The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-10-16
u English on Ouban Annoratinn-

According to custom, the English are horribly
indignant at American enterprise in Cuba, and at
the probabilities of the island being annexed to the
United States. Hear the London Atheneum:
more than ordinary interest attaches at the
present moment TO the Island of Cuba-that which
REeS Hghily III most cases to probable victim
| Inc American eagle has it within its sWoop The
stars are ready to arise, and the stripes TO descend
upon II. 10 speak plainly Cuba is evidently The
next point OF attack for those western ranubIcsng
| whose constitution declares that all men are born
Tree and equal and whose policy is profeEssdl, no
| OF peace and good will to nations Even before
their recent exploits in Texas Mexico. and CaIiCor
ma the fate of the chief Jewel in the crown of
SPAN was decided. BY Cession or revolution
with or without the consent of the mother couptr,,
us annexation was regarded by the men of The
South as an event which must take place AT no
distant period; and with a view to Fastening the
Crisis, measures were taken which would have de-
Hgn!eu Greclan statesman-and been denounced
as Machlavellian in any nation of modern Eurons
But the genuine Yankee is no more ASHAMED Of bis
countrys smartness" than Spartan Woud have
been OF his craft; " and SO that he can cnntrive
70 annex the universe, he cares not whether il
De zone Oy force or by guile. The mania for terri.
IOrlal aggression which seems TO posses our trans
atanuc cousins, is one of the worst of the onans
thaI CLOUD the future prospects of mankind The
ieVer appears only to grow by what it feeds on
'CoPlous dTaughts that should cool it become stirnu.
lahs. California, Texas, Oregon, fail To content
case Is this the disease is not confined 10 the CO.
vefhment OF the houF-it lie deeply seated in Inc
heart and brain of the people. So bent are thew
on selzng Cuba, that the government can hardly
Keep them IN check until the political moment shall
nave come for the " acquisition" The latest dis |
PaIches from Washington contain proclamation
Dy me PRESIDENT of the Republic in which the "a
Is oihclally announced that private parties are ft
lllg oul In The ports of the Union an armament to
conquer or revolutionize Cuba-to compeI II n 90
Parate from Spain and Join the States The mo- |
JscI Is dlsaVoWed by the central power and the |
men VINO may be engaged in it are warmed tba, |
spain Is In friendly relation with their country In
case oi perssance IN their criminal intention thew
are threatened with arrest and condgn punishmenta
no. but with being left to shift for themseives
should they miscarrV
FOR more than dozen wears the Yankees have
iSia themselves out to make party in Cuba and
aF LII ley cIeult LII. Madden, and the statements
Vi sui more recent Vlsiters they have LARGELY suc
ceeded; The Spaniards are poor-the Americans
rlch The mere settlement of The latter roce in ~
.Ssand brought Wih food tide of material DrosDer
.5y' Estates trent up" IN the market and MANI of
mem passed into American hands These L1tser Bo,s
introduced nelU order Of civilization INTO C,,69
l. neg haze made nei0 rOqdS-aRd no less thaD len |
aneS Of railway They haze carried Nth them ali he
lT5S and appliances Of trade neiD cOnUsuances 1s,,
nuts, newspapers, aud habits of reading and 9;,,
sto" All TINS was for gOod-had this been ali.
put the teaching of the newspapers and the 0naI,,
d the discussion have to be taken into acconni
Ihey have taught the natives that Cuba must de-.
pend for Its prosperity the continuance of slave.
ry-on It's being able to produce sugar on lower
terms than the Jamaica planter, who must smnIo,
Tree labor-and that the American Union is ~
only nation in the world which can permanentIv
secure TO them this great blessing. Slavery bsys
been abolished in civilized Europe-that il cannot
long exist In colonies subject to European rule is
corollary apparent to all who reason. If CThs
"Hhes 70 maintain her property in human life sba
must enter the Union of the States. The World is
growing super,refned- the Yankee sticks to his
sbamSes Ills will soon be the only human
A curious state of things has arisen in the
course OF the gradual Americanzation of the ia
lahu' Inc Spanards, with short-sghted intois-
rance ha1 law by which no alien could settle in
Ouoa' When the Yankees came the law jid not
recognize them-and did not offer them its nro,aC.
non. FOR this they cared nothing-as by their VIII
y oy tneir wealth they felt quite equal to their own
ieience But as the law ignored their eyisten"a
hey escaped the heavy burdens to which Natives
we're subject; and this freedom from taxation
empted great numbers Of their countrymen to i'm
algraie-so that some districts have already NOR.
Il an English than of Spanish appearance.