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Introduction xxi
government in which their superiority of numbers
might enable them to outvote and curb their haughty
opponents ; on the other hand, the Peninsulars clung
to Spanish despotism as their chief refuge and defence. On such lines have the hostile parties been
developing for the past eighty years.
During this period the Insulars or liberal party
have been getting the rudiments of political education by observing what has gone on in the republics
of Spanish America and in the United States. People in their situation have no opportunities for
gaining political experience of the kind with which
all English-speaking countries are familiar. They
start with a few general political ideas and have no
means of testing their value save by insurrection.
The first task is to overthrow the oppressor, and
every patriot of this way of thinking is sure to be
"agin" the government. Between 1820 and 1830
there were several attempts at rebellion in Cuba,
fomented by such secret societies as the " Soles de
Bolivar," the " Black Eagle," and others ; but these
premature outbreaks were quickly suppressed. The
chief immediate result was the tightening of the despotic control of the captains general. The government was one of martial law, even in times of peace.
The unfortunate conspiracy of 1844, for complicity
with which the Cuban poet Placido was executed,
and the ill-starred expeditions of Narciso Lopez in
1849 and 1851, bear witness at once to the abiding
spirit of discontent among the people and to the
superior strength which a better organization gave
to the oppressors.
From 1851 to 1868 the smouldering fires found
| Title | Marching with Gomez |
| Creator | Flint, Grover |
| Publisher | Lamson, Wolffe and company |
| Place of Publication | Boston, New York [etc.] |
| Date | 1898 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000026 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | Introduction xxi government in which their superiority of numbers might enable them to outvote and curb their haughty opponents ; on the other hand, the Peninsulars clung to Spanish despotism as their chief refuge and defence. On such lines have the hostile parties been developing for the past eighty years. During this period the Insulars or liberal party have been getting the rudiments of political education by observing what has gone on in the republics of Spanish America and in the United States. People in their situation have no opportunities for gaining political experience of the kind with which all English-speaking countries are familiar. They start with a few general political ideas and have no means of testing their value save by insurrection. The first task is to overthrow the oppressor, and every patriot of this way of thinking is sure to be "agin" the government. Between 1820 and 1830 there were several attempts at rebellion in Cuba, fomented by such secret societies as the " Soles de Bolivar," the " Black Eagle," and others ; but these premature outbreaks were quickly suppressed. The chief immediate result was the tightening of the despotic control of the captains general. The government was one of martial law, even in times of peace. The unfortunate conspiracy of 1844, for complicity with which the Cuban poet Placido was executed, and the ill-starred expeditions of Narciso Lopez in 1849 and 1851, bear witness at once to the abiding spirit of discontent among the people and to the superior strength which a better organization gave to the oppressors. From 1851 to 1868 the smouldering fires found |
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