, 1869-06-15
SPAIN AND THE ANTILLES
Interesting Discussion in tho Con.
stitucnt Cortcs-ypcc OF Scrrun0
and CnKtcJnr,

ef}tucnt Corfcs Hnccrt,r. ~ 1cr~rrn
,,ra r...,ss, Va SeA@ @"V
ana thsac1nF.
Xadyfd tsloy ~ Corr<,nondtret ~ n. E,nJon
71"us NEE " '"S D'''''
ent CoTtca on Tho subicc ~ ia a, IN ts nis
In The West Indies C,ba and ror1n R,ca W,
10Th Article q he dsft Of Is eoSsit9n on ~ ~ I
wug Originally nSrHcnte1 hr the 6n,m;sutn,r ~ -
which It was cnnctcd lint "tho rovernmc1t NJ
Of the TEan.manne Provinces should be re-. re-.
l.bcd bJ tfe constitI,,ion ih -, 1ne
iions ns may be deemed necessa1y ns aoon ~ ~
Deputies q those colonies ahn harc taEen their
hc comms!on b. rae snieS te 5oPea peo,ny ~
he penes o enGaa ethet r. sE
beaa In liz Cofes tins non,n ~ m 1nne ,ne
separation In the dest1n1es Of the isInnds. and Ia
more imruedlate tnaproyetnent Ia tho canditIons M nt
Of spcedy restor1tion OF nnbiic nrfer fha c1nnsa
Is especially favorable to Puerto Rico, which fas
heen for some line freo from disturbance, and IN n
allows the best hopcs Of sneedy solufioT of ~
abolition question. " >A'
noss, Fer xhst concerns cuon Which is the knotty
Inc Executive FoTcr Nsrshn' sarTona 1nan,sa "a
statement which bus often been made ~ thst
ouohiy oyer.n1ne y i1e ah1ed that oc,nsi st saul
bud been that daY received. annn1nc,nS the Isnda
ing Of 20 busters, With a5tiae1y, aad also heir ineir
~. n n Inn
The Marshal howeTer nrncccGed ~ sa-1s hu srus
"tho moral, social and POLITICAL eecs Of this III.
asrous struggle On the hnds oi the popuatoa s l Is
Still yerT great and thai with the h,at fnfcntfons
entertained BY the government ia niInw thn N.
TILES The most suitable Institution "tt " MoaId
done Marshol Sann - % pho e1aa nv w1at can DC
Captain CcneE nj cuhs NJ tho fine ~ njtson
neil,a administration, Eas obcca to orosr tbst
the luminosity Of the cnians aealnst the SnanIsh
at the time Of his STAY in fhe istan.f. hal hann
looked upon as devoted friends md trasiy aISis.
en- had how either plnced Themselves W 1T he % head
ii New YORK cxe!tis themselves I'M IN sup5ort Of
Inc tnsurgent canse. He asserted That that Il II
e9ne'ttat0 H. y,n meaIqss 3om nlea e PROPOSED
Which 0,nonnc,1 % fhen hs ~ goSe,nmSn S hnsS ana
queens cabne tbotorshy sA aaS q bee eee
'f M Eupd a1, would never have
,rooi tntcntnnp ~ 1ba snRgesaons' anu me
Broke down With thc m 81 tte ononnc in,
Et!y Ist!y, and nc lre1nent succession Of SO many
nssa ee uu ta %ta an5 chance Of those meas
VEN %rnt on rom bad TO worse IN the West India
Gorenment m 'aG af,cr o. tae rEov1sona
VICE. IL prssenee OF c eveots VSes
Mtre MITE, rePonea Pn,S from these provinces, the
iIans iIs.ets eethouGht themselves Of eendlng out 70
knoWn for feee b5 2, a,gh m repqW tnaice vel
NV ta !9r s M!sn 70 see them applied 70 those COLO
the tes, unI WIG. upnu n5lns inc experiment found
- t1sNst "sA tA4eL AoaAAG Ps1ssiouS kllAL
s snsI sstha a9nnst Mm tnose Sery liberties OF
mulEn he NY oeen laslshlaR, anu compelled him
70 WNnuta% !nem, ana to provide for the paclnca-
uo1 OF tho 1siand by other means.
LOIS = tne case 1of the Spanish Government,
u nushcI1 Tue CuDans might urge that the up
p!nil1eu., anu sllll more the salltuR, Of General
nuce !ol 1s esll1nlon vas, owing partly to that
mon,hg o3tcr ~ put % for several
nlon1As iules tne CAdH movement, and Whep- con-
setiuents me Gnnan instruction had already
s1ueu aueu rlopoluons as gnee the rebels promise
o. q compete triumph, and thus made them una
tns enape 70 any tes that together With Ducc
tne illHo'uent Alnlslef OK tue Colonies, Senor
&c &c hyaia, sent 10 Cuba perfect shoal Of hungry
ulacialA many Or them men Of notonously
Don ehnracter, whose landing at Haynnn
struc9 the Inhabitants as q PROOF OF
ne governments Intention to follow ont
Ine noncy o. Their predecessors and to look upon
enc M fcari ol me antilles ns rich pasture for
y necuy aaventufefs from tho mother country to
6a1iGn 3a1rd ana faiten upon The C1lans moreover
~ fn, 'nGs wy uecEces Q! General nulce dtu not
~ ~ hn.ont % tair extension to the colonIsts
o't,,, I ~ M!iGn cpanihfus IN tho PcnlnsuA
t. ~ ~ acloaclfesi Lnat thc press WAS Rub-
Es ~ ~ sSnatious !esttlctlons, bnu tue electoral
t taM e~alllus1eu ~ tne fahcntse On terms which
I'M I'M oseu iounA lntoleraole IN the Penin-
sa.s t ytslo betotes and lnat IN ehort7 under
uteleHCe pl nou!iSlnX Spanish institutions