The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1852-11-25
THE LONDON TIMES ON TIE UNIT.
ED STATES AND CUBA.

ing the Crescent City and Cornelia affairs
The Times lays down the law as if it were
the umpire between the nations of the
world, and finally, with exceeding absrrdi
ty,. invokcs the aid of Lonis Napoleon IL
yalnst the United States in case u Il val
| with Spain, besides undertaking to fo:s!l,-
dow tho portcntous attitude of the British
Ministry on the question. with Il hint that i,
would not look on passivcly. But the Times
! as the New York Commercial suggests, is
either ignorant, or pretcnts to DC ignorant,
OF the fact, that most of the influential
American journals, and the government of
the United States have faithfully upheld the
laws and rights of nations in those instances
and that no disposition has been manifested
ut Washington, or by any considerable por-
ton OF the American people, to violate good
f;!itil or carry aggression into Cuba. Tie
Times gives the United the following gra;u-
itous counsel, which only betrays tic igno-
rance of that journal with respect to the
government and people Of this Republic
Says the Times;
Powerful as the American people un-
qucstionably are in the defence of all that
belongs to themselves, no nation has in
these the strength or the means to run riot
i'll the world, and crafty its own l,lsts and
capriccs ut the expense ofothers. The rash
and dangerous course will, if adopted, bring
them into collision with other States besides
Spain, and they would enter into such Il
contest degraded in the eyes >f the world
by the popular violence and injustice which
have dictated these aggrcssions.
The conquest of Cuba will not easily be
effected by mere band Of frcclootc:s. il,
indeed another Lopez expedition were al
lowed to quit the shores Of the United State:
But we fear that the American Government
will be gradually led OH to do, as II did in
the case of Texas, what every MIN OF hon
esty condemns. Let them not suppose how
ever, that s,Ich measures are to he taken
with impunity, because Spain is no longer
the power she. once was. Spain has still
the means of destroying the trade of Amer
lea with the Mediterranean, and of intlictng
tremendous loses upon it, by means ofettcrS
of marquc all over the world Except Cu-
ba and Porto Rico, she has now no western,
colonies, and no Important trade for Amer
ica to assail.
Moreover, upon question of this mag
nltude and Importance to all the maratiule
States, Spain does not stand alone. We do
not pretend to be acquainted with the views
q asf Sga gGy25t EHat ms FeR atsas,aH 81
he Havana 10y the naval power ofthc Unit
4 States would be change Which no Brit
III Minister would view with indifference.
sut the course which France may pursue is
till more obvious.
Louis Napoleon has every inducement to
efend the interests Of Spain, ard to siren
then the relations between his own Gov
rnment and that of Madrid. Nothing
Tould better suit him than an opportunity
4 displaying and augmenting the naval
'ower of france, by cspousing the cause of
'painagainst such'an antagonist; for such
n expedition would tlatter the country and
ccupy the public mind, with no serious risk
o and French interest.
However this may be, the firm and col
ective resolution of the maritime powers of
europe to oppose the aggressive policy of
he United State, when It extends even be-
,ond the North American continent to Gu
"a and to the Sandwich Islanders, is the
afeguard Of peace, which might otherwise
,e sacrificed to the outcry of an "indigna-
ion meeting," and the rashness of the Amer
can democracy could hardly commit grta-
er act of folly than to provoke such con-
est, without being assured of the counte-
lance, or even Of the neutrality, Of any of
he powers.
These muttcrings and threatenings of the
Time will naturally attract some attention
n this country, the Times being so univcr
sally looked upon as a kind of authoritative |
exponent of the British public opinion, if
lot British Government policy. The New |
York Express pointedly remarks thcreupon:
We don't know what the British Govern
nent NIGH or might not do, in the premises;
but there is one thing the Times ought to
know; nothing is calculated SO much to ell
the Lone Star in this country as
this menace Of opposition from Louis Ma
poleon. There are some people here who
wouldn't mind getting into difficulty with
Spain, only for the sake of seeing how the
''Nephew Of his Uncle" was going to inter-
fcre.
The Times should understand that the
people of this country are not frightened
with the Napoleon bug-a-boo, as the Eng
lish people often are-and to try to frighten
them with war from that quarter, will have
the effect only to excite desire on the part
of Fillibusterism here, to invite rather to
avoid it., We don't say that spirit of this
kind is a very comniendable one-wc say
it exists. @ . i.
The Times, however,s proverbiaTy shrewd
and far seeing; and who knows, after all,
that it is not trying to get Johnny Crapeau
and Brother Jonathan, (old friends once, but,
lattsrly little estrangedD by the ears, SO,