National Republican., 1875-09-07
CUBA.
Opinions Of the Press.

How long viii this destruction of human
life and robbery of people be permitted to
continued 1t is now reported that Spain will
send to Cuba twelve thousand men, who will
arrive in October and November, and that
another contingent will follow as soon as posi-
BILE thereafter. The Madrid Government Is
about to do this, when 1t is nearly impossible
to sustain the reigning King on the throne.
| Spain has no money and no means of trans
porting and outftting such q large force, and
therefore Cuba must herself furnish the funds
to decimate her population and enslsve her
| people. Cuba is commandedto to raise, by forced
loans, and supply $500, 900 to the Spanish Gov
eminent. How long, ye gods, how long shall
IL be ere Christendom will stay the hands Of
bloody Spainl
| From the Richmond DiIpatch.l
| One thing that Spain has TO do is to get rid
| of Cuba. In her condition it is dead weight
upon her. She displays not the power nor the
| policy to manage so rich province located so
far from her. Misgoyerned as It is, and it must
be in her weak and discordant condition at
home, it can only lead her into troubles. She
| would far better sell it to the United States,
and take the money she receives for 1t to i'm
prove the "home-place." When an improvi-
| dent heir to several estates runs into debt be-
comes indolent, and allows his property to
decay, he always finds 1t the only alternative
| TO reform, to curtail his acres, sell out part
| improve the remainder, retrench his expenses,
/ and concentrate his attention and his exertions
| upon a more limited area. In this way he will
| facilitate any reform he may determine upon,
and become prosperous and contented. And
this he never could be while overwhelmed with
debts which he could not pay, and holding
| property he could not improve. So situated,
he could only drift along towards despair, until
| be shot in the Niagara of ruin. If Alfonso
should so reform his kingdom he would have
peaceful and no doubt prosperous reign.
tFrom the New York Herald.I
There is significant lull in the Spanish mill
| tary operations against the Cuban insurgents.
| Once more the Havana authorities find them
selves compelled to stop the work of slaughter
from their inability to persevere. Disease and
Cuban bullets have swept the last reinforce
ments, and so the military operations are of ne
cessity brought to q close until such time as
more food for powder can be shipped from
Spain. Valmaseda thinks that with a REIN
forcemen of twelve tioussni troops he can
suppress the INSURE c.ion. The experience
OF six years of unsuccessful warfare has shown
clearly enough that these promises have no
significance whatever. If the twelve thousand
men, for whose transportation to Cuba VAL
ludbSdd Hd6 IdAcu bHc DdNdud ultTCuauIS so
heavily, should be sent out, they will merely
serve TO prolong the war. They certainly will
not end It. Fatigue and disease will do their
work on these thousands as they did on former
Ieinforcements. During the past year the
insurrection has grown to an importance it
never before attained. All through the East
ern and Central Departments the Spanish
troops find themselves obliged to keep close to
their Notifications, or If they show themselves
they must move In large bodies. On the other
hand, the Cubans have recovered their hold
on the Villas, and their raiding parties burn
and destroy, almost with impspity, the sugar
estates OF Remedies, Cienfuegos and Sagua.
The result of this policy of applying the torch
will be the utter prostration of commerce.
When Cuba ceases to yield q large revenue
Spanish patriotism will not care to make any
great efforts to preserve the island to the
mother country. 1t is in this belief that the
insurgents pursue their policy of destruction,
and unless Valmaseda can speedily check the
progress Of the insurrection, Spain had better
abandon struggle that has hitherto brought
her only dishonor and defeat.
CFrom the Omaha Republican,
The latset adTices from Cuba are of such a
mixed nature that the friends Of Cuban indepen-
dence are in doubt whether to rejoice or be sad
Several combats have occurred between the op-
posing forces, with varying success. Spain is
uchIll hGdTlcu Will Tic cuOTJ 10 retain
possession of the valuable island, and can i'll
afford to send more troops and supplies. Az
fairs at home are complicated with Don Car
los, who is now virtual ruler of a large part of
Spanish soil.
The CuIans have maintained an independ-
ent government over the interior of Cuba for a
series Of years, and it is impossible for the
Spanish troops to penetrate into the interior
without being met by hostile Cubans In forces
sufficient to Withstand the attack of the ipys-
ders.
We, as q people, are deeply interested In the
success of Cuba. Lying at our very doors, at
the mouth of the Gulf Of Mexico, It commands
the entrance and the passsgeway to our ports
of New Orleans and Galveston, and other ports
along the gulf coast Having . territory of
100, 900 square miles, rich in q variety Of re-
sources, consisting of sugar, cotton, tobacco,
salt, and mineral wealth of vast extent 1t re-
quires only freedom Of trade and commerce to
enable Cnba to become a strong nationality.
Her freedom once obtained, she would prayi-
tate towards the constellation of States as
naturally as iron towards q magnet. She be-
longs to us now, geographically, and It is the
hspe of patriotic Cubsns that she will be of us
politically. Any policy which will make Cuba
free, and then a State Of this Union, is policy
which will rebound to the honor, glory and |
power of these United States.
The signs OF the times point unerringly,
and the indications that ere many moons |
the patriot Cuban will shout CUBA FRRH with |
as much joy and enthusiasm as we celebrate |
our national Independence. Would It not be a |
glorious thing If Cuba should celebrate with |
us our Centennial, and the 4th Of July, 1876,
witness the achievement of Cuban freedomf |
Stranger things than this have happened In |
the history Of the past.
,tFrom the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.J
The latest news from Cuba indicates that |
Sanor SpofT1rnn has cunoaadad to tho pras;
dency of the Republic, circumstance which |
will, doubtless, exercise strong influence |
upon the struggle tor independence. The |
Queen of the Antilles will find him devoted |
apostle of the sanguinary war cry recently sent |
forth by his predecessor, "blood and fire for
ever, or liberty and independence for ALL" |
Spoturno is q veteran in war, having spent the |
last seven years in the front of the Cuban |
army. He Is intensely Cuban In his feelings, |
being Creole by birth and attached for life |
time to the idea of national independence. He /
was one among the first advocates of that ter.
rible and barbaric, but effective, system of /
warfare whereby the most valuable sugar mills |
of the Island have been given to the torch, and |
the fairest estates converted into unproductiye |
and desolate wastes. In addition to that re-
talitory spirit which has sought redress for the /
atrocities of Valmaseda in the prompt execu-
ton OF spanish nlrellngs IN return Ior CuOans Il
shot at the dead line, Spoturno has cherished
q reyengeful spirit so strong as to have made |
him an object of marked hatred as well as
fear to the enemy. He has never stood upon
the ordinary usages and amenities Of civilized
war. His idea Of war Is that the business Of
soldier is TO kill as many Of the enemy as pos
sible, by all means, fair or foul, and that the
Of mercy and humanity should
play but little part in q strife where liberty is
at stake, and where the contest is with an an
tagonist whose p)licy is as pitiless as 1t Is
owardly.
The effect of Spoturno's accession to the
Presidency is likely to be quite important. The
war will now doubtless become as mercIless
upon the part of the insurgents as IL has been
with the Spaniards. His policy will be more
offensive and aggressive than was that Of Senior
Cisneros, the leading objects being to thor
oughly arouse the enthusiasm of the Cubans,
and by his ferceness strike terror TO Valma-
,e1a, and convince the Madrid Government
hat the work Of subduing the insurgents Is
hopeless. The civilized world cannot but look
With horror upon such q mode Of conducting
war. Yet Spoturno will find ample justifca-
ion for ngidly enforcing the lea taionis. For
. long time 1t has been war Of determination