Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-15

cured to us respect ana lnnuenco SpEosu
and inspired confidence at home"
These are the words of the resolute and
patriotic jackson. They are evidence
that the United States, In addition to the
test imposed by public law as tho condi-
ton of the recognition of independence by
neutral state to-wit: That
the revolted state shall con-
stitute In fact . body politlc
having government In substance as we'll
a. in name composed of the elements OF
stability and forming de facto III loft to
itself, a state among tho nations reason
ably capable of discharging the duties OF
OF Il state" has imposed for its own gov
GRANGE In dealing with cases like these
further condition that the recognition OF
independent statehood is not due to ro-
VOTED dependency until the danger of it,
being again subjugated by the parent
state has passed away. The extreme
test was, in fact, applied In the oass OF
Texas.
, Left 1t to ehe Executive.
The congress to whom President Jack
son referred the question as one purely
leading to war;" and therefore proper
subject for "previous understanding with
that body, by whom war can alone be de-
clnred, and by whom all the provisions
for sustaining it's rerils must be fur
nished," left the matter of the recognition
of Texas to the executive, providing
merely for tho sending Of diplomatic
agreement when the president should bs
satisfied that the Republic of Texas had
become IAN Independent state" 1t was
30 recognized by President Van Buren,,
who commissioned charge d'affaires
March z, 1887, after Mexico had
abandoned an attempt to recon-
quer the Texan territory, and when
there was at the time no bonafde
contest going on between the insurgent
province and its former sovereign.
said in my message Of December last: 1T
IL to be seriously considered whether the
Cuban insurrection possesses beyond dis
quite the attributes of statehood which
alone can demand the recognition Of bel
ligerency in its favor" The same re-
quirement must certainly be no less ~.
riously considered when the graver Issue
Of recognizing Independence is in question
for no less positive test can DO applied to
the greater act than to the lesser: while
on the other hand the influences and
consequences Of tho struggle upon
the internal policy Of the recog-
nizinR state which form i'm
portant factors when tho recognition
Of belligerency is concerned are secondary
If not rightly eliminsble factors when the
real question Is whether the community
claiming recognition is or Is not indie
pendent beyond peradventure.
Not Wise or Prudent.
Nor from the standpoint Of expediencs
do think it would be wise or prudent
for this government to recognize at the
present time the independence of the so
called Cuban republic. Such recognition
is not necessary in order to enable the
United States to intervene and pacify the
island. To commit this country now to
the recognition or any party or secular
government in Cuba might sub
ject US to, embarrassing conditions
of international obligation toward tho
the organization 90 recognized. In case
of Intervention our conduct would be sub
ject to the approval or disapproval OF such
government; we would be required to
submit to its direction and to assume to
it the mere relation of a friendly ally.
When it shall appear hereafter that there
is within the islands a government
capable Of performing tho du-
ties and discharging the functions
Of a separate nation and having,
as matter of fact the proper forms and
attributes of nationality, such govern
ment can be promptly and readily recog.
nized. and the relation Of and interests OF
the United States with such nation adj
justed3f-
b1ssi1p stivs Forms OF Intervention.
TntSBremain the alternative forms OF
intetx6htion to end the war, either as an
jmpGrtial neutral, by imposing rational
compromise between the contestants or 10
the active ally 9f the one party or tho
other
AS to the first, it is not to be forgotten
that during the last few months tho re-
lation of tho United States has virtually
been one of friendly intervention In many
WAYS. each not Of itself conclusive, but
all tending to the exertion Of . potential
influence toward an ultimate pacific re-
suit, Just and honorable to all interests
concerned. The spirit OF oil our acts hith-
erto has been an earnest, unselfish desire
for peace and prosperity in Cuba, unfair.
nished BY differences between US and
Spain, and unstained by the blood OF
American citizens.
The forcible intervention of the United
states a. q neutral to stop the war, &C
cording to the large dictates OF humanity,
and following many historical precedents
where neighboring states have interfered
to che;k the hopeless sacrifice OF life by
iaternicene conflicts beyond their borders,
is justif1able on rational grounds. 1t In
wolves, however, hostile constraint upon
one of the parties to the contestas we'll to
enforce truce as to guide the eventual
settlement.
The Grounds Of Intervention.
The grounds for such Intervention may
be briefly summarized as follows:
First--In the cause Of humanity and to
put an end to the barbarities, bloodshed,
starvation and horrible miseries now OK
listing there and which the parties to the
conflict are either unable Or unwilling 70