The Story of Cuba Her Struggles for Liberty the Causes Crisis And Destiny of
The Story of Cuba Her Struggles for Liberty the Causes Crisis And Destiny of
Halstead Murat
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The president is called upon to take action. It is not his duty to declare war, with Congress in session, but he must have enough evidence before him to authorize the most serious representations by our consul-general to the captain-general of Cuba, and by the minister to Spain to the government of that country ; and it will not be sufficient for the Spanish general in command to discredit all the news of an unofficial character that comes from Cuba, or for the Spanish government to refuse to l...isten to offers of good offices from the United States, and to go on speaking of their inflexible pride and indomitable purpose. We know enough about that. We know well that 436 THE STORY OF CUBA. more than forty years ago Spain was hard-pressed in the course of the Ostend conference poHcy, and that it did become her dignity then to decline to accept our suggestions. We are aware that it was the right of Spain to refuse to sell her last great American posses- sion, and she could do that again without justly incurring our ill will We are aware of the false representations that were made of the Lopez and the Virginius affairs by the filibusters were countenanced in this country — but that was chiefly on account of the inhumanity, the savagry of the shooting of prisoners by scores — but we remember General Prim, when ruler of Spain, treated representations from our government that his country might advantageously give up Cuba, with calm consideration, no display whatever of indignation.
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