The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-09-16
WORCESTER:
WEDNESDAY,. SEPT. 10. 1929.

eminent, with the intention of re-annex king
Mexico to their dominions, is, in our opinion,
entitled to more Importance than appears to be
generally attached to it. We do not believe
they will be able to muster force sufficient to
make very serious inroads into that republic,
divided and distracted as she appears to be, and
destitute as her treasury unquestionably is, of
money, that sinew of war because, recent
events shew, that the hostility to the Spanards,
which first led them to throw off the yoke, re-
mains undiminished, and, when seriously threat
ened, they will merge all their local funds in
the one feeling of opposition to the common
enemy. 1t is not, therefore, to any apprehen-
sion on this ground, that we attach an unusual
consequence to this movement. 1t may be re-
collected, that, two or three years since, arma-
ments were prepared in the ports of Mexico
and Colombia, for the ostens;ble purpose oil
making descent upon Cuba, and of taking
possession, if possible, of that important island
From documents Afterwards published, it APP
pears that the government OF this country
made representations to those of the southern
republics, setting forth that they should not
be Indifferent spectators to such an attempt,
and that they were not disposed to see any
change of masters in the government of that
island. In these representations it is believed
that the governments of France and Great
Britain united with ours. From that cause
and, from that time, till the fitting out of the
late armament, hostilites have been chiefly
suspended between the belligerents.
1t now becomes proper to consider the stu
alton in which the principal parties have been
placed by the in.erposition of the other powers.
Had the expedition against Cuba succeeded,
according to the intentions of its projectors,
that island would have been placed for ever be-
yond the reach of the power of Spain; and all
fears of future annoyance from that quarter,
on the part of the neghboring republics, would
have been entirely removed. Have not, then,
the Mexicans just cause of complaint, to the
interposing powers, that this place, preserved
to the parent country by their interference,
are concentrated, and from which an armament
is sent forth for the invasion of their terrific
ries 1t appears to us that they have. 1t is
of no consequence to inquire what would have
been the probable result of the expedition to
the island, so long as it was thought of suffi-
clent importance to require the interpositon.
The Mexicans have right to act on the as
sumption, that the island would have been sub
jugated, and to require, since they were pre-
vented from occupying it, that no hostile arma
ment from its shores shall be allowed to be d.
rected against them, or, if any should be, that
they shall be Unidentified for the consequences
resulting from it. The intervening powers are
thus placed in peculiar and delicate situation
in relation to the belligerents, and one from
which it will require some adrotness to extri-
cate themselves Tho natnre of their obliga-
tions towards Mexico is such that we do not
see how they can, consistently, be evaded
But with regard to Spain the case is widely
different. The Intervention, although operat
ing, as it was intended it should, for her bene
fit, nevertheless imposed no obligation on her
to refrain from future hostilities and, should
the intervening powers now demonstrate with
her against the present, or any other, expedi'
ton, fiom Cuba, on the ground of that inter-
venton, she may we'll reply, and probably
would, that that act was wholly gratuitous and
unsolicited on her part, and not only SO, but
that it was needless and useless, as she was
amply prepared to repel any attack which
might be directed against Cuba, and, therefore,
she is under no obligation, direct, or indirect,
express or implied, to refrain from employing
any means, which she may think proper, to re-
establish her authority over her former domin-
IONS
There is another ground, which may be as
sumed by the European powers, to prevent the
further prosecution OF hostilities between the
shores of Cuba and those of the continent. 1t
is the same that was taken in relation to the
Greeks and Turks. They may now, with JUS
tce and propriety, say to Spain, that the war
having been prosecuted for near twenty years,
Saring which time she has not only failed to
Of foothold @nthority, but has lost every inch
nent' that the late colonies having now regu.
'"'iy Organized governments, with extended
means OF resistance, any further attempt to sub.
Jugate them must be useless and inbuman
waste OF blood, without any benefit whatever
to either party that the continuation of the
war subjects the commercial operations Of 9TH
or powers to many and unnecessary . nh,rr,,,
ments I; therefore, they can no longer allow
such state of things to exist, and, il nccessa.
ry, they will exert the necessary force to pre-.
vent the further prosecution of the war.
Whether such course will be adopted or not,
time must determine. We do not see how they
can, any longer, in justice to themselves, re-
IRAN from taking some measures toward plac.
ing the relations between Spain and her an
c'ent colonies on permanent basis. The con.