The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-21
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rights Of the Cuban insurgents Spain will be.
come by our own Get the belligerent viii she
now 80 strenuousy denies that she IT, we our
selves in virtue of her denial now Insisting, and
justly insisting, that our citizens within her
i" acknowledgement" jurisdiction shall not be dealt
with otherviae than in accordance with the regu.
lar forms of law
Can it be necessary for us to speculate upon
the feelings which would be excited IN the people
Of this country by the spectacle Of a Spanish
man-of-war claiming and exercising in American
waters, over American ships, this right so plainly
conceded to Spain by treaty of which we have
exacted the fulfilment by Spain? What POWER
could impose respect fer our treaty obligations
upon the American people in the presence of such
spectacle And yet what an inetfable disgrace
would be entailed upon us were We to be hurried
thus by national pass ion over the barriers of law
and OF the national good faith into Spanish war
How does the administration propose to deal
with this aspect of the Spanish inibroglio? Can
we aberd to recognize as belhgerents insurgents
who have established no va id Claim to such
character, in order that by this recognition we
may bring about collision with Spain al once. in
consequence of and in defiance of u treaty orig
inally negotiated by u with our eyes wide OPEN
and for purposes deemed to be of great national
Importance.
Chicago Tribune 18Th
IL ls altogether hkely that the Spanish gov
eminent Is correct in essumlng that the dt mand
for the abrogation Of their right Of searching
American vessels on the high seas, under certain
circumstances, is with view to the recognition
of the Cuban patriots AZ belligerents. But sup
pose this to be true IT, gives warrant to
Spain to deny to tie United States government
the consideration which has been accorded to
other governments.
The United States should be as free to recog-
niZe the Cubans as belllgerents-and it is absurd
longer to deny it-as France or England. We
should be hampered by no more penalties or in
eighties in dong it than are the other great ma
tionss in friendly relations with Spain. The
trouble is that Spain looks upon the United
States government rs awaiting an opportunity to
snatch Cuba from it; and this misapprehension
II tho situation has betrayed il into acts which
are simply calculated to produce the very desire
it breads. 1t is not at all impossible that Spalns
antagonism growing out Of this misrepresentation,
the greed which prompts her to Cypress Cuba
and discriminate against the United states, and
the arrogance which is of an hereditary nature,
may yet force onr government to take such
stand as will compel Spain to concede our rights,
or force the American people to maintain these
rights even at the cost of war
Cincinnati Commercial, Nov. III
There are two items of news from Europe last
night that we may have more interest in than
many suspect. Don Carlss has written letter
to bis cousin, Alfonso, aud there are associated
with this rumors of peace. Gen. Cushing, the
American Minister has received the reply OF
Spain TO the meddling proclamation about Cuba,
recent made Mt the e.press desire of the Prcsi-
dent Ii ls coDjectured Grant is OF the opinion
that if he could get up a war with Spain there
President for another term under the various
false pretenses that grow out of a
state of war Certain it is that
this meddlesome and impudent interference
with the affairs Of Cuba took place just in time to
give the President chance to spread himself in
his annual message in remarks upon the reply
of SPAIN This transaction is, however, one that
is maGing US contemplate in the eyes OF the
world and it is safe to say that, aside from the
hfationists and other lunatics, the boss con-
tractors and other thieves, there can be no war
party gotten up ON the Cuban question. war
with Spain would be very serious business. 1t
would instantly give Spain peace at home, and
she would pour the armies that have peen con-
tending in her civil wars into Cuba to fight ns;
snd the conquest of Cuba would cost us tens of
of lives and hundreds of millions of
dollars, and do US incalculable mischief.