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Show TICE -YIRGINIUS" AFFAIR- ZZZ t.iur di.-p.itehe-s this iiioniiiig show i to wiiat heigiit tile lever over the I ! (.;.',(.'... ailhir ha.T risen. The indig- j nation eau.-. d By the first report of j ti:c s'. -i U re of the !7, .;h; wiiiie fly- ; ii.g American Cole-is. and tl;0 sum- ; maiy . x--cuti.:i nfihur i j i i- piS.-cn- I gir- has been so ii:tei.si:'nd by later : reports of the shooting, hist of the captain and civw, and then of the en- tiivli-l of passeng-.rs . board the l.-el, tiiat the demand is universal j for prompt and decided action upon: the part of the authorities at Wash- J iiit'-D. It is evident that the peop'o are ready ft r war at the Wold, and ' n.. thh:- wuidd go so far to retrieve i I'n si'Ient t.i rant's aihninistration and . the Ih'ijubliean jiarty iV'Hii the con- ' t.-iopt and di.-graec into which tiicy haw fallen, as '';:ld and nneom- premising course at tht' present crisis. For four years, every fpceies of insult ha., been east upon the l.'nited States b;- the insolent Spaniards who have cla'uiiMl to control the alfairs of Cuba, and more than once the press of the j country has expressed its disgust at the pusillanimous policy of Secretary Fish. In the Summer of ISo!) this gentleman gentle-man carried on a diplomatic corres-IMjiidenee, corres-IMjiidenee, in regard to Cuban a Hairs, in which he expressed himself in this wise: If Si: iin bo :il war v. iiii Cuba, the Ctiit.'.j States will .-iibniit to IIukc riiita which public law eor.c-Jcs to hiH i reiit-. But wliile Spain Iisciaiin- n M;iti of btd-ligoreaey, btd-ligoreaey, or until the L'thn-il tnto-; may i! i id it neci's.-iiry to ri'eogaie hT as a bel-li.Ti'iit, bel-li.Ti'iit, t lie (.iiiviTiimtait uf the Failed States eimnot fail lo Inok nwn ft deerei?. which, ilh'iifiirccd npiiiwt any vessel of the Failed States on thohih sea-, canrot but be regarded as n vioiatioa of their rijrhti that may ieiul to serious complica-ti:ns. complica-ti:ns. The uni.'rsi!'aed bus tint lienor further to .-ay to Mr. iioberts, tlnit the (iovern-nieiit (iovern-nieiit of the Fnited States cannot fail to rcR.ml the coiuiiumnce of the decree referred refer-red to, v(tiii) r.civii.sv on thr hifh -s:a i.nr Utci!'n'l vj Ci'ixt, l.y unu re&rf wtr or jH'iratcci- ( Sovin, vi (he riffhi to vi.iit li'n'rd '( $! !' V-n'to ,y.fiV,v, tuHlrr ,-u!;r,f the ;rt,visi,is of (! Irvitii 1 , Si."), as iiirulri'i; the Ingi-ir'ti Ingi-ir'ti ranclit.it'iii of a -vtvnitifi b;t Spain if K fiafr of rar tn'th t.'ta. This little show of spirit was viewed with general favor. The demand is now made that the Secretary standby and enforce his own declarations. There is little doubt as to the result, so far as Cuba is concerned, whatever course Government takes in the matter. mat-ter. Men and means, even in these hard times, will, apparently, be forth coming for the republican cause m sueh quantities as to Hood -the island, and sweep away the fierce savages who at present constitute the squad of bloody executioners that disgrace civilization in Cuba. We may expect to hear all sorts of rumors in our daily dispatches. Those published this morning morn-ing show the uncertainty of matters in Xew York and Washington. Gold already feels the breeze and has risen to V: premium, with the possibility of war. But one thing is certain, the people are prepared for any steps the Administration may lake in that direction. |