New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-01-09
slavery in Cuba.

1t VIII lie seen Is the following SYNOPSIS
/ OF letter from Secretary Fish t. General
/ Sickles that the \ Administration : in earnest
in its efforts to hold spain 10 its promises of
the abolition slavery in Cuba. Cuba ofliaht
should be a free State OF the American
Union, anl we fear that there will be nn end
T. slavery on that ISLAND until It /, annexed
70 the ntcd States. We tah1 the following
iron. The New \ OH Tribune:
WAsHINaroN, Ian. O.. On the 18th ui
tctuh-: last. Secretary Fish, in aidres Ing ali
elaborate letter to Miuister SiChlps u!ludsd
to the tact iAat the present Ministry oi spain
had given assurances - The public th..u.h
their organs Of the press, aud had conur!ue
the assurance TO Gen. CA!ts personally. e.:
their intention to put INFO operation 4 >rr.r,
OF extensive reforms, embracing anon. them
some Of those which this Government hl,
been earnest in urging upon their conSiic.a-
ton IN relation to the colonies which are our
near hc'ghhors. The Spanish Government,
partly al our instance, passed a law providing
Tor the gradual emancipation of the slaves in
the West Indies Colonies. The Law, So far
as the state Department il aware, remains
unexecuted, and it is feared that the recent
ly-lSsucd regulations, prolesscdly for ii, exc
cuti0n, ale wholly inadequate to amy !Gacl-
cal result in favor of emancipation, ii they
be not really in the interest OF The slave
holder, and of the continuance OF the iu~l,tu-
ton of slavery
While the United States fully acknowledges
It's obligation to the general rule which re-
qnlics nation 10 abstain from interference
IN the domestic concerns of others cl,.lm-
stances warrant partial exceptions t. this
rule, to the support Of which the Secretary
enters into an agreement and say. thai all |
who countenance lukewarmncSs oruegIrrt in |
carrying emancipation into effect must more
or less hc liable t. thr charge of tluplcity or
bad faith, "a charge y hich every man OF honor !
in high station ought to cndcayor to avoid.
Gen. Sickies is instructed, in decisive but |
respectful terms, to demonstrate against the |
apparent failure OF spain to carry into effect |
the emancipation act to which she is COM |
mitted. II Spain permits her authority to be |
virtually and practically deGed in Cuba by a |
refusal or neglect to carry into effect act. of |
the home Government Of a humane tendency, |
ii IS tantamount to an acknowledgment ct IN |
ability to control the nsurrcctOn in Cuba
Mr.. Fish says it has now lasted four years. |
Attempts to suppress it, 50 far futile have |
been made, probably at sacrifice OF more
than hundred thousand lives and an meal /.
culable amount of property. Oar CONNER. !
clal and other connections with that island ,
compel ms to take warm interest in its
peaceful and orderly condition, without
which there cannot be prosperity. Cuba
BENG separated from this country bV a mar
row passage, the temptations for rockies,
Adventures here to violate our law and en-
bark in hostile expeditions thither il Great. !
Despite the unquestiOned vigilance Of tb;, !
Government to maintain its duty. and The |
efforts with which the approaches to the is
land have heen guarded by the Splui,b |
cruisers, the said proximity has lei Gul,ars |
and other partsans of the Insurgents 10 ftLp |
up their abode in the United Statcg. act.;at.I /
by the hope that that proximity would ona-
bic them advantageously to plot aud act for |
the advancement Of their cause ia the island |
The Secretary says; We certainly have |
reason to expect that the great strain uu.u
our watchtulncss to thwart those schemes I
o;ca1ionci by the long duration Of Lost,i,ti,s /
in Cuba, should have some termination /.
through cessation Of The cause which iilh- F.
cft1 has been supposed TO make il necessary /
for the discharge Of our duties ~ u neutral. /
Ever since the insure ton began Ne hay.
he says, repeatedly been called uIoa 80 dis
charge those duties.
In the Performance" Of them, ur ai- con-
7ciou7 81 40 neg lcct; bat Tie trial ~ our
impartiallty b the want Of success on the
part OF spain in >upprc ,in. the revolt t. ne
cessarily 50 severe that mlts, she shall soon
be more successful, it will force ugou thi,
Government the consideration Of the uur,-
ton whether duty to itself and to the COM
merclal interests Of its citizens NAV not de-
mand some change in the line Of action il
has thus far pursued
The Secretary reminds General Sickle, Of
cases respecting citizens Of this country. Of
S"uSciee7 seizures "l estates, which have
Dceh referred backward and forward L.twceu
Madrid and Havana t. the very VERGE or Tho
exhaustion Of all patience. In he ,,ccr-
time the property OF citizens of the I-ritcJ
states has been held in violation of the treaty
between TINS country and Spain. The SEQ
Rotary further says to General ScIlr-.
1t Is hoped that you will present the views
above set iorth, aud the present grievances
| 81 which this Government 50 Justly com
plains, to the Government to which YOU are
accredited, IN way which, ,,ithnu. giving
oilense, W!!l leave a conviction that we arc
IN earnest ia the expression Oi thee view,
ana mat We cNi"ct redress and that Il il
should not soon be afforded, spain mast not
/ De surprised 10 lind, as the iucyitaLl,. result
/ OF the delay, marked change ia The i,.cIip,,
1 ana IN The temper OF the people aud Of the
Government %! the United States. Ealis,,-
( lng that the present Ministry OF Snaiu +. Il,
a sufficiently confirmed position Of uOwer Ia
/ carry out the measures which il announces
and the reforms which have been promised,
and 10 do justice by the removal OF the causes
Of our well-founded complaints, and not
doubling the sincerity o!the assurance, which
have been gwen, the 'nitci states look con
/ lidently for the realization Of those hopes
which have been encouraged by repeated
promises, that all causes Of arrangement, or
for the interruption o! those friendly feeling,
which are az traditional as they are sincere
on the part Of this Government toward spain
viii be speedily and forever removed
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