, 1875-12-25

eonty hcst, ,e;' w ii thu, IL, 41cc:r Is y .ut
| ce<sf;'! r:chh III Nh" fe:so5.
THE MESSAGE ABROAD.
roua.urutH Wf EDrstrts .5nstr,1nt4 oti
a'rrait!rr7t t!.unt,s .flc.%nx~.
Tho Lct1aH 7tNCs 0hec5gcs that President
ts1ant' 'ncseaKr III Milns 1t nays alike about tta
fren srI,ou! ayetcn, OF tho United stalos null The
rebellion lu t'Mba, strikes somewhat dis1ulnl-
Ing uo.a. Il nllo,;a that Au,crica is nlseaAy bu.
:.sn'g u frei tho tl.llcuItiea 1T all ulI country.
II thcrc Wis a,ys,ay for wi,iels s!io was eny,od.
II Nas Tor her f1cadoEI ftom tbs political baI-
ties Ut tim sRN3: b,,s tho t'!tramontaue hriEit
has Hrrcai 10 tho United States. nH no az to
lts5 ncmotrntie lnalH. TroAldcAt tisnnt ftte.
saw tho danger eosofa scats ago nnt tho mnsk
.!cnt snn, III sncrtc,, tnus. have Thought 1t Of
great importance nefaro lie vunt out uf l,fa wnr,
aH ha recently did, to call on all Americans 10
iulh bafnlh for tho defense Of tl.ee free nusrr.
I Itnu a>;lu,ls. Il Is exceedingly dilicr.E iur
English observers to do jnsttro to tho
rla,his on wlnci, President t1nnt's trea!s
Wo ,ars ~ to tblnls that ti,sy nro
n,nrcly vail for doterminnt:on 10 spIze ono
of the richest iaanda il, tho world. America l,as
long ha'l her oyo On Cuba, mud It NAV ti"s IN.
eat!taoly 10 Thought thst sno in unwilling to lot
tp th;a chancn of sofZing the prtzo. Everything
lepc'riH on matters Of tnet. II Spnln cnn sup-
prsss tue irsurrcrtton and prevent Cupa from
bccoMtnK permanent Boarcn Of n,echtef Ia
'leiIhlosing rounfrlos, sho has the tullcst tight
to keep it. Bue s!l1 ie Tn ftor tiiht, Anl that
trial cannat l,o loni!. When ahe s mado to cloar-
~ nnteraantl tla. tito tennro ot her rnlo over
Cnhn depouda Oil fl0r nhility IN MAKO that ruo II
reality, hl,o Will no: bn K!oY tt Ht,nw wMat slo
can DO, aud tsIs l.nAits of her power will bo tue
limItK Of llor right.
Tho Lonaon Mes says Tint tho message ia
not 70 much skeell Of tho work to bo dono III
. platform trctn which The Ropib'ican feeling Of
Lilo lLtEy IL ap7rnl led to. Tho dou1cetic qNea-
l'nssagPy aDons Cuba. rresit!out urauts words
howuYer, nre 10 generafly. III foreign mnttois,
stronger tim hiu deeds, thai ono Is not quito
st!sc how tho pcicTptofY language Of tho NOS.
sage is 10 DO inser''rotsd. I'm: perenptor3 tn-
totfcrence, arch as President Gtnnt scotns tn
lnti1nase. would create general sympathy with
bleln, and, tIownyrr It might affect tho utalc Of
putics Mt hnme, would ao,nctl from rrosnent
tlant mud his Administration tho moral SUPPORT
Of Ill tho oiltsido world.
