New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-09

good round sum Of dollars in the way OF hush monsy
every negro snded in CGba The whole administration
the island in keeping with this and thus IN Cuba we hav
hYIrg instance OF the farm or monopoly 50 CON
mon in fner days and 50 little understood in this dsgene
rate age.
There are so many difficulties to be encountered that re
ally seems by the force Of weakness only that Cuoa sur
wives to tbs day in its antique character as nge sisv'
enep6 ia the first place SpAf Is under treAFy not y
allow the slave trade the Introduction OF sltves inia
Cuba and, though treses waste paper m Sp"a-
here such thing as waste paper IN country W.se
there neither books newspapers nor letter Nrh
yet certain British cruisers sail steam with copy 81
the treaty board and give cad Of trouble TO Her
Most Catholic Mses;ys shareholders. Only within the
present have captured six OF these gentry return
ing home-that IT, 10 Cubswith carg0es of slaves ana
the importation not half what twenty years ago.
Then we keep an Ambassador at Madrid and Consul
General at Havana always sgtatng aboot slaves, and
keeprDg APP sort Of perpetual Uncle Toms Cabin
close to the carr Of Her Most Catholic Majesty and the
Captsn 1enerai Of Cuba But Spain could easily laugh
at all this talk easily she laughs AZ her cred
i0Ts but for awkward circumstance, which gives
an adveDtitioUs gravity 10 our circumstances Hard
by Cuba, almost within sight there lies certain
Power not quite given 70 intervention as
but quite sharp at annexation The United States
open mcuthed TO swallow their beautiful neghbor
Young Bacohus lying on the sward and opening his
mouth 10 receive the flowing grape that some nymph is
squeezing into tHe, in medieval pictures gaping to
ceiye the downward hrong OF damned souls does show
greater appetency for is food than Brother Jonathan
stretched lis aud guessing the approach
of Cuban annexation When will the ripe pear drop into
enHn ii the contamination is delayed much longer. The
contemporaries Of Gen Jackson gTieve to think IN they
should die and leave great deed to their children
Twice has II been attempted lately, and twice has COW
ardy public opinion assisted by busy tongues crippled
the expedition and checked the instincts OF generous re
verge But this is rather warm work for Spain which
knows full well the result of trial Of strength with the
lords of Florida and Texas IL knows that nothing what
prevents Cuba from being absorbed in the States to-
except the public opinion of mankind chiefly
represented by England and the other great naval Powers
Il is forces to weigh the consequences of policy which
may forfeit this protection.
We have not heard much lately of the Lone Star or.
der the future cOnquerOcs of Cuba call themselves but
the incident lately mentioned in commercial intei
geuce and commented on in the Lords Monday night
leaves little doubt in minds that shall hear OF
itagan vessel of 100 the other day managed in
spite Of the British cruisers to land 100 slaves in Cuba in
open day, end with the cognzance of all the Spanish al
tbOrties. They only the remains OF larger cargo
for 200 had persisted in the attempt berate themselves
These poor creatures captiVes in they
were not purchased from native princes or vng from
misery at hons utthey had been invited shipboar
on the preence Of some fes,ivy made drunk and car
ried of TO in the night Our Consul General at Haya
ns hearing of the Importation made every effort to
them and did actually recover 300 but more he could not
do as it appears the laws Of Cuba do not permit the
estate of planter to be entered in quest of newly id
ported negroes purchased slaves The negro sold
and hurried away from the the open beach where
the sale is held and safe he limits of plantation, IL
beyond the reach of laws moral sympathy Such is the
sOcalled law of Cuba, and at this moment know,
tie Queen Of Spain knows, and all the world knows that
1900 Africans the other day trepanned by Spanish
subjects on shipb0ard-that 200 OF them were muir
dered. and that zoo Of them are undergo
ing slavery in Cuba, in spite of treaties, and in
spite of all our own costly efforts to prevent
these bsrbartes. Now, should such incidents be
repeated the British public will certainly MAX up is mnd
to incur expense in securing TO Her Most Catholic
Majesty the possession of Island of which she and her
officers make this abominable use They will not pay
large fleet prevent Spanish slavers from landing their
live cargOes in Cuba and another large feet 10 prevent
Cuba from falling into the hands of rather civilized
race. Should Cuba become of the United States il
will doubtless retain its Slave Institutions but the honor Of
the whole Union will be pledged prevent further i'm
poaioD. Humanity will gain at least that 10y the change
We may think the act Of annexation unwarrsnted and
pacous but shall nevertheless regard it of those
transitions of territory to civilized from semi civilized
Powers which frequent to seem the natural and
inevitable order Of things The British public does not
know much about the Law of Nations but does pretend
acquaintance with the Law of Naturea least
far TO insist that shall be the chatel Of
another, if they prevent it, Should question there
arise the possession Of Cuba and the rival claim
ants otherwise equal should differ in thstha would
stop the importation Of Slaves and the other would no,
British people will be apt to side with the less barbarou
Of the two II would be iDconsderabe ndscement to
such a conclusion that should thereby the expense
Of two costly armamentthe employed to prevent the
of negroes into Cuba the other to that
Island from an American invasion