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which say that the British government is
actively instgating that ofSpain to eman-
cipate the slaves noW on the island that
the inducement to this step on the part of
Spain is to be the opening of the ports of
Cuba, under British guaranty, for the i'm
portatiou of negroes from Africa to serve
for term of years as apprentices. and
then to be left free on the island and,
finally, that the Spanish government is
inclined to regard the whole proposition
with some favor, In the view that the
adoption Of such a measure must, at least,
forever prevent the annexation of Cuba to
the United States.
In conclusion it USES the following sig
nificent language:
* Be this as it may, however, there can
be no doubt that the adoption Of policy,
either by Great Britain Or Spain, designed
to renew in Cuba, upon larger scale
and in an aggravated form, the horrors
and the sllfferings Of Hayti, must rouse
and unite against as single man the
masses of the population of the United
States. In such crisis, If it shall ever
arrive, there is as little doubt that our
Government will fully respond to the
spirit Of the people. The plan of stretch
ing Gordon of harbarous or semi bar
barosls free negro islands all along our
Atlantic coast-With Cuha, the principal
Of them, etiectasalIy commanding the out
let Of the whole West and Southwest
through the Mississippi; all of thrm
necessarily the centres and stronghoids
Of the worst kind Of abolitionist agitation
this is a plan alike at war with every
impulse Of humanity, every dictate of
Christianity, and every principle Of civil
result Of British Interference in the affairs
Of the established governments of this
continent, it demonstrates the sanitary
wisdom, Of that policy which, in the Ian
g,lsge Of the Inaugural. procla5r1s all such
interference to be utterly ioaadnissibIe
In view of the state Of things now exist
ing, it is impossible to estimate too
highly the hrnness. and the forecast which
at the outset of the present administration
presented the whole principle Of the
Monroe misunderstanding an Anne
rican policy for the American continent
AS a cardinal point ID the regulation of
our foreign relations
The Uaaiosa also contains an able article
on the duties and the responsibilities of
the Administration.
The Republic asks, '.Sha Il the old States
participate in the p,blie lands g. and an
swers the question in an elaborate article
Of more than q column. In regard to au-
thority of government to apportion the
public lands among the different States
the Republic says:
The Democratic press contends that
such disposition Of the common domain
is unlawful, and, further, than an appli-
cation for such an appropriation or appor-
honment upon the part of the old States
would be unavailing. 1t is useless to ar
que the proposition that all the States are
entitled to all equal division of the public
lands, or their proceeds. 1t is indisputa-
bly, trase that the present system bestows
partial advancement upon some States,
to the positive prejudice of others. 1t is
obvious that the eighty millions of gift
land now in market will supersede the
sale of an equal quantity of land offered
by the Government. 1t is equally obvi-
GUS that the mammoth grants to Pacific
and ether railroads -the coded swamp
Landslide military land warrants for past
or future wars-the graduation law, and
the homestead svstem-threaten to absorb
the demand for public lands for years to
come, until the revenue from the land Of
fees being unequal to the expenses, gem
eral REIMBURSEMENT to the land States will
terminate efiectually the connection be-
tween the Government and the public do
MAIN"
The Mtelligencer contains much valua-
BILE reading matter; but nothing of par
ticular Importance, excepting the EXPOSE
tioR Of clap-trap Geographic dispatch
published in Southern paper with the
following heading: