National Republican., 1873-01-28

tnolr eneWlces lne IeelnR IN laNOf OF pihclng
the two contendlng parties on the same foot
ing Is daily growing stronger and stronger,
and II needs only very small provocation to
fan Il into an irresistible fame.
There arc q thousand gsod and sufficient
reasons why we should sympathiEe as we do
sympathile with the insurrectionista rather
than with those who have been for the last
Ave years striving to conquer them. The
Spanish Government has broken every
promise made TO our Government In regard
to the abolition Of slavery. From the very
beginning Of the rebellion to the present day
she has pursued policy Of the most cold and
inhuman barbarity, and disgraced the Spanish
name and disgusted the entire world by her
lying bulletins from the seat Of war. As an
evidence Of the interest felt by our people In
the Cuban struggle, We quote a recent article
from the New Orleans Republican. That
journal, commenting on the petition Of the
colored men Of Louisiana In favor Of the
Cubans, says
awe decided, after much dellberation, that the
nation, and especially that part Of II which In.
l,, habit, IN, the MississiPPl valley should relieve
In Cuba, and the responsibility Of any ina1veTt-
ent violation Of Its neutrality. II was done with
some hesitation, and without assurance OF any
particular aud primary interest here, II could
not be expected that those who were denouncing
the Federal Government as tyrannlcal would Al-
prove Its action upon any subject Our mer-
chants In the grocery and Western provision
trade manifest little interest In the abatement Of
the pruhbtiye tariff and war tax OF spain on
the products which pass through their hands.
We took the responsibility, therefore, Of recon-
mcndlng to the Government the recognition OF
belligercncy on the part Of the republicans Of
Cuba, because We deemed II best for ths inter
ests TO which we have referred"
"TheTe comes to our aida most potent ally
II is representative OF the colored people, who
introduces In the state Senate resolutions which
viii demand attention. The resolutions we pub
llshed at length yesterday, and need not now re.
| peat Their puTp0rt Is that war In Cuba Is fol
| the enforcement Of slavery, and that the United
| states should not contribute TO maintain that In
| stitutiOn directly or Indirectly. The resolu
iions are confined TO the humanitarian view
| They are well drawn and earnest In their sympa
thies, We will now admit that the apathy with
which which ne eolored people regarded The eontn
surprise. Wemay add, with disappointment.
great deveranee had been wrought for the people
"a bondage, To secure u, great and ira!erna
other Immense sacrifices had been made, and
tho colored people were presented with thell
credentials Of liberty, scared with the sanguin'
AIRY marks OF the conflict. II was natural tina
thUse for whose liberties such sacrifices had becT
made should have expanded their sympathlei
toward their fellow-creaturcs whose groans wer'
rates them from the land of the free. We list
ened as no doubt did the victims OF Spanisl
cruelty, for the interposltlon OF some re1ues
from the manumitted mass Of American freed
men. None came. Spain, protesting that he
| rule was mild, and that she Intended the aboli
ton OF slavery throughout her domnIons, con
tnued TO shoot and garrote her prisoners ant
non-cOmbatAnt citizens, and to sell into bondagl
all those c0lored people set free by the act Of th
Republicans contendlng for freedom"
THE effect OF this stand taken by the coloret
NnA Rf NNlfI a8.N
l. II Is addressed to the administration o
General Giant by nearly q million Of voters an,
soldiers who have aided 70 place and keep Il II
power. It is represented by about one sixth o
the members Of Congress. II Is a productive In
terest TO whose labor we are indebted for i'm
menso annual values Of cotton and sugar.
"To the Abotionist Of the North the appeal l
almost a reproach. Has Gerntt smith laid Of
his armor In the war against bondage7 Ia
sumner renounced his devotion 20 humanity
Does he cit within his tent like Achilles, dis
contented with the share OF the conquest whlCl
fell to his lOt7 We have been almost q
much surprised at the inaction Of the Garlic
AbOlItlOnists In the expansion OF freedom int
colored fellow citizens, the true Fenians OF thei
oppressed race. No doubt the failure Of tn
Abolltlonists to go forward IN this great mora
movement has checked the impulses OF tn
colOscd people themselves, They have waite
TO be lei. They have taken up the line o
action ihemselVes. Now that this aUtioi
has BEEN taken, let the whole people WHOM
the ex, ensiOn Of the blessings bestowed OF
them. Let the COloTed associations unite In
memorial to the Government to recognize thl
republican and anti-slayery movement in Cuba
Let prayers ascend from, the churches TO Al
mighty God to renew thkmracles which hay
delivered the cOlored race In one land from IA
greater oppression In another. II our Govern
ment accepts the argumeRi made by the RepUi
iiedn in favor OF recognizing the republican an
anti-sayery movement In Cuba, there will be n
wrong In manlfestlng sympathy for the sous q
bondage, black and white, In the most effectua
manner.
ave by no means counsel any violation OF IN
law, or comfy Of nations, or any departure frot
our position Of neutrality; but as the cOlore
people have manifested this natural interest |
human freedom, we Leave II TO themselves an
to future events to determine what action wi
, be legal and proper. Let the clubs and chuTcht
respond TO the cries Of the cOlored people
Cuba, bowed down beneath the dOuble burden
slavery and despotIsm."
The Spanish editor may learn from th
, and other little "straws" which show ii
/ current OF popular feeling In the Unite
States, that he may DO much nearer to
crisis In ba and a solution Of the Cuba
question than his pleasantly would seem /
Indicate he now deems possible or probable.