The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-24


ycCe agreed TO by the ambassadors ak Vienna THIS
!CSeptsnce is made with courtesy Tho Extraor5in.
5,rY Ambassador appointed TO carry 10 the Gear the
heeion q the Sultan, will leave for st. Petersburg
soon as the Russsn troops shall receive orders to
racuate the fpvsded territory. The Saltsns desires
Nc quite IN Conformity with the declaration of the
0gtish sna French governments.
Tue xSBes contains Geographic despatch to the
eme eueos as the above, dated Vienna, 9th inst.
60 r. -----------
lAe Cuban Slave Traded General Cansds end
sAs f.. \ lash GOvcsuMsrnt:
lFrom toe L'OdOn News August IL
The Official gazette OF Havana Is indignant q the
sper8DnsfS so il describes the statements cast
q Canedo, tho Csptain-General Of Cuba, In the
toQse Of Lords and III the Ebgiish nowspapers Its
I'D Professions on behalf OF the cuet ausnor!y OF
Ions CONTRACTED by Spain With England. and paid for
" English gold and OF his personal purity, have In
uoed us 10 Institute narrow inquiries Into the present
tato Of the Cuban rlavc trade and of General Cane
&os Connection Herewith and we Low propose to lay
ne resultA before the public.
Tho bctter, however, TO comprehend tho present
Responsibility Of the colonial authorities OF Cuba II
necessary to keep two points In view. First. that
le Captain General il thoroughly absolute Govsr-
tor. Formerly Spain had IN Cuba, as she also had
n her possessions the continents Of America, An
labOfaH ay.tem Of checks and cOunterchccks on the
zeal REPRESENTATIVES OF royalty. With them were
ssociated councils possessed OF large and ample
I anctions; around them were thr0wa the restrio-
ions and un,itatiors of home made lava aud rogu-
ations, winch they, az well as tho o0lOnists
hey governed, we're hound to obey; aud thus there
yss apecies Of constitutional government In the
I'D Spanish colonies. When, however, Ferina
be Seventh recovered absolute power at home, with
view to save Cuba from popular revolt aud scpara-
on ne overturned and overtime 2 this system; and
(nce l82G the authority OF the CaptaiasGeneral Of
uba b that OF absolute desp0tsm- They are now
| either troubled with councils nor embarrassed by
gal reductions Uader the decree of 2Sth Nay
S25, they really govern Cuba by martial law" and
~ lnyr1 kQd lana NJ das
with Che whole extent OF p0wor graated to the
oveErors OF besieg.d towns" The legal position
Captain General Caned0 ID one OF unlimited
oNer' 10 can do just as he pieasss. The only rvs
spanisA government; liberty, however, 1t Is 1--WE
fhust coufess) rather toad OF taking, seeing that in
ne last twenty years there have. commencing with
icsfort and ending with Canedo, been no fever
nan nine Captsins Gcncrd Ct Cubs, Of whom his-
lTy will emily have 10 speak highly Of ohe-Generai
\ aldca, who bore sway whilst Spain itself had an
Effective parliamentary system under tho regency of
.ispartero.
The second point Is, that whilst Che supreme au.
ority b thus ample AND despotic In Cuba. the ruili
}ary power Of its government WIS never before 80
lroEg % il Is at present The army has not only
eon greatly increased, but, for tho purpose OF inter
eptiag any hostile expeditions from The American
oa, nearly the whole dispOsaAe and effective part
the Spanish navy now surrounds the coast OF Cuba.
here ore at present two heavy sailing Spanish fri
ates, three otesm frgstes, four steam sloops, and
bout nine or ten sailing briggs all we'll equipped and
rned. and keeping the sea, off Cuba. In addition,
70 government has established look-outs and stations
IN sh0rt intervals, and there Is a coastguard r0uad
entire islend that In point OF fact Oanedo has
most tho means Of Theoretically scaling Cuba up.
