. An illustrated history of our war with Spain : its causes, incidents, and results. nry Clay. DITEIXG the troublous years of the disastrous reign ofFerdinand, the island of Cuba maintained a positionpeculiarly her own, and it will be necessary to re-turn to the time when the people of the United States wontheir independence and trace upward the history and conditionof that province which, because of the failure of all effortsto i^lant the seed of liberal government in her soil, obtainedthe title of The Ever-faithful Isle. During the last yearsof the eighteenth century Cuba, under the rule of
. An illustrated history of our war with Spain : its causes, incidents, and results. nry Clay. DITEIXG the troublous years of the disastrous reign ofFerdinand, the island of Cuba maintained a positionpeculiarly her own, and it will be necessary to re-turn to the time when the people of the United States wontheir independence and trace upward the history and conditionof that province which, because of the failure of all effortsto i^lant the seed of liberal government in her soil, obtainedthe title of The Ever-faithful Isle. During the last yearsof the eighteenth century Cuba, under the rule of a few wisegovernors, advanced rapidly in material resources, and theports of Havana and Santiago were opened to free commerce,excepting the slave trade, and a few minor productions. Atthe close of the century Havana was the most important cityin America. Of the governors, none were more wise andprogressive than Luis de las Casas, who imparted a new impulseto commerce and agriculture, and inaugurated a series of im-portant public works. He took an active interest not only in (102). -nte- ■^^ : 1 1
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