Excerpt from The Present Condition of Affairs in Cuba The course. Of the United States toward the island of Cuba, as one of the Spanish colonies, certainly presents one of the most remarkable phenomena to be found in the mu tual relations of the American nations. This republic, follow ing a conservative and prudent political system, has certainly never extended a friendly and protecting hand to any colony which, since 1810, has successfully raised against Spain the banner of revolution, and as sumed to follow in the footsteps of the generation of George Washington. At the same time, it has never denied the moral aid of its sympathies and good wishes to anyone of the colonies of this continent, nor been slow to acknowledge their rights whenever they were boldly claimed, and maintained at the point of the bayonet. Even this good fortune, however, Cuba has never shared. When, in 1826, her bonds were about to be broken by the triumphant hand of the Liberator Bolivar, the Government of the United States interposed its irresistible veto, and her chains were thus riveted by the Administration at Washing ton. Political reasons, peculiar to-the time, served as a basis for the conduct of the Government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.