The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-15

Cuba herself can sustain rzotsacted war
against an invasion or \ revolt The captain.
general Of Cuba can bring in The Geld an army
OF fifty thousand men, embracing the regular
army and the Spanish inhabitants The war
whether civil, servile, or international, or ali
combined, must be wastefu aud deslfactiye
one
Many OF those who are earnestly in favor of
The annexation Of Cubn, now think that they
must accomplish that object in mn honorable
ana direct mode They ought to be content 10
suner the fruit to ri. en-, when it will certainly
fall into our lap. But III our annexation projects
we have been governed by no policy that waits
for the slow, though certain moyso,snts IF firm.
The acquisition Of Texas aud Of California
and our impense trade with the Pacific. nil
point to the ultimate acquisition Of Cuba. ms tb..
kew to the Gulf OF Mexico
Therefore, some OF tho aDne xationists nav.
now come TO the conclusion that VIZ snu.t Inv
Cuba from Spain Some Discreet and ;nAusa
iial politicians and business men Of the Sou,h
now promote this policy, and they have even en-
deavored TO impress il upon members of the
present administration. | I ink it not imbrob.
able that at the next session Of Congress- raso-
luton will be offered and adopted, requesting
the President 10 open special negotiation With
the Spanish government for the purchase of
Cuba
Will Spain assent to it? Will she. mon ,,v
terms, give up her last ant richest American
possession? think, and many think. TINT sh,.
will. AMI especi lily if ste be advised to thai
coarse by the governments Of Great Britain and
France. Great Britain might, through this ne
gotiaion, ofdan the payment Of the debt due
to her from Spain. Both Great Britain and
France might, by it, get i'd of the onerous cb-
legation to guarantee to Spain her right In Cubo.
It has been commonly sail an believed. In
SPAN derives large revenue and great COM
merciul advantages from the possession OF Cuba.
But this is denied by men wi 0 are practicable
and thoroughly acquainted with the subject. Il
has been often stated that Spain derives a rev.
enue OF twenty four millions from Cuba. This
is not so, in fact. O,ly thirteen or fourteen mil
lions ever reaches the treasury, and all this and
more is paid out of the civil and military ex.
penses of the island. Lately the royal treasury
has paid out about million annually for the
expense OF the colony, over all the receipts
Formerly, there some excess Of revenue
though never so large as has been represented
Under present circumstances, these expenses
are mere likely to be increased than diminished
The last reinforcements sent to Cuba drained
the royal treasury, and an apprehension Of more
hllbnstier movements or Of domestic revolts will
require contirrsd reinforcelnents
AS to commercial advantages, there are but
two which Spain derives from the possession Of
the island the first is from her exclusive navi.
CATION laws. She has from these most Of the
carrying trade of the island The other benefit
is from heavy duty on -four, and this ia only
beneficial to single district 10 old Spain
1t will be seen that the President has inter-
Tered IN behalf of the prisoners of the Lopez
expedition. on the ground that they were in
weighed into the invasion upon representations
that an actual revolution was on foot in Cuba,
and that the patriots were in possession of
forty towns.