The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-16

termining the course to be adopted on
The demand thgs made for the recogni
ton of bellgerency, the liberal and
peaceful principles adopted by the Faith
er of his Country, and the eminent states
men of his day, followed by succeeding
Chief Magistrates and the men of their
day, may furnish safe guide to those Of
rs now charged with the direction ana
control Of the public safety. From 1889
20 1915 the dominant thought of our
statesmen was to keep the Uniced States
ont of the wars which were devastating
Europe. The discussion of ques ions Of
neutrality begins with the state papers
of Mr.. Jefferson, when he was Secretary
Of State. He shows that they were meas !
ures of national right as we'll as national
duty, that misguided individual citizens
cannot be favored in making war accor-
ding 20 their own caprice, passions and |
Interests or foreign sympathy y that che
agents or foreign governments, recog |
nized or unrecog lized, cannot be per-
mitted to abrse hospitality by usurpino
the functions of enlisting, or. equiping
military or naval forces within our terrific
ry. Washington inluguraJed the policy |
Of neutrality and of absolute separation
from all foreign entangiiug, which resul-
| ted, in 1894, in the frs municipal enact |
ment for the observance of neutrality. |
| The dGty Of opposition to tilabnstering
has been admitted by all the Presidents 1t
has been one OF the constant cares Of the
Government of the United States to pre-
vent pratIca expeditions against the
feeble South American republics
| fromleavidg our shores In mol
country are men wanting for any enter
prise that holds out the promise of ven.
ture " gsin.
In the early days Of our National exist
/ ence tie whole continent of America.
outside of he Quilted States, aud all its
islands, were colonel dependents on Eu-
ropean powers. The revolutions which
from 1910 spread almost Simultaneously
t ir6ughout the Spanish colonies, Am r.
Can contir ent resulted in tie establish
ment Of new states, like ourselves, of En-
ropean origin, AMI interested ia exclud
Ing European politics and the question
Oft dynasty and the balance of power
fiom further Influence in the New World.
/ The American policy Of neutrality, i'm
portaut before, becomes doubly so from
the fact that it becomes applicable to the
new republic as we'll as TO the mother
country. 1t then devolves upon us to de
termine the great international question
at what time and under what circumstan
ces to recognize new power as entitled
t place among the family of natious,
as well as the question of the attitude to
be observed by this government toward
tue lnsurrectlonry party pending the
contest.
Mr.. Monroe conciseiy expressed the
rule which has controlled the action Of
this Government with reference to Il
country pending its struggle, by saying
that as SOON as the Government assumed
such steady and consistent form to make
the success of the province probable, the
rights TO which they were entitled by
the laws OF nations as equal parties TO a
civil war were extended to them Strict
adherence to this rule has been one of
the highest honors of American states
! menShlp, and baa secured to this Govern.
menl the confidence of the feeble powers
OF this continent, and which inclined
them to rely on its friendship in the alb
scence Of all Signs Of conquest, and to-
hook 20 the United States for example
and moral projection. 1t has given to
this Government position of prominence
and OF influence which it should not alb
dictate. but which imposes on it the most
delicate duties OF right and honor regarding
i American questions, whether those questions
effect emanclpated colonies, or colonies still
subject TO European dominion.
/ The question Oh belligerency is one of fact
MOI TO be decided by sympathy or prejudice
against ei her party The relations between
the parent state and insurgents must amount
In TACT to war, according to international law,
though fierce and protracted fighting does
not alone constitute war There must be
military forces acting in accordance with the
rules and customs of war flags of truce, ex.
change of prisoners, &C., &C., and to Justify
4 q recognition % beilgerency there must be-
Eaoove al, de facto political organization of
the Insurgents sufficient in character, and re-
sources to constitute; II eft to itself. state
among the nations capable of discharpine
i the duties of a state ana meeting the lust re-.
sponSlbillties II may incur as such toward
other powers.
In the discharge OF my national duties ap.
plying the best information which | have
been able to gather, whether from official or
unofficial sources. including the Very exagger-
aled statements which each party gives 20 all
that may prejudice the opposite or give credit
TO It's own slde.0f the questisn, am unable
to see In the present condition of the contest.
IN Cuba those elements which are REQUISITE
to constitute war in the sense of information
allaW. The insurgents hold no town or city.
i have no established seat of Government.
rhey have no prize courts, no organizations
for receiving or collecting revenue, no sea.
port to which prize may be carried or
through which access can be had by foreign
power to the limited interior Territory and
mountain fortres, es which they occupy The
existence of legislature Representing any
popular constituency is more thsn doubtful
insitS certainty There IS no probable evil
dence Of an election oiany delegate authori
ties, or OF any government outside the limits
OF the camps occupied from day to day by
moving companies OF insurgents There
Is no commerce; no trade, either inland or
foreign and no manufactures The late
] cOmnander.in-chief OF the insurgents ha VIM