Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-09
SPANISH GRANDEUR AND EOH-
BAST.

BAST.
IS a specimen OF Spanish traggadocio
and boEab.st, the following dispatch is
worth making note Of:
HAVANA, April 7.
Captain General Coucha has issued q
PROCLAMATION to the citizens of Cuba.
lie saws the war IS confined to the
sparseIy populated portions Of the island
and that If may continue for some time,
but that the populous and wealthy por-
lions of the island Will be protected IRON
rsvases and the integrity of the territory
preserved. He exhorts the people TO
maintain their conposure, and p-ououn-
ess the severest policy towards the enc
mics of Spain. the protection OF her
friends and justice TO al. He considers
The closest union of Spaniart:s IL Cuba
imperative under the circumstances, and
viii not permit the existence of parties
Of any kind. He declares his conviction
that peace viii be restored under the tag
of Spain. and says: We will have to
wait for more successful times to settle
the grave question OF slavery.
This is Spanish official grandeur, IN
adulteEateI and serene. With a home
government totterins OF the verge OF de-
s:ruction: surrounded by an insaiar pop
-!latioD who dictate the terms Of their
own loyalty: standing exposed to three
distinct and imminent dansers-ths
Carlists st home. the volunteers about
Lin, and the patriot forces IL the I2o.,,.-
,ains Of Cuba; and Possessed q a
Erowlsdss OF tie very grave and doubt
fnl situation by which lie Is surrounded,
This HiGalgo, true TO Lis race and lis
caste, has the loriIy and unfinehing CT
f-outery TO enunciste q manifesto which
ignores facts. eva,ies the grave issues in
VOWED, and assumes calnlness and
co-aposure which would be difficult to
surpass in time OF profound and pros i
pereus peace. Your true Spaniard will
Tot permit himself the degradation and
humiliation of q self doubt. What
shorld be, is-or there is nothing worthy
Of recognition. Such is his imperturb-
able philosophy. After fighting for five
or six years. and never gaining victory
over tie insurgent islanders, General
Coneba waves MS hand complacently
over against the patriots and their ar
mics and their frequent triumphs, and
calmly tells the Cuban people and the
world that the integrity Of tie island
shall be p-eserved-followins all this
with a threa: of vengeance upon the
enemies Of SPAIN One smiles, as ct |
the mock defamation and tinselisd hero |
ism of the mimetie stage. This would !
be like unto the impotent fury of King
Lear, if il had its force and its vehement |
eloquence. Lock at the powers which |
this Dragging Captain General must rely
upon to make good his promises and
his threats:-The Pretendsr, Don Carlos. |
holds an almost undisputed sway in all |
the North-the Catholic larts-of Spain. |
The Government forces are not only |
powerles. to make Roadway against the !
Carlists on thsir g,ound, but find |
It extremely difficult TO hold their Own.
As 70 the moEey-tLe nerve force Of
war-the condition is apparent when
one reflects that Cuba. the chief source
OF Spanish revenue, is so far from con-
tinUius to keep up the National Treas
ury as one may understand from the fact
that the Bank Of Havana-tEe sub /
Treasury of Spain-is fifty millions
worse of than nothing, and that gold in
the chief commercial centero Of the Ever
Isle is quoted at scarcely less
than three hundred Per cent. premium,
Under these circumstances these official
utterances of the Captain General rise
almost to the hight of sublinity. |