The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-26

OFFICIAL, PAPERS.

uRLr 10 GALL Fok THEM By THE H0U6x OF
NIB. WEBSTER TO ME- IRVING.
DEPARTMENT STArE,l
WASHINGTON. January II, 1913
have Ms honor to transmit Q copy Of priyate and
con6dentiA letter addressed BY this department ON the
18th instant to Mr. Robert Campbell Consul OF the
nation recently communicated 10 the department from
reputable that could not tall to awaken
tSos sha suh;s.t - o. your WI, .n OF
CulA the British government is by no means new and
you also find that the apprehension OF such project
has ncS been 10 by he Spanish
IL was accordingly in Of what had already passed
and what he'd recently transpired calculated TO excite
anxiety the part Of this in regard to its
relations with what the most interesting portion
Of the Spanish empire that It thought expedient to
give your predecessor special directions about It which
You win see the instructions him from this depart
ment dated on the 18th July. ls40 aud numbered To
to instructions you particularly referred
ven q to q confidential despa CHI from Mr. Vail mum.
bsrsd 10Y Of the 18th January. 1871, detailing what
Minister Of Foreign Affairs at Madrid from which you
will learn the views and the ground taken by this gov
eminent which relnquish From the perusal
sy prcpriety OF carefully reviewing those Instructions
and acting upon them in the that you conceive
teniion Of the Spanish COVE rnment to the alleged pre-
seriousness OF the ny which Spain Is supposed to
held her possessions in this quarter aud to obtain for
you government the best Intelligence which is in any
connected with the subject
whether recent reports are are not unfounded or
exaggerated 1t is nevertheless highly desirable that you
should sound the OF spain in ordsr that the
Ueted States may know - sentiments and purposes with
TIE same certainty and disinctness that those of the
United States have been upreervedy and repeated
ly made known to It.
copy OF my the Consul has just been placed
~ me IN the hands OF the Chevaer DArgaiz Minister
Of Spain, In Washington.
MIR. WEBSTER TO cAMPBELL.
Private and confidential
DEPARTMENT STATE
WAsHIsGro, January IA, 1S43. (
sn-A communicated from a highly respectable
ssurce has just been received this which
o n In
regard to the present cond The island OF Cubs that
the President has coms 10 the conclusion that 1t expe
eient 70 lose no time in ascertapng practicable how
Tar the real facts of the may with the
approximations The Of the Individual from whom
eneee accounts nave come is for good withheld
1t sufficient to say that they tbs island and
have been transmitted from thence by person high
etandng whose statements told by those who
know the source believed entitled TO as much
consideration rs those OF individual in Cuba Act
Ing under this belif and influenced by he consideration
that this government has frequently received ntmaons
from vsrfcus quarters in regard to Cuba which give
color Of probability to the statements which
been recently received the President has instructed
70 nake TINS communication to you to call your atten
ton TO the matter and 10 de ire you to transmit all the
lnlo9mathon you possess obtain in regard to it.
The necessity OF absolute secrecy in every thing that
relates TO the inquiries you directed make and in
the OF their result your has
Obliged us to send to Havana special messenger who
VIII take charge Of and deliver you in person this
letter and who will oirec.ed to main with YOU for
some snort time to afford you opportunity 20 prepare
reply and 10 mpart all the intelligence which may be
within your reach
oeeirs ole that there should De little detention pos
sibe as the President is excsedugy anxious to be well
informed upon the subject at the earliest practicable
moment.