may then he asserted without tho least fear Of ap-
eheDstqn of trustworthy contradiction, that Captain
enersl Csuedo has the power. il he had the will, to
&lrcveLt single African being introduced into the
lend. Nor. was he peremPtoi!y and deterfninedIy
fulfil his DUTY i'll this respect, would he counter
colonial public opinion. BY far tue larger part Of
'e free population OF Cuba Is creole, that is native
luban and it, like the native population OF
sra&I desiderates nothing moro strongly than che
,mpiete suppression Of the African slave trade. It
shds to rely hereafter on tue natural increase of
,e slave population 1t possesses; 1t breads the in
casing difficulties and dangers of African importa-
on and it looks forward to increase In tue value
the slaves 1t has, dreadlng their depreciation by
zse additions OF raw negroes from Africa. But,
81 al Ia Brazil IL was the Portuguese OK foreign in
lcnce that did carry on the external siayo trade
zero 90 now in Cuba 1t is tho Spanish interest
hich forces the slave trade again Cube, against
e uiH'o its native Tree proprietary.
Nor is this Spanish interest, which thus embarks
the African slave trade n opposition to the feel
rs Of the Cuban planters, composed Oflow, greedy,
.sSaucated. aud iguoble mons grub5ers at BARGE
M, Seville or Csdiz. The capital embarked Is I'm
ssseod to he thst Of noble Spanish families, of emi
mt speculators aud Of still more important person
20. That the capital Is furnished la no stinted
Isasure is proved by the new and gaiiaat vessels
uployed. The ships when ready, generally clear
1t Tor Buencs Ayrcs, there TO procure salt beck.
rgelyoolsumed In Cuba; but, once ut sea, strike or
tho coast Of Africa, eastern or western. and then
id o Cr more profitable cargo than South American
nk. At other times they are supplied at Havana
it'll false papers ~ coasters, innocenty employed
carrying GOALS 70 tho various depots on tho chores
the h;ani j; but there they arc openly fitted out,
ually under tho very nose Of CaptainGeneral
anedO, in the port OF havana-0n one occasion.
,der the very guns, within buscuit's throw Of
eBpanish admiral and figates, whose Drew were
the habit Of betting whether the Venus (tor that
~ the ayers nancy would escape the British
users feat she did not happily perform, having.
en oeptured, coAdcrned, and broken up
In edition to Spanish navy. Of nineteen ships
war there are fix British cruisers OF the coast
Cuba but, Whilst the former never make even 9
ow Of REFRESHING TIE slave trade, though the
tier do capture few Alavers, BY much the great
the coast q Cuba. is conSsrsiion, and the
uising system; and had We City instead OF haifa
)zsn vussels, the result would be much the same.
plain and palpabie Is this 70 naval men Of expe-
ence. that VIC have reason to believe the gallant
6ocr who lately commanded the British squadron
V oonae homo with the strongest opinion OF tho
elessness OF our cruising system The truth Is that
court Of Madrid, which participates In tho trade;
condly, the Captain General Of Cuba; thirdly,
He body of influential Spanish capitalists and
6ality st homo; soysthly, the whole Spanish
sve trade is a. present supported BY the mos.
auentia oasses, against the obligations Of national
it'll, and tho feelings OF the free Cubans.
pthing. indeed, cau exceed the audacty Of its sup
ksfters, For instance the coasts Of Cuba being diff
u, the Africans are, il Il said. frequently taken
IN the slave ships by the steamers eriposcd by
Cuban government to carry the mails, and by
0ee cleaners are run ashore. Again, Ia March last
y. vessel equipped for the slave traie-thc AFRO
lnte Enilo-beiDg CAPTURED, was carried into the
svsna. No:oriousiy the greater part Of the capital
npioyed in i:s venture belonged to most tmpos-
ut Spanish parsonage, and the consequence was
at tie whole court II Captain General Canedo
We 70 procure her release. The crown lawyers
ere employed in hey defence the Captain Gene
himself attended the court Of mixed commission;
party Of Spanish soldiers boarded and seized her;
ID Ia their possession the main evidence Of her c
n equipment disappeared. With such displays
this who can wondcs that tho slave trade OF Cuba
viycsi
This, then. IL the answer to the official gazette
the Havana. The slave trade Of Cuba has re-
yed under tho influence OF tho Court OF MAdrd il
rte. ,aS hy t',a (,erprai of Cubs fer hia