Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-06-24
The Cuban Question.
HEssAGE OF THE PRESIDENT TO cOSGREss-THE
CLAIMS OF THE CUBASs Fos BELLIGERENT
RIGHTS - WHY THEY SHOULD not DE-
GRANTED.
To the Senate and House of Repre,ntatires:

CLAIMS OF THE CUBASs Foz BELLIGEREST
RIGHTS WHY THEY SHOULD Not BE
GRANTED.
To the Senate and House Of Representatives.
In my annual message to Congress a, the be
ginning Of the present session, referred TO the
contest WI ich had then, for more Il an year,
existed IN the lslsnd Of Cuba between portion
o. It's inhabitants and the Government Of Spain,
and to the feelings and sympathies Of the people
and Government Of the United States for the
people Of Cuba, as for all peoples struggling for
liberty and selt-government, and said that the
contest has at no time assumed the conditions
which amount TO war in the sense OF iu,e
national Law, or which would show the existence
Of dc fact0 political organization Of the insur-
gents sufficient TO justify recognition Of bel
ligerency.
IuE REVOLT NOT ADVANCING.
During the SIX months which have passed
since the date Of the message, tins condition Of
the insurgents has not improved snd the insur-
rection Itself, although not sub uei, exhibits no
signs OF advance, but seems to be confined to sn
Irregular IS stem Of h0stIliuts. carried on by
small and iily armed bands Of men, roaming
without concentration through the woods and
the sparsely populated regions Of tho islsnl, Al
tscking fr1m ambush conveys and smsll bands
Of trools burning plantations anil the estates Of
those not sympathiling with their cause.
But If the instruction has not "a ned ground
it IS equally true that Spain has not suppressed
il. Climate, disease and the occasional bullet
have w0rkel Destruction among the soldiers Of
Spain and, although the Spanish authorities
. have possession Of every selpo-j and every town
on the island, they have not been able to subiue
toe hostile feeling which has DRIVEN consider
able humber 0t the native InhaHiu,nis OF the Is
land 20 armed resistance ag,iust Spain, and still
leads them to endure the dangers and priystons
VI q roaming life Of a gusrr.ia
BARB,nIrY og ruE CONTEST
On either side the contest bas been conducted,
sud is still carried OE, with lamentabe diS7e-
gard Of human life anu Of the ussges and prac-
tees which modern civilization has prescribed
10 mitigation of the necessary horrors Of WAT
Murierous and IcvengefGi deorees are issued
anu executed by bo.h parties. Count Valmaseda
and Col. Bolt, On the part OF Spain, have each
startled humanity and aroused the Indignation
Of the civilized world By the execution each Of
a score OF prisoners A ums rhiie Gen. Que
s4i4, the Cuban chief c0olis, aud with apparent
inconsistencies OF aught else jhtu a proper act,
has admitted the slaughter by bis own deliberate
order, in one day, Of upwari Of go prisoners Of
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