Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-06
CUBA.
Our Promise With Respect to IL
Must lie Kept.


Concerning Cuba, the President says
"The withdrawal Of the authority OF
Spain from the Island Of Cuba was effect
cd by the first Of January, so that the jul
re-estaDlshment of peace found the re-
llnquished territory held by US in trust
for the inhabitants, maintaining under
the direction of the Executive, such gov
eminent and control therein as should
conserve public order, restore the pro-
ductive conditions of peace, so long dis
turbed by the instability and disorder
which prevailed for the greater part OF
the preceding three decades. and build
up that tranquil development Of the do
nestle state, whereby alone can be re-
allied the high purpose. as proclaimed
i'm the joint resolution adopted by the
Congress on the 18th of April 1875 by
which the United States disclaimed any
disposition or intention to exercise SOW
Creignty, jurisdiction, or control over
! cuba. except in the pacfcaton thereof,
and asserted its determination when that
was accomplished to leave the govern
ment and control Of the island to its
people. The promise contained In this
resolution is of the highest honor and
must be kept l believe that substantial
progress has been made in this direction.
/ All the administrative measures adopted
( in Cuba have aimed TO fit IL for a regene-
/ rated existence by enforcing the supre-
macy of law and justice; by placing
/ wherever possible the machinery OF ad-
ministratiOn in the hands of the inhabi-
4 tants: by instituting needed sanitary re-
/ forms; by spreading education: by foster
/ ing industry and trade; by intoxicating pub
/ lie morality, and IN short, by taking every
/ rational step 10 aid the Cuban people 10
/ attain TO that plane Of self-cOnsciOus re-
! spcct and self-reliant unity which fits an
J enlightened community for self-govern
mont within its own sphere, while en-
ablng II to fulfil all outward Obligations.
This nation has assumed before the
world a grave responsibility for the fu-
| ture good government of Cuba. We have
| accepted trust, the fuliiment OF which
! calls for the sternest integrity of pur-
/ pose ana the exercise of the highest wis
dom. The new Cuba now 10 arise from
| the ashes. Of tho past must needs be
abound TO us by ties of singular intimacy
Snd strength, If its enduring welfare is
/ TO bo assured Whether those ties shall
! loo organic or conventional, the destinies
/ OF cuba are in some rightful form ana
manner irrevocably linked with our own.
| but how and how far, Is for the f.tufe
| To determine, IN the IlptDtsS OF events.
! Whatever be the outcome, we mus. see
/ 10 il that free Cuba be reality, not a
name; a perfect entity, not hasty eN-
] pertinent, bearing within itself the ele-
ments of failure. our mission. TO accom-
plsh which We took up the wager of bat
/ tie is not TO be fulfilled by turning
adrlft any loosely-framed commonwealth
to face the vicissitudes which too often
J fall TO the lot of weaker states. whose
natural wealth and abundant resources
are Offset by the incongruities of their
political organization, and the recurring
occasions for internal rivairies to sap
their strength and dissipaie their ener-
giles. The greatest blessing which can
come 10 Cuba is the restoration Of her
agricultural and industrial prosperity.
which VIII give employment TO idle men
| and re-establish the pursuits OF peace.
, This is her chief and immediate need.
OBJECT OF CUBAN CENSUS.
ION the 18th OF August last an order
| was made for tbs taking OF the census in