The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-10
The Republicans and Cuba.


The Republican State Convention, instead
Of following the contemplate advice of somc
b. .Ac organs OF ,hclr party to entirely ignore
oil foreign matters, devoted three Of the
eight resolutions in their platform to tho
expression Of their views upon tho affairs Of
other nations These three resolutions ara
a. follows:
R.soic,d. That N, rcpuhlcin' n The uniaa stttc,
oi dummy. aud lettl i.u win out Gcrnin hreth.
zen rGoClgr at Ne fht9fn yC.oiS' o t,g rail,r,
rNel Il punlc 10 raucc may oon establish lreo ia.
:. Bts.gol riaj We lal win nnmns Joy new
iSe. snG the s.iu destruction Of usurper3 claim to
Etsifod THAT We sincerely svnrahi7c with tie p,o.
pie OF Cuoa IN their struggle Tor liberty AGAINST ads
Iouc government, IN whose administration they nave
The most unsatisfactory Of these rcsolu
tons Is that relating 20 Cuba 1t is not only
too short in its language, but entirely too
short in its sentiment. Cuba is cur very near
noighlor Her struggle has now lasted for
Twenty three months. II was undertaken in
direct imitation Of the example Of the United
States. Unlike every ether revolution in
history, il began with proclamation of per.
feet liberty and equal rights for all. 1t de-
elared that tho half million slaves IN the
island should be FREQ, and that they should
have the full enjoyment of every civil and
political right. II ere is nothing in all the
pnrols Of mankind which Should command
the enthusiastic applause AMI cooperation,
moral if not practical, of every free people go
much as this revolt of the Cubans against
Spanish dcsvotism. against the slave trade,
ngains, slavery itself against all the con
lrivancos of political inequality oni social
oppression.
More than all thin now for nearly two
>,,srs the devoted people ofCuba have fought
md sr,"ssgel in behalf Of these great pr.n
cipIes and re.r"ru4. Without arms, without
military orrqn.zai:,H. without experience
either in war or in F'y;c;i. mont they have
maintained themselves August the most
desperate odds, against veteran army
against all tie accumulated wealth Of tnI
tlave-tInde.s OF Havana, against the Office.
holding Gris'ocrncy of Spain, against pow
crful array Of Spectators in the United
States,
All thcoo facts appeal especially to the
Republican party. That is the party Of
moral IDEAS; it il the party of universal
liberty; it is the party OF equal rights and
1t is the party which wiped out slavery in
nearly one half of this republic. Aud now
when Cuba, following the procedcnts Of this
Marty, attempts TO abolish slavery aud sccur.
mdercndoncc aud selfgoycrament for her
Uelf, counting on tn moral assistance of our
Republican Administration, the applicant is
brutelly turned out Of doors Ivy Gen GRANT
md his Cabin t. while they turn to positive
sympathy and ,r, otical lid and comfort 10 her
tyrauts. And the great Republican party Of
Tho EmI ire State, after Witnessing for nearly
two years this inconce,yable spectacle, think
90 sntisfy adj the eSigencies of the case 10y
passing such an EN- pty. lyPocri;ical, and IN
meaning resolution as that we have quoted
The democratic State Convention meets oil
Wednesday, the 21Gt inst. Jet US see if i
hes no more tense, no more heart, no NOR,
American feeling than this gathering which
called itself Republican. Let us see If it ha
strength enough to utter the simple truth
that tho United States ought at once t.
recognize the independence OF the Cuban Re
public and form with II IN alliance Cfensiy
aud'defeusive. Or ere the Democrats also il
the grip OF the sloculptors who aim to max
money at once out Of the bloGd and woes {
Cuba md the honor OF the United Satesf