Year: 1876

pathy with the other Powers Of the Christian and vsed
ing out the law Of have been announc"d %
ng OF the sincerity Of intention Of the present
nsvs sso not failed % the consideration Of the
the abolition Of the sa sS heb race
and continues bloody and destructive contest close TO
ceding reforms Of which proprety was not
Of slavery the & the
lsn 81 ins SHsaPy n Cuba regret 70 believe that
are large holders In Cuba Of what there claimed
avs Of the United states They are thus IN dedance
OF the spirit 81 our own Laws contributing 70 the eontnu
annual Message referred TO this subject again recon-
not 20 prevent at least 70 discourage American .ens from
holding or dealing in slaves


Similar sentiments have been expressed by the Pres
dent in his last Message TO Congress, December 1875
and in pursuance Of these expressed convictions OF
President in conformity, as is believed they
the United States and with which my
convictions accord in the fullest measure no OPP
portunity has been omitted by the department to let
be known all who directly indirectly interested
in the question that Il believed by this government
that the existence OF slavery in Cuba tended IN great
degree to reard the restoration OF peace in that Island


HAMILTON FISH.
POLITICIANS BECOMING ALARMED OVER THE


RESULT OF THE wHIsKEY TRIALS CALL


FOR HIGHER sTATEsMANsHIP" AND GEN.


ERAL LETTING UP.


AS the trial day of General Babcock draws near there
is evident here subdued but increasing excitement.
The great number OF convictions in ST. Louis the
cess of the government In Indianapolis and Milwaukee
In not only exposing the local whiskey rngs but
vicng the principal Offenders and the large interests
involved in Chicago, whore the government mas OBJ
tanned confessions duplicating influential local polti-
clans of both parties, have alarmed the kind Of
politicians These mutlerI that "This thing has gone
about far enough" they fear that 'the party" may
suffer injury; they talk about higher craftsmanship"
which would not mperil the interests of the country
by such ruthless exposures and convictons they ex
claim cautiously against the 'rage for economy and
trenchment, this for REFORM" and talk about
people who seek become great reformers and de-
tecves they suggest that these whiskey trials 60
on they must strike in nconvcnient places that II
they could be stopped the American people, who forget
everything so quickly would forget all about them
before the Cincinnati Convention meets, and
nobody would be hurt With all this talk there
grows of vengeance against the troublesome people
whose njudcious passion for detecting frauds
have brought many conspicuous persons to grief
That is to say there is formidable influence here
Washington in favor OF so managing the remaining
whiskey trials that nobody of any consequence shall
be hurt This power Is too strong to be made light Of
1t consists Of politicians, of them prominent and
influential men some Of them unfortunately, able to
have free TO the President and shrewd enough
to seek to prejudice his mind and to alarm him by
suggestions that the party may be fatally hurt and
that the rigid and straightforward prosecution the
whskey thieves without regard to their standing in
society their political influence, may in the end
help the democrats to victory in the Presidential
election There is rs yet reason so far as can be
ascertaned to believe that such suggestions influence
the President He still says, "Let guilty
escape" But It is known that efforts making to
put prosecutions in places the hands of weak
or incompetent men, and In other nconspcuous to
cripple the attack and Immunity to influential
The cry OF persecution raised In favor or
sush persons and IL is said that there no sense
dragging everybody down.