The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-12-16


fering only in degree. with respect ,
the interests and people Of other M
tions, and the absence of aay reason
able assurance of near terminatio
Of the conflict must Of necessity 500
compel the States thus suffering I
consider what the interests of ihei
own people and their duty toward
themselves may demand. l hav
hoped she would be enabled to rs
tablish peace in her colonv, To affor
security to the properly and the in
terests Of our citiz ms, aud to allow
legimitate scope to trade and com
merce and the natural productions G
the island. Because of this hope, an
from An extreme reluctance to inter
fere in the affairs Of another and
friendly nstion, especially Of on
whose sympathy and friendship il
the struggling infancy Of our own ex
istence must ever be remembers,
with gratitude, | have patiently an,
anx'ously waited the progress o
events. Our own civil coGfl ct is to,
recent for us not TO consider the diff
tculties which surround . Govern
ment distracted by . dynastic rebel
ION at home, ut the same time that i
has to cope with separate insusrec
tion in distant colony. Bu,, what
ever causes may have produced tn,
situation which so previously affect
our interests, it exists with all its ut
tendant evils, operating directly npor
this country and its people. Thu
far all the resorts Of Spain nave prov
ed abortive, and time has marked u,
improvement in the situation. The
armed bands of either side now oc
cupy nearly y the same ground Ms IN
the pas, with the difference, from
time to time, OF more lives sacrificed
more property destroyed, and wide,
extents OF fertile and productive
tiel is and more valuable propert,
constantly and wAntingly sacrificed
to the incendiary's .orch.
In Contests of this nation, where a
considerable body of peo pie who have
attem tied TO tree them selves Of the
con roi of the superior Government,
have reached such . point in the oc.
cupation ol territory, in power, and
IN general organization As 70 consti-
tute in fact body polite, having a
Government, in substance rs we'll as
in name, possessed of the elem ants OF
stability aud equipped with m.chin-
cry for the administration of the IN
ternal policy and the execution of its
laws, and prepared and able to ad.
miaister Justice at home as well IS in
its dealings with other powers, it is
within the province of those other
powers to recognize its existence IS q
new and independent nation. In
such cases other na,ions simply deal
with an actually existsnce condition
of things and recognize As one Of the
powers Of the earth that body politic
which, possessing the necessary ele-
m en,s, his in fact become 4 new pow
er. In word, the creation of ne W
State is fact. To establish the con-
dition Of things essential TO the re
cognition OF q fact, there NUT be =
people occupying : known territory,
united under some known and defn
ed form Of Government, acknowledg
ed by those subject thereto, IN which
the functions Of Government are
administered by the usual methods;
competent to mete ont justice to citi
zens and strangers; 10 afford remedies
for public and for private wrongs, and
able to assume the correlative inter
national obligations and capable OF
perform ng the corresponding inter
national duties resulting from its &C.
QUESTION of the rig hts of sovereignty.
A power should exist complete in its
ready to take and able
to maintain its place among the na-
tions Of the world.
While conscious that the insurrec.
tion in Cuba has shown strength . ID
which make it at le .st
doubtful whether it be ia the power
of Spain to subduc il, il seems ques-
tionable whether such civil org .n,za.
lion exists which may be recognized
rs an independent Government capa-
BILE of performing its obligations, and
entitled to be treated as one OF the
powers OF the earth. A recognition
under such circumstances would be
inconsistent wi h the facts, and would
compel the power giving it soon to
support bv force the Government to
which it had really given it's only
real claim Of existence. In my judy
ment the United States shoull ad-
here to The policy and the principles
which have heretofore Seen its sure
and safe guides in like contests be.
tween resolted colonies and their
mother country, and, acting only up
on the cl-arest evidence, should
avoid any possibility Of lhe suspicion
of an impu,ation, n rec ignition Of the
independence of Cuba being, in my
opinion, imprac,icable and indefensi-
bic. The question which next pre-
sents itself is that of the recognition
of beligerent rights in the parties to
the contest. In a former message to
Congress, had occasion to consider
this question, and reached the con-
clusion that the conflict in Cuba,
dreadful and devastating as are its
incidents, did not rise to the fearful
dignity Of war. Regarding it now
after this lapse Of time, l am unable
to see that any notable success or
any marked or real advance on the
part Of the insurgents has essentially
changed the character Of the contest.
1t has acquired greater age, but not
greater or more formidable proper.
tlons. It is possible that the acts Of
foreign powers, and even the acts OF
Spain herself Of this very nature,
might be pointed to in defense Of
such recognition, but now, as in its
past history, the United States should
carefully avoid the false lights which
might lead it into the mazes of doubt.
ful law and of questionable propriety,
and adhere rigidly and sternly to the
rule which has been its guide, doing
only that which is right and homes,
aud of good report. The question ol
according or of withholding rights Of
belligerency must be judged in every
case in view of the particular attend.