Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-12-05
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Is Gaia 1srit Taking
Signar Gallenga, an intelligen! obSsrysr'
who has recently publisheda book on Cuba
thus describes the population, which We
should have 10 amer. in acquiring Ouha
4 million and half OF people, nearly one
ttird OF whom are slaves of the most de
graded Kind the whites divided INTO
trenle~. ar native Cuhsns, also about nall
million ~ number, and Peninsnlars -
Spanish carpet hs ggers, who have come TO
make their fortunes in the colony and to
rule 1t meanwhile, holding all the lmpor-
tant Offices. dispensing all the patronage
and controlling the military through me
chiefly Spanish organization OF the Volun-
teer- An resurrection, insignificant IN
extent though capable Of much misch'et,
and very destructive to the sugsr industry,
and really formidable as having the more or
less secret sympathy Of the Creole party 4
warfare in which the volunteers. like Ma
floral Guard. stay st home to keep order
in the principal towns, while the real iigni =
inr - done hv imported Spanish troops, OF
whom more Than Y. O0d have been sent ont
since ISi,5. and bY far the greater part have
succuuhed 10 the climate ana the hardshlps
Of the campaign g warfare in which l50,-
COS I've nave been lost without any
real gain r. either side. and IN which
prisoners are shot unless they are
tortured 90 testh 1T being Q practice
witt tie insurgents wheu p pris-
oner. ana especially sn othcer, falls
into their hands. to tie ms ieei up e.
7 tree and u pile mp fuel under the dangling
head. thns burning their enemy alive with
q slow fire 4 capital city which, beng
beyond menace Of the ln7urrection, has r
mercensrv interest in keeping il mp which
/. rnlpd Ike every other Cuban city, ny
Casino Fspgno., OF spanish Club. the head
ouarte-e # the peniusulsr or slRveholding
interest 4 thousand and half Of slave
owne--. ID whom bare J tenth are solvent,
and far whom The weGkle== OF the mother
country Is strength. and her calamity their
onpar.unitv 4 ciTil-seryice than which.
nnles- ID . Turkish province, it would be
hard o. Hid one more corruptor corruptihle,
50 that. f,r Example. there is no contra
band whatever ard no one would he ri the
trouble ana peri oil smuggling IN Cuba
when .- Fan lsri he The rlst8m-hou=e officer
ID auv extent. and N any terms 4
currency iram which sold and SILVER have
entirely s. appeared, and winch ha become
- much Deprecated that spanish gold has
ri-eH o. JEentv-fi7e per rent prem nm and
foreign -Ychangs 70 iiiry two per rent.
A saut wh.eh. when It had THinsd credit
Ly an r,ni-s.a1 g twenty million IN
guaranteed bonds. ana il VS. proposed tY
the nrg spanish lntendsnte 70 burn paper
money d. "a corresponding extent, replied .
-Certainlv. nv al mean-. and with rreat
pleasure. Barn twenty millions? To ns sure
Forty. 81 vou wish il. Have We not GOT the
plate e. Finally. a condition Of society IL
wiirh while the =exua. numbers OF the
neyra and mulatlo population are almost
balanced, with respect 10 the whites the
proportion s. something more Thnu three
male 70 one female including in the
white Ih+ thine-- some 90 aa0 strong ana
q ms
Such .-ia lal.a= OBJ Tie r:,-.1- drawn
hy siguaI uGIleng1 de-. the Pearl Of the
Aut.ue- tie a5i4 There i- nothing
more hollow nothing more artificial. than
the present wealth OF Cata. e. Il wa= IN
CREST measure nan'-: 10 slaye-traie
which hs- rome TO IN rul. ana -rst- On
shave ab5r whieh s. daamai The N1i--.
10 wAirA N7 and s.Fnar Cs.lenga'- de-
eripti1n implement, Is q io-.oE@
The Cuban Cre0ies, long-sufering Pc mos
ghaugh they he, are Just a cruel q the men
they war Rga.nst There has been NJ atracity
committed in the present struggle ~ the
Spauiard- which they hsve not matched.
Why Snaa.d they be- suy httte7 tHan the
>naniaris- We wish some of ihe.r rhetOr-
ical friends IN this country would. after
having hathed their Owl head * them
selves this question, and answer j! " nat
reason have We Tor =upposing that TIE de
cenianre of >raniards, bred r. -ropica
climnte. under tha teaching Of tropics
Catholicism. n contact with negro slavery,
and ander 3 military government. have be
come the sober, ahgsie. self-rpstraine1,
brave. ami humane patriots who are uSu-
ally held up far popular admiration at In
diEu2tisu meeting? Il ought 70 be asked
nj now with more than usual Soiemuity.
and answered with t. more than the usual
sense of responsibility. because when We
tak ,i suneKing Cuhs, g some Of GuT
orator. do most giiniy, We mean the nd
II issiou 30 share in this government It p
motley million and e half Of NpGniards
Gnhans ana negroes, 10 whom III religion,
manner. political traditions and hahit=
and modes of thought are, 10 tel the
honest truth. about 3 familiar as they are
20 the hing Of Dehomey If ever there We
= step which the nation needed to take with
s rool head. 70 is the ster ri mediling in
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