Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-28
CUBAN SLAVERY.

ton OF Cuba to the United States has
been that thereby slavery on that
island would be- Immediately abolish
ed, and among this class Senior Caste
lar, tho present President Of the Span
ish Republic, has been the most favor
ably known and highly esteemed.
President CASTELAR, has been for Year,
a pronounced abolitlonist. In 1870,
before the Spanish Cortes, Mr.. Caste
lar In one OF the most brilliant and
able orations Of his life, called for i'm
mediate abolition In language too alb
solute and imperative to admit Of any
question OF time or expediency. He
characterized gradual emancipation to
be the maintenance Of slavery with
all Its horrors" and said that the only
time which the Spanish Government
needed to abolish It was that which
was required to communicate with the
Antilles" In the Autumn Of 1872, In
company with some twenty-five other
leading Republicans, Senior CASTELAR,
laid before the Cortes a declaration, OF
which he Is claimed to be the author,
which contained these plain express
slons: 1.-The abolition Of slavery at
the present time will be a measure
highly polite to end the i%nsurrecsion
iu Cubs, while It's delay may help the
resistance as happened In 1873 and
1904 la the island Of Santo Domingo"
At this time also Senior CASTELAR, was a
member OF the Assembly Of tho nation
of which he Is now President. His
election to the Presidency was believ-
ed by many to be a removal Of the last
obstacle to abolition In Cuba. But
some months have since passed and
no step has been taken In this
direction. Accordingly the Anti
Slavery Society Of London has ad-
dressed an appeal to him In behalf OF
immediate abolition, and cite his Of
repeated appeals to the Cortes while
he was a member Of that body for i'm.
mediate emancipation. The address
Is both brief and concise, and the sign
ers point to the result of abolition In
Porto Rico as q justification Of the
policy Of absolute aud immediate
emancipation. The situation Is GER
tainly an embarrassing one to the
Spanish President, placing him In the
position Of r~ecanting all his previous
~utterances, or taking immediate aud
practical steps to effect the eud sought.
It Is hardly probable that President
CASTELAR,. will at present accede to the
wishes of the London society. Indeed.
he has already signifled his Intention
In this particular. On the first OF the
present month a telegram was sent
from Spain to Cuba, by q high Gov
eminent officer, assuring some Of the
most prominent residents Of Havana
that "no violent measures would be-
taken respecting slavery or politics."
and asking whether, under these cir
cumstances and II the Government
acknowledged the Cuban debt, their
support and cooperation could be re-
lied upon. TO this the answer was
returned, with general enthusiasm"
1t is, therefore, to DO understood that
for the present at least, President Cas-
telar will not interfere with slavery In
Cuba, and probably the newly ap-
pointed Captain General, who has
lately arrived In Havana has instruc-
tions TO that effect. 1t thus appears
that even the most prominent states
men lind or deem themselves power
less to do justice In certain contin-
genGies, and In his anxiety to ave the
Republic Senior CASTELAR, may put aside
the strongest convictions Of Justice.
President Lincoln said In a letter to
Horace Greeley shortly before he
Issued the famous proclamation,
which put an end to American
slavery that he "held the question OF
abolition subordinate to that Of pre-
serving the Republic" and without
doubt such are the views Of Don Emf
lilo CASTELAR,. Spain Is yet convulsed
by factional wars. The Republic has
yat to secur itself as her permanent
form Of Government. Instructions
have still to be crushed, and monarch
ial intrigues to be foiled. 1t Is both
polite and necessary to secure the
hearty cooperation Of Cuba with the
new Government, and doubtless Senior
CASTELAR, fears at this juncture to Incur
the opposition Of the better classes Of
Cubans. 10 do justice Is always a du-
ty, but the question with the Spanish
President, as with Mr.. Lincoln, Il,
doubtless, whether the safety Of the
Republic and the preservation Of Re
publican institutions not only In Spain
but in all Europe, does not outweigh
the other question Of slavery abolition.
At the best 1t Is q question Of judg-
meut. and he has, or should have. the
liberty of choice. II he deem 1t im-
possible to preserve the Republic, and
at the same time at once abolish Cuban
slavery, none should accuse him OF In
sincerity. Let Spain be made Repub'
lican. her Government permanentand
we have faith to believe that President
CASTELAR, will carry out his Outlines ut.
tered convictions and emancipate all
slaves within her dominions. 10 Dc
this he Is pledged in the most solemn
manner, and In our view Of the situa'
ton harsh criticism at this juncture
would be a grievous wrong to the most
prominent Republican champion iu
Europe.
JEFF DAVIS Is likely to accept the
CHARACTERISTIC Of the University o.
Georgia. There are few living men
so capable Of imparting to young and
H.