New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-09
THE CUBAN REVOLUTION.
SUFFRAGE AND ABOLITION.
ITRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
HAVANA. Ian. s

Inr,l reyolutionist denying all government Una. Is
-, .,,,sooront npon the revolution, and remarklng
the absurdity of chastsing in Cuba the oIenS' u
treason. The reserve of the Captain OeheIal do Z"
these ronts fills it with logical satisfaction. ANU
ther paper the Republican Contention, eXpahuS SUN
of the foregoing ideas with refreshing ireedoih' W"
are all ins,rrectioniss The Provisional GoVerihen'
Is iusurrectonary Gen. Dulce is an lnsurgeht; Co'
nodes is another PersonifcatiOns OF the "oIst "os
ma of instruction, the torpid SlaVeOcratS arc lS"
cent too and the free abolitonistS such as we PIo
claim ourselves are also insurectlonary To-Day VIC
.r. oil insurgents in common. Live the insur-
ceptsw The logical perpexity of the Spanish pro
,,r,mme is wcll-hinted in these few words. Revou-
o further figures in the title Of paper just issued
tbo most noticeable article of which is headed Down
With the Jesuitso 1t relates that the Jesuits were
introduced here as the vigorous instruments OF reac
o, Inv Gen. Concha y that they are 1.-The soldiers OF
or,;l;iia having neither faith nor law" and are
working mischief to the island This article is per-
r.. ol,Iiopelv aimed at the Bishop of Havana,
,'ioto reunited of great capacity for intrigue, ana
who. although the first to recognize ana greet the
revolution in Spain, has received the adverse CRU
cism of his fellow-cOuntrymen. La fTehSa Is 'he
organ Of the Bishop and the Jesults, ana receives
blows from all quarters The PreRSa Is lnVuiner"oe
o,.s the DabJo Cojueio) because it is unreadabe. IL
hotter Joke 1t was said that when the Spaniards
nd n leave tho island they would leave it mass of
charcoal. Well" said Nestor Ponce. editor OF
Fe,lqd, haven't you brought enough Of that
already p meaning the negroes.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has at last sent us
the law of elections. He remarks in his preamble
that political and social Illustrate the estao-
lshment of complete and universal suffrage IN the
islands and that it is impossible to pass from night
INTO day without intermediate twilight. Slavery
makes difficult he observes the absolute exercise OF
political rights and public liberties-that is to say
what the Cubans have found out Slavery makes
Slavery lie believes that this principle cannot exist
reasonably with its opposite and condemnatory pTln-
ciple Liberty Therefore, he is at least disposed to
suggest that Slavery shall undergo certain kind of
abolition, and thatIthis and other reforms shall
march shoulder 70 shoulder to their end and aim.
The document is not strong one, and it must be
regretted that up to date it is all the fruit yielded
out of SPANS great opportunity. The electoral law
provides that Cuba shall have IS Deputies in the
Constituent Assembly, and that Puerto Rico
shall have H. Each of these islands will
be divided into three demonstrations, and these
again will be divided INTO Electoral Districts which
shall be made up of ayuntamientos, each ayunta-
mientO having its sections In order 10 be an eector
OF voter one must be Spanish native of p years at
least and pay taxes Of various kinds to the amount
Of $2j II is not sufficient that father shall pay this
tax for his household; every voter must have paid
the tax for himself Besides those comprised in this
rule, doctors, lawyers clergymen, otfice-holders,
officers OF the army, navy, and militia chiefs of In
dusria and commercial establishments or their rep
Iosentatives, professors masters, and-wOnderful
TO relate-"painters OF sculptors who may have OBJ
tanned premiums in the national international ex
Positions" shall have the right to vote Your art
critic may have reason TO inveghagainSt the stupid
y Of the provision for the established snubbng and
corruption Of art, but for the present let pass.
Among the exceptions of the law criminals, inca
pab,es public debtors, and bankrupts. portion of
the Penirsular law which is appended to it to
explain of these exceptions marks out as in
eligible army officers and the Governments civil
authorities in the provinces, and the Cuban pro-
visions extend the exceptions to alcaldes and sub
alcaldes. Officials and employees of the Government
who exercise their charges in Madrid can, however
be elected deputies to the COrtes; and Cuba if she
VII may ST are her deputies the expense and trouble
o. a voyage 20 Spain. Whatever is vicious in this
provision is intimately related to those intensely
ta'iziDg intrigues which have especially distln-
gusLed Spanish government Madrid is Spain +;
Madrid has been and would like to be Cuba also /;
Madrid is for Madrid. Obviously, those who have
planned the elections of Cuba intend to carry the
island for Spain and the Spaniards The Bourbon
avelolder has pledged purse, and It'll full Cuban
public opinion asserts that by agency of board
of uegTO-traders in Madrid, sent there to react he
has bought over Don AGelardo Lopez de Ayala, the
Foreign Minister, and 50 cheated Spain out of her
great opportunity to put the cause of Emancipation
beyond the danger of reaction. Yet there are some
pcrpexed questions in which it is thought Pro-
yisona Spain i very willing TO be swndled or con-
tiGered swindled. The Electoral law charges the
entire Spanish Government of the Island with
rs fulflmen.. Spain is yet to appoint the
day for vu.ing the Captain. General may
stop tue G. ctions as he pleases; Spaniards
y Il register all the votes. Furthermore, the SIS
citrss will favor the publican and rich sinner
OF the expense Of the honest and toiling native
Cubans mas pay taxes, but cannot buy their votes
for less than s25, which amounts TO an exclusion of
large boly Of capable supposed to be on the
native side 10y odds. Quacks and pettifoggers may
vote freely, but not the honest mechanic Is years
If age, VINO cannot afford to pay $25 This
is no law which the Shareholders are said
10 have bought from Don Adelardo for the
pur os5 OF electing Spanish rule, by means of
SpG.i5i machinery, to be again over Cuba The
CUb&'S dislike and cOntomn the law all the more
because 1t inopporsunely appeared on the day
alter tie fliianueva massacre. BY party and press
they declare their indispositon- more pur-
poSe-not 10 vote under the Spanish machine 1--WE
believe t'at al Cubans ought to abstain from vot-
ing" says one of the most important of their organs
After what occurred in 1857 with the last deputies
who were sent to represent u.s. must perceive that
dignity eounsels the policy of withdrawal The
newspaper Of the Capuchins quotes these phrases
non The Cubans-" No Depnties~ 1--WE do not want
Them " No representation p ut is now very late
Experience has something to serve us, and we
10Th mt IN,