The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-12-31

CuBk.-Presidept Cespne,ddess1 Csan,dts1h has issued
November 81, ia which, havina detailed adied
the operations Of, three army corps, he
have hsssim no 1n meahs 81 telling The world
% olS, ,echieyemepts. When we win vic.
f9ysees o9Fl anemies, who, hold the out
Nae kels4 4ar91nd hs, prevent all informa.
bnenaoaMe ,haye kept q large standing
d9fMy QE Spain Jand Spanish volunteers
BlREa state Of constant anxiety and alarm.
ttHe baye compelled our enemy to employ
,ppwesds Of rs. 900 men. yet we have gra-
,duellY, expanded our. territory. We have
attacked every convoy which the Spa
,nleEds have, undertaken to send across
the country, and have turned seven of
them back into their starting place.
q 1t occurs, in the several reports rem
dered, that we have captured 1926 Spa
;nish soldiers, 1,471 of whom we have
released on parole. We have captured
5.32A stands OF arms and twenty-nine
pieces OF artillery from our enemy Our
> Lines to-day are within rifo,shot of every
olty apd town on the island East of the
olty OF Matanzas, and we are able to en-
gage our enemy. at one point or other.
daily. On the 9th day Of October last
myself and General Figuerdo formally
declared our slaves free. We owned $40.
q 'Nhe :2ales were enrolled on our army
rolls, and started from Majuaga with us
when we began our crusade against our
. oppressors. They helped us to capture
Yars on the 10th of October, and a free
man, who two days before was q slave.
hrst held aloft the banner of indepen-
dence in the plaza of Yara. Liberated
slaves hove been engaged in every battle
2 with our. enemy since that glorious day.
In February last, our first little Congress
. declared all men on the island free and
equal. After my Cabinet had been &C.
iected and National Congress of duly
elected representatives chosen, that au-
gnst body framed o constitution for our
y better government. In that constitution.
slavery was declared unconditionally
abolishetli i,i ,r
We may count upon 4O. 900 we'll armed
men, With pessable discipline. We are
receiving supplies of arms and munitions
o. war now quite regularly; but Of this
matter, the least may say is the best,
especially as long as we are refused those
rights; which We claim should be accord
ed ns BY our great sister republic, the
United States. Perhaps it is Just that
the administration of the Washington
Government should delay recognising us
until the Congress shall have met. I
h9ye endeavored to convince my Cabinet
and our National Congress that we must
not rely too much upon aid from the
United States. have endeavored to
impress all around mo with the vast re-
ssponsibility resting upon us, and that it
IS better for us to abandon all hopes of
anecor from abroad. + have considered
that, hemmed in as we are, we stand
before the world in more formidable
array than Mexico, Chill, Peru, or any
and oil other Spauish-American republics
ever presented against tyrannical Spain.
Conquer our enemy we must. There
is no backward track. We ask you all to
stand firm. Obey the important orders
which have been lately issued for the de-
struction of our enemy's source of in
come. March onward and upward, as
have other people while struggling for
their liberties, and God and right will
sustain us all until victory stands in
scribed in letters of fire upon our ban
ners, and the fraternity of republics
welcomes us into the magnificent sister
hood Of free nations. Tiua Ia Indepen.
dencid! Vioa In Libertad IIra M Re
forma! DioS y Patriu!
CARLOS EMANUEL DE CESPEDES
GENERAL GRANT SNUBs THE SENATE
In nI l.