We have stood here as a guard. as a picket post. as an outline of defense of the Monarchy of Spain through the medium of these laws and the proclamations of Presidents of the United States for very nearly a century. during which period of time five great insurrections or revolts have occurred in Cuba. What has it cost us thus to guard a people whose resentments have been so justly excited. but are reluctant to interfere with foreigners or with foreign Governments? What has it cost us to keep in check and hold down the Cuban refugees who have come to the United States from time to time. driven out of the islands by the stress of persecution? Think of the lives of American citizens that have been sacrificed. think of the men who have been leaned up against adobe walls before sunrise in the morning and shot to death by Spain because. following their sympathies. they felt that they could go to Cuba and give a helping hand to their relatives. their own blood kindred. in the Island of Cuba. who went there. as Lopez did. for the purpose of relieving his own relatives from these barbarities. What has it cost us?
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