Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-10-13
THE UNITED STATES AND crTRA

| We copied lew days ago an article from the Lon.
don Times, in which It was held that the European
powers ought TO combine to assure TO Spain her su-
premaey in Cuba. The Washington Republic replies
| 10 it as follows:
CUBA AND ENGLAND.--We laid before our
readers yesterday an article from the London Times on
| the cuban question, that tkey might be acquainted
with the views OF this subject entertained by portion
! OF the English pres As well as we can understand
the article expresses apprehension on the part OF
our English friends that the Government of the United
States IS too feeble to restrain armed expeditions OF
its citizens against neighborng countries and that Eu-
ropean nations will be justified in assisting such coun
tries by armed intervention to defend their soil
against these aggresslons.
We spprehend that the Times is induleing an iI(oun
| ded solicitude. The American Government is abnn-
dainty able to execute It's laws and TO punish their in
traction. The government OF Spain can protect its
own possessions without foreign aid and we presume
will hardly entertain the project OF placing the pro
vince OF Cuba under the guardianship OF Great Britain
| WheC Lord Harcourt, in 1894 offered to Ireland The
services OF tour thousand foreign troops in room of n
greater number that had been draughted to America
the Parliament OF Ireland declared that they would
accept no foreign help they ielt competent to de-.
end themselves, not, that they were not worth de-
| endng; aud this too at a tlme when the fleets of
France and Spain were i'll possession Of the channel
i the Spanish government cannot mai.tain itseIfin
| Cuba without 1ofegn assistance, we apprehend that
Cuba Is not worth detending tor there is nothing more
certain than that the interference any European na
ton in this matter will lead to inevitable cossson,
!
! We sustain IN all cases the laws of the U. States
! the expression Of the will of the American people
We desire to see them enforced all hazards and to
the last extremity, whether on Northern abOlitionsts
or Southern t1lbusers-ln their spirit, to their let
tel-wi.h all the pswer of the country. There can
be nc such thing as government where there is an
absence OF the power to enforce the law. We con-
slider, therefore. that all combinations to resist the
law, on whatever prctence, should be met at once
with the whole force OF the Government, and that the
issue should be made, In every which admits of
1t, whether we are living under laws or IN state of
anarchy In this feel that we are sustained by the
good sense and the patriotic attachments of large
majority OF the American people Therefore it is that
We would, under all circumstances maintain to the
letter the neutrality law of 1918 1t is essential to our
position among the nations of the world that we
should maintain 1t III good faith Our Government
viii protect Cuba to the extent Of its power from all
invasion from this country. But very different uues
ton presented when European nations propose to
intervene, and to protect Cuba from The consequences
of alleged Legitimate interference If the Spanish
Government cannot maintain itself IN Cuba without
foreign intervention, it would seem that the time had
come when 1t ought to rellnquIsh Its dominion; for
this KIND OF Intervention can be prosecuted only I'M
der circumstances that viii materially affect the
rights, interests and relations of third parties. The
time has gone by apprehend, tor the interference
OF Great Brltan, any other European power. in the
affairs OF this continen beyond the limits OF its
onal Dependencies in the expectation OF accomplish
ing any practically useful result. We well per-
suaded that European natlens for the futue will be
much better occupied 10 attending to the affairs of
their own continent than IN intermeddng with ours
| In throw ing out these views are speaking the
universal sentiment Of the American people; and we
warn the Times, and all whom it represents that the
first show OF British intervention in Cuban affairs will be
the signal Tor movement that neither Cuba, nor
Great Britain, all the European powers combined
can resist for on this point the mind OF the American
people is made up, and their will in this respect will
give the law To American policy and conduct There
is no disposition the part the large majority OF the
American people for the conquest of Cubs, her tor
chile annexation to the United States-and the only
security for Cuba is in the protection OF the Govern
ment othe United States and the absence of all for
eign interference Washington Republic.