The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-06

ever has been before, and the demand
unab9ted.
The Herald blames Mr.. Boutwell,, who,
1t says, had he acted more promptly,
could have prevented much of the mis-
chief. The use OF the enormous re-
sources he holds in his hands would at
any time avert such evils. ''If," says
the Herald, "Mr. Boutwell, is not guilty
of winking at the schemes of the Wall
street gamblers, he is ignorant of what
he ought to know, and of his duty"
General Sicisics' Mote 30 the Spanish Go
vernment.
can Occasional Correspondent" of the
London Times, writing from Madrid on
September 18th. says:
General Sickles' note is o long docu-
ment, and, though couched in the most
respectful and oonsiderate language, is
full of reno nstrances and appeals which
are rarely seen in official comm nnica-
tions between friendly powers. With
some people there is nothing like plain
speaking, and the American Government
seems to have thought 30 Of the Spa
niards. for the note is iii reality dress.
ing gisuch as Spanish pride never received
before. I am not quite sure that it does
not go little too far in this respect, or
whether the Government at Washington
would have ventured similar note to
any other power but Spain. which she
knows in no position to resent it, consi-
dering the work she has now on hand in
Cuba, and the desperate state of public
affairs in the Peninsula.
SsGan Ci,G1,c nd C~o,>;o1>
Government of the scrupulous manner
in which the Government OF the United
States have hitherto observed the laws
of international neutrality, and of the
pains they have taken to put down and
prevent fillibustering, as proof of their
reluctance to On: barrass Spain in the ef-
fort to retain her ancient possession. He
argues that if they had acted upon recent
precedents laid down by some of the ma
tions of Europe, they would have recog-
nized the Cuban insurgents as belliger-
ents long ago, for the latter had managed
to resist for over eleven months all the
forces Spain had been able to bring
against them to reduce them to allegi
ance, and over which forces they had
gained at times some considerable sue
cesses. He hints at the fact that, with
two-thirds of the island in the power of
the revolters, they ought hardly to be
styled rebels or insurgents, but that they
ought to be looked upon as a people
struggling for their independence. He
alludes to the growing force of public
opinion in the States in favor of recog-
nition-an opinion the Govern ment may
find it impossible to restrain, &c
"But the most serious part of hfsnote
is his allusion to the manner in which
the war is and has for some time past
beon conducted. He condemns in strong
language the cruelties and barbarities Of
the military executions. always summa-
ry. and often without due inquiry. He
tells the Spanish Government that the
Cubans, even though they be in revolt,
are brave men struggling for freedo M
from thirty years of colonial misrnle, and
their treatment when the fortune of war
throws them into the hands of the go
vernmental forces, ought MOTTO be such
as to shock humanity, but such as befit-
ted the rulers of great country. He
cites the case Of American citizens, fire.
quently non-combatants, who on mere
suspicion have been executed, and parti-
cularly two who we're lately shot at San
tiago de Cuba without any form of trial
whatever. He suggests to the Spanish
Government that they should not be hard
with brave people, who are only trying
to do what Spain herself did on the Goth
of last September, namely: throw off q
yoke which had become irksome to her,
and for which the United States Govern
ment was the very first of all the other
Governments to recognize the revolution.
He speaks of the paralyzaLion of the
immense trade of the island of Cuba, in
which there are so many American inte-
rests involved, and hints at the continu-
ance of the war, with its waste and DESC
lation, leading to its complete and utter
destruction. All these considerations
seem to be forcing public opinion in the
States in the direction of bestowal of
belligerent rights on the Cubans, which
the Government may find themselves
unable to resist. He concludes by telling
them he speaks frankly, 'as soldier to
soldiers and trusts bis counsels will be
taken into consideration.
SIGNIFICANT PREPARATIONS AT THE
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD.-The iron-clad
Dictator and the steam frigate Severn
have been equipped and coaled, and are
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