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Show THE PROLONGED STRUGGLE IX CUBA. The struggle between the Cuban insurgents in-surgents and the Spanish authorities in Cuba still contiuues. Month after month, for over two years, it has dragged drag-ged along, characterized, if reports : may be credited, with the most fiendish barbarities on both sides. The ispan-iards, ispan-iards, following the bloody policy of the eastern hemisphere iu dealing with rebellions, has shown no mercy to the unfortunate insurgents who Lave fallen into their hands. A drum-head trial and speedy execution have followed capture; and the insurgents have in kind retaliated. But the prolongation of the struggle should raise some startling start-ling Questions to be answered by ihe friends ef humanity, and more especially espe-cially by republican nation i. When a people become so embittered against the rule of a nation that they prefer death to longer submission, should that nation be permitted to exterminate them or reduce them to slavery ? The proudest powers in the world rise in their majesty and say the barbarous inhabitants of one part of the globe shall not be carried slaves to another. Yet they look calmly on while a whole I civilized people are butchered or compelled to render submission and involuntary servitude to a power they abhor. Ou the one haad the blacks might be made slaves to different masters and private individuals', on the other hand a community com-munity a nation are made slaves to another nation, and by superior power are bound hand and foot before a public pub-lic master at whose rule they revolt so strongly that they prefer death to enduring en-during it. As the killing of one man by another, in a life struggle between the two, is termed murder or man-laughter man-laughter accoiding to the circumstances, circumstan-ces, while the murdering of one nation's na-tion's life by another is termed glory; ure wo to suppose that the African slave trado carried on by private individuals indi-viduals is an enormity of the blankest dye, while the enslaving of the Cubans is a noble deed when perpetrated by the Doru of the European south-western peninsula? It is not long since brave little Crete was engaged in a similar struggle for freedom from the murderous clutch of Turkey; and Christian nations looked m and taw Christian Crelaim butchered butch-ered by Mahomedan Turks. That .-.trueis was Ion and heroically continued, con-tinued, but Crete was beaten to the ground, and her best and noblest sons lilbd bloody graves at Turkish hands. Now Cuba continue! her fiitt for independence. in-dependence. ,Sbc wants a republican jrovemmcnt. Hhe p;mts for freedom. rJ;r bravest men Uy riwn their lives cheerfully to secure th.-u bl-js-irn; and IV':C America, of vliich Cuba should firm a part, does j,iut, raise a hand fir ?ir won. It would b. -'ii .Jier wise statesmanship statesman-ship nor sound '.olicy to interfere, uere a few restless spirits trying to subvert a legitimate and establishad form of government, merely to assart the supremacy su-premacy and superiority of republican institutions whe a people were not prepared for them. But here is a people who are striking for their owu liberty, and are striking manfully; who wish to throw off the tyrannic rule ol a nation on the other side of the Atlantic, At-lantic, and claim common cause with the republicans on the continent t' which by sympathy :ind geographic positon they belong. The last grasp r.f Spain upon Anier-icr Anier-icr must soon be looncd. She clings to an old and effete policy, and the antiquated ideas of rule that held sway when a Pope could divide this continent conti-nent aud parcel it berween two bigoted and overbearing kingdoms of Europe; while the people on this side of the Atlantic are imbued with a progressive spirit, and wish to be participants in the glorious destiny awaiting the western west-ern hemisphere. Should they not be aided to realize their aspirations? |
