The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-11-04
From the New Orleans Picayuae.
The Cuban Question.

The recent occurrences in Cuba and the
all but unanimous tone of resentment with
which they have been received in the United
States, are ominous of crisis at hand in the
relations of the two Governments in regard
to the political position of Cuba. The cases
of the Corneha and the Crescent City show
distinctly that the Spanish authorities have
decided that amicable commercial intercourse
with the United States is incompatible with
the state Of public feeling on the island
Fleets, garrisons and armies are not sufficient
to ensure tranquility among the population,
while there are means left open whereby a
knowledge of their feelings may reach the
United States, or an expression Of free opin-
ion elsewhere be brought back. The danger
of breach with the United States for the
indignity of refusing to receive her mails,
and expelling from the harbor of Havana
the flag which should shelter them, see to
be preferred to the risk of permitting The
people of Cuba to know that they have well
wishers in the United States. The attempt
to stop all communication through individu-
ais, and to punish solitary expressions Of opin-
ion within the United States, by exclusion
Of the suspected party from the Island, goes
to the length, in principle, Of total exclu-
sion of commerce altogether at the caprice Of
the Captain General; and this, in effect, an
nuls every treaty obligation which stipulates
for amity between the two powers.
Without discussing the niceties of law, az
, applied to these cases, or the just provoca
tions to excitement therein, the broad fac
stands out clear, that in the deliberately re
affirmed judgment Of the ruling authoritie
: of the Island, there can exist no intercourse
r social OF commercial, with American citizens
, unless they ALLURE all freedom of speech OIL
r Cuban subjects within the United States, ant
: renounee the right to observe and 'remembe
t anything which transpires in Cuba. Their
s is no denying the truth of this deduction
S and its importance as political fact is no
to be overlooked or overstated. It manifest
f state of things which time cannot relieve
t so long as the Island remains.in its presen
t political relations. Time, ON the contrary
e seems to increase the alarms which have driV
+ en- the Spanish authorities to- this extremit
/ of rashness, and thus to prove the want c
5 any basis to their power in the affections
the ud6Ve PuldLIou. 1u6Se are AaOOS " ny
Governments cannot resistnor control. The
t must be accepted and directed for good.
has become clear that the Government mus
d interfere and adjust the questions to whic
they give rise, for the peace and safety {
u all; and the time has arrived, and the occa
is sion developed itself, beyond which neG
!, Ilect is no longer possible with safety, peac
, or credit.
y The treatment of these vessels makes u
d an issue which the Government is bound
IS meet on the merits of the particular facts
e and those make an imperative occasion whic
Il an enlightened Administration viii not IA
b to use, to press not only for the reparatic
D Of immediate injuries, but foran adjustmel
r Of intercourse upon fixed principles, Whic
d fshall prevent the recurrence Of such indign
a ties hereafter; or, finding that impracticabs
.eEfor the removal of the source Of the trou
s lies, bYa TRANSFERRED The Island to the Unite
+ States. That question, too, must be discu
is sed soon. There are wrongs to be repairl
sri which wiIInot bear delay, and great publ
Is policy 70 be esl led, Of which the I'll
Is mate success matter Of choice