The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-04-24

owu. hHos slS same rlSnt Claimed and sue.
cesseully achieged I! shep,seisss, CubaShassas
serted foritscls am tbs right, for iaonths, i.
has yindicatedsin the AeldI E 81 &
b lIeretofore its people haze been governed
''s' sss3s,. ss 'As'ss'' s''is'' ss''' 'so'ss of
But Spain has announced the right of every
people to choose their government She has
acted on thist5 principle. The result is her
present revolution. She has stricken the
shackles from her hands and feet She claims
to. mould her own destiny in aeccrdnnce with
the views of her people as to their interest and
welfare. And this is precisely the ground
now occupied by those who assert indepcn-
dence for Cuba, aud many of whom have al
ready died upon the scaffold, with the cry of
% IIira In1tpcnarnca!" "ti'ra Ce*peo,s :"
upon their expiring lips.
Their agent in this country, Sennr j. Val
ieptc, has published an address to the Amcri-
can people, in which he thus states the. pre-
sent condition of affairs He says: The
revolution commenced on the 10th OF October
last has steadily grown in strength. and prom.
ses to realize all the hopes of the patriots
The Cuban libcrating army has been gradual
" increasing, notwithstanding the losses con-
seGuent upon a steady campaign, and now
comprises some forty-two Thousand ,hen, under
Ccspedcs, who is now commandment. chief of
that army and head OF the Republican Gov
ernmcnt. Their lines run in a Westerly d;
rectlon to Sasua in Grandc, without rcach;n.
the scaboard either North or South, for want
ut the requisite armament to hold it but the
territory pointeu out is nearly two-ihirds uf
the area OF Cuba. aud i'll which the Spamar.l,
control only the ground upon which they stand
at bay. This has been done by the patriot $
in comparatively short time. netwithstaud-
ing their sad deficiency in war material, and
leads to the belief that if they had been tolcr
ably supplied with such materials their move
mcnt would now cover also the remainder of
the islands where no uprising lps yet taken
enemies fully armed with the best ap
proved weapons of the United States; but
such are our neutrality laws that they allow
an European power to crush people struY-
CLING for freedom in the very heart OF Amcr
ca. and prohibit the same people from supply.
ing themselves with similar materials from the
United States to carry on their struggle
against that powor."
The fact, however: in which the people of
this country arc deeply interested, is that Con
gress has, BY solemn resolution, declared
the sympathy of the people of the United
States with the people OF Cuba in their patri.
-" -.if..rts tn secure rnclr ruu.,,..,
establish Republican form of of.lioyernnsc",,tt' c,,t'
guaranteeing the personal liberty aud the
equal political rights of all the people"
1t has gone still further 1t has also de-
clarcd that Congress will! give lis cousti u
tonal support to the President of the United
States whenever lie may deem it expclicnt to
recognize the indepence aud soveiyuty OF such
Republican Government"
Language could scarcely be more clear. or a
declaration purpose more manifest.
1t is scarcely possible but that the Presi
dent is in accord with this resolution. Ii
would hardly have been passed if its terms
were supposed not to be in harmony with his
views In Cuba the contest still goes on
The h'ry PomcN, the American vessel
seized, under the american flag has been con
demncd by the Spanish Courts
And now, to day, the telegram conveys 10
us the intelligence that Congress will be called
together within thirty days, to consider the
Cuban question.
L pom this subject We have but one opinion.
We believe that all people have the right,
whenever any form of government, in their
opinion, is destructive of liberty or the pur-
suit of happiness, to alter or abolish that form
.! government and institute a new government
in accordance with their convictions of their
safety and happiness
We believe that Spain had upon this princi-
pic, the right to dissolve the political bands
which bound her late sovereign, Isabella the
Second. This is ut once the foundation, and
the alone justification of her revolution.
We believe that the people of Cuba have
the same right
The wiscst course, therefore, for Spain to
pursue is to recognize this principle, and sub.