, 1872-12-27

The Government Ok Colon bin RFopOS-
ing the Joint Mediation OF the Asncri-
can Republic in Favor of Cuban In
dependencc---A Favorable Answer
from SAN Salvador.
BoaorA, Sept. o6, 1872.
To H. E. the Minister Of Foreign Agdirs Of the Repuo-
S1n: It is now four years that the Cuban
people, after having poclaimed to the world
their determination to be free and independent,
have been engaged in mortal strife with the
mother country for the purpose Of completing
tho work of emancipation which they undertook.
So far there is no sign of an end to this most
bloody contest. All that is known iR that day by
day the strife is moro mercileas andmoro ruinous.
It's progress only increases it's horrors, and Of tho
iii bo I zp sn
ton when once the vitality Of its productive
forecasts destroyed.
# war of this nature be further prolonged
WAT in which every element OF determination
including the bullet, tho torch, contiscation, and
the acaff9ld has been freely used that Which to-
day may l.e u mere apprehension born Of fra
tcrnal bond Of sympathy, will tomorrow be a
! frightful reality.
Neither of the belligerents show any DISPOSE
| ton to lay down it's arms. Spain is stretching
every nerve to retain possession OF her colony,
| at ono time replacing bost sho may tho daily
losses in the ranks Of her pacifying army, Mt au-
other by depicting her treasury for the presorva-
| ticn OF her army, while Cuba neither counts nor
! measures tho sacrifices by which she trusts to
| effect her complete liberation. Face to face with
such state of affairs, and witnesses as we arc
Of so desperate strife, it is not to be expected
| that tho people of this continent, who have en-
| drred, like Cuba, the life Of = colony, and who,
| before she did made the same sacrifices that she
is making to conquer, as they havo conquered,
place among. nations, should remain
unm0ved nn olaT2tnG like eause in and fine t%nt
eau bind one people to another in the closest
bonds, and that is capable of kindling sympathy
for their mutual fate, nll unto to awaken among
tho people Of the American continent hearty
interest III the cause OF tho beautiful Antilln.
And on this ground these nations, while remain
ing within the limits Of international comfy,
have mado numerous demonstrations III favor OF
Cuba.
questions like that between Spain aad Cuba are
being settled by tho sword, have shown that they
yore neither disinterested nor indfrerentto to what
is happening there. The world knows how
earnestly the Government of the great American
Union endenyored'to induce tho mother country
to put stop to the conflict by recognizing the
self f-goyornment Of the colony. Scarcely a yeas
had transpirod after the declaration Of Yara
when the illustrious soldier, who then was ant
still remains at the head Of that Government
stated in his message to Congress Of December
1869: "Tho people Of the United States eympa
thizo with all people struggling for liberty ans m
| Belf-government. For more
than q rear valuable province Of Spain, and I
near neighbor Of ours, in whom all our people
cannot but feel deep interest, has been strug
Cling for independence aud freedom. The pco
bic and the Government OF the United States en-
tcrtain tho same warm feeling and sympathies fo
the peoplo of Cuba in their pending struggl
that they manifested in the previous struggle
between Spain and her former colonies IN favo
of tho latter, The United States
) in order to put stop to blooashed il
plo, pro1rered their good offices to bring the ex
: tstinr contest to a Termination. The offer no