Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-16
Senior Castelar,.

From the London Daily News, November 49,
Senior CASTELAR, decidedly deserves at
such a crisis a. this the sympathy OF
ali reasonable people. He did his best
to stay a bloody aud barbarous pro-
ceeding, Of which his worst enemies
conld not suppose that he approved.
and his authority was set at naught.
He Il not officially responsible for a
deed which he endeavored to prevent,
which he must have thoroughly de-
tested, and OF which. unfortunately,
the consequences may fall upon the
republic which he Is striving to main
tain against many difficulties. He Is
TO a certain extent In the same posi-
ton "a American governments used to
be In the old days when South Car
olina chose to eonsign to her prisons
and to her slave markets the colored
subjects Of European countries who
unlucklly found themselves In the port
of Charleston. But there Is this I'm
portant difference. The American
Government, disagreeable "a Its posi-
ton might be, was far too strong to be
brought roughly to brook the wrongs
Of which IL had only the nominal and
legal, not the moral, responsibility.
But the Republic Of Spain Is In 80
many difficulties that 1t can, perhaps,
enforce no authority over Cuba, aud
can neither make \ fitting reparatlon
to America nor endure the conse-
qusnces Of her exacting a reparation
for herself. or course 1t Is easy to say
that the moment Spain declared herself
a Republic she ought to have recog-
nlzed the republican principle In Cuba
aud babe Cuba 60 free. But the Uni-
ted States have shown that there Is no
necessary connection between repub-
lican principles and national dis
Indignation. Apart from this con-
slderatlon, we can hardly blaine
Senior CASTELAR, for not doing what GER
tainly no other statesman In the world
ever did In similar circumstances.
The late General Prim, We happen to
know, was perfectly convinced that
Cuba was the source Of an annual lOss
rather than gain to Spain, and lio
would very gladly have seen his coun-
try rid Of her. But while he was yet
considering the prospects Of his medit-
ated rebellion. and vas fully confident
Of Its success, lie did not believe that a
new government founded OF the sx-
pulsion OF Queen Isabella would for a
long time 10 strong enough to face all
tile national prldeS and individual III
terests which demlnded that Cuba
should be retained as the appanage OF
Spain. IL this WAS Gen. Prim's opin-
lon before the lnsurrection OF Cuba.
we cannot wonder that Senior Castelar,
aud his colleagues hesltated to bring
upon their republic the apparent liumil-
iation Of \ surrender to the Cuban In
s%urrectlon. This much ut least, 1t Is
only fair to say OIL behalf Of n states
man who, already so-ely tried, Is now
likely to be pressed by the conse.
quences Of a barbarous policy, which
he vainly strove to prevent. In the
whole situation nothing Is more ditti.
cult to understand than the trenzied
arrogance OF the Cuban authorities.
10 the powerful enemy who was ap-
parently only waiting for a pretext
for intervention they have furnished.
not. n pretext, but a Justification. The
"Spnmish fury" has made Itself a
deathless name for cruelty. But the
Cuban fury is as laundering as 1t Is
cruel.