Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-06-14
STRONG AND SIGNIFICANT LANGUAGE

STRONG AND SlGNlFICANl LaNuCauf
The London Times thus reads warning lesson 10 Span
for her connvance The slave trade one great source o
the wealth Of her officials The language Of the Times can
not be mistaken Unless Spain REFORM che is clearly no
fed ,ha, Gea Bnn will mt complain OF Cuoas unheSa
lion 10 the United States The London Times says
There are so many difficulties be encountered that real
" seems by the force of weakness only that Cuou sur
wives day lis antique character as huge slave en-
rcpoL In the place, spain under treaty moi IN al
low the slave trade the introduction OF slaves INTO Cunhi
and though Treaties paper in Spanli there Is
such thing as waste paper in country where there are
neither books newspapers nor letter ~rltingyet Ger
tain British cruisers sail .: steam with copy OF me .,eay
board and give end NJ trouble 10 ter mes' ouo'
Majesty 3 slave cntchcrs r
Only within Tie present year hove captured six Of
these gentry returning home, that ia 10 Cuba win
cagoes of slaves and The importation Is not hall wha' II
was twenty yeats Then we keep nm Ambassador at
Madt u CuEsai General al Havana, always aeliang
abon, slaves and keeping up sort OF perpetual Uncle
Toms Cabin" close the of Her Most Catholic Ma
es,y and the Captain OF Cuba But Spain could
easily laugh all This talk, easily as abe laughs at her
creditors for awkward circumstance, which gives
an adventurous gravity 10 circumstances Hard by
Cuba, almost within sight, there lies certain Power
quite given 10 Intervention as We are oul quite as
sharp annexation The United States arc open montd
10 swallow their beautiful nelghoor.
But this is rather warm work for Spain which knows
full well The result of trial Of strength win Inc lords oil
Florida Texas. kn"ws that nothing whatever pre-.
vents Cuba from being absorbed In the States t".mpHo"
except the pubic opinion a" mankind chiefly as represent
ed by England the other great naval Powers II
forfeit this protection.
We have heard much lately Of the Lone star order,
us the future cunqueroa Of CUBA call themselves but the
incident lately mentioned in gu. commercial intelligence,
and comment ted 10 The Lords Monday night leaves
little doubt minds that shall soon hear OF II again.
vessel of 400 the other day managed IN spite OF lle
British cruisers lard 100 slaves in Cuba. in open day.
and with c"2nizance OF all the Spanish authorities
They only the remains of larger cargo for 2oU had
persisted in the .t,rnpt to liberae themselves.
Now should such incidents be repeated The British pub
lie will cerlvnlr uske il, mind III incur in
.hnlc tho ri
m island Of ~h she and her officers make this ahonna
Bile usr Thcy S pay large fire; To prevent Spanish
slaves fr" r9 their live cat2nca in Cuba and an"tsr
I,ru- fleet l., ,,cat Cuba from filling IN. hands ot
more ,,ilze Shou!t Cuol become Of the Uni!c!
States 4, viii yu.css retsn It's slave Institutions but the
honor Of the ole Union will be pledged prevent iur
Their importation. Humanity will gain least that by the
We :ay think the of annexation unwarfaniei
and rapacou but we shall nevertheless regard OF
those transitions of territory civilized from semi civilized
Powers which frequent 10 seem the natural and
inevitable order of things.