The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-19
ONLY ONE RESULT POSSIBLE.

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ONLY ONE RESULT POSSIBLE.
The Cuban war has not closed. Days,
weeks, months have passed since Wey-
Ter superseded Campos and was TO put
the rebellion down point blank. The
rebellion is not to be put down. There
can be only one end-victory for free
dom. Spain is no longer a despotism.
but a monarchy existing on a constitu-
tional basis. The reign Of feudalism and
privilege has ceased. 1t is true there
are distinctions of rank; but all ranks
are subject to law. Don Emilio Cas-
telar. the great orator and great re
DubIican. affirms that Spain under her
present constitution has more liberty
than England; and what Spain has for
herself she has endeayOred to give TO
Cuha and Puerto Rico, neither of which
can complain Of taxation without rep
resentatiOn. Cuba'S representation IN
the cortes is thirty and Puerto RicoS
sixteen. Spain, moreover, has given
TO these islands a wise system OF laws,
but whether they are wisely admins
tered is. of course, another question:
Besides. the discomfort Of the people
NAV not arise from the character OF
the government under which they live.
They may chafe under dependence;
their aspiration may be independence.
TIL American colonies had not many
real grievances TO complain of. What
they feared was the future, the dreaded
mower of unlimited taxation; and what
they aspired to was freedom TO man
age their own affairs in their own way.
Once that idea had gained an entrance
into their heads and hearts the rule or
England was fOredOOmed. In Ike
manner the Cuban who cherisheS the
recollection of SPANS former misrule,
of the Spaniard's contempt for him as
a social inferior, seeks to escape from
the yoke. however easily it may have
been fitted TO him, and however amel-
iorated his political condition may have
become-he having, in fact, been le-
galIy placed on the same footing as the
natives of the mother country. And
this desire it will be difficult, If not
impossible TO overcome.
Considering the history of these
United States, it is not remarkable
that the American people should SYM
pathize with the desire of the Cubans
to be wholly free and autonomous; and
we believe taht in taking this attitude
they are almost entirely free from any
national ill-wilI toward Spain Ger
tainly Spain has no cause Of complaint
against the executive branch OF the
government of the United States,
which during the pending contest has
been true to it's international oblga-
tions. Yet the correspondent of the
Cosmopolitan for June reports Don
Emilio CASTELAR, as being extremely in
dignant at the American position He
spoke" says the correspondent, with
bitterness Of the American attitude 10
ward Cuba-his face coloring with in
dignation, his words, emphasized with
impatient gestures. How is it pos
sible,' he asked. that the United States
can be so ungrateful 10 the hand which
gave it birth? Spain is the mother or
America and this is the base ingrati-
tude of her child You do not know
us there. We have more liberty than
England. What did we do in Spain
at the time of the republic? We de-
clared universal suffrage, religious and
political freedom, and manumitted the
slaves of Cuba All these blessings,
and more, remain to US. 1t is shame,
a SANDER, that the people of America
should call us cr-uel and unenlightened.
Snain will fight for Cuba until the last
drop of her blood is split. Her honor
demands it"
But there is an end Of all things, and
of wars as well. Nations, like indi-
viduals. must yield TO the inevitable:
and. while TO acknowledge the indie
pendence of Cuba would infiict wounds
upon the pride of such a historical peo-
pie as the Spaniards, with their grand
souvenirs of the past, vet the present
position Of affairs in that island seems
to lead inexorably 10 Cuban independ-
ence. If that should be the result we
trust it may be accomplished without
a disturbance Of the good relations ex-
listing between Spain. the land Of 50
noble a patriot as CASTELAR,, and the
Unittd States.