The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-07-01
Mr.. Summers Cuban Resolutions.

Mr.. Sumner Chairman Of tho Com
mittco on Foreign Relations, reported a
serious Of resolutions rs substitute for
the House resolution In relation to the con-
test between the Cuban insurgents and
Spain. He asked tho immediate consid-
Grafton of the report. The resolutions OF
the Committee were as follows:
Resolution declaring the sentiments Of the peo-
ple Of the United States concerning Spain and
her Island Colonies lying In American vaters'
Re,olrsd, That the people Of the United
States cannot bear with Indifference the reports
Of the barbarous out-rsges which reach them
constantly from the neighboring Islands o!
Cuba: that they protest against repetition OF
such acts, whether BY the Spanish Government
or the insurgents seeking Independence; that
they denounce with indignation the shooting OF
oaptives taken with arms In their hands, In
violation Of the first principles Of civilization,
and contrary to the precedent happily establish
ed on the North American continent, and that
In the name Of humality they solemnly insist
that these things shall cease.
Rssolvsd, That the people Of The Uniied
States are pained 10 hear that the pretensions
or property in man is sill upheld In the Island
colonies Of Spain lying In American waters. and
that human beings endored by nature with the
right TO lie, liberty and pursuit Of happineas
arc held as slaves; that instead OF terminating
this pretention at once the Spanish Government
proposes to protect Il for an indefinite period by
An impossible system Of graduslism; that such
spectacle Is Justly offensive TO al who love Re-
publican institutions, and especially to the
United States, who now, 10 the name Of ofjustice
and for the sake Of good neighborhood, ask that
slavery shall cease at once.
Rssolrsd, That the United States, being
once colonies, achieved Independence BY sue
oessful resistance to European power. claiming
10 govern them. and their example was followed
afterward by Spanish colonies on the American
continent, ali OF which have achieved indepeu-
dence likewise: that already the same npirs-
tons for independence begin to stir In the neigh
boring colonies Of Great Britain, and that these
instances, In harmony with the spirit Of the
age, teach rs that the day Of European colonies
In this hemisphere has passed; that imprcesed
by this conviction the people Of the United
State regret 70 witness the extraordinary efforts
Of the Spanish Government, BY violence and
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Cuba, forbidden by the great law Of progress,
and hostile to the best interests Of both parties.
Rssolred, That the people Of the United
States declare their sympathy with their fellow
Americans In Cuba struggling for Independence,
and at the same time, their sympathy with the
people Of Spain In their present efforts for liber-
al institutions In their own ancient land; they
call on this people at the rst stage Of reform at
home, and for the sake Of peace, TO recognize at
once the right Of the Cubans to govern them
selves, and that they make this appeal with sim
cere good will to the people Of Spain, and with
the assurance that the justice they do to others
will rebound to their own happiness, welfare,
and renown.
Resolved, That the President Of the United
States be charged with the duty Of communities
ting these resolutions 10 the Government Of
Spain,