New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-18
A WAR GATHERING.


century diving on our Continent; but as sue ns h
srasca d ciothed With gore The last massacre u
but the horrible and damnabe iteration Q, % r
recton beean-spain wsged relentless war In lSs
we had the record of 107o0 opahInSSh eVUps Jus I'm IN
fsntry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, marihes'
and volunteers; not 70 spsaH o VI ,I SO DSohabiy
"a many troops more. In such warfare, so extern
sye and prolonged, might have supposed Una, sue
laws Of moderation aud humanity laid down by VAT
lei for such cases would obtain. But 1t has been war
without pity, without renorse Rapacity ana oesposs
rance 10 the flag of Spain which-red and yellow-s
river OF blood between margins OF gold Jnere are no
prisouers in this war Whether taken on sea or land
and horrible; death with mutilation
without the consultations OF religion to me con
Bishop sent from Spain TO land at Havana, because he
believed giving TO the dying patriot the holy sacra
sneDt Look at this book OF blood which hold IN my
hand Martyrs of Liberty in Cuba!" See the numbers
OF executed from 1868 to 1871. There 1S2S
Spanish official Here 9e50 whose fate
Is unTeeorded. sixtyOne dedicated in death to the
garT0tei The rest of the list OF the condemned
and transported. Bloody annals How much OF terri
bic suffering do these victims represents God knows
neldI Others condemned who are absent;
among them of both sexes many of them
upon the chain-gong. Do you wonder, then, at snch
atrocities those the other day at sdnaCof Wonder
no more when You read the sangunary orders OF the
various Captains General On March "a, 1869, Duce or
ders all vessels in Spanish waters or upon the nlsh
the island TO be seized and the men on board
20 he treated as pirates, and without regard 10 tne
number, TO be immediately executed In April follow
ing the Tiger oi Jiguan Valnaseda, at Bayamo Issues
order that every man above nfteen years OF age
away from home, and without justified motive, shall
be shot The habltations are to be burned ana he NO
homes. aud what not Of brutal despotsm. IL curdes
blood TO read ponder over these dabocal ORDERS
Was there no protest made by our Government Yes
h the following august Gen GrSnt instructed v SGr
the struggle should be carried on in more humane
gnaDner. In October, 1862 Mr. Fish told the spanish
Minister that on the score OF humanity ana neighoor-
hood foreign Intervention was JustlnaDle so' 700,
there special protest against seizure on the high
seas, emphatic and eogent, on paperi
THE REIGN OF sAvAGERY.
Now, In the face OF their own protests, let our Gov
ernment fuall its prescrpt. Then there may be
end Of this savagery. The act Of July a. 1863 gives
the President power to demand the prisoners who
American citizens, and If refused for unreasonable
time to such not amounting to acts OF war,
viii ehectuate the demand for fortnight OF Gen
water-the defiance OF them in blood FIVE thou
haud victims have suffered sluce these pubic
protests In defiance Of the treaty of 1885,
which provides for fair trial OF our citizens by
Spain. with advocates and factus and all the para
phernaa OF justice these deeds are done which make
earth sick ana heaven weary" But now can bring
these Understandable horrors home to unless paTtc-
ularisei mention three orfour instances Nor VIII
these include those VINO were incupated IN lnsurrecOn
In February, lo72, Mr. voorhees,, member OF Congress
of Americans mutilated aud shot, referred
40 the case Of Young seakman Of Indiana,
sailor bound for Jamaica, whose ship went ashore
IN Cuba Utterly innocent, he was seized at nightid
sunrise shot He cried ont" said Mr. Voorhees,
citizen His appeal died out ON The air. The soil drank
ms blood" This too, was at santiago! Albert Wyeth
Americans, doing lawful business III Cuba, provide
British passports. -Four young Americans in Havana
ties They are set upon One Is done 10 death by Val
uaseda's butchers Is there any redress DR.. HOuard
relieved after Tong debate III Congress. He had
sold medicines those who had become patriots.
He an American citizen. 10 defiance Of treaty
and decency be was imprisoned IS months; then drum
headed into African colony, and only rescued at
the last moment by the action of Congress But for the
relief appeal Do you recall their fate Tle facts
painfully authentic. A spaniard, Castanon.
u the Havana Cemetery, and placed one of the inches
behind a glass plate; some strudents frohck-
a diamond. Says our Consul, "The glass was
not broken the wreath not touched; no insult
Intended: injured" Thlrty OF
these students were condemned To the chain gang;
@ n AT IN Is and fS Tse al 9ay
lies r0seate morning in blood! The eldest but 90
The youngest but4 and that bright harmless boy sob
bling his heart away-even crying in his agony for the
mother who bore hu--was 6utchered TO make yolun-
me- SAID the Spanish butcher that may strange
precious young lives God is now, fear me- wreanng
his divine upon that country and that island
where such things are such barbaries
unredressed.
THE RECENT BUTcHERIBs.
The recent butcheries Santiago are the At because
horrible sequence to these deeds without a name. DO
you ask for the remedyf answer the intervention
of civilized nations to stop such atrocities The great
powers interviewed to stop the Ottoman Ia his barbarc
war upon Greece. Is this of similar aggra-
Vation' But not that then recognition OF belliger-
ency; nay, both. We could sell 10000 Remington
rifles Spain aud send out 80 gunbOats TO suppress
sof NOW let us do something for the oppressed.
Spain was quick TO recognize our Rebellion.
IN jane All but said have conceded to SPAN
the right Of search by the Treaty Of 17ss. But TINS
right is only TO behgerent, and Spain does not yet
recognize that actual exists in Cuba II Spain
then there S Is more DS 9Sa one Ia that
their risk II you please to help liberty ana defeat
oppression. Let them beat their plowshates into
swords and their Pruninghooks into muskels, and we
will be both honorable and courageous before the world
These are the sort Of mysteries that make credit and
Then Cuba will be free and independent. Then she
merce and our ships may be safe from all European
and other complications Then her oppressive export
duties viii stop then her vast will do good
then. in good time, under law higher than the lex
centrum, Cdba will grayltate toward our federal
system, and become incorporated with our inter
that Of Congress or OF treaties; Il IS, that
peoples must be absorbed by the strong and
organized. NatoDalities Of inferior grade
Spain like il or not, whether she be republic mon
arChy, whether ruled by CASTELAR, or Charles this ir
sts her suerngs and her history 10 the greater and
illustrOus State for protection and contentment
and advancement Under this law nations, ike men,
mutable. AS surely as the decay OF Autumn is
the herald OF Spring, so surely VIII that island
all sols and the beauty Of all skies would contribute
10 endless productions where the vernal blooms
grant with uDfadiug princeton the band of the
Union Time, which has seen the consultations change
their places and the Southern Cross itself move
down from the northern SKIES 10 shine emblem OF
saIvatOn-tme has It's revolutions of earth well of
heaven, and IN the ylcissitudes OF empire nothing
palmer than the horoscope which casts Cuba within
fraternity OF states, to add golden TO
Etarred ensignl
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Co1s address the following
tele grams read.
LETTERS AND DISPATCHES.
The following were among the dispatches and letters
BROOKLYN, Nov. II, 1873.
am engaged 70 speak on Monday night in Massacnu-
setts. / sIu sorry not to be present with you.
HENRY WARD BEECHER.