Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-01-07

Mr.. Adams is said 10 have declared il as his
opinion, that the United States would acquire
Texas without any objection on the pah Of
Great Britain, who would then attempt TO obtain
possession OF Cuba The report about his decla-
ration is daily gaining ground As for any such
design on The part Of England, we must say
that the United States can never submit 10 it. IL
is The kew TO the Gulf OF Mexico and 10 the
mouth Of the Mississippi. We must resist such
policy on her pant al The point OF the sword. and
al every extremity.
The New Orleans Picayunc OF The 2Sth nit,
publishes an interesting letter from its Havana
correspondent, who "conbals the idea, attributed
TO ex-President Adams, that England will take
possession Of Cuba whenever the United States
annexcs Texas The Cubanos appear TO have
correct notions of the blessings thai British lcgs-
Iaton would confer upon their beautiful island
1t is not TO be supposed that the dc'lOucment OF
abolition in Jamaica will assist British inlriguers
in comprising the snbjugalion of the remaining
islands in the Gulfol Mexico; much less can we
believe that The United States would calmly Wit
ness the further acquisition of American terrific
nv BY the British crown in this direction especi-
ally oil so important an outpost as Cuba is"
The Havana letter (of the date of Dec. 81 J
says, that Notwithstanding The present dcrangc.
ment of The finances OF the Island, "every son of
Cuba deeply feels how much better he is situated
Than if he were under the merciess claws OF
Enaands colonial policy. This latter event we
imagine far more distant than John q. Adams
would seem to think, if certain newspaper pa
ragraphs that have lately been going the rounds
in the United States are true. That England
should force Spain TO sell Cuba-for il would
be nothing better than lorcins-because two Re-
publics choose 10 unite under one Federal Go
vernment, and those Republics BY thus uniting,
would lose the power OF preventing this mighty
rival from assuming this armed surveillance
over one-half OF their sea coast, seems 10 us
rather prepos,erous and il Mr.. Adams thinks
that in the supposed event England would Justly
acquire, and The United States Justly lose, the
rights now supposed 10 be held by ether it strikes
us thai his idea OF justice is very strange one.
For our pnrt We set this down as only another Of
the vagaries Of the old man eloquent Spain
never will loose the hold she has upon Cuba, so
long as she can by any possible means retain IL
and when such no longer is The case, the follow
ing significant language, held by The first citizens
and portion Of the authorities here TO The home
Government few short years since; when the
question of mcdd ing with slavery here at the
urgent request Of England was mootcd, clearly
indicates The course that Cuba would hold =
1T is not 10 be presumed that any white man
will submit 10 so hard fate; they will prefer 10
emigrate TO foreign countries 10 earn their liveli-
hood and save the lives oftheir children, ifMey no
not prer,ousig adoptMe course rhici state of dss
pcratinn 7roaM peseri6s' That Cuta will ever
be Englands, knowing the people as VIC
think we do, We can never beleve."