otherwise, violence would always exist between Cubans and Spaniards.
             In the event of "the lynching of the Italians", the citizens in New Orleans thought the government had lost its function which is to punish the criminals. Therefore, they wanted to do justice by themselves, and they chose to do it in a very violent way. These suspects probably would be executed as well if they were found guilty for murders. The citizens wanted replace the function of the government that brings justice to people. "To arms, citizens! Crimes must be punished quickly, but when and where the courts fail, when jurors violate their oaths, when bribers appear, then the people must act and do what the courts and the failed to do!" (Marti 302) In other words, if the government could perform its functions, those people wouldn't punish the killers by themselves. They were violent, because they were under this particular circumstance. The citizens took their actions after they saw the criminal justice system corrupted. Therefore, this violent event in New Orleans was historically contingent.
             Marti envisioned post-colonial Cuba as a nation of having freedom, equality, and peace. After the war, when Cubans obtained the control they desired, so violence was not needed any more. Instead of violence, Marti clai...