New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-12
THE CUBAN MOVEMENT.

einbarrass the action Of their owl
/ government by any improvident O
e impracticable efforts which the Law
would not recognize and which the gov
eminent could not, therefore. allow. IL
the Republican party the friends Of Cubs
) will be indebted for all that the govern
ment of the United States shall effect ii
their behalf. It becomes then the Re.
publicans Of Louisiana to place them.
| selves in accord with our own government
and lend it's loyal aid to execute the policy
which the government shall indicate.
Yet the counsels of those deeply interested
as the Republicans Of Louisiana, NAY be
of value to the government.
The colored element. more numerous
and more especially concerned in the
moral policy of emancipation become in
this point Of view important advisers.
Colonel Lewis, Administrator Of In
provements, argued before the meeting in
honor of the anniversary Of Cuban free
dom, that emancipation must go on until
it shall cover the earth as the waters cover
the sea. He would give the slave Of Cuba
any aid that he might lawfully offer. He
would give weapons to be placed in the
hands Of the slave, because "who would
be free, hi mself must strike the blow"
He also avoc ated the liberation of the
slaves of Cuba upon grounds Of political
i h.
| producer of the world. Her immense
crops We're due to compulsory labor,
| and the severity of the slave owner
| was greater there than it had been
elsewhere. The relaxation Of that
compulsion would diminish the GUAM
tity grown, and so increase the price Of
sugars. Our planters and laborers would
then participate in this general advance
Of prices. The Cuban slave would have
relaxation from, his unpaid toll. and the
producer of Louisiana would receive
better price for his labor.
Mr.. W. G. Brown, Superintendent Of
Education. avowed the same interests in
the spread Of emancipation. He testified
to knowledge Of the character of bond
age in the West Indies, and confirmed
the idea of its peculiar enormities. He |
stated the interest manifested by the col |
ored people were in this cause, and pro-
ceeded to consider: l. The obstacles to |
recognition, and, 2. The mode by which |
they NAV be obyiated
The government Of the United States
had been much embarrassed while the
Alabama claims were pending, and even
now England was On the watch to convict
Us of any violation Of the principles enact
ed at Geneva.
Spain could not establish her rule over
the portion of Cuba held by the patriots,
nor could the latter expel Spain's from
the island. Other nations might by COM
promise adjust such dead lock-" but
Spain was too obstinate and too unreason.
able to do SO.
With the principal ports Of the island
in the possession Of Spain. with regular
revenue system. standing army and
fleet. and with commercial
and diplomatic agents of foreign govern
nents resident in Cuba. how could the
patriots claim the independent autonomy
# all Cuba: This was the difficulty of
,ur government.
He proceeded 20 poin. out t., mode il
which it nay be relieved from. this diem
ma and the patriots enabled to place their !.
laiIls TO recognition fairly before the
World. He had stated tina: the patriots
eld indisputable possession of large
art Of the island. and that Spain had i.
roved powerless to dislodge or conquer
hem. Let. then, the patriots declare the
of free Cuba. and let them :
ppoint commission to define the bound. u
ries of the State thus declared indie
endent. While the sovereignty Of the
atriot government might not, in the 49,
pinion Of our and other governments, g,
: properly predicated Of the whole is :,
nd OF Cuba, it may undoubtedly be af- ),
rmed as within the jurisdiction which =
Is been conquered and confirmed by five -
ears Of ayowed and adversary possession. -
Mr.. Brown proceeded to illustrate the -,
'actical legality of this plan by the ex- "
nple of San Domingo, which had been :"
vided between . despotism and
public. each recognized as an in -
pendent nation by the United States -
ID other powers. Free Cuba. with tn
the limits claimed. was more ma
tensive and N ore populous than one Of " ",
e nationalities recognized in San Do 81,
lingo. He added an interesting example gg,r
the little island of st. Martin. This s sn
$ I. temporal exten: Of one hundred Gu
uare miles. The whole periphery Of the 10
and is visible from central mountain, a
e country. with its population Of seven la
is divided between the English oa
d Dutch. At one end was freedom. at fig
, other slavery. The boundary between nc
I'm was nominal and imaginary. so that nr
ndage could not be enforced. This pro-
ced peculiar relations between the slave WI
l the master. There was no corporal mr.
and the slave had received lar
f his earnings. with the privilege of go the
;. wherever he wished. When COM at
lsated emancipation was declared, the ma
master collected all those freedmen ten
o consented to inscribe themselves see
yes and divided with the Old masters mi