The New York herald., 1873-11-18


Of counselto this effect 1.-THE high seas are gem
eral Jurisdiction, common to All, quanheu Dy spe
ca Jurisdiction OF each nation over sctr,n 1wn ses
Ashburton in 1912. He held the vessei 10 pe terrt
tory and the entry into 1t, oein2 neutral, ny
beirerent ia an act OF force, trespass ana wrong.
Every writer OF authority holds 10 the american
doctrine-that the rights OF person, properly an9
sovereignty are violated whenever, as In tne case
or the Yrginius, ship IS oVerhauleo' scaioueu "1
seized. -ux..
ing for the facts. We are advised by them not td
go into Mysteries over the nag until the Iacts arg
known. .'How long On Lord how long p are We We
to wait upon our diplomatic juggleryY Tne Iact9
are patent. Newspaper enterprise has advertisea
and confirmed them. propose 10 go !nto .sw
Mysteries the faith OF the unquestlonaoe truInSs
THIS question IL one which concerns our govern
ment and nag. IL does not 90 TO the enIranchisc>
ment OF Cuba That is incidental ana conseqeeent
What, then, is the reparationY Is the loss 0i the
vessel only 80 be made good2 Are the lives OF tne
butcher Burrlel and his mob OF volunteers TO pc
demanded2 VIII that restore the life OF Fry or o.
Ryan or OF the men who were sacred under our nagI
Is not the remedy one which reaches fnrtherg Is
our nag notnngS Nothing to commerce. Is IL
only dish ragl or an emblem OF powerp
peculiar rule Of spain in Cuba. Nor is that Spanish
rule peculiar to Cuba The power OF Spain mas
been for century dying on our Contlnentl
but as she has letreated from the hemis1
phere her skirts have been bedragged and clothed
with gore, The last massacre Is but the
otner butcheries Since October. 1S6s-when the
insurrectiun began--Spain has waged relentless
Spanish troops sent out to conquer 500 coo people.
There we're infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers.
marines and volunteers NOT to speak Of so vessels
ol-war with over 200 guns and since then probably
az many troops more. In sucn warfare, 80 exten-
sive and prolonged, one might have supposed that
the laws OF moderation and humanity, as laid down
by Vattel Tor such cases. would obtain. But It has
been war, without pity, without remorse. RAJ
paci,y and desposm, cophscation and burchery,
have added daily significance to the dag OF Spain,
which-red and yellow-is river OF blood
Ursoners M THIS soa wneher tasen on
sea or land, death-sudden and h0rriblei
death with mutilatlon, death without even the
consultations of religion to the condemned. These
volunteer hends would not even allow the bishop
sent from Spain to land at Havana, because ne be-
ment. Look at this book Of blood which hold in
my hand-"Martyrs OF Liberty in Cuba" See the
are 1s2S. whose names and residences are given,
and from the spanish official record. Here are
dedicated IN death to the garrote The rest OF tue
list are OF the condemned and transported. Bloody
annals How much OF terrible suffering do
5000 persons not killed on the battlefield
Others condemned who are absent; among.
them OF both sexesm. any OF them upon
the chain gang. Do you wonder. then, at such
atrocities as those the other day at Santiagot
Wonder more WREN you read the sanguinary
orders OF the various Captains General. On March
"a, 1863, Duce orders all vessels 'In Spanish
waters or upon the high seas near the islandn TO
be seized and the men on board TO be treated ae
pirates, and, without regard to their number to be
immediately executed. In April following the
order that every man above Is years OF age away
from home, and without justified motive, shall
the women to be forcibly elected II found away
from their homes, and what not OF brutal desp0t.
ISM IL curdes the blood to read or ponder over
these diabolical Oraers so internally executed.
And here let me tell you what has come to my
knowledge. II is known within the last "a hours
in this city that this butcher, Burrie OF Santiago
received the order remandDg further executions
OF prisoners on the Sth, and that Notwithstanding
this he butchered 81 more OF them on the lOtn.
(HlSSeS and gr0anS.)
We're there no protests made by our government
structed our Minister to say to spain that the time
had come when the struggle should be carried on
n y,I more nor humane hui manner In octo6er 1853 Mr.
humanity and nelghborhood foreign intervention
was justfiabel So, TOO, there was special protest
cogent, on paper What is the remedy pray
your (Cries Of "war," "War' and vociieroua
Now, in the face of It's own protests, let our
government fulfil its own prescript. Then there
may be an end OF tins savagery. Inc act oI July
prisoners who are American citizens, and II refused
Tor an unreasonable time to use such means, not
amounting to acts of war. as will efiectnate the
demand, 0 Tor fortnight OF General Jackson or
Governor Marcy our protests were written in
sand victims have suffered since these public
protests. In defiance oil the treaty OF 1895,
sn wf " M @ q S ne ps1s By
phernala OF justice these deeds are done, which
make .earth SICK and heaven weary" 1t is eli
anS Cries wa War Bn9 now san
1 bring these indescrbabIe horrors home to
Jour instances Nor will these include thQse who
were ineupated in insurrection. In February,
1872, Mr.. VoorhleS, member oil Congress from IN
diana, in ms seat, after mentioning many cases OF
Americans mutated ana shot, referred to the
for jamaica, whose ship Went ashore IN Cuba
Utterly innocent, he was seized at nightlal and az
sunrise shot. "tIe cried out" said Mr.. voorhies,
''witn his dying breath, that he was an American
sif.NsHi air. The ~ soil -ptdk drank his bIooa.S This,
oil Pennsylvania fell at the same time. NO wonder
Americans doing lawful business in Cuba, provide
British passports. Four young Americans in Ha-
vana, innocent OF the emblem or its meaning
wear blue necsties. They are set upon. One IS
done TO death by valmaseda's butchers Is there
any redressS Dr. Houard was relieved after o long
debate in Congress. He had sold some medicines
TO those who had become patriots. lie was AN
cency he was imprisoned Is months; then drum
headed into an African colony, and only rescued at
Tor the eight scholars butchered in the winter %
1871 there was no relief, no appeal DO you recas
nsno tns ae spaSard Tns facts 1s painfully w sa 5
by Cuban at. Key West His body
was removed 70 the 'Haygna Cemetery, and placed
students lrollcKfng in the graveyard marked the
glass with diamond. says our Consul, "the glass
was not broken the wreath n2i toueaed ~ psulS
these students were condemned TO the cnan gang;
eight shotl At nightfai they were arrested; at
udyuRHb lHey ntIc III HueY duU pullth
sealed their fe's roseaIe morning in blood The
eldest was but 20; the youngest but IL, and that
bright, harmless boy sobbing his neart away-even
crying in his agony Tor the mother who bore him
was butcnered, TO make a volunteer Cuban holt
day Suffer little children to come unto me, SAID
the Spanish butcher, that l may strangle their
precious young lives God is now, fear me, wreak-
ing his divine vengeance upon that country and
that island, where such things are possible-whero
such barbarties are unredressed.
The recent butcheries at Santiago are the dt, be-
cause horrible, sequence to these deeds without u
"War" and "Charge bayonets.'D I answer,
the Intervention or civilized nations to stop
such atrocities The great Powers intervened to
stop the ottoman in his barbaric war upon Greece.
Is not this case OF similar aggravation But il
not that, then recognition OF belligerency; nay.
both. We could sell 10000 Remington rides to
Spain, and send out 80 gnboats to suppress the
patriots. we strained point for the oppressor.
Now let us do something for the oppressed. Spain
was quick to recoQniZe our rehellinn. Sumter Ma4