The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-31


THE CUBAN QUESTION.
Many Of our newspapers, of both
political parties, are urging the re-
cognition of the Cubans us bellig.
Grants, on the ground that the wal
has been Of long duration, and con.
Quoted on barbarOus principles
Bat we fail to see how our mere
recognition would mitigate its hor.
rors, Or afford any solid advantage
to the struggling Cubans. 1t would
not authorize the United States gov
crnmcnt to intervene and force eth
en- bellgerant to observe the laws OF
war towards the other and certain.
~ after all the complaints made by
the United States against England,
for violations of neutrality during
our civil war, it would be singular
ly inconsistent for us to permit the
fitting out Of Cuban vessels of war,
in our ports, or the recruitment of
soldiers for the Cuban army, in our
cities. In 80 briefa period after the
arbitration Of Geneva, it would not
be very much to the credit of our
consistency to afford Spain any
preteXt for reclamation and
complaint similar to those
which the United States Govern
ment finally coined into forty-five
million Of gold dollars by way of
indemnity, to say nothing of the
realms Of diplomatic paper, which
our State Department forced the
British Foreign Office to consume in
tho seven years correspondence,
which finally eliminated in the
treaty Of Washington.
Still, what is transpiring in Cuba
is reproach to civilization, and
unless some foreign power does
intervene, there is little prospect
that the guerilla skirmishing, and
savage incendiarism, which in that
unhappy island is dignitied with
the name Of WAR, is not likely to
come to I'm end, until all its indus.
trial interests are utterly destroyed.
Aitor that it would matter little, rs
far us foreign nations are concerned,
which party wins, or what govern
ment lhe island may have.
Although ones sympathics natu-
rally go with tho weak, and, us in
this case, the sadly injured and OPP
pressed party, it is moro than
doubtful whether the Cubans, in the
Bvpnt of their SUCCESS, would make
my good use Of thpir victory. Of
course their frat act would be to
iberntc the slnyps, and following the
lnwise example of the Radical
of tho United States,
o invest them, half Of whom, per- .
laps, are native Africans, with all
he privileges of citizenship, includ- {
ng the suffrage. Nothing but the
addest results could possibly fol- :
ow such policy. The commercial i
nd industrial resources of the is t
aud would speedily and forever dis \
ppear. Anarchy and ruin would a
reign supreme, and as :
nd ds is the fate of the whites in v
outh Carolina and Mississippi, 1t is :
Apply, TO what tho condition OF the Ii
'hites Of Cuba would be,should the u
resent instruction DO su ccessful. h
he annexation of the island to the t.
Inited States would not better their II Il
'ndition, and would greatly add TO =
az advertisements. The three or 81
'ur millions of our home. bred ne
rocs already on our hands, consti. h,
tic AN elephant of such proportions M
Iat il would be madness 70 take "
pom ourselves any further burden ii
that kind. n
IL seems TO us, therefore, that as Ill
,sirable as il would be, on the al
ore Of humanity, toput stop TO n,
e barbarilips which have pharac- d,
rized this long struggle. nothing m
Duld justify this country in taking to
" steps which would result in the ~ ~
dden turning lose upon society of gu
If a million OF negroes, every re re
lit as savage and brutal as the otl
bjects of King Coffee Of Ashantee. ~ ~
1t if our government could, by its fea
sndly offices. bring the war to n irs
'sa, and induce tho Spanish gov an
nment 10 commence, in good 10
th, 2 system Of gradual emanci- :
zion, it win have done, in our q
lgment, all that this much com -, uo
Gated question permils il pFu- ID,
ntly TO attempt. n