The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-07-30
TuI o,HAs QUESTION,


Many Of our newspapers, Of both
political parties, arc urging Tho re'
cognltion of tho CubanH ~ bolllg-
Grants on tho ground that tho war
has been Of long duration, aud con
duclod on barbnrouu principles
Bat wo fail 10 roo how our mere
recognition would mitigate ilH hor'
rors, or afford any solid advantage
W tho struggling Cubana' II would
not authorize tho United Slatoa gov
ornmont TO intervene aud iorco 9th
or bolgornnt to observe tho lava Of
war towards tho other aud certain
" ullor all the complaints made by
tho Uniled States against England,
for violations of neutrality during
our civil war, IL would be singular
w inconsistent for w 10 permit the
fitting out Of Cuban vosscls OF war,
IN our ports, or tho recruitment OF
soldiers for tho Cuban army, IN our
citos. IN no brici'a period after the
arbitration of Geneva, II would not
bc worry much 10 the credit OF our
consistency TO afford Spain any
pretext for reclamation aud
complaint similar 10 those
which tho United States Govern.
mont finally coined into iorly.iive
million of gold dollar by way of
indemnity, to say nothing OF the
reams Of diplomatic paper, which
our State Department forced tho
British Foreign office TO consume IN
tho seven years correspondence,
which finally culninuted in the
treaty Of Washington
Still, what is transpiring in Cuba
is reproach to civilization, and
unless some foreign power does
intervene, there ia little prospect
that tho guerilla diminishing, and
savage incondiarism, which in that
unhappy island is digniiicd with
tho name of WAR, is not likely to
como to IN ond, until all its indus
trial interests are utterly destroyed,
After that il would matter little, rs
fur MS foreign nations are concerned
which party wins, or what govern
ment the island may have.
Although ones sympathics natu-
rally go with the weak, and, M in
this case, the sadly injured and OPP |
pressed party, it is more than
doubtful whether tho Cubans, in the
event of their success, would make
any good use of their victory. OIL
course thcir first act would be to
Hibernate the slaves, and following the
unwise example Of the Radical
government of the United States,
to invest thcm, half OF whom, per.
haps, are native Africans, with all
the privileges OF citizenship, inelud-
ing the suffrage, Nothing but the
saddest results could possibly fol.
low such a policy. The commercial
and industrial resources of the is
laud would speedily and forever dis
appear. Anarchy and ruin would
everywhere rcign supreme, and as
sad as is the fate of the whites in
South Carolina and Mississippi, 1t is
happy, to what the condition OF the
whites Of Cuba would be, should the
present instruction be successful.
The annexation of the island to the /,
United States would not better their
condition, and would greatly add TO I
our embarrassments. The three or
four millions of our home,bred ne. /
groos already on our hands, consti.
tnte an elephant Of such proportions /
that it would BE- madness TO take !
upon ourselves any further burden :
of that kind. d
1t seems TO us, therefore, that as
desirable us ii would be, on the 9
score of humanity, to put a stop to
the barbarities which have charac. ,
terized this long struggle. nothing q
would hastily this country in taking !
any steps &bich wonId result IN the y
hidden tureing lose upon society of :
lalf a million OF negroes, every }
Whit as savage and brutal us the : :
ubjects Of King Coffee of Ashantce. .
Sat If our government could, by its Z
'iendiy Offices. bring the war to a