The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-26

nature and grandeur Of the struggle in
which she is engaged.
The Democratic State Convention has now
been held and it also adopted resolution
upon Cuba, which, on the surface, appears
70 be more decent and decided than that of
She Republicans. But that We may % no
injustice to either party, we will print side
by side the resolutions upon foreign affairs
adopted by 10th Conventions, so that our
seaders may soc what they are:
Democratic. RsDuLR,a n.
sovnfali q the imperial Lnhh. ans Of the United
Iesi TIA. rs ruins Re gratulstonl The Upite
pablo viii he nrtnly estabIsiates OF Germany. and
s s ed no re ss &, F 27 sS Sg5 sG
b. heroic SragsrY ana SritlI lie Fasrissd and
,SosS r nc S Tso6 Who hsye sy Ss
tssrr shsn,es VII c,t. tions tssir own soGntrs
their ova nnFy under one With nnnih gici Joy new
NATIONALITY, maintaining in Republic Ia nee, and the
% evn'zSlOn and pro r.lle, and The swim dc!!rac
our hopes Win ireland R,@s red Thsi We sircore.
Cuba, and with all srtJ1ct " sympafhze with IN, pee.
ss .sst to re BE SSa n sr %
pom donupsticn aleu- % Pcuc eoyefomcnt ia whose
tbelf soli and hostile to theladmhf ration they nave
btsasts OF their people no scare.
seton OF the Fedefei Gov.
s srSme rs IN Al. Tit hl,} On. I'm.
por, and actively aiding is
In regard to France and Germany The Rs-
publican platform is great deal more Amer
lean and more sensible than that of the Dein
ocrats while as for Cuba, the Democratic
resolution seems as we have said, to be bet,
ter than that of the Republicans, though
really il is worse. The difference between
them is thar the Democrats condemn thl
action of the Republican Administration az
any hostile partisan organization might be
expected TO do but as for bringing forward
any new idea or proposing any practical
measure Of the slightest value TO Cuba, TIE
Democracy are just as mean, timid, AMI lar
Ten as the Republicans.
II is now two years since the Cuban revo
luton commenced. During this period
Spain has employed against it her utmost
power She has sent TO Cuba two disiiuci
armies These have been used up in the
operations Of the war and che is now en-
heavorng to send third army. The grounds
On which the Cuban instruction is juH fed
are the best that any colony ever had to al
icge against its parent State No country
was ever 80 oppressed, so robbed, so denied
all political rights as Cuba has been by the
spanish monarchy. But more than this,
slavery and the slave trade, which the Gu
hans hate bave been forced upon them 10y
the greed Of Spanish officials. At last, tax
ing favorable opportunity, they raised the
nc, rJ ,,,nnIanoo II
previous examples, they began their rcvolr,
ton by proclaim!ng the abolition OF slavery
aud the slave trade, and by profiering 10 all
inhabitants of their land, without distinction
Of race, color, or religion. the enjoyment of
equal political rights under the Republican
Government which tbcir revolt was designed
TO establish. These facts give them peculiar
clain4r upon the sYmpathics and moral and
material aid Of Americans.
But this is not all. The island Of Cuba is
the key Of the Gulf Of Mexico, and in that
Gulf the United States lave peculiar in.
tcrcst This has been recognized by every
intelligent statesman connected with our
Government since II IVES first established
Presidents and Cabinet Ministers Of all par
lies have been unanimous in the declaration
that we cannot view with indifference any
movement looking TO tho transfer of Cuba
from Spain to any other European power
This revolution so Just in itself, aim q nj
purposes 80 humane and noble, could only
result, if successful, in putting an end for.
ever to any possibility that any European
power could hereafter hold tho control of
Cuba. Thus, for every motive, for reasons Of
policy, OF humanity, of the future peace and
safety Of thia country, it is the duty of the
United States not merely to sympathize with
this revelation, not merely 10 hold cut TO
the CubGns the assurance OF our appreciation
and regard IN their noble struggle, but to
help them materially and politically by the
aid Of our military and naval resources, to
recognize their indopr den'o 20 uphold ,hciI
Republican Governm mt, and 10 protect them
against the fcrocious foes who for two years
have made of Cuba a scene of horrible
bloodshcd aud devastation,
That the Republican resolution Gomez
short Of this Is NOS, evident but does thu
Democratic resolution differ from il ia an
essential respect Docs il not, on the con
trory' treat the Cuban Ilsllg as nothing bu
an imaginary and merely possible effort TO
the establishment Of republican institution
utterly without practical Importance
Everybody knows that whatever the pu7pos
OF the people of Ireland may be- the are no
now engaged in any attempt to gain thei
Independence while the Cubans have bee
battling for thiirs during TWO years. with