Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08
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The withdrawal of the authority of Spain
from the island of Cuba was effected by
the 1st of January, SO that the full re-es-
tablishment of peace found the relinQuished
territory, held by us in trust for the In
habitants, maintaining under the direction
of the executive such government and con-
troll therein as should conserve public or
der, restore the productive conditions of
peace, long disturbed by the instability and
disorder which prevailed for the greater
part of the preceding three decades, and
build up that tranquil development of the
domestic state whereby alone can be re-
allied the high purpose, as proclaimed
in the joint resolution adopted by the
congress on the 18th of April, 1898, by which
the United States disclaimed any disposi-
ton or intention to exercise sovereignty,
jurisdiction or control over Cuba, except
for the pacification thereof, and asserted
its determination when that was accom-
plished to leave the government and con-
troll of the island to its people The
pledge contained in this resolution is OF
the highest honorable obligation and must
be sacredly kept.
I believe that substantial progress has
been made in this direction. All the ad-
ministrative measures adopted in Cuba
have aimed to fit it for a regenerated eX-
istence by enforcing the supremacy OF law
and justice; by placing where 1t is practi-
cable the machinery of administration IN
the ndnQS OF the lnna{)ltdulS, ny llSllttl-
ing needed sanitary reforms, by spreading
education, by fostering industry and trade,
by fnculcating public morality, and in
short taking every rational step to aid the
Cuban people to attain to that plane oil
self-conscious respect and self-reliant
unity which fits an enlightened community
for self government within Its own sphere,
while enabling 1t to fulfill all outward
obligations.
Obligations to Cuba Must BE Kept.
This nation has assumed before the
world a grave responsibility for the fu-
ture good government of Cuba. We have
accepted trust, the fulfiilment of which
calls for the sternest integrity of purpose
and the exercise of the highest wisdom.
The new Cuba yet to arise from the ashes
of the past must needs be bound to us by
ties of singular intimacy and strength, II
its enduring welfare is to be assured.
Whether these ties shall be organic or con-
ventional, the destinies of Cuba are in
some rightful form and manner ire
vocably linked with our own. but how and
how far Is for the future to determine in
the ripeness of events. Whatever be the
outcome, we must see to 1t that free Cuba
be reality, not'a name; perfect entity,
not a hasty experiment bearing within
itself the elements of failure. Our mis-
sion, to accomplish which we took
up the gage of battle, Is not
to be fulfilled by turning adrift any
loosely Trained coaiiionWedilH ~ laSS e.Ao
vicissitudes which too often attend weak
er states, whose natural wealth and abun-
dant resources are offset by, the incongrui-
ties of their political organization and the
| recurring occasions for internal rivalries to
sap their strength and dissipate their en-
ergies. The greatest blessing which can
come to Cuba is the restoration OF her ag-
ricultural and Industrial prosperity, which
will give employment to idle men and
| re-establish the pursuits of peace. This is
her chief and immediate need. On the
18th of last August an order was made for
the taking of the census in the island, to
be completed on the 30th of November.