The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-17

we are led to believe they may be by this time,
OF few well-drilled batteries of field artillery,
the end cannot be far off.
In addition to the sources of revolutionary
strength which we have already mentioned,
some account should be taken of possible defec-
tion from the Spanish regulars, whose hearts, il
is well known, are not in their work. The
Cubans have, moreover, another great ally,
whose advent must be close at hand-the Justly
dreaded UOnLitO.
AMERICAN SYMPATHY FOR THE CUBANS.
From the ". Y World.
s.. far as our observation and our sources of
information enable us to Judge, there is no diff
ference of sentiment among the American people
respecting the claims of the patriotic Cubans to
our friendly sympathy in their revolt against
Spanish rule and their aspirations for independ-
ence. The warm interest felt by our citizens in
every people struggling for liberty and self
government is so spontaneous, so irrepressible
and hearty that it needs no stimulating ON the
part of the press The World has not felt it to
be its duty, therefore, to join in the passionate
and gushing demonstrations of some forward
people among us who court notoriety by parad
ing their zeal for the Cuban cause. The World
sincerely wishes to see the inhabitants of Cubo
relieved from the misrule under which they have
SO long suffered; but 1t is too
truly their friend to applaud and urge
them on in an attempt which is almost certain
to result in disappointment We have no doubt
that Cuba is destined, sooner later, to become
a part of the United States We have no faith
in the ability of the Cuban people to establish
nJ,
arc of opinion that the present time is not well
selected for its Incorporation into the Union.
Ii the present movement Is to fail, as we have
no doubt 1t Will, its consequences will be purely
mischicvous. While it lasts, it interrupts the
industry of the island and when it ends, it will
leave upon the Spanish authorities an impress
sion of insecurity which will cause them to main
| tain larger military force and a more jealous
| surveillance than would have been otherwise
! thought necessary; and the Spanish Government
will reimburse itself for the additional expense
| by adding to the oppressive taxes imposed upon
| the Cuban people. 1t is not sufficient iustfca-
| ton OF rebellion that the people have good
| reasons for detestmg the authorities against
| which they rebel they must also have tOlerable
| chances of success. Without foreign assistance
| the Cubans have no chance at all; and if our
| Government enfOrces the neutrality laws, the
| volunteer aid which they will receive from the
| United States will merely prolong an abortive
| struggle, which must end in final defeat.
| The strong spontaneous sympathy manifested
| by our people for the Cuban patriots will no
more benefit them, unless our Government de-
| clares in their favor than English sympathy for
| the Coniederates in our late civil war benefited
them. The English manifestations only red the
Contederates with delusive hopes, and encOu-
| ragged them to protract n desperate struggle
until they were exhausted and ruined. If the
English Government had actively intervened,
the scale would have been turned in their favor,
as the active Intervention of our Government
in behalf of the Cubans would assure them a
speedy triumph. But it is certain that our Gov
assistance, and equally certain that they cannot
succeed without it,
The lively interest and cordial good wishes of
our people convey no assurance of the success
of q cause which enlsts their sympathes. When
kossuth visited this country the enthusiasm of
our people baZed out in wild plaudits; but
their demonstrations were of no avail in pro-
noting Hungarian Independence. The Patriot
War" in Canada, the Lopez expedition to Cuba,
the Walker expedition to Central America, are
other examples within the recollection of men
not yet old, of the lruitlessness of that kind of
ettervescinG sympathy. IL is crcditable to the
uECalculating generosity of our citizens that
they INDUCED it, but everybody perceiyes how
destitute of value it was to the people in whose
behalf IL was displayed
Cuban independence would be dclusOn eX-
ccpt prelude TO the annexation of the island
to the United States; and the time is not yet ripe
for annexation. Before our civil war, its ac-
| QUESTION would have been worth all the money
| our Government ever offered for it, But It
would be ineXpedent to purchase it now, even
| if Spain were disposed TO sell it. The island
| will constantly decline in value until it becomes
ours, and we ought to regard it as a shrewd
| merchant does in relation to goods in a falling
| market. Slavery in Cuba cannot long survive
| its abolition in the United States; and neither
Spain nor the Cubans themselves can reconstruct
the industry of the island on the basis of free
! labor. After the abolition of slavery, il VIII
| become. in the hands of Spain another
| Jamaica; and will never recover its pros
| perity until it is annexed to the United
| States Its diminished value will render Spain
| less unwilling to part with it, and enable us TO
acquire it without paying a large pecmiary
! eouiyalent After its annexation the rundown
sugar estates will be purchased by enterprlsing
| American citizens and the emigration to the
island of large numbers of our Southern negroes
! will supply laborng population more indusrri-
Gus and 'tractablc than the emancipated slaves of
| the island Our negroes are not so fresh from
| Africa ms a large part of those in Cuba. They
| are more civilized and better Injured to regular
| labor After the South has fully organized its
! industry and its coored population has become
accustomed to steady labor for wages, the
! proportion of emigrant negroes will
| be the most successful managers
| of the Cuban sugar estates; and the new
proprietors will supply the lacking political
! talent necessary for the government Of the
! island as a free republican State. We do not
| of (,,Io H.,