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Declaration of Cuban Independence--First Constitutional Convention--The First Government of Ministers--Founders of the Cuban Government--Desperate Efforts of Campos--Disadvantages of the Cubans--Plantation Work Forbidden--Campaigns by Maceo and Gomez--Losses of the Spaniards at Sea--Reenforcements from Spain Welcomed--Cuban Headquarters at Las Tunas--Invasion of Matanzas--Defeat and Narrow Escape of Campos--Action of the Autonomists--Loyalty Pledged to Campos--State of Siege in Havana--Campos Recalled to Spain.