The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-01-30
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withdrawn from Cuba and that
the entire management of their
own affairs will be consigned to
the inhabitants of that island.
Adverting to this fact some
newspapers are striving to make 1t
appear that it would be advants-
geous both to CUBA and to the
United Ltates for the island to be
annexed to- this country. The
writer believes that such a step is
not q desirable one SO far as this
country is concerned, and that the
contamination of such a scheme
is very improbable.
In the first place, we cannot
force the Cuhans to submit them
selves to our dominion, either as
as a state of the union or as a de-
tendency like the Philippines.
For OH this point the joint resolu-
ton adopted by congress before
declaring war against Spain, ex-
pressly repudiates the idea that
this country contemplated the ac-
QUESTION of that territory. We
are then forbidden by considers
tions Of honor to attempt coercion
to carry out such an object.
That the vast mass Of Cubans,
not counting a few professional
agltators and commercialists III
the cities, do not desire annexa.
ton is well known to all acquaint.
ed with the character of those
people, (which, because of nearly
the same conditions Gas to race
habits and thought, is nearly the
same as that of the FilIpinos. We
all know that these latter are not
lmbued with a burning desire to be
blessed with American citizenship
even though they be admitted as o
state with all the rights and priv.
leges of citizens of the ether states
1t is only because they are sure
that they will not be molested in
their freedom that the Cubans
have given us no trouble since
their liberation from Spain. II
conditions in this respect were re.
versed we should have in that
island the same state of affairs
that now exists i'll the Philippine
islands.
1t is not desirable that Cubs
should become a part of the United
States. The area of the island il
considerably smaller than that OF
Georgia, and it's population il
about 1 100000 to our 100000
In the census statistics the popu.
lation of the former is apportionec
between the white and negro (ol
colored) races at about ,2OO,00(
of the former and from three tt
four hundred thousand.of the lat
ter. These figures are, however
deceptive. 1t is a we'll known fac
that the Spaniards have no race
prejudices. The immigrants tx
Cuba from Spain readily inter
married with both the Indians anC
negroes whom they found there
So that, at the present time, ,therC
are few persons in Cuba who arr
pure Caucasians, or are not tainted
with a large per cent of mixed
blood. The prevailing color O
the average Cuban is muddy brown
or chocolate, yet it is a common
thing in the island to see a family
of children, both of whose parent,
are OF this type, partaking of thu
characteristics of each of these
three races. Thus there will BIZ
blue eyed, fair skinned, straight
haired, clear-cut featured Caucas
ian one of whose brothers or sis
ters will have the red skin straight
black hair and prominent feature,
of the Indian and another still
will possess the black skin, kinky
hair and flat features of the Afri
can. This is curious ethnologi
cal fact proving that nature has
set bounds for the propagation Of
the human race, which she vii
not permit to be obliterated, anC
one which the advocates, at the
north, of miscegenation would dc
well to consider. In the United
States perhaps nine-tenJhs of the
Cubans would be classed as ne.
groes or colored people, as contra
distinguished from the whites.
Surely, with the large negro
population which we already have
IN this country, constituting al
ever increasing and perplexins
problem, we do not need to add tx
our burden a greater number Of
these people. Our great object
should be to get rid OF many oil
them that we already have, a re.
suit not likely to be accomplished
with Cuba as a state which would