National Republican., 1873-11-24

upon our Execugvc, ds more thadAwc have
done. II we have 70 accord b<1igcrcst
rights n the Tnspsgcnu rc would ssfumc an
ierce1mrpcy q position Of which Grcat
Hritsin 9Dsld, n vlew OF ouf dcciarations
Irsgsrilnx bur own rcbels, have the list rieht
y complain. n is plain, Then, hat pre-
|&sient, as welt - constitutloaal ard legal re.
Iegrictlos. coupS tho Standardization to re-
Ffrain from following the advice Of the Times,
either TO recognize Cuban belllgcrcncy or de-
vote ourselves to the idea OF annexation.
However much In love with eithor Of these
propositions our people may be, II Is evident
that the duty Of the Administration is TO
await tho action OF Congress before II pro-
cccds further than Il has In seeking repara-
tion. At the same time we are forced TO re-
member the obligations which we owe 10 q
sister republic, no matter how weak II may
be. bccsnsc we have recognized the CASTELAR,
Government In Spain as the paramount
power. Great Britain has not made this re.
coguision 90 cordially as we have. Her 10.
terests are opposed TO ~ aud would be be,,el
served ~ q result which would insure III,
Destruction Of that sister republic, aud IL
destruction could not DO more certainly as
sued than by demand from us Involving
On injtry 10 Its territoria Integrity.
We cannot fall TO deduce from this cxpia
nation that Great Britain has attempted tc
use us as . cat's-paw. Else the Times neither
reiscts the opinion Of the British people moi
tko continent Of the British Government
Bat tho climax Is reached when that papc
boastfpfly asserts that 'lf England Is callc,
upon tp act In consequence Of the execution
OF any Of her own subjects there Is no rcasol
why she should acknowledge tho indcpcn
|, dencs Of Cuba, especially II thc act woul,
chcck huch outragcs." Suddenly John Bul
is aroused on the subject Of outragcs. The,
have occurred before; but without cnllstinl
his sympathy. While tho United States
through Its representative at Paris, attempted
o. II his In other instances, to prevent thcr
when the Communists murdered inoficnslv
cicsgymcn, and when the French republic
tdrn executed women because they ha
been Communists, Great Britain was silcn,
Tho tinc comes now when tho outragcs pre-
sent asother contingent aspect. Their pun
lshmeSt is no more imperative than before
but the protests against them will involv
dlffcrcnt results, including tho possible cs
tahlisttment Of the Carlists as the coutrollinl
powerin In Spain. No other result can folloy
the overthrow Of the CASTELAR, government a
Madrit, and the overthrow Of that Govern
mcut nay possibly crsue from rash action o
the part Of the United States. Hence II
that tAc Times suggests the adoption OF
line Of policy BY the United States calculate
to bring about that result. II Is useless /
deny dat tlfe schcmlpg diplomacy Of Gre,
Britaip Is not devoted TO this object. II
Engnah people may not, and undoubtedly d
not syhpathize with tho suggestion; but Il
sooncf the sristocrats, who wicld Britis
power to-day, succeed In convincing the
subjects that republican government Il
failure the better 1t will be for them, and Il
more certain will be their tenure Of authorit
La CASTELAR, and his associates be defeat,
through tho direct or Indirect agency of su,
susgc&ioas and the royal sristocrats
Engiahd will gain point. They will rcjoi,
as thet have never rcjoiccd before to see IN
the eucroachments of trus rcpublcauis
have been checked.
Now, lot England do ono han ss much
we hate done. Let her proceed TO cxtreu
mcassses, as we have done. British subjec
have been butcherod rs American subjee
have, ND II, with the power TO make WI
and begin diplomacy afterwards, which sl
cnjoyS and which the Executive authority
the Ualted States cannot exert without Il
consent Of Congress, she does not Do som
Thing more than play the sneak, II sho do
not vibdicate her boastful unsullicd homo
and II she does not at least att1i tho puhis
mcnt 81 the Burricl butcheries, let her no
her peace, and acknowledge, as she righ
fully must, that America IN the present 1
stancd, while she may have been lcnient
the pest, as she was in the Mabama affair,
entitled to the credit of having begun d
I effort to terminate the outrages Of which
{ much complaint Is justly made.