The New York herald., 1870-06-14
WASHINGT0
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Rich Developments in American
Diplomacy.
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The Manner Of Negotiating Treaties in
81. Domingo.
The Presidents Message on the
Conflict in Cuba.
Strong Grounds Against Cuban
Belligerency.
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MORE LAND GRABS ATTEMPTED.
MORE LAND GRABS ATTEMPTED.
The Naturalization Bill Rushed
Through the House.

WASHiNdTJN, JUNO 10, 1871
The Message or the President on Cuban AZ
fairs.
The President sent the following message to the
two houses Of Congress to-day
To THE SENATE AND House OF REPREs ENrArIvEs:-
Mn my annual message to Congress, at the begin
ming OF Its present session. +reerred TO the contest
which had then for more than year, existed IN the
and the government OF Spain, and to the feelings
and sympathes OF the people and government OF the
peoples struggling for liberty and selrgoyernment,
and said that the contest has al no time assumed
the conditions which amount to war in the sense or
international law, or which would show the exist
ence Of de JactO political organization OF the in
surgents sufficient TO justify arecogcnition oil bell.
gerency. During the six months which have passed
since the date OF the message the condition OF the
insurgents has not improved, ana fife insurrccioa
itsef although not subdued, exhibits no signs OF
advance, but seems to be confined to an irregular
system OF hosti!ities carried on by small and lily
armed bands OF men, roaming, without concentra-
regions OF the island, attacking irom ambush con-
v0ys and small bands OF troops, burning plantations
and the estates Of those not sympathlzng with tner
cause.
But II the insurrecton has not gained ground Il is
equally true that Spain has not suppressed it. Gil
mate disease and the occasional bullet have worked
destruction among the soldiers OF spain, ana
although the Spanish au horites have possession of
every seaport and every town on the Island they
have not been able 10 subdue the hostile feeling
which has driven considerable number Of tile na-
tive inhabitants OF the island to armed resistance
dangers and privatons Of the roaming life OF
guerilla. On either side the contest has been con-
Quoted and is still carried on with lamenable dis
regard OF human life and o. the usages and practices
which modern civilization has prescribed ia mitlaa-
lion Of ihe necessary horrors OF war. The torch OF
Spaniard and Cuban are alike busy ia car
Tying devastation over fertile regions Mug-
derous and revengeul DEGREES are issued
keda and Colonel Bolt On ihe part OF spain
have each startled humanity and aroused the indIg,
nation OF the civilized World py the execution each
D. "a
sada, the Cuban chief, cooly ana with apparent u-
consciousness OF aught else than proper act, has
admitted the slaughter, by his own deliberate ORDER
ia one uay Of upwards OF 600 prisoners Oi war. A
summary trial, with few, IL any, escapes from
wcion w ioowed py immediate eXesaton y tne late
deity to the cause OF the party making the arrest
whatever may be tae synpathles Of the people or OF
Objects Tor which a part o. the peo-
PIE Of Cuba are understood TO have put
themselves in armed resistance to tle governml nt
OF SPAIN there can be no just sympathy lsl coii-
ict carried on by both parties alike III suca baiDai
Gus violation OF the rues OF civilized nations ana
Win such continued 0utrageS upon the planest prin-
ciples Of humanity We caunor discriminate In our
censure Of their mode OF conducting tn contest be-
tween The Spantards and the Cubans. Each cCmnlit
the same atrocities, ard outrage alike the. estao-
jisheu rules OF war. Tne property OF many OF our
citizens has been destroyeu or enoareoed ihe lives
Oi several have been sacrificed. and the liberties OF
others have been restrained In every that has
come to the knowledge OF the government an early
ard earnest demand Tor repara;iOn ana Indemnity
has been made, and most emphatic fenonstrance
has been presented against the manner in which the
ST. fe IS conducted aud against the reckless disre-
gard OF human llie the wanton destruction Of mats
rial wealth and the cruel disregard Vi tne estab-
iisned rules OF civilized warfare.
