The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-16

Tho Cuban Junta Dissolved.
In obedience to the recent proclamation Of
the President Of the United States the Central
Republican Junta Of Cuba and Porto Rico has
been dissolved. In the manifesto ANNOUNCE
ing that fact, and which bears date ssNew'
York, October 49," Senior Miguel de
ALBANIA refers to that proclamation as
one requiring this action; but ut the
same time he declares solemnly that
since he entered on the presidency of the
Junta the most special care has been taken,
in sending aid to the Cuban patriots, not to
violate the laws of this country. The materials
that have been sent to Cuba from Ameri-
can ports have been, according to tbs mani
festo, articles Of lawful commerce, regularly
exported and the men who have gone to aid
the Cubans fighting not only for their civil and
political rights, but for the abolition of slavery,
have neither been enlisted nor organized. They
have been principally Cubans, and the few
who have not been natives OF the island have
been animated by no other motive than that
which inspired Lafayette to aid the American
people with his sword. AS 10 vessels used in
aid Of the Cuban cause, none of them have
escaped detention or scrupulous examination
on the part of the government.
Such, Seior dc ALBANIA says, has been the
line of conduct which himself and the Junta
have observed within American territory.
Outside of 1t they have done what their duty
as Cubans prescribed. AS to raising funds for
the Cuban cause, he declares that oil the money
received has come exclusively from Cubans
and has been voluntarily offered, rather as
patriotic gift than in the character of loan,
and therefore not subject to interference by
the authorities.
As to the allusion in the Presidents procla-
nation to bodies assuming faculties Of govern
ment over the territories of friendly Powers,
the manifesto declares that its application to
the Cuban Junta would be equally violent and
unjust, as neither the Central Junta of New
Yak nor any Of its branches has ever pre-
tended or been able to pretend to exercise such
faculties within or without the United States.
They only exercised the right, which could not
be denied to any body Of individuals, to asso-
ciake and use their resources for the service Of
their country.
appearing to encourage the violation of law,
Seaor Albania bows to the proclamation, de-
sirhg that his compatriots shall not seem to
be In open opposition to the declarations Of the
Executive. He consoles himself by the reflec-
Hor that if those are not in harmony with the
genuine spirit Of the law or with the noble as
pirations Of the American people, it win be for
that American people, not for Cuban refu-
gees, to pass upon them the judgment of
their sovereign opinion; and that, at all
events, the dissolution Of the Junta will not
paralyze in the least the extension Of aid to
the Cuban revolutionsts. That aid can be
made eficacious even within the circle to
which il is confined by the American govern
ment, and can also be extended from other
countries that sympatbize with the Cuban
struggle against an insupportable tyranny.
Such is the tone and spirit of the manifesto
In which the dissolution Of the Cuban Junta
Is announced. We think that the prompt and
respectful obedience thus shown by the Cubans
in this country to our laws and to the pro-
clamati0n Of the Executive will win for them
the approval Of many who have not hitherto
looked upon their cause with too much favor,
and will eventually benefit that cause more
than any contrary course could have DONE
We now await q similar manifesto from the
Fenians Let us hear from Mr.. Savage that
the officials of the Irish republic have re-
nounced their claim to the powers OF govern
mont, and will be content hcncefortb to live
strictly within the neutrality laws Of the
United States.