Year: 1875

Cuba and Mexico-views OF Yesterdays


Letter Confrmed-A Peaceful and Hon.


orabIe Adjustme ent-Republicau Success


in 1876 the First Need of the Nation


No Change Of Front by the Admins.


taation on Cuba, Mexico or any other


Outside Question-The Business On


Hand is the Overthrow of the C0nfed.


ernte.Democratic Conspiracy Within


the Union.


WASHINGTON, November 90, 1875


The views expressed in my letter of yes
terday in regard to Cuba and Mexico are
confirmed. The administration will not
only not provoke war in either case, but it
will do all in it's power to maintain peace
between the United States and Spain and
Mexico. / think every lever of peace will
rejoice at this. Certainly every sensible
American will approve OF policy which
guarantees the industrial and commercial
welfare of the Union both of which would
be iDjuriOusly affected by q foreign war. All
the considerations of international comfy
are on the side of peace, and Secretary Fish
is man in whom personal selfrespect is
too largely developed to allow him to use
his influence as Secretary of State for For
eign Affairs in order to involve his govern
ment in needless and proftless foreign war.
The idea that Mr.. Fish seeks to glorify himself
or his department through the provocation
of such foreign war, is akin to the other
idea that General Grant wishes to make
himself emperor of all the Americas. This
pacific disposition of the administration is
reciprocated by the Spanish ministry, and
by the men in political authority in Mexico.
So it may be set down as fixed that the at
tention of the people of the United States
will be remitted tor the next eighteen
months to the purely American and do
mestic political issues as now joined be.
tween the two great parties which are striv-
ing for the mastery within our own Union.
For this we should be grateful for, to make
good our own national life and secure the
blessings of civil liberty to 100000 of our
own people now standing on the verge of
serfdom, is a work paramount to all others
one which will tax the resources of this
nation to the utmost, and one which we will
be fortunate in settling on the side of hu-
manity, without war of our own.


think that every Republican should re-
joice at this peaceful solution of the Cuban
and Mexican affairs. Nine months ago the
political sky above our heads was as black
as night. No star then appeared to clear the
dreadful gloom which hung over our eau Sc.
Timid leaders-time- mercenaries
had given our watchful foes the opportuni-
f,-n nf
one great issue upon which depends not
only the vote and destiny of race, but on
which depends the fate and destiny of the
American Union itself. Compa re the situ-
alton of today with that of nine months
ago. Now the sky is bright.


" Now is the winter of our discomfort


Made glorious summer


And all the clouds that lowered DER our cause


In the deep bosom of the ocean buried


The light of victory shines all along the
path which now leads the party of human
ity to victory in 1876. Let US rejoice that
our tried and watchful leaders will not
agaiu permit imprudent counselors or 80
called friends or open enemies to lead us
one inch from that path.


1t is worthy of remark that this question
in regard to Cuba and Mexico has been 80
handled as to increase the popularity of the
administration, and to take at the same
time the wind entirely out of the sails of
the opposition. The Confederate Democracy
is completely 'astern" on Cuba and Mexico,
with Tapping canvas, dragging along reluc-
family in the Republican wake. To thus
lose all chance of making political capital
out of Cuba this winter and yet be fore ed
to face the country as political conspirators
is situation which will prove exceedingly
embarrassing to the Confederate Demo
cratic Representatives in the American
Congress B.