J have since tile beginning OI the present session
or Congress communicated to the House OF Repre-
seniatives, at ter request account OF The steps
which nad taken IN the nope OF bringing tins sad
Cuba the blessings and the right OF independent
seHgovcrnment. The EFFORTS thus made failed; but
not without OH assurance from spain that the good
Offices OF tals government might still avail for the
Oh ects to which they had been addressed.
During the Wn0.e contest The remarkable exhibit
tion has been made or large numbers oil Cubans es.
Gaping from the island and avoiding the risks Of
war, congregatng in this country at safe distance
war from our own shores, TO urge our people into
tAe fight which they avoid ana to emDroli This gov
eminent win n sa, snn oJnoe ~ ho
that this last result is the real object OF
these parties although carefully covered under
The deceptive and apparently plausible demand for
a mere recognition Of begerency. II Is stated, on
what have reason to regard as good authority that
Cuban bonds have been prepared TO large amount,
whose payment is made dependent upon the recog-
milton by the United States OF either CUBAN Dei.
gerency or independence. The OBJECT OF making
Their value thus entirely contingent upon he action
OF this government Is subject Tor serious re!ec-
lion. In determining the course to 6e adopted on
the demand thus made for q recognition Of belll.
gerency, the LIBERAL and peaceful principles adopted
Dy the Father OF HIS Country and tle eminent states
men oil his days followed by succeeding Chief Mags-
trates and the men OF their day, may furnish safe
guide to those OF us now charged With the direction
and control Of the public safety From 1859 to 1915
the dominant thougnL OF our statesmen wa TO keep
the United States out Of the which were devas-
tating Europe The discussion Of measures OF neu-
traJy begins with the State papers OF Mg. Jefferson,
when he was secretary OF state. He shows that
they are measures OF national right as well as OF
national duty; that misguided individual citizens
cannot be tolerated In making war according TO
their own caprice passions anu Interests or foreign
sympathes; that the agents OF foreign governments,
recognized or eannot be per-
the functions OF enlisting or equippmg military
or naval forces within our territory. Wash.
ington inaugurated this policy OF neutrality
and OF absolute abstinence rom all foreign
eDtangling alliances which resulted In 1894
In the lrst municipal @ enactment for me .observ.
niibustering has been admitted by every President.
Washington encountered the efforts OF Genet and the
Mieranda; Jefferson the schemes OF Aaron Burr;
Madison and subsequent Presidents had TO deal with
tae question Of foreign enlistment or equipment in
Quincy Adams 1t has been the constant care OF the
government In the United States TO prevent platcal
expeditions against the feeble South American re-
publics from leaving our shores.
In no country are men wanting for any enterprise
that holds out promise OF adventure or gain. In Che
early days OF our national existence the whole Con-
tinent OF America outside OF the United States and
its Islands, were colonial dependencies upon Euro
pean Powers. The revolutions which, from 1slO
spread almost simultaneously throughout the Span
ish-Amertcan continental colonies, resulted in the
o. m m
politics and the question OF dynasty and OF balances
OF power from further influence in the New World.
the American policy OF neutrality, important before.
became douhly SO from the fact that II became ap
Tlicable TO the new republics as well as
to the mother country. 1t then devolveu upon
us TO determine the great international question: at
what time and under what circumstances to rec0g-
nize new power as entitled to place among the
family Of nations as Well as the preliminary ques-
tlon or the attitude to be observed by this govern
Inent towards the insurrectionary party pending
the contest. MI. Monroe concisely expressed the
rule which has controlled the action Of this govern
ment with reference to revolving country pending
its struggle by saying:-"As soon as the movement
make the success Of the provinces probable, the
rights to which they were entitled by the laws OF ma
lions as equal parties to civil war were extended
20 them.r
The strict adherence to this rule of public policy
has been one OF the highest honors OF American
6Iatesmansffp and has secured TO this government
the confidence OF The feeble Powers ofths continent
and which inclined them to rely upon Its friend.
snip. in the absence oil all signs OF conquest and to
look TO the United states ior example and moral