New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-02-06

Ryan
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Jan. %, 1872.
7" he Editor Of tie Neao National Era:
am glad to learn that the colored people
ot the United States have, at last, deter.
mined to give some practical sympathy to
their brothers in Cuba who are SO nobly and
nlan!uiiy fighting to cast OF the shackles
which have bound their race for over 20(
wears.
L, i, an :.y; highly cornmendab!c in the col.
"Ted people g: Washington for having taken
The t'ad in this Just, yet gigantic, move
!"' liberty, equality, and right, against slav.
cry, oppression, and wrong. The colored
people have been slares long enough; the
hour has at last arrived when they can ask
-arv.
The South is controlled by the colorcd
vote to-day. Let the representatives OF
100000 voters ask this Government to do a
s'mpte act II justice, and recognize Cuba as a
aelligercnt Power, and they will not be de.
MED the humane demand. But if you con-
tinue to keep in the background. who will
push you forward? Not Tie .clite race. Many
Of you fes, .mlejtsi to tbs Government for
lGnr freedom. and think that slavery was
abolished to promote go'r happiness. Now
such is 10; The case. President Lincoln only
abolished slavery because it became absolutely
necessary. The rebellion coa!a not be crushed
while it existed and but for that fact, slavery
would still exist to-day in this country
slavery became ,-ar issue, and military ne
ces'dy compelled the abolition OF it. If YOU
would be free aud great you must strike The
ttoie yo'Tselces. Your fate rests in your own
hands; so push onward until the good work
Of freeing Cuba from the despo.ism Of Spanish
rule is fully accomplished. Cuba once free
she will nelcone you as her delieerer, and give
employment TO hundreds of thousands who
are starving to-day.
Delay not one moment in getting up The
mass meeting, and take steps to have the Ma
tional Convention on the Sd or 9TH Of March,
for On those days thousands Of people will be
in this city to do honor to our President and
Vice President, and the convention must be
success. Now, do not permit any old fossil
Of a weak-kneed politician to LluF YOU Off.
Push Cn,rad, and remember that there is
"no such word as fail" Your great under
taking is in good cause. Have confidence
in God, with courage and perseverance uni
ted as one, and having but one d;m--the free
dom OF yom race-success will crown your
honest eyertions with victory. See what the
press Of Europe thinks Of the Cuban question.
Hear the thunder Of the Times and its echo !:
Hardly less fatal to Spain than the rebels
themselves are what she calls her loyal SUBJ
iects. Spain has, properly speaking, hardly
a party in the island. .
THAT the first article in the programme
Of every cabinet will be, Cuba must not be
lost we have no doubt; yet it seems in
credible that no particular minister should
ever rise to proclaim that Cuba is being lost
day by day. The Spanish statesman will de-
serve well of his country who suggests that,
since as Prm acknowledged the loss of the
island ia only question of time, il would be
good policy to take time by the forelock, and
put an end on any terms, and by any means,
TO struggle which, while it destroys Cuba,
uitcIiN cAIlaustS SPAIN.
The Morning Adrsrtiser says ''If the valor
of the Spanish-Cuban volunteers can only
be displayed in the enforcement of lynch
law, the sooner the bond of loyalty is
severed the better. Such
is the form Of humanity with which Spain
hopes to pacify Cuba. Marshal Prim used to
declare that the separation of Spain and
Cuba was SIMPLY question OF time and
great and sincere is the pity that his advice
cannot be followed by handing the island in
peaceful guise over to the control OF its in
habitants."
The Nonconf ormist says: lone father
offered million of dollars for the life Of his
son, but in vain. The ferocity of the voun-
teers could only be satisfied by the murder OF
their victims.
No word OF clcmency. no promise Of justice,
no guarantee for the future, but only blind,
brutal repression-this is the infatuated
policy which the young King Of Spain does
not hesitate to pursue
The Daily Meas compares the volunteers
at Havana with the infamous border ruf,ians
Of the frontier. 1t says: 'Their last and
GROWING feat Of valor and public virtue is
only one Of the many similar outrases bu,
il marks a progress in what is pleasant,
described at Madrid as the paciAcation o
Cuba. which may be the precursor of serious
events"
The Pail Mall Gazotfe says: 'Should there
come respite from troubles nearer home
the attention Of the British public may, per
haps, be turned to The Island Of Cuba, where
for the past four years a revolution has beer
going on which has involved the sacrifice o
some $1,000 lives, and the destruction Of ar
incalculable amount of property. The Gu
bans are fighting for the right of self-govern
Inent and the immediate abolition of slavery
What Is called the Patriot Government hal
now the control over two-thirds of tn,
island. In military point of view the bel
!igerents occupy much the same relative posi-
ton as they did two years ago but, mean
while, the Cubans have been learning NOR,
Of the art Of war and the spirit of endurance
and have On their side all the advantage,
that spring from a thorough knowledge of thu
country and habituation to Its trying eli