The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-03
CUBA AND NEW SPAIN.


supremacy, seems not TO be moderated b,
the consideration that the revolution now i
progress received its inspiration and prove
cation from wrongs perpetrated by defuuc
government, aud that the new governmer
now being formed for Spain and now secur
ly established is to be constitutional 90
eminent, with provisions for the security q
the rights and liberties Of persons alm1s
idsnhcaly like those contained in the Bil
Of Rights which forms the groundwork o
the constitutions Of the American States.
Another peculiar feature Of Cuban sym.
patty is found 10 the fact that there IS IN
many Of those most gushing Of IT. d'sPoS''
ton to hold England to the siretest account
ability for any moral or material aid extend
ed to the condolences during our late war
on the ground. too that such countenance
violation of international law. Il is
the duty Of those who are solicitors for the
nations honor, to see to it that the current
Of public sentiment as it runs in the press
and in our public assemblies shall be right
and consistent II we have been wronged
by England, this fact, 50 far from furnishing
US al excuse, should estop US from wrong.
ing Spain, so long as We complain Of Eng.
lands wrong. Il We caa not afford to be
right, under all circumstances, as well
when our bull has gored somebody's OK, as
when somebody's bull has gored our OK, let
US at least try to be consistently wrong
which, in the estimation Of the world is a
good apology for being in error.
1t is reliably stated that Mr.. Roberts, the
Spanish minister at Washington, has de
e.ared that it is not part Of the policy o
the new Spanish government to hold Cubs
as dependency, but that il is to be recon
s;ructed into "a province or two aud endowc.
with the same rights possessed by otLe
parts oil the Spanish dominious in respect Il
taxation, representation in the Cortez ant
the power Of selfgoyernment 10 local affairs
Referring TO some Of the prominent feature,
Of the situation Of Cuba and our relation
with 1t, the New Orleans Ptcayme prescntt
some well.cOnsidered views, which we think
will repay perusal, aud we therefore transfer
them to our columns:
We have denied to all other government.
the right to IHq uire into the subjects Of dis
he k.-
portion OF ~ dlsahected people; and We
have assumed the absolute rights Of all SOY
erelgus to reduce disaHection by force Of
arms; aud We have made it to DO an nhront
and an injury for any foreign government or
any Of its people to counteuauce directly or
indirectly the attempts at revolution, which
aim to take away any part Of the territory Of
another nation tor the purpose Of erecting
independent states therein. Our doctrine
has been that such attempts at revolution
are always criminal, or at least to DO regard
ed by other nations with total abstinence
from assistance, US completely as though
thy we're criminal, until they have achieved
complete success. We have dismissed In
our practices all consideration OF the politi-
ca morality IN people of attempting to
overthrow government when they believed
It has ceased to protect them, and become
an engine ofappression. Ours has been the
dogma OF the absolute right Of soycreigus
whether kings, emperOrs, or ma jorites in
u repubic-to be unimpeded in the.,suppres,
SION Of insurrecton, 1t IS this which has
brought US to the very verge Of war with
England, on the ground that she proved her !
self an enemy 10y not REFRESHING exhibitions
OF sympathy adverse to our Government IN
our domestic struggle. 70 excuse depar
ture from this rule Of Judgment it needed
Il case Of extraordinary oppression and sui
iering, such as coald be made out of Cuba
helpless, and suffering under tyrants, against
whom humanity would cry aloud and be
heard, IN spIte Of conventional rules Of pol.
itcaI PrudeTy. Such case Cuba might |
have been worked up TO be, with skill |
lul arrangement, when Cuba was |
under the DID, detestabIo regime: but it will |
IAN altogether when Spain, under a new 20. |
hucai dlspensauon, with new. progressive
and liberal IDEAS, offers Cuba the complete
abolition Of the practices against which
they have risen, and Of the sources out Of
which they arose, and proposes new rea.
TONS which make restoration OF the old
evils impossible in any future. In that
event, too, the partisans of aggression in
this country will be disarmed Of their chief
arguments for interference on humanitarian
and sentimental grounds, and there will re.
main only for them the assertion Of naked
right, or more properly the bold iusuGca.
ton OF the naked purpose to foster and en-
pIoy instructions in neighboriDg countries
as the means for advancing our own bounda.
RES, and asserting our right to possess the
continent and the islands thereof Ii as.
sumes that, it being our Manifest Destiny to
own all that Is next to US, which It may be
convenient for US 10 have, it is our clear
right to execute, and at our own time with |
our own hands, this decree in our favor, of |
Providence which helps those who help |
themselves, and which licenses rs TO read |
the rule Of national morality, that We may
Go unto others, to their great harm and for
our own good, that which we will not per.
nit others to DO unto us.
We do not know that the public recogni. |
ton by Spain of these liberal PURPOSES to-
wards Cuba would in any way affect the
action Of the Cuban sympathizers, who have
gone into the business most ardently. They
care for Cubans less than they are proyi
DEBT for themselves; and, more than they
want peace and good government on the
island, want there negro state or two to
help them keep up the mongrel domination
which rules now at Washington and want
the fertile fields aud wealthy cities Of Cuba
for the c8rpetbag emigration which, having
swarmed over these southern states and de-
voured their substance like an army Of Io
Gusts, wants TO overflow into the coffee and