Excerpt from Rights to Belligerency and Cuba's Silent Appeal to the American People Readers we call, In passing the events, by some or by all, Calmly on your attention. Silent we thought of our claim Coming by dawn of infinite morrow, Clearing the clouds of distress and sorrow Brightly distinguish the rights of our aim. Silence forever was not our intention, Rather our cause by its life and dimensions, Speaks of its presence by action and words. Should we have rights by the dawn of the morrow, More than of days gone by, Freedom anew, then, on wings should it fly Seeking your good-will and love in our sorrow. 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.