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Origin and Conduct of Cuban Wars: Cortes

There was nothing that Tacon was not authorized or that he scrupled to do, and his action in putting his foot on the liberties of Cuba was confirmed by the Spanish Cortes in these terms:

The Cortes, using the power which is conceded to them by the Constitution, have decreed: not being in a position to apply the Constitution which has been adopted for the Peninsula and adjacent to the Ultra Marine province of America and Asia these shall be ruled and administered by special laws appropriate to their respective situations and circumstances, and proper to cause their happiness consequently, the deputies for the designated provinces are not to take their seats in the present Cortes.