. The literary digest. knowledge,except that I knew some of them were classed as of my informants were business men who had no sides andrarely expressed themselves. I had no means of guessing in ad-vance what their answers would be, and was in most cases greatlysurprised at their frankness. I inquired in regard to autonomyof men of wealth and men as prominent in business as any in thecities of Havana, Matanzas, and Sagua, bankers, merchants,lawyers, and autonomist officials, some of them Spanish-born, butCuban-bred, one prominent Englishman, several of them knownas autonomists
. The literary digest. knowledge,except that I knew some of them were classed as of my informants were business men who had no sides andrarely expressed themselves. I had no means of guessing in ad-vance what their answers would be, and was in most cases greatlysurprised at their frankness. I inquired in regard to autonomyof men of wealth and men as prominent in business as any in thecities of Havana, Matanzas, and Sagua, bankers, merchants,lawyers, and autonomist officials, some of them Spanish-born, butCuban-bred, one prominent Englishman, several of them knownas autonomists, and several of them telling me they were still be-lievers in autonomy, if practicable, but without exception theyreplied that it wastoo late for that. Some favored a UnitedStates protectorate, some annexation, some free Cuba; not onehas been counted favoring the insurrection at first. They werebusiness men and wanted peace, but said it was too late for peaceunder Spanish sovereignty. They characterized Weylers order. wo VICTIMS OK THE IAMINE WHO DIEIJ SIDE BY of The Christian Herald. Vol. XVI., No. 13] THE LITERARY DIGEST. 363 in far stronger terms than I can. I could .not but conclude thatyou do not have to scratch an autonomist very deep to find aCuban. There is soon to be an election, but every polling-placemust be inside a fortified town. Such elections ought to be safefor the ins. Mr. Proctor concluded his speech in the following language : I have endeavored to state in not intemperate mood what Isaw and heard and to make no argument thereon, but leave everyone to draw his own conclusions. To me the strongest appeal isnot the barbarity practised by Weyler nor the loss of the Maine,if our worst fears should prove true, terrible as are both theseincidents, but the spectacle of 1,500,000 people, the entire nativepopulation of Cuba, struggling for freedom and deliverance fromthe worst misgovernment of which I ever had knowledge. Butwhether our action ought to b
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