The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-20
TuE STRUGGLING PATRIOTS
uy cRooKED POLTTICAJ Pain OF
TUE UNITED STATES.


our Country Protcctins slavery """
,..l,us spaiu-Auother Cuhnn victory
1.v.x. June IA. ls76-Under the head
,re. "a Curious Document ne D'"''o u. "
.,,,,n, has published a despatch from the mp
hu''''. r.,,',,,ss,oner IA the United States of
,.a pspublic of Cuba. sehor J. A. Ecbcvarria' to
W.. W.. secretary OF Foreign Affairs OF the Cuban
no,srument. which document Is said to have
,'ao = injured, with other correspondence, IN
,of fine recent encounters In the Eastern
,..r,ueut This despatch IL headed No. L.
49,. york. Apn TO- 1876" and states that the
-, communication received by the Commis-
.,.no, from the Cuban 8 mister bears No. lie,
~ IL dsted oct a. 1873. lie IL not aware
a.,n,r the Cuban Government has ever re-
ted hts previous despatches-NV. q. dated
1vo. . 1875; No.. :, June q; No. 8. Oct. %; No.
n oct. ~; No. 10, Nov. "a, and No. II, ofJ nuary
81 the present year. lie says that so long ST.
lance I, all the more to be regretted, as In the
interval a number Of letters have been received
a, N.w York from free Cuba for private iDdivid-
u,ls and which have come through the same
oh.nnel which ought to have served for the trans
.,..,on Of the official correspondence. 1t true,
ha adds that curious, malicious or disadected
noraons are never la, king to intercept the let
ters md that some a them have lately hat tue
efrontery TO boast. IN paper pr,tendcd To rep
s.ssnt uhsn interests IN New York. OF tneir
having done 50. At the same time. he can
sr.rcely believe that this feloutous system eau
he 50 reffectll orrHnizcd to allow not single
letter from the Commissioner to pass during al
most year, nor any from the CON.rnment 70
Communication Is pretudicial to the republic,
aud damaging to the prestige OF lis represeuta-
lives abroad. who are. IN consequence. unat 10 to
civ. satisfactory answers to ths inquiries made
of them. This causes the very existence Of
Republican Government In any part oi Cuha to
tod a Won "a IA nan
selves. many believe that the silence Of their
Government L. to be attributed to nteinpt for
IT, representatives, or else TO- a plot on the part
Of thu latter TO Keep up ssystem OF mystery to
prevent the Cuban authorities from knowing
what 10 goiue on II the north, and the Cuuan
emsrants from learning what Ia taking place IN
Cuba. He thele fure calls the particular atten-
ton Of the Secretary to this matter, that the
eyil may he remedied, II possible, and ne adds
that " he does not write Ofteuer 10 Is solely
from lack of opportunities TO forward despatch
e., as he awaits 6iusef II all those b, Is iniorm-
ed Of 10y the General Agent of tue Cuban Gov
eminent in yoIr sity.
THE CASE OF THE LAURA PRIDE.
As he Is aware that the latter has already sent
10 his Government full details Of al that h I'd
minauOn of the expedition or expeditions
which were to have been Landed IN Cuoa by tue
steamer URUGUAY. he makes no further refer
ence to those events. He reminds the Minister
that the Com III ssi onersbip aud General Agency,
although harm onions 10 Their tendencies, are
indeuendent in their cton. their relative vi atus
never having been fixed, and consequently II
frequently happens that the one has no knowl-
euge Of the details Of the measures taken 10y
tue other Ihuh, for KAN ple. in tue case of the
Laura PRIDE TO which tue Minister had "lluded)
II Is not surprising that the Agent should have
taken, unknown to tue Commissioner, sucu
precautions as lie considered 81 hicieut to send
safety u.r cargo 10 ltayu, where u was to be
taken uu board vS the fueuay 1t is true that
even bad the Commissioner teen informed
thereof lie cuulu not have prevented tue GOV
ernment OF PRESIDENT DUuinguez from pros
trating Itself before that Of SUau, either
I44E 80 81 lad l.eIf ..rtfF
OF distinction they nave since received. ca the
other hand. the GOvornneut Of IiaN ii, although
on preceding OCCASIONS II h ~ shown "a ui-pusi
ton To favor and has favored the CUBAN Cause,
has never recognized the existence Of the Cuban
repu1ilc, nor has II even declared Itself neutr4l
IN tue war between tue latter aud Spain, nor
conceded To the Cubane bellirerent nights
Consequently neither the Agent cor tue Co,n.
missioner Is In position to enter into direct
relations with the Ministers of that state mn a
mucn less 50 IN regard to an occurrence such as
the affair VI the Laura Pride, whioh would Imply
"a rupture with spain, and which might expose
them to serious complicatious. Inc utmost
That can be done ia such cases Is TO coumuni-
cate, oi such indirect means as may be ayaila-
Die, WIN the agents of the respective Govern
ments III the United States, ana this was what
sehur Aldalna did. vi bout either h. OF they
ptesumng Tor a moment that Hnyu. In contra
dictiou of her every tad tiou and OF every MT
ural inference, Was de'ermined 10 lend her AID
g. SPAN TO MAINTAIN tue slavery Of haytaps'
own brothers in cuba.
