, 1873-11-15
AMERICAN BLOOD.
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neutrality laws for sixty or niloty dayu. to rive
tue inconsel people Of tl,tB uonrtry iii oppor-.
tuntty to no to. Cuba md itlntut summary voll-
gonncc upon tho bloot.thirutY spn!lar:lu, aud
wrost the iHland from tloir control. 4 largo
number Of prominent merchants and other i'll
liuoiM uitizctH, believing TINT American lsouor
requires, common humanity urges. prompt
and vigorous actiou Oil tho part ct our Govern
meeting ut tic Oourt. House, tomorrow evening.
to explcss public fool!ng OH tho subject
Tho City Council to-,lisht unanimously
apubllo meeting to exproHs tho sentiments Of tho
citizena regarding lilo rccont execution in Cuba
Of peraona on board of tho vfrgi1iitls.
Speciai DisptutcA to I'ac Ch,ffao Tribune.
ExorrE,iEST IN PHILADELPHIA.
PnlIAnELrH1A Nov. H. Many aDlo 1lnanciefs
Of this city state that thcro III
NOT THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE oF wA1 WITH SPAIN,
md tl.nt tho excitement il merely kept up for
tho purpose Of specializing II atoclts and gold i'll
Now York and elsewhere. Do this as it may, tho
Cubans horo aro terribly In earnest. and the
sUr1NENEss OF oun GOVERNMENT.
II prosidcnt Grnnt really approlond8 tho
aituation, aud acomH the honor Of tho country
~ jeopardy, and iv willing to dofend. 10 viii
find hundreds frou, tho Quaker City roady to
rospoud to his cali.
AuausrA. ,Gn., Nov. 1A.-Tho oxcitcmont horeo
over the Virglnina nattor s intonse. Several
Southern papers think tho Government would
be justified iii declaring wnr aganst Spain.
AID FOR TIE CUBAN CAUSE.
New yonK, Nov. 14.-Walter Stuart, who says
That o M sS every roason 20 neaye o t s
cred pnasengcrs of tho Virgini1s. o1lers to pay
liberally for any information conceui-
Ing his lato, aud makes, tho fol-
not,og1, ~ na Otr. VII, suncpibo @ o
to eyery a1G0, ZOO tint t.oy viii rase. will .lo
moro. ! will agrco to raiao 900 men, well oill-
cercd, all bodied, aud all having, eecn ser
vico, and put thom abonrd Of Buitablo vessol
tlat the Gubans shall furnish properly equipped
and oroyietoned at bona point OIL our coaBt that
may select. As guarantee to perform whit
used for tito bo,oaL Of tho fa.nilics who have
lost tloir 1,rotector,'by tho SpnuiBh bntchory."
atuart'a poBt~ottice address will be for tho COM
ing wenK, at Youkory N, Y, aud afterwards at
NEWSPAPER MD so1,c.rED.
A dcputation of Cubaus called at tho leading
newspaper offices to-ilny, And asked that tho
touriials do ali in thoir power in favor Of tho
THE CUBAN 5usgA.
At tho Headouartors Of tic Cuban Junta,
nothing Of al important charactcr waB aoyol-
opcd Tue plans Of tho Junta arc said to bo
rapidly eliminating, but their nature Is not
openly discussed.
COMMENTS OF THE AMERICAN PRESS.
It's useless to CO consider thia matter my longer
from tho poiut Of Wow of mere DIPLOMATIC
uenge. These oulrnges cannot bo permitted
to continue. It is Goplorable necessity forced
upon tie United Staten to saw thoy ghall not con-
tinue, Both for 1s and for Spain it il great dis
astcr, mud cauuot DO regarded in any otGor light
Our nei9hbor's house is on fro and wo canilot
guieh tho lre,-uot III Ills way Iut in ol,r own
We hayo delayed interfering long enough Wo
stood still. IN compuuy with tho rest Of tho civ
ilizcd world, and saw the HAVANA school childrou
foully murdered yitlioutapy adou,1ato expression
of our condemnation Of tho act. We were
more bound to speak frankly than other nations
because the horror was consummatcd In our
very aigbt, 80 close that tho Bkirta of tho Re-
We are yeaping the rewasl Of our complss-
auco at thnt time in the tragedy of last wcoS
Whatever othors may d. We canuot afford to
do nothing. These infa1nies aro committed at
bet"eeu spain and Aer colonies. our OVID peace
Is ondnn gered BY it. At every dischargo or the
muBiots ut santlago, American n'ood painted
ened With powder smoke,
:, We aro therefore forced TO &C., bnt the e'tua-
tion must not bo made tN3 worse BY rash or lpcon-
Riderate action. Iho almost unanlmoub cry
Of be!liEorent rights to tue Cnnans. Nothing
could be moro futile or Illogical. The Seizure
Of tue FirElniuB WIS unlawful PRECISELY be-
cause We do not recognize . state Of va,
botweon 6puin and Cuba. Those ill-adyisod
friends Of Cuba who ask for recognition do
not see that tho act would vastly onlarge the
privileges Of Spain upon the high. aeas anc
would not in tue least asBst tho Cuban
army struggling in tho mountains. Tho mag
sacro ut Santiago affords no additional reason fol
recognition Of tho i'nsurrection, and such reeoE;
war. We hope no such bruluns .ful1aen will be
launched whore practical measures Gro required
What they should lo is indicated by tho cir
cumstancen themselves. Our Government, vi
hope, has already demanded full aud imme
date rcparation and tho punishment Of tht
leaders under whose orders the outrage has bee1
accomplished. II, rs wo foar, tho Spanish GOV
ernmont cannot enforce this. We must iu tuturt
protect our own lag and our own ctizens III tn