Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-11-26
THE CUBAN HOAX.

The Southern papers do not speak with much resnect
of the attempt Of the Washington Union to imnose ia
story about Cuba upon the public They ridcue il "a
utterly improbable in the first place. and as quite inn,
possible Of execution in the second, wondering how
paper which undertakes to speak for the Government
could be silly enough give credit the nonsense The
New Orleans Courier, for instance, old and regular
Democratic print referring to the UaOns mode of back
ing out from its assertions, says
This explanation by the Union far from being salts
factory rather is explanation all That Jour
nal had published statements unqualified furnishing no
mint or room for surmise that they entirely
worthy OF credit and the lntegencer observes they
were generally thought to have been based information
derived from high official authorities Washington The
posuon also OF the Union at the seat of the Federal
government and its connection in matters of business
WIN Congress and the Executive departments give an
general concern =
IS true the whole story of the Union carried absur
dlty on It's lace to us it looked Incredible and so we
hespeotng It, we observed that the phi
anthropss OF ureat Britain would never suffer
to be transported from the of Africa to Cuba there
to serve the planters apprenticeship Of ten This
would be revival OF the slave trade in fact and in sub
stance, service for ten years would be service for
life. Old women could not be deuded into aoouiescence
in such humbug. The condition on which those nm !.
prentces to be received was that the end OF fy
years slavery throughout the island Of Cuba should be
abolished There is no insurance company in the world
that would insure the existence of the royal Government
of Spain the monarchy Of Great Britain for fifty
years. and British statesmen too wise and too far
seeing to form treaty. the principal condition in favor
Oh the other party to be executed immediately and the
remuneraye condition for Great Britain be put off for
half century. John Bull is not so easily fooled.
"We are glad that there is foundation for this ru-
NOR Mr.. CHAMPION, the British Minister at Washing
ton, we are informed by New York paper denies that
he possesses any knowledge of such compact between
his Government and that Of Spain We learn that the
Spanish Secretary of Legation has made similar deca
ration and the editors of the True Delta always well
informed Cuban transactions stated some DAVIS ago
that the Unions statement believed by nivid
ais whom they usually consulted on such subjects
The rumor, then, flor it nothing more than
rumor which too hastily adopted as truth by the
Union and clothed with the appearance of credby by
that Journal is totally unworthy of belief We trust this
mistake and the mschefs which has given and NAV
yet give rise will render the editors of the Union more
cautious in future 1t would be WELL we think if thew
would let the world know explicitly when they about
TO publish an opinion or statement Of any Importance
respecting national affairs, the grounds which is put
FORTH and whether those grounds official not for
matters stand onehaf Of mankind holds the Pre-
sdent and his Cabinet responsible for every thing that is
said by the Union on public affairs"
Our readers may remember that was because we cha
racterized this attempt of the Union to get us into diff
Guilty with England the ground Of her alleged inter-
ference in Cuba in way that it deserved, that were
communicated by that potent authority Yet the
tire press Of the country with inconsiderabe exceptions
have taken the view of the matter that did, eav
ing the official organ alone in its deuson reckessness
Ne,o York Evening Post