Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-08
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Effect in Madrid Of the Threatened Inpasion Of Cube.
Our advices from Mladlid aie Of the 9Th inst.
The news from the United States relative 10 the in
tention Of certain persons belonging 10 the United States
Of America to get up an expedition against Cuba, has
excited The attention of the Spanish Government, which
has determined to offer every resistance to such q project.
General Roncali has already received categorical ins'ruc-
lions on the point.
Ell Paris, of Madnd, has the following article relative
10 this matter. ~
In our yesterdays number. we inserted the text of n
proclamation issued by the Right Hon. the President of
the United States of America. General Taylor, viii the
object If denouncing to all the agents Of the civil and
military government of the Union, the project OF an ar
med expedition against our " est Indian possessions. or
against some of the provinces of Mexico, organized. it
would appear, by certain unoccupied adventures The
proclamation explicitly and energetically condemns any
such project, and orders its authors to be given up to the
judicial tribunals, as guilty of e. violation of the law Of ma
tons. This conduct, which is highly honorable to the
loyalty and foresight of the A~nglo-Amercan government,
thus affords the most direct denial. the most complete and
authoritative explanation that could be given To the ri
mors of he invasion of Cuba by a foreign power, which
have been for some lime past so extensively difused and
so generally accredited. According to the proclamation
before rs, il appears pussible-and even without The pro-
clamation, il would always have appeared To US natural
that amongst the multitude Of v%agab1nds scattered
throughout The vast dominions OF the United STATES of
North A.nerica-and they are generally composed of
those who, prescribed in Europe. fly thiiher to escap pc
from the consequences Of their crimes, or to seek a RENE
dy for the misery which prosecuted them at home-a few
persons should have conceived the Vandalic scheme of
desperately attacking our American possessions, like a
phalanx of banditti. We are not surprised to hear that
these Adventures, thinking to find in this enterprise more
chances of honor and profit than in California, have renoun
ced the dubious supplies of gold offered by the sands of The
Sacramento, and proposed to seek their fortunes by more
hazardous means.
To us Spaniards such attempts would not appear wcr-
thy of the slightest attention; unless the government Of
the Union were 10 tolerate or 10 protect them; but from
the moment the latter condemns and prosecntes them so
spontaneously and openly as General Taylor has done,
they lose all their Importance, apart from what they may
derive from the circumstance that they afford an oppor-
tunity for a renewed testimony Of the respect and loyal
iy with which a friendly government views our flag in
the American colonies. 1t is certain that exclusive Of
those absolute and common duties imposed on all conn
tries by the law of nations, there exists between Spain
and the United States Of America ancient ties of graft
tude on the part of the latter, which they could not for
get without furnishing their honor. On the other hand,
no attack Of our Antilles by The Anglo American Union,
would be viewed with indifference in Enrope since the
permanent retention of those colonies by the Spanish
crown. is now one OF the surest guarantees of an exact
equilibrium in the respective political influence and mer
camille relations Of The various European aud American
States. Thus it is that neither reasons OF justice nor
arguments Of pxpediency could ever urge The government
of the United States to violate the territory of onr colo
MES; it is sufficient, however, that these projects Of usur
patiun should have been conceived, in order to provoke
a formal Justification, through the medium of the Presi
dent. We rejpire at this declaration, which ef1ectually
dilpuses ofall The ruInors circulated with the notorious
intention of exciting apprehensions On the subject. aud
removes all preiext for ihnse protests and lealousies
which never produce good results.