The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-06

ration, which have induced the Government of
the United States to take this step, besides
the cause for which the Cubans O. @ so gallant
" contSnding, besides their prospects of sue.
cess. The once enormous tr,dc ~, ,,o,r,.b-
imG commerce me Of nr"s, ,.rous island M have been
entire country Is rapidly becoming
| n waste; the wealthy plantations, the sources
of n vast revenue. lie Idle and are dcpopulatcd;
| many OF them have been conflscated upon
| mere suspicion, and their proprictors cXilcd to
Fernando Po; estates rich In cattle have been
seized upon and the mansions put to the
citizens have cmIgiutcd; the bono and sinew
! of the country, the young men, the pride Of q
happy State, are being destroyed In fruitless
contest on one side for possession, and so much
| tury to restore what has ruthlcssly been de-
stroyed within the last twelve months. The
continuation of such q course civilization and
more than oil others profess to love
liberty and ore close nelghbors Of the
Cubans, are so loud and united in their
demands, that their government dare not much
longer hesitate upon q course human
ity declares should have been adopted
long ago. That the American Government has
hesltatcd, and refrained from Intervention
hitherto, is because 1t hoped to hear that ne
gotiations were being made toward reconciia-
ton, that Spain could be led to see the fruit-
lessness of continuing the desperate warfare;
It remained neutral because the American peo-
pie loved and respected Spain, and had regard
for International obligations and the traditional
comfy That had existed between the two coun-
the Cubans shared this comity, good feeling
and frlenship that the American Govern
ment and people entertained for Spain, that
something. is due their Cuban friends; some
in america for Cuba. The Instincts of the
American people for the cause Of liberty can
not he suppressed, and 1t is now too evident
that the government must succumb to the pop
n q
assemblies.
Great as Spain is, powerful as she may be,
she is further off than ever from the consum-
nation Of her hopes: Her treasury is depict
cd, the country has been taxed to tho utmost
IN the vain effort to suppress the rebellion,
and 1t fs impossible to maintain the struggle
any longer. Tho time is, therefore, near when
the Government of the United States must ex-
ercse the duty that humanity, civilization, the
century, Justice to the cause 1t processes, i'm
pose upon 1t.
dispose of the Cuban question honorably and
SATISFACTORILY TO Spanlards, Cubans and the
world The people Of Cubn demand liberty;
the the, progress they have made shows that they
and others desire that Cuba should be annexed
to the United States. The American Govern
ment oilers to open negotiations toward asccr-
aa'lg tanning the wish Of the Cuban people # they
States Is In duty bound to follow the course of
Peru and the South American republics. If
the Cubans desire to be annexed to the United
States, the American Government is willing to
purchase the island from Spain for sum of
money hereafter to be agreed upon. What
ever decision the Spanish Government may
arrive at, if it persists in prosecuting the war
lt must be done on humane principles, for hu-
manity demands 1t. It is In kindly spirit
that have laid these facts before you. I have
written frankly, as soldier should write to
military power, and as am representative
Of the Government of the United States and
OF the entire American people, had failed In
my duty had written otherwise.