Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-04-02

see, In the present condition of the contest in
tuba those elements which are requisite to
constitute war in the sense of international law
The insurgents hold no town or city have no
established scat Of government; they have no
prize courts, no organization for the receiving
ai'.l collecting Of revenue, no scaTor. g which
"A prize may he carried, or through which access
can be had by foreign power to the limited in.
/ terror territory and mountain Businesses which
they occupy. The existence of the legislature
representing any popular constituency Is more
/ than doubtful.
In the uncertainty that hangs around the Gu.
tire instruction there is no palpabie evidence
If an election, OF any delegated authority, or of
any government outside the limits of the camps
occupied from day to day by the rowing com.
panics of insurgent troops. There is no com.
merce, no trade, either internal er foreign, no
manufactures.
That again is an exact picture OF the
condition of the instruction in Cuba to-
day. The insurgents have no government
except on paper. They have no legisla-
ture 1t Is not pretended that they have.
They have no courts to administer justice
That is not claimed. They hold no ports
Their power is seated, as General Grant
described 1t in 1870, in the struggling
bands that occupy struggling camps, and
/ to the present day not only has the insur-
rection not won battle, but it has hard
+ ~ fought what deserves the name OF bat
tie. 1t is, as suggested by the Senator
/ from Connecticut Mr.. Plat a case OF
clean, outright guerrilla warfare. ask
senators " no voted for this resolution be-
/ fore, or what is nearly the same resolu-
! ton, to contrast for q moment the con-
/ dltlon OF the instruction in Cuba as en-
ttling 1t to recognition OF belligerency,
! with the status OF the great rebellion in
the South, when European nations in
most guarded fashion, and not by often
sive resolutions, but simply orders which
established neutrality, saw fit in that
modified form to accord "a kind OF bellig
erency to the Southern confederacy.
i At that time when this WAS accorded to
4 the Southern confederacy that confed-
eracy Was in undoubted possession and
i occupation Of more than a million square
miles OF territory. With three or four ex-
i ceptjons, there was not within its con-
fines or on its coasts single post held
by the Federal government. Resolutions
OF secession preliminary to the establish
ment OF the contederacy had been passed
after the test OF popular elections and af-
ter The deliberate actions OF state legisla-
lures.
The sentiment which had for a time
prevailed for unionism against secession
had apparently been utterly destroyed
and the states had set up a new govern
ment. They had met together and estab-
+ lished eonfederacy with Legislative
+ powers in full force, with a department OF
the army and the navy, with regular Off
eials recognized at the capital, with great
armies in the field, and with courts of JUS
tice established throughout the whole
length and breadth OF the confederacy
Not one detail that am giving a. apply
ing to the confederacy in the early
months OF ls6l can be claimed for or Is
claimed for the Instruction on the island
. OF Cuba. And yet, notw il hstanding that &,
the European powers hesitated long, and
the State department, presided over by
Secretary Seward, imploringiy, entreat-
ing!y urged upon European powers the
injustice Of even 80 limited IL recognition
NJ was then proposed, and never ceased,
after that limited reeognit ION. to insist
as the volumes OF diplomatic corre,pon-
deucc -ho4p, upon the resembling ot hat
recognition.
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