New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-17
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In my annual masSAget 70 Congress. at tn:
beGinpin9 Of ininoosian, I sueferred to TIL
contest which hid fog mora than, q yea
ben exislisg 10 Qnbsg betveeaAl portions O
6pAiA, san6 - Nh feanngs and aympsthy o.
IT, peoQlennd goesrDneat a the United
States for the people Of Cuba. Is for all peo-
pie strugglinI eor Nbetty end self-g0veru-
nGnt and sai1s that the contest, has at nc
time assumed The oendition which amsunted
to war, IN the sense Of International Law, o.
which vppld show the existence of d
tacto poli1teal orgaqisationef the insutgenta
snlicient b justifyva recognition OF bel
During the,six months which has passed
sincs the date Of the message. the condition
of the insurgents has not improved, and the
inenrrection itselt although not subdued,
exhibits NO signs Of advance, but seems to
be confined to an irregular system Of hostili.
ties carried on By email bands ofarmed men
without ooncsntstol, through, the woods
attacking from ambush coaveysnces and
email bands Of troeps. burning plantations
and eefates0 Of those not in sympathy with
their cause; but the lnsurrection has not
gained gsound It h equally true Spain has
not suppressed It, Climate, disease and
oecasional bullets. have worked destruction
among the soldiers Of Spain; and although
every nsepQEt and town on. the island, they
have not heeu aba 70 subduel the hostile
feeling Whichl Aee driven - considerable
number of natives to armed resistance
against Epain, and still leads them to endure
the dapGer.and privations Of roaming life
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On either side the contest has bssn con-
Quoted, sud b now being carried on, with
latnentahie Disregard oE human life, and of
the ussges and practices which modern
civilization haT psescribed ssathe necessary
process of 'wax The war of Spaniard and
Cubsn To- altke bringing devastation over
fertile regional 3fufdsr0us and revengeful
DEGREES are issued and executed by both
p&tieG Cont valmGseda and Colonel Boil.
ton on the pagt u Spain, have each startled
humanity and aroused the ipdignation Of
the civilized world By the execution each.of
9 SCORE ofipslsonen q ehms; while General.
Quesado, the Cuban chisf, ooolly, and with
slsossssr, wi d5iisst sa@e oEasr, IN n
one Day. Of upwards og six. hundred and
with few Hsnx escaSSa Hom conviction,
c0hatned By execnta9 s. the fate Of those
arrested On either side bn~ suspicion Of in
ndslisy q the csuss sof the party making
whatsver may be the syrnpsthies Of The
peoqasUr q thsgovsrnmentiof the United
SAtes TOR the oanss o. ]hs objects f0r.whiOh
. part OF the people Of Cuba are understood
to have put Themselves in armed resistance
70 spain, there On be no question of inst
sympathy in . conflict carried on by. both
parties alike In such barbarous violation of
the !gles Of civilized nations, and with such
compined 0utr1goe on the plainest prin |
ciples OF humanity. We can not discrir1inate
IN our eensure Of their mode of conducting
thelr contest between Spain and Cuba. Each
commits the sane atrocities and outrsRes
alike against the established rules of war,
Inc pr0peftX q many of our citizens has
been destroyed or endangered, the lives of
eepefat nave Deen sacri6ced, and the liber.
ties o. Qthen have been restrained. In
every p4se that hes come to the knowieda ne
OF the government. an early and earnest de.
mand for PREPARATION and indemnity has been
made, and most emphatic rem0nstrsnces
been presented against the mannerin which
the strike IL conducted, and egainst the
reckless destruction nfmaterial Wealth. and
cruel disregard OF estaeaiehed rules of war
Ihave, since the beginniag of the'presen
session of Congress, communicated to the
House upon their request on account of
steps which ] have taken in sthe hope of
bringing the conflict 10 An enl and for
securing for the people of Cuba The bless
tngs and rights of independents !. The
efforts thus made have failed, but noA with.
our assurances from Spain that the good
oMces OF this government might still aVsil
for the objects to which they had been
addressed. $50 ~ 80. =
During the whole contest, the remarkable
exhibition has been made of large numbers
Of Cubans escaping from the island and
avoiding the risks of war, congregating in
this country, ct q safe distance from the
scene of danger, and endesvoring to make
into q fight which they avoid, and to
embrol this government in complica-
tions and possible hostilities with
Spain. 1t can scarcely be doubted that
this last result is the real object of these
parties, although carefully covered under
deceptive and apparently plausible demand
for the recognition of belligerency. It is
stated on what have reason to regard as
good authority, that Cuban bonds have been
prepared TO large amount, whose payment
is made dependant upon the recognition by
the United States Of Cuban belligerency or
Independence. The object of making their
value thus entirely contingent upon the
action OF this government is subject for
serious reflection IN determining the course
70 be adopted on the demand thus made for
the recognition of beliigerency. The liberal
and pesceful principles adopted by the
father OF his country and the eminent
statesmen Of bis day, followed by succeeding
chief magistrates and the men of their day, |
may furnish safe guide to those of the |
United States now charged with the direc-
ton and control Of public safety. From |
1888 to 1915 the dominant thought OF our |
statesmen was to keep the United States ont |
OF the wars which were devastating Europe.
The discussion Of measures of Neutrality I
begins with the State papersof Mr., Jefferson. /
when he was Secretary of State. He shows
that they were measures OF national right
% Nell "a Of national duty: that miarnided L