The Liberal, Volume I, Number 40, 28 January 1893 — STILL WITH US. [ARTICLE]

STILL WITH US.

We regret to observe that our former appeal to the Provisional Government upon subject, has not had the effect of moving them to request the return of the United States forces from the city to their ship. Let us not be misunderstood in this particular. Our comlaint is in no sense against the personnel of the forces- either officers or men. They are a fine body of men, and are scrupulously discharging their duty and obeying orders. Indeed, everyone must feel a debt of gratitude to them and those who obtained their presence on shore on the 16th inst., for the fortunate avoidance of terror and bloodshed which their presence then secured. But we again submit that their continuance on shore is not only undesirable in

itself, as tending to irritate and render more sullen those who, (whether rightly or wrongly) deem themselves to have been the victims of their being called ashore,but it must also, and of necessity have a detrimental effect upon our negotiations for a poliical union with the United States. If we cannot exist without Federal forces in our midst while so many of the white population are guarding the Executive with bayonets, how shall we get along when our citizens stack arms and return to their ordinary pursuits?