The messenger is unacqusinted With the contents of
TINS e and 1t 10 not necessary desirable that the
subject OF correspondence should in any be made
known to him The amount OF the information which
has been received this the represents himself
Is bound IN honor not what he made known
10 his correspondent in the United States the local a-
thotiss Of Cuba for which only be guessed
His statements confirmed as they appear to be in
some particulars by occurrences of public
character with which you c.nnot bur be iamisr ara
considered as entitled al least to serious and
70 call for immediate examination and ipquiry
is represented that he siuston of Cuba lie at this
moment IN The highest degree dangerous and critical and
that Great Britain has npon ruin that Spain
does not or will not see ibis intention, that the au
thoiites OF the and are utterly incompetent meet
the cribs that although according the treaty Of 1917
the slave trade ought lot 10 have by any
subject OF Spain IL ha nevertheless continued in
fun vi2or to the year lSs the nces
SAINT remoDsti OF nA osh government which WAS
better informed Is saio from month of every
thing that TOOK place III BIS Island than the Captain
General himself IL II 81 eyed hat the British ministry
and abolition societies fDong themselves foed eluded
by tbe colonial ano the hoe governments hsve
resolved not perhaps sbout secretly congratuatiny
Themselves upon the 90 nDacy Spain upon psh
ing their object in oifer Mt method by the and
mediate ruin Of the island agents said to be
there in great numbers Off ring pdence to the
Crcoles condou they viii ulite with the coloed
people In en.crg genera emsnef u the slaves
and in converting ths government into bl eek military
republic under Bit,sb ptot ecton The Br,tish ahor
lists reckon the navel force Of their government sta
TONED at Jamaica elsewhere end said nave Of
fred two large steamships of snd have to
the Venezuelan general d@Eao who Resides at Kugs-
ton, Jamsioa 10 take the command of Invading army
This Is to be secoDdei as suggested by nsurrecton
CT the faves and free men Of color supported by the
white Creoles
If this scheme should succeed the influence of Britain
In this quarter, it remarked viii be unlimited With
6o00CU blacks In Cube and sac 600 in her West India
kiaDds. she will it II said strike death blow the
existt Of slavery in the United STATES Intrenched
Mt Havana and san Antonio, ports impregnable as
two entrances 10 he Gulf Of Mexico. and to
States over the Bahama banks and through the Florida
channel.
The local authorities are believed not to he .ntrsly
ignorRn OF the pe's which environ them but are re-
gsraed SO torpid 10 be petent understand
the extent and immnsny If those psrils policy
by which Great BIZ am Is guided
The wealthy plsntsrF described equally blind to
the great danger in which they stand of losing ther pro-
camoriDg Tor the continue ion of tue trade and de-
HouncDg ~ seditiou pers0Ds. and friends Of Great
Britain the few sho rsist The importation Of slaves and
encourage the immigrant j of free whites
Tbs writer pons 20 the cepsus of the population OF
the Island taken by suhoEity and just published, OF
which he eDcloses eouS ana from the proportion be
tween the different coois hs Dfsrs probability that
the future VIII e Creoes vii ne ble rights
In the Ehopco. Cub and to the aniards
he PERFUMES that they viii leave slend at once The
writer very naturally supposes the United States
must feel dep solictude upon subject which
nearly concerns Their tranq utility He
seems anxious that public opinion in this 1ry should
be formed upon It. and properly duected and does not
population Il Cuba ia Easy cumtauces including the
spaDsrds prefer and slssys will prefer the flag OF the
United States 10 that VI England
In thus communicating you the substance of the
statements OF this waiter you will distinctly understand
that your government nei'hsr adopts rejects his
speculsope IL - with his statement OF facts
that concerns itseif aud " is expected that YOU will
examine and upon them with scrupuIous care and
with as much prompnsse strict secrecy discretion
viii permit and the whole II the statements now i'm
parted TO you not 10 limit but guide and direct the
inquiries you are called upon to make in delicate
US hat att nj fhan
Of England 10 employ force Cuba for any purposes
would bring on war involving possibly all Europe 40
well as the UNITED states. che hardly fail
see this and probably does not desire It there may be
reaon TO doubt the accuracy Of the information have
received TO the extent TO shch II proceeds But many
Of excitement and exist add The gceat az
nitude OF the subject makes IT the duty Of the govern
meBt az the United atss 10 dregard intimaons OF
such intended proceedings which bear the of
probability