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

ration which have Induced the Government aisa Oh
tSe United States to take this step, % oeslues
the cause for which the Cubans are so gaiiail.-
ly contending, besides their prospects OF sue
cess. The once enormous trade and hourlsn-
ing commelc ce of a prosperous island have been
ruined; the entire country is rapidly becoming
q waste; the wealthy plantations, the sources
of - 80 rnvenue, lie idle and are depoDulated;
manv Of them lis.e lsve. been contscate9 upon
many many susnicion us and then rropriet"s exed to
Farnsndo Po: estates rich v. ". cattle have been
seized uporl and the mansions put 10 u. tne
flames; industry is parayzed; many OF tie OeS.
citizens have emigrated the D0ne anu eiic"
of the country. the young men, the prlue;. p;.I y, q
happy State, are being DESTROYED IN ~ much
contest on one side for possession, anu ~ Nn"S
is Cuba impoverished that II nas. heo,, de-
stroved within the last twelve m0ntns. Ins
continuation of such course civllizatlon anu
the nresent enlightened age cannot per
NIT. NIT and the American people, VINO VINO
more than all others profess 70 1Se tR
liberty and are close neighooTs Oh the
demands, that their government dare not l mucn
LONGER hesitate upon course human,
~, declares should have been adopted
icnq ago. That the American Government has
hesffated. and refrained from intervention
hitherto. is because 1t hoped to hear that ne
rotiations were being made toward reconcilia-
lion. that Spain could be led to- see the fruit
lessness of continuing the desperate warfare
itremained neutral because the American peo.
ple loved and respected Spain, and had regard
for International obligations and the traditional
comfy that had existed between the two coun-
tries. But it must be remembered also that
the Cubans shared this comfy, good feeling
and frienship that the American Govern.
ment and people entertained lor SPAN, tnat
q, It,a ClIhQn friends. SOm6-
thing also is due to the widespread sympathy
In america for Cuba. The instincts OF the
American people for the cause of nperty can
mot he suppressed. and 1t Is now 100 evldenC
that the government must succumD 10 Inc pop
ular opinion as expressed In the press epa In
assemblies. -.
she is further off than ever from the consum-
nation of her hopes. Her treasury Is depict
ed. the country has been taxed to the utmost
in the vain effort to suppress the rebellion,
and it is impossible to maintain the struggle
any longer. The time Is, therefore, near wnen
the Government Of the United States must ex-
ercise the duty that humanity, CIVILIZATION, tne
century, Justice to the cause 1t processes, I'M
pose upon It.
The Government of Spain has yet time to
dispose Of the Cuban question honorably and
satisfactorily to Spaniards, Cubans ana tne
world. The people of Cuba demand noertyi
the progress they nave maue SHOWS tlia! 1iiey
will succeed. Some demand independence
and others desire that Cuba should be annexed
to the United States. The American Govern
ment offers to open negotiations toward ascer-
tanning the wish of the Cuban people. Il they
desire liberty-and independence, the United
States Is in duty bound to follow the course OF
Peru and the South American repuolics.
the Cubans desire to be annexed to the United
States, the American Government is willing to
purchase the island from Spain for a sum of
money hereafter to be agreed upon. What
ever decision the Spanish Government may
arrive at, If it persists in prosecuting the war
It must be done on humane principles, for hu-
manity demands 1t. It is An kindly spirit
that Ihaye laid these facts before you. ! have
written frankly, as soldier should write to a
military power, and as I am representative
of the Government Of the United States and
Of the entire American people, had failed In
my duty had written otherwise.