American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-09-25
Cuba.


Cuba.
The National Iatelligencer, Of this morning,
publishes the following extract of letter from
a gentleman in New York, "whose correspond
ence III England is from the most respectable
and wel-informed sources" He says:
al have a letter by the last British steamer,
which states that Spain, France, and England
are negotiating treaty respecting the guaran-
ty Of Cuba. The conditions are, that Cuba
shall have Local Legislatures representa-
ton in the Cortes at Madrid--and that provi-
sion shall be made for the gradual abolition of
Slavery in the Island. | consider the informa-
tion very reliable
This may prove serious undertaking for
France and England. The part assumed by
France, especially, may be difficult to perform
istration are monarchical- her influence
in Italy and throughout Europe is made to
strengthen the cause of despotism-while the
administration of her laws at home, in the sup.
preston of the liberties Of the press, and
otherwise, is of the same characterize re
publican knowledge of her people is progress
ing and her rulers may, ere long, be compelled
to become her servants, and find themselves
without the ability to fulfil the stipulatons OF
a treaty that has for its object the prohibition
of republican government in any part of the
world.
The extinction of slavery is the dearest object
England has at heart, and she may be willing
to sacrifice much to accomplish it; and the pur-
poses of the British government will find aid
in the benevolent sentiments of the people of
England; but far different are the motives of
that government and people. The former is
devoting its utmost energies to two great pur-
poses, both tending to one great effect, viz the
extinction of slavery in the United States, and
thereby the prostration of the cotton culture !;
and the production of this great staple in her
own far distant colonies in India.
With this policy, we remark, the masses OF
the people of Great Britain, whose views are
limited to the single benevolent object of eman-
cipating the slaves of this continent, are prompt
to concur. They see in it nothing but pure
and disinterested beneyolence, such as actuates
themselves. We are therefore prepared to see
England adhere with tenacity to the scheme
into which she is now entering
The emauclpAuon OF tne slaves OF all the
West India islands may now be regarded
as tending towards completion, under the pro-
lection and fostering care of the crowns OF
England and Spain, and the foolscap of France
yet, as we have said, it may prove that they
have assumed serious task
Their mission is that of freedom-freedom to
the enslaved; and Of course there is no law to
restrain them. Great nations and legitimate
sovereigns have a perfect right to guaranty y
a fertile and beautiful island in the western
hemisphere to corrupt and decaying monarchy
in the eastern, to deny to the island the right Of
self-government, and to prevent forever the
growth of republican institutions; but should
republicans claim that they, too, have q mis-
sion TO fulfil, are assured by all the monarchists
and governments in the world including two Re-
publican Presidents, par mobile Jratrum!) that
their actions, though they be in intent but to
give aid to PEOPLE whom they believe to be
oppressed and struggling for freedom, are
theft, robbery, piracy, and murder!
There arc some old-fogey notions on these
subjects that must he discarded and blown to
Beelzebub. The laws Of nations that recog-
Mise only the "divine right Of kings" cannot
be superior to the principles of EQUALITY, JUS
rIcE ana HUMANITY, upon which true republi.
canism is based, and cannot long continue to
govern the intercourse of the civilized nations
of the earth.