The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-27
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Ueurcss Of Inspiration and Special Project q tho
Libsrstors - Impracticabihty Of the
scheme-Bullctins rom the Battle
Yislds- Cruelties Of
Desperate War.

HAVANA, August 20. 1s7A
Not without sometrousle has your correspondent
been able to obtain the 80 much talked OF ''plann
Of aboisning slavery in the island Of Cuba, as pro-
posed by the oligarchsts. The plan IL Is udicrous
- 1t s lugubrious and impracticable under present
circumstances The whole AFFAIR is only a repeti.
ton "dodge" by the negreros to preclude the pos
sibillty OF slaves ever being manumttted. The
authors Of the "plann OF the law Of emanctpa-
ton submitted TO the Constituent Cortes, coterie
sf old slave-dealers ana slave-owners, start with
the presumption Of speaking in the name Of the In
habitants Of Cuba, nlling the preamble with long
winded arguments overlooking with startling
Dophisms. They speak Of the necessity Of
attending TO the preservation Of the
wealth Of the island and respecting as
mr. as possible the rights acquired BY slave-owners
under the "shadow" OF legality which they have
not created. With malicious candor the oligarchy,
submitting this plan to the Cortes state that .'the
necessity indicated is provided for by the plan
presented in terms SO definite that article de.
elares slavery In the island Of Cuba to be forever
abolished, without 'defermsnr Of any kind" In
making this assertion the slaveocrats forget their
''addttionap' decree, In which they nulfy all the
other decrees inasmuch as by the additional" the
law Is not to be established until six months after
be about the time Of the millennium.
The second necessity which the oligarchists state
n provided for In the "plan" BY changing the right
Of property, which the laws have recognized
hitherto, to that OF ''patronate" This, In reality,
u only change Of name, or, to use vulgar phrase
"the same horse in different harness." 'This
transformation" they state, with all the cynicsm
they are capable Of "is not only advantageous to
the wealth OF the island, which, as it consists ex-
clusively OF the products OF agriculture, would dis
appear with the loss Of the labor which sustains
IT, but 1t IS also advantageous to the enanctpados
Freedmen y, who, II thrown suddenly into life az
men, masters OF their acts, would produce In the
Island OF Cuba those scenes OF vagrancy, disorder
and misery which have afiicted ali those countries
where this question has been resolved Without the
necessary precautions"
In the following paragraph neoreros are sup
posed to have such thing as CONSIGNMENT
no
ence Of the armed insprrection which prevails IN two
g Cuba without Producing great e1cement among tIe
most exstsd5 70 Be ignorant Of mass most natural
S"s 5 n to be When time
Of Joy and
nd ss de re g 70 b ssree s public
In Justice to the liberal party of Cuba 1t must
be stated that it entertalns no such fears.
The "ttmid" ne0reros however, continue thus
s1.nsis the dS.t YnpsSns founded sissm where:
lsist while Inc continues ali the troops which
e sah the law Of e c
ssis change re order q shinss
the ss e. &c 5s ana . Ss ::
iafcty Of Its innabitants
The continual and implacable plotrers and i'm
smoral lasnters Of the 1ns ,,n Keep on IN
lOoiition Of slavery. As matters and things have
plgarcnists propose to stave on as formerly all re-
forms Tor lew hundred years longer. It is the
The following are the '--ss. ~ s :,.-
n the proposed law for the emancipation Of savery,
- dictated by the oigarchy:-
% IL Ct /. rs e
sn a 1as
s rs sYs Sse
s,S s S'Ssi
Tie ene"c;paao. reedmen Of the foregoing article
Sds sy ss I Of 0 aw who are es
pstISnsts sS. remain al force ten ana
sy the PaGcas;s which he foregoing article
and al the other fights belonging to guar
en 4h S9 sshs W sE Of the patron are-
ewmJi y I'M, , .I.H tncu "7IoS
SScMcT r. a ciV.n t son IL o.so .r.,.xr...
to.rtA-To pay them monthly sum which this law ae
III s .Ss ss e re s sss
A9lirs tne pa..o ..,.rs., ..nn. =. .r.,,c..a
xcept With che minor children unaer twelve Years Of
Ige, whether legitimate or natural
The monthly allowance referred TO In the foregoing
rtcle snail De tne iooWing gig the smanetpod9s OF
sys e eighteen years 9t ase ~ per month VIII 9s
onscrs (padruo) and from eighteen to sixty years OF
Hge shall receive, the 81 month and the females
Sa month, to be paid TO them the last day Of each
month NJ,
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