Identifier: cubafightforfree00clar (find matches)
Title: Cuba and the fight for freedom; a powerful and thrilling history of the "Queen of the Antilles,"
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Clark, James Hyde. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Globe Bible publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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In1848 President Polk went so far as to proposethrough the American Minister to Spain, a trans-ference of the island to the United States for thesmall sum of ^1,000,000. Ten years later asimilar proposal was made in Congress, the sumthen named being ^30,000,000. That propositionwas, however, withdrawn after some discussion.Still later the sum of J 100,000,000 was mentioned. As to the purchase of Cuba from Spain,writes Mr. Clayton, the Secretary of State, in 1849,we do not desire to renew the proposition madeby the late administration on this subject. Itis understood* that the proposition made byour late Minister at Madrid, under instructionsfrom this department, or from the late Presidentof the United States, was considered by theSpanish ministry as a national indignity, and thatthe sentiment of the Ministry was responded bythe Cortes. After all that has occurred, shouldSpam desire to part with the island, the propo-sition for its cession to us should come from her. toa CTiS. al ® s
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FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. 247 This referred, of course, to President Polksoffer to purchase the island, and indicates themanner in which that offer was received by theSpanish Government. An Uneasy f^eeling- in Cuba. In his third annual messao^e, in 1852, Presi-dent Fillmore discussed the affairs of Cuba in thefollowing terms : The affairs of Cuba formed a prominenttopic in my last annual message. They remainin an uneasy condition, and the feeling of alarmand irritation on the part of the Cuban authoritiesappears to exist. This feeling has interfered withthe regular commercial intercourse between theUnited States and the island, and led to someacts of which we have a right to complain. Butthe Captain-General of Cuba is clothed with nopower to treat with foreign governments, nor ishe in any degree under the control of the SpanishMinister at Washington. Any communicationwhich he may hold with an agent of a foreignpower is informal and a matter of courtesy. Anx-ious to put an end to the existing

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