The Sun

Cuba and Cubans.

That the objects for which Cuba is fighting are the noblest, and the reasons which led to her revolution the most justifiable, all the world except Spain acknowledges. That her claims to moral and material support from other nations have been disregarded and set aside, and that where she had a right to expect the warmest sympathy she has been most foully traduced and treacherously enticed to her ruin, is also most true.

But still the main reason why Cuba is not to-day further advanced on the road to independence has been the want of unity of action among the patriots, both in and out of the island. It is not our province to analyze the source of this evil, which has weakened the efforts of the Cubans, and enabled Spain to restrain the revolution within the limits which it occupied two years ago.

That all personal quarrels within the island have been harmoniously settled, that there all are to-day animated with the sole purpose of freeing Cuba from the hated yoke of Spain, we know. That there is at least as much, if not more, necessity for concerted action here, is apparent. There are now in this city, in the persons of Don Francisco Aguilar and Don Ramón Cespedes, worthy and duly authorized representatives of the Republic of Cuba; and we are glad to learn that all Cubans, without distinction, are willing to do everything in their power to strengthen the hands of these gentlemen.

Means are not wanting among the Cuban exiles in this and other cities of the Union. Perfect unanimity of action is the sole element of success that has so far been lacking. A few Cuban exiles here lately placed on Cuban shores three separate cargoes of arms and ammunition. This proves that material aid can be forwarded to the patriots in the field. If at the date of sending these cargoes all the Cubans here had been united, these expeditions could have been increased tenfold.