The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-10
The Tenth of October.

The Tenth OF OCTOBER.
A salute of one hundred guns fred in the
City Hall Park will commemorate this morn.
ing the commencement Of the third year Of
the independence Of Cuba Would that
their thunder could awaken the American
people to q sense of what they owe TO Cuba
We say adviscdly that Cuba enters today
upon the third year of her independence,
remembering that we are in the ninety
fifth year of our own, aud that on the 4th
of July 177s our prospects Of success, though
materially augmented by the moral and
effective aid afforded us by the treaty of al.
lance between France and America ON the
9th of the preceding February, were not
80 promising as are those of Cuba to day
Cuba must be free, and it lie our duty to
help her to her freedom. She is n near
noighbor, allied to US by social and CONNER
cial ties and political sympathies. Her in.
tercsts are, as ours, American. She has long
suffered under despotism TO which, in its
rapacity, decentralization, and cruelty. history
furnishes no parallel Like an order loving
member of mankind, she has endoavored
by all peaceful means to induce her Spanish
tyrant 10 relax somewhat his cruel grasp
upon her. She has at different periods OF
Spanish history petitioned. protested, dc.
manded her rights but all was in vain.
Every protest was answered by increased
riGor, every petition for redress by aggravated
extorton And now, when Spain overturns
her old monarchy and becomes a republic
in all hut the name, Cuba finds that every
other point OF Spanish territory is to be free
except that one rich island VIII ch for centu-
res has been cruelty bled to sustain the mo.
Their country. What wonder that she should
draw the sword and seek her rights by war
On the 10th OF October, 1868, when Cuba
declared her independence at lara Spain
had 10000 regular troops on the island
Gen DULCE took 10000 new soldiers with
him TO Havana in 1863 and from the time
that De RoDAs was appointed till now
the Spanish army has been reinforced at
different times to the amount OF 1900 more
In August last the Madrid Government
officially declared that the losses of the
Spanish army in Cuba n the year ending
on the lst of July last summed up $4,000
men and / $50 Ollie rs. Calculating thu
losses since that date in the same
ratio, the total losses of Spanish troops
since the declaration Of lara amount
70 80 800 men. If we admit that even
onehalf Of this number have been vctimg o.
tropical diseases, still the fact remains tha,
over 1900 Spaniards have been killed in
lighting the patriots, Until lately, owing TO
the hnpossibility of procuring arms, there
have never been at any one time as many as
1900 armed Cubans Consequently, Cu.a
has fought better and more efficiently than
We ever did in our war Of independence.
Again, Cuba has suffered what We never suf
fercd-the crushing hostility Of a grcat
ncighJoring government Bat for the aid
given TO Spain uy Gen. GRANTS Admnistn-
ton, in defiance Of the public sentiment OF
this country, and in violation OF all our tradi
tons and nntecedents, Cuba would long sInc1
have leen free.
As n general rule, the American people
whore they see their duty, execute it. This
one duty they have left undone, through tn
dcmorali4ing Influences OF the most I'M Anne
rican Administration ever known in our ns
tional history The Administration vii
fall and some day-not far of-Cuba viii
b. free Let the American people arise and
wash this foul blot from their hands Will
yet they have time; that is, before Cuba Is
free