Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-16
CUBA.
For the Gazette.


OF coRREsPoNDKNTs.l C
v.,.o.-. CUBA. n
perceive by some Of your lats editions that ?
you appear to take more interest in the affairs of
Cuba than you formerly eyinced. You are not @
alone, but several Of the newspapers appear to be
waking up to consideration or the deplorable J
condition OF that lovely island. l was much /
struck with some remarks in the Philadelphia IN
quirer few days past. was rejoiced to see it.,
as think there are but few of our Journalists
better calculated to present Cuba to the people
than VIM. W. Harding he has q religious feeling,
kind heart, and just principle and l hope he
will expand his remarks and urge upon the people
a consideration of Cuban struggles Ii YOU will
/ allow me your colums propose to give you a few
| numbers on the history OF Cuba as YOU know sir |
have seen her as she is.
The Chan Eden," or Garden of Delight, as
| Cuba is called, is destined to occupy q bright
page in history, as it already exhibits u brig ght
spot in the Tropics, or it is doomed from its mel
ancholy history IN the future to cast gloom over
| thought and wiring tears of sorrow from the phil
| anthroplst and the lover OF liberty. Already has |
| the few pages OF Its recorded past been blighted
/ by crime, sorrow and suffsrlng Already has it |
been the dwelling place of pirates, robbers, mar |
derers despots, already has its prolific soil been
soaked with the blood of the victims OF rapine, |
force and oppression, alerady has the groans Of the
dying innocent, the wall of the departing patriot
gone up to God, and crys for vengeance-apd the
end IS not yet.
! Ing Gnan ElenF was I0rCeu by lutrudeTS
from the possession OF its aboriginal inhabitants by
treachery, by the sword, the ball. the faggot, By
their conqu=rors. The time has now come tor u
reckoning, and the patriot band now in the field
battles for the heritage OF their fathers. moral
principle should govern nations well as lndIvid-
uals, or they stand exposed to the vengeance of
, Him who has said vengeance belongs to me and
will repay" t"
Ii We look back at tho early history OF Cuba
IRON Its settlement by the Spaniards from St. Do
mingo, who mingled freely with the native In-
dians, in kindness, familiarity, and socially until
the present time we will see the records of deeds
OF blood, inlamy, injustice, murder, robbery and
death that would make the sensitive heart shud-
der and shrink. Ii we take that history from the
landing of Cortez TO the present day we will see
e these dark scenes doubly increased, and tor the
deeds Of death and misery enacted by the sanction
i of the Spanish government, we will find written
d upon the scaoll OF her policy "Mene mene tickle
/ upharsln" Ii we roll up The scroll that has hung
l. between those days and the present aud commune
g with the departed dead, ana ask why have they
II thus been sacrificed we would hear the words
l. come from the burning sacrihcial altar which
was laid the extended form of the old chief. "Het-
tuey," pronounced Otway) Prefero ell inferro
Ell sleo 81 en- clelo ha espanolas Il prefer He'll to
"a Heaven if there Spaniards in Heaven) and we
can read in this the continued history OF Cuba by
"a Spanish rule from that time to this, we might
20 now hear The same emphatic language from the
ts down trodden and oppressed Creole that cam'
l. from the crushed heart OF the noble old chief a
than gallantry defending his homo and hi
friends.
ne 1t has been said by very imaginative write
In lin " Chan Eden, or Pictures of Cuba,D tina
- Cuba has no history" How mistaken. how
n eredulous. Cuba has histOry-a history Of op
Mt preston, ,of tyranny, blood carnage, injustice ex
ecuted, passed the future will give her histOr
OF justice, Tetribution, freedom. As sure as ther
=, is a righteous and Just God IN Heaven Cuba t0i
eN be free The skackled soul OF the Creole is cry
as ing for Justice. His chained spirit is struggin
VS. to be tree, and we'll he knows he whose heart
free is free indeed" He knows that he is hate
by the Spaniard, but his cause Is Just and mu
succeed-thOugh he is trammeled now, the futuI
will see him emancipated and free, occupying tt
- position that natures God intended he should
Many feel no sympathy for the Creole becau
they know not who or what he is Let me heI
Ilal briefly state who the Cfeole Is. Literally Il
vas word means native. Cuba, was before state'
put was colonzed by Spanards from st. Domingo, an
ese afterwards made the starting poiut of EMBARK
ton by Corez for his crusade against Mexico tht
me came others from Spain, who intermarrsd with Il
the descendants Of the previous Spaniards and Il
dians These formed the Creole population wi
Put ntermaTTed with Spaniards, French, English al
yea Americans, as well as among themselves un
fed oy S IA ;il;6sd hI faIss bistory s1st,ny m
lon are the descendants OF the blacks and tho nit
II is false, there is no more, nor as much amalg
- nation of that kind in Cuba than in places OF t
III North in the United States. They are the prin
Is mechanics and merchants are mostly old Spa
the iards The Creole is not allowed to hold OF
'oa unless of the most petty kind All the controll
III Offices are held by old Castilians, although th
ars are by far the best educated and intelligent. tn
u ot have no voice in the government, no represen
os ton, but they pressed beyond measure to 81
port the government. They are deprived OF be
civil, ecclesiastical and military position.
3D. though they compose the greater part OF the le
49,, profession, they nsver appointed Judges.
lsu "a this injustice that has caused them to endea
tnAt to shake of the yoke OF Spanish oppression 4
that Rrnds them down By power and gives them
tied voice in the Councils OF the nation. They
the forced to live under the most despotc rule of
ined nation on earth, viz, that of Captain-Gene
and whose will is law, the disobedience OF whlcl
ond death, They in fact are the veriest slaves
orl live Who under such circumstance would
" wish to be free ? Who that bears the form
i'erI man would not feel degradation like this
OF as Americans have We no sympathy for SUI
. the Have we no voice to be heard in demands
form such people as this9 Has the past ten or twI
les Of years crushed out the last remnant OF the q
ser- that cur fofefAthoEsS 1t 30 let the N
divert to the scenes preceding our hevolut
Remember the time when the Stamp Act
hurled back ON England and her detested
cans, thrown into the harbor at Boston. 1t Is
nator thinga have changed We now stand with FOL
arms and stand By the coffin Of oar dearest
ation see even the fastsings Of that coffin stamped
1o the seal OF OPPRESSION bat still We should fee
A.. others and breathe tbs prayer,
Ata "Hslpme to feel another'swoe.
ounr 10 hide the faults soe." -
The sctiou at Boston in '76 was the signs
llghk the fFes of freedom 10 resist Engla