The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-15
GRANT ON CUBA.



The Character of the War POr-
trayed.-NO Sufficient Grounds for
Recognizing the BelligCrcncy of
the Insurgents. .g. IL.
WASHINGTON, D. G., June l3.
The President sent the following mes
sage to Congress late this afternoon:
To ns Senate and A0usc Of Representatives
In my annual message to Congress at
the beginning Of its present session, re-
icrred TO the contest which had then for
more than year existed in Cuba between
a portion of It's inhabitants and the gov
crnmcnt of Spain, and to the feelings and
sympathy of the people and Government
Of the United States for the people OF
Cuba, as for all people struggling for lib
crty and selt-govcrnmcnt, and said that
the contest had at no time assumed the
condition which amounted to war In the
sense OCirternational law, or which would
show tho existence Of do tdct0 political
organization Of insurgents sufficient to
Justify IL recognition Of belligerenCy.
| During the six months which have passed
since the date of the message, the cOndi'
tion OF the insurgents has not improved,
and the insurreCtiOn itself, although not
subdued, exhibits no signs Of advance,
but seems TO be confined TO an irregular
system Of hostlities, carried on by small
bands OF armed men without cOnCcntra-
ton through the woods and sparSely popu'
lated regions Of the island attacking from
ambush ConvGyanCCs and small bands OF
troops, burning the plantations and estates
of those not in sympathy with their cause.
But if the insurrection has not gained
ground, it is equally true that Spain has
not suppressed it. The climate, disease
and an occasional bullet have worked de.
struction among the soldiers of Spain, and
although the Spanish Government has
possession OF every seaport and town on
the island, they have not been able to sub
due the hostile feeling which has driven q
considerable number Of natives TO armed
resistance against Spain, and still lead:
them to endure the danger and privauons
of the roaming life OF Il guerrilla. Or
either side the contest has been conducted
and is now carried on with lamGntablC
disregard OF human life and Of the usages
and practices which modern civilization
has prescribed as the necessary process O
war The war of SpAniard and Cuban i
alike bringing devastation over fertile re
Cions; murderous and revengctul decree'
are issued and executed by both parties
; Count Valmascda and Colonel Bolton, OF
the part OF Spain, have each startled hu
manity and aroused the oindignation Of th'
civilized world by the execution each Of
J score OF prisoners at a time, while Gen
Oucsada, the Cuban chief coolly and will
apparent unconcern, has admitted tn
slaughter by his own deliberate authority
in one day, Of upwards of six hundrc'
and fifty prisoners Of war \ summar!
b trial, with few, II any, escapes from con
viction, confirmed by execution, is the fat!
Of those arrested on either side, on suspi
cion of infdclity to the cause Of the party
making the arrest.
Whatever may be tue sympathies OF tht
people or Of the Government orthe CniteI
States for the cause or objects for which
. part of the people Of Cuba are understood
10 have put themselves in armed resis