Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-17

of the liberties NJ mankind while CIVIL
"a ton lasts. Americans now own pro-
perty there 10 a value exceeding Sv'vp'Vv''
The Instruction now raging there - uc-
stroyng II day by day and hour by hVui.
There ought to be no MISUNDERSTANDING
OF what this means The line II Sharply
drawn I'm Cuba. Ali Cubans are on the
side of the rebellion. All Spanisrds are
on the side OF the government. Ihere i
practically no exception to this rue
There Is no line OF race distinction-the
line OF nativity Is the only dNulhs one
IL is not negro instruction, not repe-
tition OF Haiti. or san Domingo. The eau
cation. the property the PATRIOTISM OF the
island are with the Cubans.
The population closely resembles that Oh
Virginia-about two white men TO one
colored man. and colored men include All
the mixed races. whites. negroes, Indians
and Caribs. The negro Is much less III
evidence in Habana than in Richmond
The walters In the hotels. the cab-drivers'
all the class that i'm Virginia are colcred'
are white in Habana. Therefore, the IN
dependence of Cuba does not mean ne
gro republic. Independence and anneNa-
ton mean the prompt establishment OF
American laws. customs, and Institutions
in Cuba as II did in California.
The war being waged If allowed to con-
late wilderness. The Cubans say: IF we
have the sky and the soil. we can restore
Cuba; with the Spanard we never can.
Therefore. we will starve him out; we
will destroy all the country estates, when
afford his soldiers food, and the country
houses which give him shelter ana de-
fence. Therefore. all property must so.
As the Russians fired Moscow 10 save
themselves from the French. and the
Dutch cut the bikes in Holland TO defeat
the Spaniard in Alva's time. so we VIII
burn our homes TO drive the spaniard out
OF Cuba"
The Spaniard naturally .retorts by de-
liberately setting 10 work to eNtermhate
a race capable of such destruction.
"Deenda est Cathago" Is the mardate
that has gone from Madrid to Captain
General Weyler. and he is only executing
the orders Of his government when ne Is
using all his power to eradicate such
race Of incendares and insurrectio hists,
in the Spanish view.
Between the twO-for war is a rough
game and neither rosewater nor kid
gloves suit it-$-00O000 Of American pro-
perty IS being destroyed. ard thousands
Of American citizens reduced TO abicct
poverty. This Is no highly-colored pic
ture; is IS fact. Men. women. and chill
dren are murdered and their homes burn
ed daily and hourly.
international law is not regulated by
sentimental humanity. II stands and is
enforced. the eternal foundation OF jus
tice and right And II is 10 the eyerlast-
ing honor Of American institutions that
her sympathies have ever been with the
lowly and weak and the oppressed. "War
on the naughty: spare the humble" is
the chivalric maxim Of the American
1t is plain TO all the world that Spain
can never stop this waste and bloodshei.
And it is also plain that II must be stop
ped at once. Therefore. the duty g.
the United States IS TO recognize the
dependence Of the Cuban republic.
In the interest Of humanity, in the in
terest of American citizens and of the
imperial control Of all America. 10 sup
port her position by such an exhibition
Of physical force as will render resist
ance pucrile.
The United States must do this great
deed alone, on her sole responsibility 10
history, TO humanity. and TO right and
Justice. She must never permit Cuba to
become an American Egypt. to be adj
mnistered under the joint supervision of
any other Power or Powers. She Is ac-
corded by the common acclaim Of civli-
cation the guardianship Of the rights OF
man and the liberties Of the human race.
She has just assumed by a bold and high
minded stroke of diplomacy the direc-
trion and leadership Of all the Americas
I'm their relation TO each other and to
Europe.
The administration ought TO put this
great. honorable. liberty-loving, just peo-
pie at once on the highest ground by ac-
knowledging the independence Of Cuba.
and making such an alliance offensive
and defensive with it as France made
with the sfrngcllng Colonies In us.