The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-15
The Cuban Excitement.

wholesale butchery Of their comrao'' ~
santiago. They are pressing the A ,",';rc.
vain, "a acknowledge at once the oe'''e,
rent rights of the Insurgents n 'n ,.rond
element in the country cN'eh"'' ,n n,,,;,o
The community Of fiiih"stelS. ~" =,
.,, :. a,ocrcd Mt The brutal butchcry Oh
,ho ,,s,,rcents. and there is genera o.,
,, CIV somcthing-which somctt''''s j.
,acucIv represented by the press. INC
49,. :. Everybody feels what it shou'u W,
vct c,trshody heSitatcs. ana 'e..'as
would" wah npen II dare ho'' n"'' ~
noD-action. n..n
rhc Now York Times (semi. Officially says:
.,s ,,,.rcans are TO be murdered puo'
ErIv in Cuba at any time tue hlnoiiI,es
,nnrc may think fit we shall have TO take
POSSESSION of Cuba, a Work Wnlcn VIII cost
" verv little trouble. But before doing
this. or even talking of doing it, il is neces.
sary that we should be properly informed OF
al the facts in the case"
Exactly. But step such as taking pos
session of Cuba, that waits for facts III the
case Of the massacre OF tie passengers OF tue
N'irsiniuS, will not be accomplished. Inc
takiu.r possession Of Cuba would be an ac'
that would only be justified by the assump-
ton tina, C,,ba could neither be governed
nor protected BY Spain, ard that 1t haa oecn
long n nuisance aud pest 10 INC A'"''''e
waters involving The United States Govern
mcnt in endless trouble. This assumption
must rest upon the history OF the island ior
forty years, and that shows THAI IVA 'n' san,
Of ncacc and order in the Atlauti, , as "e'
as for the sake of humanity, this 'oui'' ,
should seize upon Cuba, and hold it "n',
some settlement could be effected III
Spain. Cuba is lawleSs island, a disturoe.
Of the general peace, and the United States
sbould &c cssief Of police of the western
se,s so;zs :, and bolf.. 1t until for good rca-
son it should be released.
The Tribune, of New York, reprcscn'u's
a large body OF people who do not TAIL 10
criticise the acts of Government from per-
sonal prediction for General GRANT, pitches
into the Cuban Government with great VIM,
and pronounccs the massacre as brutal ana
barbarouS but as to the action OF our Govern
ment the Tribune confines itself to demand
for full and immediate rcparatlon and the
"puni,hment OF the leaders under whose or
"ders the outrage has been accomplished. If,
"as we fear, the Spanish Government cannot
"euforce this, we must in future protect op1
"o,cn flag and our orr. citizens in the Gu
"Jdn ,rdtcrS.'
So we 70. The comments Of the press
thus generally begin in the "Ercles vein,
and end in vague indecision. Any demand
tor reparation will, we are sure, be readily
granted, and there an end on it. But what
encouragement would there be in that fol
Inc preservation of order in the future
Tie act of humiliation at our demand will
probably proceed from the sense of weak
ness of spain rather than conviction OF the
ilaritious conduct of the authorities OF Cuba
and her obligation to punish them. Iha'
act would but stimulate the insurgents tt
renewed enterprises against a Government
which they would infer was not only too
weak to repreSs rebellion, but too teeb!,
and craven TO resent IN insult.
TO recognize the insurgents as belligerents
would be silly act on our part, and woulC
place the insurgents, or those of them thai
are citizens of the United States, more ei1ec
tuallv than now beyond the protection Of
the United States. This is enc argument OF
the Tribune against this recognition. Bu
really there has been no such show OF con-
sisteucy and force in the rebellion aS TO en-
title it TO respect The Cincinnati CONNER
cial saws that - at no time since hoslllltlcS
bcrun has there been less reason than now
for the intervention of our Government
This Is true. The case must be made cuinu-
latiyc, and the facts and arguments should
show that neither the mother country nor
the local authorities of Cuba are able to de-
fend the island and preserve peace i'll the
near Atlantic waters, and that for sake OF
order in the United States, and humanity and
civilization, Cuba must be held by govern
ment that has the power 10 preserve the
peace and enforce respect for humanity and
good neighborhood.
Spain is less able than ever to take care Of
Cuba, and the authorities Of that island are
more imbece and brutal than we have ever
known them to be- HE true remedy is
seizure and custody Of the island. Our
people would justify the Government in
doing 20. aud the world would have no good
cause 10 condemn it.