, 1870-06-15

'p Ituspefty, &aa happfnt The Information was
Declaration OF American Independence, the
American ~ a grand army did not number more than
u,0oo or II, 600 men, who pruientlF enough de-
cltned general engagement, and that al army
Which VAS obliged ut ill times, and In al sttua-
aet coSnfT as f
said BurKe, commenting on The last sentence, alt
adt aid IL i td Il eyilisa we!" Qaughte:l And
VII rs sqGn "a a.. a. amy ny DID, fer the unis States it
~: bANkS then referred 10 the Presidents allu-
SOD to TIE use Of Cuban bonds and the intlations
tnas dne7 o9nas @ we're e1pected TO influence Con:
glesA ne did not believe any such attempt had
been made, but he knew efforts Of another char
actes had been ade- The whole country had
ts 20 e. %a 5amoTs n that e purity and In
rerTetted and destroyed until at last It came from
the President that 1t was matter for Congress to
men 81 fd ., nas ssf tne
dld not believe any such attempts had been made,
sut ne did know that foreign goreInmeats heIe
objects By appeals Of that character. 4 year and
| hall agn, The Spanish Minister In Washington
said to a reporter Of tho House, coI1e-
nneieheorhoed rn ot 'ii wi,cre be '' Banks} m lived,
that General Ba.ks had:no motive to sustain thu
cnnan question , e1etnt Wat It snn nm y
which be had large aud implied dishonest te.rl-
torisl posseas1ons I the American Minister ut
would say 70 the people that the Minister ought to
be drnmmed out Of The country ,and he did not be-
licEe that If at present an American had the slight
| est chance Of beng protected or supported, the
Spanish Minister ought TO be asked, after rejecting
year and haf OH his foul ealu1nny, to substan-
tiate the truth Of what he has falsely declared.
| He tBauks> did not need to say that In the
cuban question, or the San Domingo question, he
mated only b thar feeling which animated
aud controlled every man IN thls country: This
man {al1udlag to the Spanish Bfin!ster', who
10
1Dtnt By assaling 1ts officers with cowardiy and
| infamous talschood- WAS unworthy the privileges
ey The Gaa epa ase 1se sd NE
when he sent to Congress another message on the
subject Of personal integrity, to express hs opn-
Spanish Minister On the subject.
NJ: Banks speech *as listened to By crowded
Galleries from which occasional murmurs Of ap-
panse were heard, and the portions OF tt a1ludlng
to the President seemed thoroughly enjoyed by the
Democratic members.
Mr. ORTIZ, member OF the Committee on For
eign Anairs, asgned against the report or the ma-
t jority RBh tn 1aror OF the bill reported by the
minority, making 1t q misdemeanor to ut ont or
IL wa n9a 'sa
or State for the purpose Of snbslung American
colonista claiming independence. and providing
he found It hts duty for the first time during his
service On the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to
dtner with its Chairman {Bau6s> in reference 70
the public policy Of the government; hut he could
not follow him in the attempt to become the
avenger OF all the wrongs that might be pcrpctra-
sa p sys tne On The faes Of raG ea
Cuba any more than he hai for those committed
tn Mexico or IN the Central American republics,
| or the Argentine Confederation, Where, he asked,
was the Chairman Of the Committee on Foreign
| Ahalrs when the combined allies were wiplng cut
the Republic Of Paraguay and depopulatlng that
country7 1t was not part Of the mission Of the
American people to aTenge ali wrongs Of the
| world. They stood on the old position Of the
tashc1sto take care Of msclyes, and enter Into
ns e Th e S5S5 bat hs
penetrated In cuba. they had given
ssTc IS lille Responsible III '4as sas
horrors ard murders committed by Sratn as
for the horrors Of that dark and bloody lay, when
$50 Of bis prisoners. There were Spanlarls on
both sides who perretrated these atrocities. That
Has part Of the sranlsh character. AS to the
American citizens In Luba, why, WIS 1t that they
were more subject 70 such outrages than the clti-
assigned by Mi. Banks, but because, to some ex-
fering an1 nlIbustenp0 spirit Had there been a
mand OF EnglishmeD, with English soldiers on
1oar1i, to engage in the Cuban cause against the
Spanish authorities : Not one Englis hman
lars Of the country wheFe he went. Oa the Other
! hand, the American who was in danger there was
an 99tam 1a sns om n s oTn county,
meancr for him to engage In CONFLICTS In foreign
land When Americans cease these n1lbusterinu
trouble On It's hsads The minority W Of the COM COM
mtttee propose simply to keep their hands OF, and
giEe TO neither one side nor the other the slightest
advantage Il hao REcyed him to hear the Chair
man Of the Commit,ee on Foreign Atfaira speak
as be did Of the message Of the PreAldcut Tho
position Of the administration on this whole sub
ject had been characterized by wise, Just, hu-
Commended Itself to tie sober Judgment