Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-05-06

Or moving spirit babe the waters flow -
BARROW.
From The Natioral Intelligencer, May 4.
We have rumour, by the way of Geor-
gia- of cession Of the Island Of Cuba by
Spd'n to Great Britain. We hope, as the
Augusta Chronicle surmises, that the rumour
is entirely unfounded." Blu, such ar event
is not impossible. The mere rumoug of it
lspregnant with considerations of vital i'm
portance, connected w,thtbe existing Peace
with foreign nations, and with the Tranquil
lily of the Union.
We have never heard but with regret the
hints which have been thrown out occasion
ally in newspaper discussions, IN political
oratiens, and, if recollection serves US right
even on the floor of Congress, respecting
the acquisition Of Cuba, or any other insu.
lar possessions, for the United States. In
this respect, our opinion probably differs
from that of many of our readers, as we
know it does from that of some OF our
leading politicians. But it is our opinion
still, and we cannot divest ourselves OF it.
Our appetite for territory is stated b. he &C
QUESTIONS we have already made. We de.
sire no greater population within our fede-
rative system than we have already terrific
~ enough to accommodate with an afluent
supply Of the necessaries and comforts of
life. We particularly covet no trans-ma-
rne possessions, requiring extensive mill
tary and naval establishments to maintain
them, and territorial governments of des-
potic energy not suited TO our free institu-
tions. We tan never forget the lesson our
boyish reading taught US, Of the inconve-
l,ience, not to say danger, to Republic, Of
provinces and provincial governments.
Without enlarging. however on this head
we cannot but confess, much as we should
deprecate the necessity of our acquiring
possession of Cuba, we would yet rather it
should be coded to US than to Great Britain
In process Of time, if it do not become in
perhaps it must belong to us.
and we must do the best we can with it,
At present, in the hands of Spain, it is in.
noxious,, from the weakness of her marine
and its markets are equally open to is with
the rest of the world. In the hands OF
Great Britain, with her numerous marine
swarming from its harbers over the Gulf of
Mexico, this island would be, from ITS To-
cality, a source OF continual collision,
provocative to hostilities: which would be
little less provoked, by the system of colo
NAL exclusion which Great Britain might
be expected to establish in regard to that,
as to her other colonies.
We hope the report Of the transfer is not
true. lfitsbe not, we have no occasion TO
say any thing more about it.
From the .augusto Chronicle, of April 60.
IMPoRTANT-IF True.
We understand it is rumored in Savannah
that the Island of CUBA has been coded to
Great Britain. Our informant says that he
saw in Savannah gentleman recently from
Cuba, who told him that intelligence of the
cession had reached that island just before
his leaving it; in consequence, great disap-
probation was excited among the inhabi-
tants, who with the constituted authorities
bad demonstrated in spirited
terms against the misunderstanding that,
rather than submit to such a transfer, they
would throw off their allegiance and assert
their independence. The above reached
US through the most respectable source ; but
the silence OF the Savannah papers induces
US to believe the report 'unded'
Montreal, lCanada) lprsl l6.
We are continually hearing Of nest OF
scoundrels who are employed, it is said, in
manufacturing limitations Of notes Of banks
in the United States. They reside deep
within the woods in the neighborhood OF
St. Armand, and in other places; and their
deleterious transactions are carried en- with
a degree of cunning only equalled by their
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