Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-03-29

Inquiry establishes The trafh a III
Fumar q Washingtoa With regard 10 ths
proposition a the ueH Spanish Govern.
meuf h sell the islands a Cuha and
Porto Rioo 10 the United States fuT Sl00,
oo0.ool The President and Secretary
Of State both say that some time ago
Gen. Pnim made = proposition % Gen.
sickles, offering the colonies % the Uni
ted States for S3o0. 100000. twas de-
elined a once on our part. and declared
- D. wholly cut o. the question. About
The time the Duke q Savoy HAs about
% start frOm Florence 90 assume the du-
Tics Of his new position, and shortly be-
Tore Gen Pnm vas assassinaied, q conf
dental friend Of Amadeus and the Span
lsh Regency, who had himself been par
TALLY educated in America. arrived in
New York as the bearer q propositions
Of settlement 20 the Cuban Patriots on
the part Of the new Spanish regime.
These propositions included a provincial
autonomy for Cuba and Porto Rico sim
liar 10 that enjoyed by the North Amer
lean colonies OF Great Britain A full
and complete amnesty for the revolu-
uonists, leaders, and defenders: repre-
sentation Of Cuba and Porto Rico in the
Spanish Cortes the abolition Of slavery
and the establishment Of manhood sui. |
trage, with free Press and the right Of
discussion and petition the native Gu
bans and Porto Ricans to have equal |
rights IN official positions with their Span
lsh fellow citizens.
These terms were submitted informally
by an American well known for his friend
" relations 10 the Cuban patriots, 10 Sc
nor Albania, as the New York head of
heir movements. After careful consid-
ration they were rejected by Albania,
Fao declared It too late. The atrocities
u Spanish war had been so terrible as
o make It certain that the Cubans and
her oppressors could not live together.
nd the former had determined 10 fight ]
.ntil independence or their extermina- q
ION was the result The Spanish agent 4
las thoroughly impressed with the de- c
spirit of the Cubans, as well as '
heir practical resources for continuing {
ne strife almost indefinitely. o
AT the time the negotiations were pend C
lg, and before leaving, the idea of sell n
y the colonies was again mooted, and a
Tough the Cubans expressed themselves
vorable to such n termination of their 81
ldeayors, no encouragement was af- n
rded on our side. Shortly after the al
'ronation of King Amadeus. Gen. Sick W
was again approached on the subject g
course, he listened AMI considered u
ID the result is seen in the proposed oi
le at SlOO,O00,00 President Grant III
id that the Administration had no in W
ntion to consider it, believing that. re
en- if desirable, the Senate could not be pc
iuced to accept such a treaty. and IL SIT
'uld bs altogether useless to ask Con. tn
ess for appropriations to carry out the IN
DIVISIONS, in face of the fact that the tn
tanning of the 81, 800, 600 needed for -.
Santo Domingo purchase was in con- sh
cradle doubt. In the meanwhile the Tn
bans keep pegging away, and, with on
active hostility to King Amadeuss tn
vernment made by the Spanish Re- nn
blicans under CASTELAR,, there is thu
ong probability that the Spaniards los
be at last compelled to abandon the TIN
lnds to their patriot enemies. IS