National Republican., 1873-11-11
muV TxITrp sTATRs AND CUBA.

Cuba. which have becn properly character
led as most brutal murders, have 60 In
famed the passions Of our people as to pro-
woke general expression of sympathy and
earnest friendship for the Cuban republic.
The American people have from the begin
ming inclined toward q recognition Of the
bclligerent rights OF the Insurgents; and the
Administration, while responding to this
natural inclination so far as It could consist
entity with an honest Observance Of intcrna-
tional obligations, has been compelled to wit
ness strife for the supremacy Of republican |
principles at our very doors, without being |
able to lend helping hand. 1t was natural
that the Patriots should look to us for aid,
md 1t was natural that wo should be inclined
to grant II. The advantages which would
accrue to us both In 0 commercial and polit-
cal way from the existence Of republic In
Cuba arc manifold. We suffer so much now |
from discrimination against our commerce
at the hands OF the Spanish authorities that
IL required no ordinary amount OF patience |
on our part 10 refrain from taking advantage |
Of the opportunity afforded by the insurrec- |
ton TO destroy that authority and establish
reciprocal relations on something Ike an
equitable basis. II Ia well known these dis |
ordinations are such Us 10 give tho control
Of our market virtually to tho Spanish mid
dlc-mcn, who arc able, after American -four
has been shipped via Cadiz TO Havana, to
sell 1t at cheaper rates than that which Is
shipped direct 10 the same port from New
Orleans. In the same way cotton goods,
manufactured in England, can be sold In the
Cuban market at lower rates than those
manufactured In the United States. In q
similar manner locomotives, agricultural i'm
plcments and other manufactures of the
same kind, In which the United States
excel, arc taxed 80 high, that tho ex-
pcnsc of purchase by the Cuban planters
amounts to partial prohibition. II Is true
that our excellence In this latter kind OF
manufactures is such as to compel the MD
dlc-men to seek them but 1t Is also true that,
II the port charges and duties were reasona-
bic, the trade in such articles would rapidly
increase TO the advantage Of both parties.
But ii has been the policy Of the Spanish
Government 10 keep the island Of Cuba In
such condition Of dependency as to insure
an annual income from her resources. 10 do
this, the laws regulating her commerce were
go enacted as TO deprive the colonsts OF all
possibility Of reciprocal trade, and at the
same time TO subject their commerce TO the
most oncrous imposts for the support of the
home Government. In short, Spain has
always treated Cuba as u dependency, having
no rights or voice in the contlol of her
own affairs, and us mint upon
which the most cStravagant drafts were
made to supply the enormous deficits In tho
Spanish treasury. Never having recognized,
"a England has In the case OF the Canadian
Dominion, the right Of the Cubans to the
scmLlance of self-control, Spain has never
allowed them to hold any but the most trivial
Offices on the island. From Captain General
down, the places Of trust and profit under the
Government have been filled by spaniards.
This Infamous system resulted in the revoiu-
tion. The Cubans, with The example of the
United States and the independence and
equality Of our people constantly before
their eyes, provoking comparison with their
own cnslaycd condition, began the revolt
which has continued increasingly since Octo-
her, 1868. These facts, briefly stated, and
without The elaboration which might
include details Of unriyaled dcpriya-
tion, OF impositions tcn-fold more
criminal than those which caused onr rev0-
luton against Great Britain, served to enlist
the sympathy OF our people against the
Spanish Government. But other reasons
appeal to that sympathy, and arouse q
warmer interest In behalf of the Patriots.
They arc OF the kind which make men draw
on their purses, offer their blood and seek q
solution OF difficulties without regard to the
intricate and tortuous delays Of international
ilaw. They appeal TO the very heart Of the
ipcoplC and may be found In the long record
tot inhuman atrocities, Of the outrage and
violation Of every principle Of civilization, OF
honor and decency. From the murder oi
lSpcakman, while his wife and child begged
four State Department to intervene-as 1t did
In vain--to save his life, through the long
and bloody list, including the terrible affaii
lof the Hayanese students, down to the crue
Execution of Ryan and his unfortunate com
Ipanions, these appeals have been unceaslng
No wonder, then, that the press teens with
sdemands for rctributlon, and that the peopl,
Ipray for the intervention Of the Government
ito put an end to the rule of the blood thirst,
iSpanitrds. Not only has our money beef
actually and wrongiully taken from US b,
these people, but-no matter what the pre-
,luncc Of trial may be american citizens hav,
been put TO death by themyin violation Of tho
law which should and would govern any
,olhcr people who pretend to be civilized
all this while our friends, the Patriots, seek.
Ing to establish q government after our own
model, arc waglng war against them
and only require our recognition to succeed
in accomplishing their overthrow. Car
pists may say that the Cubans and th,
Spanlards are Of the same blood, and ar,
consequently capable Of tho same crueltles
But this Is not true. Suffering as they did
from the impositions Of the Spaniards for
generations, tho Cubans learned to love lib
erty in the truest and broadest sense of the
term. This Is proven by the indlsputable
fact that In the conduct Of their rebellion
they have never debascd themselves or dis
graced their cause by the deeds which have
blackened the record OF spanish control on
the island with undying infamy. But II il
more distinctly proven in the fact that at the
very organization of their republic, and with
the same pens with which they signed theii
declaration OF independence, the Cuban lead
ers signed the manumisslon papers OF thou
sands Of slaves In short, no man claim
Ing to be Republican or an lnsur
gent in Cuba now holds single hu
man heing in bondage. When we compar,
these facts with the charges here brought
against the spaniards, and remember thai
Notwithstanding repeated promises to ON
Government and repeated enactments by the
Spanish Curleg for the emancipation Of the
slaves in Cuba, slavery still exists wherever
spanish law prevails, We are compelled TO
admit difference In character between the
Spnuiards and the Culans. These facts arc
not new TO our people. They have been
ussi time mud time again TO inctc them to
violation Of the neutrality laws, aud to aid
by subscriptions or otherwise In the organi-
aatlon Of fiIlibustering expeditions. The
Spanish Government must know this
10 be true. II has had repeated warn
Ings, but ha, paid no attention to
them. VIII II now again disregard the pro-
test Of our Government, supported, as II
doubtless will he, Jy the Government OF
Great Britaln2 Let 1t remember that pa
tience may be exhausted and may ccase to
he virtue. hut, In the mean time, pending
the effort now being made by the State De-
,,a.,n,nt IN g,al an lXnlnnlllon II Is The