The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-17

good cities they were. The bays of BtIerEl
Honda, Negrdlla ard Esperanto, all had
their cities. The capes of Samtonlo Nase
and CRUZ all had fine little towns situated
upon them, and the Inhabitants OF Cuba
broughs their produce to these towns AMI
gave it up. Great quantities of these pro-
visions were carried to Madrid hence to be
shipped ito Spain. It, was always hated
Spain that was before them, always Spain
that kept them down and held them back.
always the crown that yearned for their
marFcy. Always am A,phonse or a Ludwig,
u Pip or an Isabella wanting more
money. And what did Cubans get i'm re-
turn for all they paid out? Nothing at al.
Down from Key West and from Saint
Augustine and Tampa, Punta Gorda, jack
sonville and other happy cities of Florida.
there came seamen on vessels who stopped
over in the ports and visited with the Gu
bans. These told grand stories of United
States rule. They told Of how they, every
year, elected their own governors, and If a
governor treated them badly how he would
be put out of office the next year and a
better man substituted. These FloriH
seamen told how wrongs were righted in
their country, and how men had just that
for which they toiled. Each man they
said was paid for his work and if he want
ed anything, he got it.
The Cuoans listened to this In silence
for many years, until in 1850, after a hard
year, they began to get very disconted;
and in the years of '50151 they got the
American seamen to help them fight for
their independence They wanted to have
s.Y.x
could rule and where they could grow rich
but the Spanish crown laughed at them
and sent over great ships to fire upon them
until those who wanted to be free were
killed, and the rest were subdued and ready
to work on in silence for another genera
ton.
In September 1868 the whole island broke
out in revolt and the people declared their
Independence. They formed a national
junta and appointed Don Manuel Cespes-
des their commander in chief. For two
years they waged guerrilla warfare hop
ing to drive out from the island the wicked
Spanish rulers, but they could not do 1t.
Spain sent new men faster than they could
kill off the old ones and again Cuba settled,
down to oppression.
In 1856 Cuba broke out again. This time
with the most vigorous effort of her his
tory. She organized National junta with
its headquarters in the most powerful city
in the world, and from New York the Gu
ban warfare was Carried ON. Within three
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NJ si1.1' ouu 1eouer uireeteo ~le war eiDa
uii'nsr INN spch men as Maceo' nlVioIa Snlo
fulz fousht. Ihey batlleu hercely like
Fogs OF waI' not Hike savage men, but in
ali their rough and tumble conflict they
did nothing disgraceful Never in the three
years did they lose heart or temper, never
did thy suffer one quick. un,reme dttater1
Nrc,-i to elscape them. never did they break
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81, ,,oar t1,eno and dfd co Mtt1a IN bie,n
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Iipo Limited Snsp'ee spoou Wy anu "@'cii ,e
t,uEa. II saw lts Vaiuia'o0e commerce WIN
the Island die Gun; II saw the nations IN
vested by capitalists In the feltile Little
Queen of the Antilles dwind.e into less than
the value of a postage stamp; 1t saw the
men of Cuba hunted down like wolves anil
Slain like iacal<ls it saw Cuba weep with
,srssfon and drin with blood: It saw Cuba
dia ,,nder the soo,,cbanp s,,n, of summer.
.,,a frosza ,,c,,,,,oteetcd IN tho winds of
,--i,,4on ona did ,,o,,tf,,o II mnst wait, tn