BEILIGERENT RIGHTS.
The Commissioner remarks that when the
Cuban Tepres, ntatiOn abroad was suD-divided
between the agency anu the commission the
object was TO leave the former free from any
trammels to his action in forwarding supplies to
the cuban armies and to iusure that, while 50
engaged, and consequently exposed 10 embar-
Easements which nj. ht arise from re i or sup
posed but involuntary attractions Of the neu-
u'lH awe, no proceedings that might ensue
would at any timc deprive the Cuban Govern
ment OF an ,hcial Iepr, sentative in the q plo.
IN tic sphere To av. II OF any favorable conf nc
ton to obtain the recognition OF lndepeude len ce
Oh u IelllkrTeLf riENtS. 80 lar the tUfHullS-
siOuer says tuat TINS system has worked we'll
but ne suggests that II would ne advisable To -,
tibli,h clearly the mutual relations anu respec-
tive authority Of the two depart ments. SO as to
avoid controversies which have hitherto not oc-
curTad simply owing to Decular personal cir
eumstauces. None of the hopes founded On TIE
attitude Of the American GovuTnineu a. respect
ms tuha IN their relations win SPAN, ana TO
WINCH the ommissiuuer ha1 alluded Ia pre-
NDd- commune alton No. II, have Ueen realized.
The dl~credit which, from various reasOus, Aas
attached 10 tue administration OF Gen. Giant
mshes MS reelection IN November next an i'm
pes-iniAty. The cuban question. whicn under
otuef clrcum stances might have eficiently
i'r hlui, and It i not likely tn he will dis
posed 10 RAISE GU this point angry debates
u wulgh lie could nave nothing to Kin
lead 20 the defeat Of his party. This Is sup
posing that II ever entered Into his plans 10 IN
tery-ue directly Ia Cuban affairs, "a was 10 II
Inferred from the declarations in is last u'es-
sage TO Congress, aud the naval Uregar lions
winch were made IN all the dockyards of the
IpuuHc. Wheh The Com iissioner addressed
ihv tuhan Government jointly with the General
Agent ~ January last. he nad not then read ali
NE diplomatic correspondence sent To Congress
WIN the lfesidents 5iessage. Having sUon
tlrrNhfd obtained a copy aud studied It care
iuih, he became convinced that the policy Of
the cabinet al Washington under tue iuspira-
Won = NJ. Fish, ana with the skilful assistance
o. Mr. u-uing al Madrid, was solely directed u
Iofee spain - nlehns of multiple and lnenaoing
es'aAa.ons 10 establish III Cuba
POLITICAL REGIME
similar 10 those Of Australia or Canada.
nINhlus In this way 10 satisfy the aspirations of
'uahs "ud put all end to the war, winch Is
sA'slhs serious damage 70 Aineric ~ commerce.
Nhuer inns hypothesis the naval prepardtiOns,
more tiitfcut than real, are plain d AS at rd
~ NltnoA. great expense means II lutiuIdat-
~ ,p'Iu al the same Time that the circular
" tne American ministers abroad, besides
ViulIp'llug in the same ends, might serve 10
E'HS Tie rrclanations Of the United States,
ahu prove 10 th' kurOpcan bowers that the tor
n'rt 10 views u interior agprandiz ,iuent
..hou The American Government nearing ia
.ats any lishr, rlhrr II was rot Ia re,lty deter
,,"o1 10 make any political intervention, and
~ wan lEhi Perhaps he supposed adequate
AZ Ynf I'D terminate "a war prejudlci i 10 The
D@A N"ftfilutnt. cut also tree the Latter
I" 'de responsibilities ~ Resolving Ia radi-
F'hst' Ih" slavery question, winch wound
"1 l Nr lrlt to the decision Of Colonial
- ,"'ll' lVf however Impossible u may p
80 w men ui ms race and Of TINS Republic"
- ttr NiiI missioner, "aut however uduIer-
A. ana 'dtrg uflcI may be- the reclaim tions al
,n''e'hiheut on this point, II l. iudualtible
I'D Ia Nu' = ih" ctuHe- which exert the greatest
n,'u'', 'r 90 the mercantile element, wnicn /, so
i.il l"fe, TO prevent their stiNu fuu our