Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-09-10
======-==a7I A.=noLTIoNIsM IN CUBA

M, Richmond Enquirer of Tuesday last cone1AAS
a-.;cle under this heading which expresses our
views so well that we take the liberty OF ADOPT
inc It and giving it entire The Enquirer says
"JVith that feeling of excessive natlonanty WHICH,
ould nut this country in position OF Suspicion anu
hostility towards every foreign power, no wise stees
80, or tr,e patriot can consistently sympathlse IL
:; the dictate as much of good faith as OF souno pom
v to regard nations with whom we sustain relat0ii
If neace and amity as indeed friends; ana "ns' VIC
sboud abate nothing of the vigant protection OF our
own interests, we ought still to presume tna' 0'Aei
pors are observant of the obligations OF honor ana
treaty stipulation In this spirit we scout inc tnou
and minors of hostile coalitions and schemes against
This country which the prolific Invention OF agIaIorS
matches for their own amusement OF pront'
Uor,, different from the idle stories of reckless
neUsmongers is the report prevalent just now, OF
design on the part of Great Britain to consummate
theiberaton of the slaves of Cuba The intelligence
comes to us from quarter, wears an aspect OF pau
sibility, and is confirmed by an array OF evidence
which compel the mind to accept it as authentic.
The New York Tribune, with manifest exultahon'
thus credits the rumor:
awe must believe then, that England VIII, as
next STEP negotiate with Spain for the emancipation
of the Cuban negroes and will pay for it just as she
has already paid for the stoppage of the slave trade
taking care of not to be cheated IN the second
bargain as she has been IN the trst In tact Would
cost her no more to arrange for reasonably system
ofpraduaI emancipation than to keep forany consde-
rable period squadron the African coast and an
other SQUADRON in the West Indies to prevent blacks
from being carried away from the one and imported
into the other To this end there is every reason to
believe that British diplomacy is now vigorously d.
rectcd indeed it is reported that far are negota-
tons advanced that the decree of abolition actually
in the hands of the Spanish ministry Tor consldera
ton and signature.
We need not enumcrate, continues the Enquirer,
those considerations of policy which make it the in
terest of Great Britain to effect the emancipation of
the Cuban slaves; will recite the clrcumstan-
ces which induce us to believe that she is pushing
her design with extraordinary energy at the present
moment Our purpose is to consider the effect on
this country of an attempt by the British Govern
ment to abolish slavery in the island of Cuba. The
effect is perfectly plain 1t is susceptible neither OF
doubt or disguise The emancipationso of the slaves
of Cuba would subject the island to the supremacy
of the negroes and would bring upon it the desola
ton which now wastes Jamaica as with the scourge
of divine vengeance. The island of Cuba would
wther under the blight-its agriculture would sink
to the level of negro stlessness and would scarcely
be adequate to the subsistence of the lazy brutes who
would wander over its fair fields. Its commerce
would perish in the inevitable wreck. Art science,
industry would disappear; and Cuba would become
the desoate abode of the savage negro, with pow
er to chain his erocty to curb his lust to chastise
his Incidence, and to him from the barbarism
into which the irresistible tendencies of his nature
would soon precipitate him. The effect of such
catastrophe the commercial interest of this country
would be disastrous in the extreme; and would not
only justify but demand its intervention The bari
Of pionty OhC4o
to the action of this government. The power of an
independent government is supreme within it's own
dominion but there its exercise is amena0le to
the judgment of the world and is limited by respect
for the rights and interests of other nations But
the action of the Spanish government not being the
effect of its own WILL but of the coercion of foreign
power, would Independently of any consideration of
consequences justify the Intervention of this country
The United States may meet Great Britain in Cuba
and repel its intrgues and aggressions The South
ern States of the Union have peculiar and vital
concern in the domestic condition of Cuba The
consummation of the schemes of Great Britain would
inhict deadly blow Old the slavery of the South
Lying rightin the pathway of commerce between the
Gulf and the Atlantic States and just on the borders
Of the confederacy, Cuba, with electric rapidity,
would communicate the effect of an internal convul-
sion to the adjacent Southern States Given up to
the dominion of the blacks it would become the re-
tuge of fugitive slaves and the focus of ncendiary
agitation Spain alone of the great Powers of Europe
recognizes the institution of American slavery. The
contamination Of emancipation in Cuba would detach
thls our only ally from our cause and would combine
the interest and the moral sentiment of christendom
against the slavery of the South. So grand an
achievement of emancipation, would give an impulse
and a boldness to abolitionism which would imnel
with awful fury the devoted institution of the
South
Inese brief suggestions says the Enquirer in con-
euSlon, will suffice to awaken Southern peopIe to
sense of the protenous aspect of British intrigue in
Inc island OF Cuba Our only safety is in the prompt
ana vigorous action of the Federal Government
fortunately the executive power of the government
Is IN the hands of man in who's. fidelity and cour
age we have an abundant guarantee of protection
we speak with every assurance of the truth of orr
assertion when say, that President Pierce will
exhaust every available energy in the government
1t be necessary, to crush the designs of British
abolition. No more technical scruple about Spanish
soVerelgnty-no apprehension of hostile collision
With Great Britain, will embarrass his action He
vi" protect the interest and the security of the conn
Try at every hazard
PUTNAM'S MONTHLY
Futnam's Monthly for September for which we
are indebted to Mr. Pomerox,- conto;rrss5o,