The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-02-10
THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS.
senator MORTON's APPEAL FOR
THE RECOGNITION OF CUBA.

A Partial and Unjust Law Under which
Aid is Given Exclusively to the Slave
Traders Of spain-Remo odeIlins the SUI
prrme Court-Ths Representatives on
the Congregational Globe Nuisance.
Mr.. MoRros (Rep., Ind.) addpcssd the Senate
upon the bill making II a misdemeanor to 81 out
equip ships OF war, or to SELL or furnish nrms or
munitions OF war with intent that they shall be
ploycd in tho service OF any foreign prince or State
TO commit hostilities against the people OF any
province, district colony who arc In q state OF
armed insurrecton against such foreign prince or
State and providing for tile forfeiture OF such ship
or vessel MIR. Morton ssid that Spain had lately
fitted out In the lisrbor OF New York thirty gun.
boats, and publicly enlisted crews for them In the
streets OF that city for the avowed purpose Of
suBJuGAriSo rBE PEOPLE or cuBA
to her rue-the most Gespotic and nbuman known
to modern times. We had knowingly furnished
ships and sailors to pu, down the effort OF neigh
boring people, with whom we were on the most
friendly terms and enjoyed the most intimate CONNER.
cinl relations, who were struggling TO free them
selves from military despotism Of cruel and cfete
nation, separated from them by q broad ocean. lie
proposed to amend statutes that these things
should not be repeated by authority OF law. lie
held that nation should feel bound to administer
prctcntcd rule law Of nations, when so to do
would be to inhict great
INJUSTICE, cRuELrr, AND DESTRUCTION.
upon large OF people, and cited ffom various
authorities upon international Law In support OF his
between an stempt at revolution OF q colony
forming an integral part ofa Kingdom and . like
attempt on the part OF a distant colony. and re-
marked the time had arrived to proclaim this
doctrine rs vindicited alike In reason and jus-
ticc. The allegations that when q nation took poe
colony there, such territory became part OF the
nation equally with Its former possessione, WAS
can toioncs OF England, France. and SPAN had
never been treated theoretically or practically ns
integral parts OF those Empires. 1t wass
uoRRiD nockrRY,
when tte Spanish Government affected TO treat
Cuba as part Of the Kingdom Of SDaln; when she
denied her rights under the Spanish Constitution
and treated her as n mere possession governed by
the will Of a despotle Captain. General. Without
mrsnng to assert that the United States should in
terfere by military force In behalf OF Cuba, he said
he would maintain that the United States should not
contribute, directly or Indirectly, TO uphold the
power OF spain over that island leaving out OF
view the question whether the present condition OF
Cuban AFFAIRS justified our
CONCESSION OF BELLrGKRgNr RioHrs
II was sunieient that we knew that . considerable
portion OF the people OF Cuba were Ia arhs 10
throw of the spanish yoke, and therefore II we
lie then called attention 70 the magni,uds of ths CON
tost In Cuba. and depicted its revolving incidents
ser,ing that war had been carried on with murder
revolution and Indicated that the Spanish character
had lost nothing OF the
ArRocIous AND SATANIC pARBAnisx
by which II was distinguished In the war in the
Netherlands. Our silence now VAS In marked con.
trast with our 'ormcr professions OF sympathy with
people struggling Tor liberty ana natural rights.
Moreover, the Cuban Insurgents were struggling to
abolish slavery, while Spain would perpetuatc that
institution in the island Viewing the Cuban ques-
tion from an American standpoint he said Cuba was
as entirely included In what was called
ruE MONROE DOCTRINE
as though she formed n part Of the mainland, and
policy, its retention by that power should depend
upon Spanish power and resourc ces exclusively. Her
continued possession was to be regarded by Us In
the hight OF suncrance, or toleraton, rather than
Mr.. Morton's blll and that OF Mr.. Howe, relative
to the neutral relations OF the United States were re-
ieIIed 10 the Committee on Foreign Relations
Mr.. 1RUsBULL Utep., III reported n substitute
for the House bill to admit Mississippi to rcprcscn.
tation The substitute declares simply without pre.
Rmble or conditions that the State OF Mississippi Is
entitled TO representation 10 Congress.
THE Air LINE RAILROAD.
Mr.. CHANDLER tRep. Mich introduced bill nu
thcrizing the construction Of frstc'ass railway
the COMPANY 10 be $1,000, ,OOl and providing for
rnilway and telegraph line from Washington 10 Pits
lurgh, 10 be called the Washington and NORTH.
Western Railroad and Telegraph Company; and for
a ra'lroad and telegraph line from Washington TO
Cincinnati, the PROV sions as TO the former company
bciug applicable TO all.
vision OF tie Laws, reported with amendments the
House bill extending time for revising and consol
dating the statutes OF the United States.
REVERSING THE SUPREME COURT DECISION.
Mr. WILSON, (Rep Mass) introduced a bill to in.
crease the nu nbcr OF the Judges the Supreme
Court and Circuit Court o; the United States aud to
establish boundaries OF the Judicial districts.