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Banks went on to say there were othe
passages which he noticed in the Presi
dents message which had familiar rims
to his ear, and which he had also foun(
IN the Spanish minister's instructions t
the committee on Foreign Affairs through
the Secretary of State. 1t was said th'
Cubans had no town, no city, and there
fore no rights. Where did doctrine o.
authority like that come from. 1t hal
been said aforetimes that God made The
country, and man made the town. Tht
Cubans had country, and could defend
| 1t, and if left to themselves could govern
1t in peace, prosperity and happiness.
A Parallel.
Information is given by the President
that the Cubans had not 10, 900 stand oi
arms. Two years after the declaration Of
American Independence the American
grand army did not number more thar
ten or twelve thousand men, who, pru.
IDENTIFY enough, declined a general engage
ment; and that an army which was
obliged at all times and in all situations to
decline az engagement, might delay theiI
ruin, but could never defend their coun.
try. But, said Burke, commenting on
the last sentence, 1t did it it did it; it de-
velcped well. Laughter. And what
such an army did for US, it viii do for
Cuba, and nothing else will do it.
Mr.. Banks then referred to the Presi-
dents allusion to the use of Cuban bonds
and limitations that their bonds were eX-
pected to influence Congress. He did not
believe any such attempt had been made,
but he knew of efforts of another kind
that had been made in the country and
had been blended with the rumor that the
purity and integrity of the House of Rep
resentatives had been perverted and de-
stroyed until at last it comes from the
President that it was a matter for Con-
gress to look into and see that it did not af-
feet the judgment or stain the integrity of
the members.
Foreign Geld.
He did not believe any such attempts
had been made, but he did know that the
Foreign Governments here had endeavored
to sustain their purpose and their objects
by appeals of that character. A year and
q half ago the Spanish minister in Wash
ington said to reporter of the House, q
correspondent of prominent journal in
the neighborhood of where he (Banks)
lived, that Gen. Banks had no other
motives to sustain the Cuban
question, except what influenced him in
supporting the acquisition of st. Do
mingo, in which he largely implied dis
honest territorial aspirations. If the
American Minister at Madrid should as
sail in that manner an officer of the
Spanish Government or Cortes, he
(Banks) would say to the Spanish people
that the Minister ought to be drummed
out Of the country.
Mr. Banks speech was listened to by
crowded galleries, from which occasional
murmurs of applause were heard.
A long debate ensued.
Abandoned Property.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts,, from the
Committee on Conference to enable the
Secretary of Treasurer to collect wrecked
and abandoned property, and to direct
claims and dues belonging to the United
States, made report which was agreed to.
r Maynard on Coal.
Mr.. Maynard asked leave to make re-
port on the resolution directing the Ways
and Means Committee TO report removing
all duty on coal. He proposed to give
leave to the present minority report, but
objection was made and neither report
read.
Debate having been resumed on Cuba
Mr.. Amber, member of Committee on
Foreign Affairs, made argument against
the report of the majority and in favor of
the views of the minority. Recess.
In the eveningBession Mr.. Amber con-
cluded his remarks against the majority re-
port Itwas agreed to continue the discus
sionlthe whole day tomorrow. Adjourned.