
IherfT. iet "a ss5s nkr The nnctent1 that A. the
sun VAS reyer entre1y onsc1Fed fr,,n, our DAMN
irns tosS iiierty sa,1 M ler 1s tcI,nsed ar oh
sr1,r,.i IN them -
AT,er an, m t,rf otbtrs ia + snosrn- sennr fas.
tcisr scaIn said; aOulT two words. From tbe
| nu!nt n whlch The prrs{dlut Of me ExecutiTe
fanwrr has Viyen rs to unI, rJtan,i rhat the nj.
| fert.i tnsurection il ~ good ~ 1rmiuais1 II
! Cubs, il il neccssa5y 10 adont measures to ter
inmate lie mor,i In.arrecfion n1aa. And In ihif
| n srnH nnracIr.s far that hsnn.ns with me
! neoolr eerycs To cIrcate nthcls- There had leer
| An ,ns11rrrctlon In l,nnars Taey hsd thore- snt
| theT erti haze aepaFattst nsrty
| Thpn II ras that IN n,itnn 9Th hr
rrraf strength and yf. eTsnd sentiment
| 81 tight. upIcrs,ool there were no o:hef mean
! hnt tnf Ia nrer.nrle 1npral inst7Ix!on n .tneIy
! .ihrrtI We cannot ahs6 luteJT cannnf IN II
middle of 1hr ninpseynfh centnry. riren ,he atatI