The New York herald., 1873-11-29

avail ~ little 20 procure mercy ae senior Caetear0
order to procure release. The horrible massacres
of Of the enorts-honest and energetic as we we
Ism 10 military authorities give us little reason
to nope that the law OF nations viii have been
Ii the boundaries OF International law should be
found to have been transgressed IN the brutal mas
nave IN 10
government OF President Grant win thfnk II Wise
to insist upon that right may pc open 70 quesoh; aos
have given US no reason to doubt that tney VIII
act when circumstances compel them to act TEN.
perately ana Justly.
ssThe Cabinet OF General Grant Wnr
Have the sympathy of Europe In Its
Determination that the Long Line OF
Outrages Perpctrated BY the Spanish
Volunteers i'm Cuba Shall Come TO an
End,
From the Daily News. Nov. 14.l
The afair OF the Virginins has brought the rcla.
tions OF Spain and the United states to q very
serious point. Cuba has long been source OF un-
easiness between them; it now threatens TO be the
occasion OF an open rupture. The Spanish volun-
teers in the island have chosen TO put themselves
in the worst possible position in such conflict
Their own sanguinary conduct, II the hair thaC
is reported OF them Is true, has already destroyed
all grounds OF public sympathy with the govern
ment which protects them. SO long as the slave-
holders or the South coveted Cuba, not merely as
the key OF the Gulf, or luxurious resort for
lnvalds, but as o nursery fot slavery, the whole
civilized word sympatnissa Win spain u M holding
six years past Cuba herself has been in
insurrection against the spanish savenolders,
fighting not merely TO perpetuate her own rule,
but slavery along with 1t. The execution OF the
prisoners captured on board a blockade runner
some OF them American citiZens-and the exuta-
ton OF the Havana press over TINS summary ven
stories OF wholesale executions which have long
made the civilized world uncomfortable: The
especially now that the government at Madrid has
shown It's lnabllity to maintain ts control over lts
dependency The Cabinet OF General Grant VIII
have the sympathy of Europe in It's determination
that the long line oil outrages perpetrated by the
Spanish volunteers IN CUBA snall come TO an end.
may well tempt General GRANTS Cabinet now that
the Cuban authorities have given plausible oc-
caSion for 1t.
ssIn Such Tcmpests Of National anger 80
a Deed OF blood Like This May Well
Cause Nice Points of national
Law Get Swept Away,
From the London Telegraph, Nov. li.l
1t is not surprising to hear from New York and
Pennsylvania that the feelings of the Americans
are intensely reused. People there who do not
want to have Cuba and detest the practice OF Gl-
busterism, must be deeply irritated to see such a.
massacre OF their countrymen committed
IN contempt OF the Stars and Stripes.
There not many in England VINO
could approve OF the Deerhound's recenr'~
expedition; but If every person on board that
troublesome little craft mad been fusilladed there
would have been an outcry Of Just wrath against
the Spanlards. We. can hardly wonder, then,
that the United States government has armed
and despatched powerful vessels OF war. aud.
that q meet large enough to blow Morr0 Castle
from its foundations VIII soon be near the
place where these sanguinary deeds have Deen
committed. There is already matter enough, as
things stand. for energetic action; but II the furi-
General Grant Will find 1t difficult task to mode
rate the feelings OF the Americans, annexation
such tempests OF national anger as deed
OF blood like this may well cause nice points OF
likely that the American iron-clads will be con-
tent with inquiring how far OF the vlrginius was
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more likely to demand the judges of the court mar
vial as III their to be put on trial At New
two till the government Is changed and 2 heavy
sum sun .oro,1ncd Of money paid to the families of
{tlef That t WIN be "ny yne SnIa peroaa es problem
speakers. who viii point out that Cuba is only
nominally Spanish II It derides the message or
fights its enemies with a murderer's weapons.
II the Washington government be ever so measured
rebellion on one side and the annexation party on
the other have now a chance OF which they Will not
be slow to avail themselves.
ssTO tho Powerful Enemy Who Was Ap-
Parently Only Waiting for interviews
tion They Have Furntshcd Not Prc-
text, but . Justification"
From the Daily News, Nov 1871
1t is, indeed, difficult to say with exactness
whether the terrible manner in which the oficers
and crew OF the virginius have been dealt with
complexities or simplifes the relations between
the United States and Cuba. great
majority OF the citizens OF the former coun-
trvx will NIB <bo
whole business is made clear and simple. They
will regard 1t, whatever their natural horror at
the cruely OF the deed, as one OF those provi-
dental calamitles which men are fond of
human energy. II cruel ana caprcious sHaan man
is always torturing his children, maltreating his
servants Sc nSn and , rendering himself hateful to
who could easily chastse him holds beck because of
scruple as to his III right OF interference, good
advantage gained when, In freak OF half insane
passion. the tyrant assas one OF the strong mans
own household. We are not surprised to hear
that the war feeling is waxing stronger and more
general Aconsiderable proportion OF the Ameri-
In the conviction that now at last the government
Of General Grant must act: We should do justice
and under all the pressure OF strong popular ex-
citement, from anything ike an undue interiors
ence in the colonial AFFAIRS fspan No cause could
than that of CuDa. Many Americans, doubtless,
wanted Cuba for themselves s,a Many others @ 81 felt
rule Some were driven into detestation of Spain
by sheer disgust at the brutal crueltes BY which
the representatives OF Spanish authority were
vainly trying to put down the rebellion.
To the powerful enemy who was apparently only
waiting for pretext for intervention they have
furnished not q pretext, but Q justidcation< Tno
spanish fury" has made itself q deathless name
for cruelty but the Cuban fury is as blunderlng as
1t is cruel 419
ssThe Vast Majority OF Butchers Come
from Old Spain, or Arc Allied to the
Old Spanish Party.'
From the London Daily Telegraph. Nov. 1861
The massacre at Santiago Of Captain Fry and
the crew, with many passengers, or the blockade
runner virginius, is only one OF q series
of ierocious carnivals in which Los
Voluntartos have , induged, not merely