The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-12
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 IT It is claimed that we promised tn dependence to the people of Cuba. at what time and under what conditions iSnq 10 what extent is that promise to De made good?
 4, That cannot be until a Government shfll nave been created by some lawful authorlty Tn Cuba. And such a gov ern,lent can only be created by the will of the United States. Hence inc whole supJect IS left tO our conscientious dis posal:: No time is set when the alleged promise is to take effect.
 the conditions under which such a pollcy Is, to be executed must hel rcas- ondpie, as they are not specified: and to De reasonable they must not iniure or sendanger the welfare of they neonle or cuba or of the United States, Of ails these; matters the United States ,nust ludge, as the declaration if made ih the sense that is attributed to Con. sress was voluntary and without any IUnsioeratlon moving from Cuba. Dasls or duty arising from natural causes or from contract. In this In stance there was no duty.
 IL IS. therefore, wise. just aoui+ohIo ana honorable, as we'll as obligatory o,, tne ;Cntted States, under the treaty of Paris. that wefshouid continue to occ,,N py Cuba until we provide for the Ia. lanoers a good and stable eovsrnmant established upon the sovereignty of tho people organized as a body polite. ac. corolng to law. To them this is a compete revolution that places the sceptre or power in their hands which was %rested from the crown of Spain put tnls succession to the soyereientv ISI4nh fine fo by law. It is not a succession of noiit- ical power that is devolved unon tha people Of Cuba, such as comes to a people who have overthroWn A mon archy ana are left to their own govern ment; for the United States was sub- sttuted for the crown of Spain by the results of the war, and was invested With the power to rule the people of Cnpa as conquered people in a con- pqueredl Sountry until, with our con- sent. they could be safely invested with the power of local self-government and with independence. through the recog- milton of other powers, beginning with the United States.
 The right of local self government was the right to which the United States gave its assent in advance of the war With Spain, and for which this government became a voluntary trus- tee for the benefit of the people of Gu ba instead of becoming a sovereign ruler under the provisions of the trea- ty of Paris. The United States did not engage in war with Spain to enable or entitle her subjects to demand inde- pendence of their redeemer from des- potic rule and inhuman oppression as soon as the letters were stricken from their hands. and it Is unjust and ouix- otic to base such claim upon conduct so generous and benevolent. To the reverse. some of her subjects were then at war with Spain; but, so far from recognizing them even as a de facto government, the United States refused to recognize their rights as bel ligerents.
 It is impossible to believe that any | considerable part of the people of Cuba can insist upon conditions so un- just and so obstructive to the just anc | considerate policy of the United State, as to thrust aside the hand that has relieved them from Spanish rule and i, still offered in unseifish sincerity foI their establishment as a self governing l people. Cuba Is a small, feeble and embarrassed community of discovered races. without eevn a strong drift of public opinion to hold the people in ac- cord on any leading political or social question, and with little harmony in their social or industrial relations They are in large sleAkr.A &ekAHkapAAs