Tho 1.ouion Standard considers the mcssago
OF Iieaitlcnt Grant IS .noagro and untntnrenttag
Ony Gu rub joctH utI winch ilo opeh to drive tils
t'cH lla cunilot lcad-.o forco tho band or the
DeE1otrati: leaders, aud commit them o,,tlor to
hi:1 Owl policy Ut to all unpopular opposition
nill tlu speaE MT frAnEIv and dc:idoaly. lfa ls
CLEAR aud nutspokcn only on C,lGa, auti-secta-
sian et'ncat'etl, and currency rndcluptton. Tho
oojertional soatailco. III gard tu Snain. IN that
HAstu au&S3 GHp W lEEuHuoitA 10 tQHrTEH4
at III ds.ant Eeriod, "w!lat may then
:sns :s pbsss %ssssS' Il no bsar a0 N mind Ss shas
poscr Of declaring war Is vested. not in the Lx-
ec'1tlvc. but in Congress- H. n.ay be moro bl.stcr
and bragCatsucio; but 1t may not; aud oyon IT It
he, bubEtr "f this Kind IL caFcnlatol to provoke
tho pTttts aud anger of hxh-sptritod natlon al
mont 1notc than actual injury. There la tho
sape ta lnt Of blns.er III th9 rre.ldent'A Ian-
g1uyo nhous tho ss1tom OF Slate education.
Fin 01t1 FtiHr Fouir+t IN
Oil Puritan hatred Of P0pcry hayo heen 'eviycs1
by tho rttGut prctouAions OF thu Vatican. anil
Ge;l. trant teoHls to mako capital OF them ny
repeating IN hin nseafaso tho attack tho {:atl-
oIica nh,ch no n1ntio III = foImcr haranguo.
Tho Pad dfdA E1xe'fr Haya Of cutrno II rros-
dent utNnt wnheB 10 provoke u war between
5iain and Amcric,, and Ut tho samo ttnle to o.
cape tho responsibility uf having declared it,
stans references to tho Glban inHurrectton and
70 tho painful but necessary part which tho
United fta,os may liavo to pIay in regard to It,
arc alt circulated IN Spain, a1'l lini there more
ready credence than IN accorded to them In
W!lcI aru able 10 w0lSl tisp presllnuk'g
throsts more dsnass!olataIy.
Ihn JSnrhHs drA Utbdfs OF PARIS H3va:
" 1t nrpcnrs That tien. Grant has ayallcl him
self OF tic opening of Congress again to expose
tua 1llsital Programme which IN to aerro nj the
Presidential o!o:tton. Tt.e religions struggle,
thu intervention In Cuhn. tic reHumptinn Ut sro-
rio rnynents, aro tho principal articles Ut tho
,:o2ramne. Wn hayo not yot torsotten tho
ytran6' speech with which Gen. Grant opened
tho eamrniEn AGAINST what ho calls Heoinsian
iclo 11s. TIM word llaH rasua meaning, aud
may bs interpreted in .!llfnrout snYs. To
folotd the toac,ins OF religious, a'l,ol.,l.: Or
nEasi tclots Ia tho n,caut OF Riyl1,y lilo civil
i}oTcr n watrH,i which 1t can fairly abuse. VIM
will 1crito il loctrlns is alneistio or pagan
Wo Il, mt fuo OF what advantage conflict Le-
Lwera Chrrt. and Htats will prove to Tho Unit. |
pd sts:cs. Tho Gnban qncrsion III Of stlt gravrr
Importance. It is nvident thRt TIM pcrs:nt.nce |
n tho instruction wtil not allow uo:gh. |
Io.ing powers nswnys to ptcse:yc ncutn!-
~. hHHin treats ler colony too harahiy |
% inir;fu the loast interest. Tn tho other
lauti, sa.u i1uurgen:s Hrs tuo badly led aud |
organized t., tcneryn recognition Us hci'Igcmntx.
Gcn. Grant IL right tn dcTlonng tho horrors Of |
tho struggle, Dut how Ii All cnu to bo put to |
base horrors? Arc TIM prnsident's obnos7a- |
sttns nnd rrovisiona calculated 10 xeop tho |
,1tsc nt1nd IN d stale of tp.r anil ragua ltope
III tho elect.onH? Do thoy nnnonca prceiso
,lans and determined projects. It helougn tn
spain to consider this question, aud aak itacf 1t
l1o time hAH not arrived to toform the abuses Of
bin acsoslaals administration which ilaY pro-
'uked thia nsodt dangerous revolt III the colony.