Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-08-29
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CUBA-THE NEXT CLUTCH.

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The People of Cuba, ills said. are
proauius for Emancipation from the 'hraI-
dom OF Spain. If. SO We artenily hope
they may achieve il. TIeirisamli is Jarec
enough for Nnion-ferlile. aod general
almost beyond PARALLEL. There is no
reason. nor fitness in:heir continued Ge-
peldence on a country so distant, so de-
crepil 81 disqualified TO cherish or pro,
lect, and So eager TO prey upon aud ex,
hausi. as Old Spain. We trust. therefore,
the day is not dislan, when Cuba will as
serl aud maintain her independence.
Welher il would or would not be expe-
dient in some suppnsabe case. 10 unite
The des,!nies of Independent Cuba with
those of our confederard Republic. j, is
not YET time 10 consider. Mrs. GLASS;
recipe FOR cooking salmon is in point
First catch your salmon 1t is hardly
allowable in private : life to speculate
on The eligibility Of Mrs such-a-une as a
match after her husband shall have died.
Let him Gle first.
On one pnnt we trust there can he no
| division. among enlightened, conscientious
men, viz; So long as Spain shalt claim
Cuba as her rightul possession. his conu
try cannnt justly nor honorabfy annsr nor
form any SORT Of dcfsnsire otLiance aoith the
latter. TO disregard this Inhibition is
10 vinlato The recognized public, law of
the world and wage war upon an ally
with whom ICE have no quarrel, nharevcr
Cuba may. have. After Cuba shalt have
declared her independence, maintained
it and compelled Spain TO recognize it,.
we many annex either of Them to our
Republic with ills own consent without
wrong 10 The other, but noI beiure. Were
able 10 look Spain into nou-enlily, it
would he nevertheless uujnst aud eulrage-
Gus TO plothcr rdismenibermcnt and spoIa.
tion,
We do not hear that',hc Cubans who
desire Independence are equally zealnus
for Liberty. nor that they prnpose 10 initiate
The nnb!e example of lhe Magvars of Hun
gary. who, as preparatory 10 their struggle
for Independence, decrced The cmancipa-
ton and future equality Of allsul,jecr races
throughout, their country. Ef,he Cubans
will do this, they will considerably widen
and dcenenIhe nupnlilr inpallx Sr-,i--y;,-==
struggle ii,roushuu the civilized world.
There is one feature Of the Cuban move.
ment tho, looks badly. 1t seems 10 rely
upon outsider. NOT merely for aid hui for
inception. The hrs; shot is 10 be fred by
an invading force. No flag inimcal 10
Spain is 10 be roised on he Island until
a military expedition, secretly fitted out
within The borders of ,he United States.
shall have deha.krd on her shores. Now
there is scarcely region Of equal area on
earh so well provided with natural strong
holds for 4 popular movement as that
same Cuba, and it seems odd, if the Gre.
oles. really pant for independence, tha!
they dc mol claim the honor Of initiating
the movement. 1t argues incapnciiy for
independence, this holding back for a for
cien force TO begin the contest. 1t was not
iii after The capture Of Bureoyne's Army
that any Government on earth consented
to aid our forefulLers in their Revolution.
avy struggle.
However, lei; the Cubans take their own
course. Our Govcrnm' nj has no claim
to conlrol. Nor even admonish them. Ii
is but the simplest, nakcdest good faith,
however that The President should nd.
rnoish our o,ca People as 10 the character
: and requirements Of the lays that must
vina'e, The hazards they encounter, they
embark in the enterprise of revoIulinnzns
Cuba before Cuba has evinced The least dis
position TO be revolulonized. This he
has done kindly. temperately, and plains
ly. We cannot 'loubt that his Procama-
ton is an,os, unanimously approved.