Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-01-14
From the London Times Of Deco,
The Pureilase Of cuhsa V'moer a

We have read with interest not upn,;.
surprise, the very prolix correspondence yea With
by the journals of the United States MI pahlshA
to the policy of the American Goyernmanf eerene.
Spain in relation to Cuba. These DEEM toward,
been produced in compliance with raa' eh's har.
the House of Representatives of the 4th oS nn Of
ry last; although it is not for us to ind februa
such publications are, or are not comro,, Whether
the interests of foreign country, we mp".ne With
ed to express without reserve our opinion &C allow
founded and gratuitous aspersions throw me uA
course ofthis correspondence on the mm;ro u' In The
parties. The transactions to which these 70 Other
late, extend over period of no less thai re.
seven years and our readers will learn with twenty
shment equal to our own, that during tho VI, aston.
this period if the language OF the mn;s,s," whole Of
gents of the United States is to be believed ana
ertions of American diplomacy have besn u, The cs.
to the preservation of the just rights Of ."ected
the Island of Cuba against the rapaciors AMI Over
sive designs of other countries and esnoa "sgres
CT eat Britain. 1t seems incredible that re'"iiy d
ferrous delusion should ever have been g. ifepO.
entertained by the Cabinet of Washinrme' seriously
correspondence demonstrates that it 6as Jul hi,
only entertained, but ced upon durinr In e" not
| of years, and is now published as The -: Ffea
ground of the policy pursued by the Unite55 nc pal
in relation to Cuba II may be remembered d ',aeS
project for the seizure of Texas was justified VI" The
| jackson on similar pretences "en
| This language carried on for 90 roou
land was always represented as the ranac;om. Eng Tg
eager to obtain, at any price and by any v;na,
principle. possession of the coveted island puH0
United States were always ready from the moD. ss
interested motives, to renew their offers Of a$
tion and even to assure Spain tina, in case nf
attempt from whatever quarter, to wres, rrou. any
this portion of her territory she NAV socrr.I "ef
upon the military and navy resources of tba y rely
States to aid her in preserving and recovo,s u"ed
Such are the words of Mr.. ForSyth's instrno,;as It.
| MIR. Vail in 1910. 10
1t is scarcely necessary, in this conntrr al.
to remark that not one atom of tangible ey;dsao"!
produced in support of the intentions thus ooso,!
and, we must add, dishonesty imputed to Cra!.,
Britain. 1t was not England but the Un;t.S S tat
whose attention had been thus acutely d;rsc,oS
the naval and military advantages of The nosoo
OF the Havana and when American s,otasron ~"
ed of their sleepess vigilance in watchinp orss lux
rights OF Spain IN that quarter, owing to thu x",
posed designs of another Power: not one If tLa
could be ignorant that the only designs from wb;sS
Spain had anything TO fear were those Of A,ro,;
citizens. The date of these occurrences rpndors %
absurdity OF the charge more palpaby evident e..
it will hardly he believed that England would oboO
the very moment when she was assisting to nI.ss
Queen Isabella ii. on the throne to rob her o bo'
birtbrght: or that Just after we had shaken oF ,Sa
burthen of slavery at an expense of twenty mi;ors
and emancipated our own negroes, that we ybonII
slaves If the American Government ever crpd;,a3
such inventions these it was grossly imposed unon
But it is still difficult to account for the nnLE
cation, at this distance of time of basrioss susn
cons, which experience as we'll as reason oupb, n
have dispelled and of motives which it is beneoh
the Government of one great and friendly nation to
impute to another.
We shall leave our readers to draw their own in
ferences from this singular negotiation; but in our
eyes the strangest part of the whole transaction
the publication of it, Did it never occur to tbs
American Government that every one of the arcr.
ments they have employed against the possession Of
Cuba by any strong naval power may be turned
with equal force against their own attempts to &C.
quire it and that in avowing the motives they have
for possessing it, they render its remaining in the
hands of Spain matter of increased Importance to
the rest of the world p! They intimate, indeed thr6
out these dispatches that they content that the
island should continue colony Of Spain. If that
declaration be sincere. nothing is more easy than to
ensure it. Great Britain, France and all the mara
time States ready to concur in any pledge that
will preserve it from molestation but hey mus
concur ,vta the United States and tbs. bu, there
alone, lies the difficulty Mr.. Buchanan has thought
fit to assert of this country in official despatch
sit has been her uniform policy. throughout her
past history 10 seize upon every valuable commercial
point throughout the world whenever circumstances
have placed this in her power g And what point
ne aHu3, - so ValuaDle as LuDG we are sorry
that MIR. Buchanan has formed so low an estimate
of British statesmen and British history bat We
cannot recall an instance in which pratcal eIpe
dition against the possessions of friendly power
was ever prepared under tie avcIted eyes of an En-
glish Government, or in which we have attempted
falsely to say to the charge ola State Gu
pidity that actuated proceedings We regret
the publication of this correspondence for nothing
more than for the unworthy and Ignorant suspicious
which it proves American Ministers to have express
ed against this country; and they seem absurdy un
I conscious that the suspicious which they urge with
out particle of evidence against us fall with the
weight of charges proved by their own showing up
on themselves
The publication of this evidence has yet another
effect to which we cannot be Indifferent. 1t mus.
render any future negotiation for the purchase OF
the island far more difficult, if not altogether I'M
practicable. Every Spanish Minister and queen
Isabella herself would think it dishonor to accep
the terms which were profered and rejected IN lo4'
and now that the whole transaction is before Inc
world it cannot be repeated without calling TORN
the strongest opposition the part OF the spanish
nation-not to speak of foreign countries IS
sleepless vigilance with which the United STATES
proposed, in 1874, to watch over the night OF HpaH
in that quarter can nowhere be more usetuIiy "a.
ercised than in their ports and cities f0r 1nel'
alone do any designs really exist against the "u'
rity of Spain over Cuba. This correspondence eO"'
tains explicit and repeated pledges on behalf Of sue,
cessive Ministers of the Union that they es, a
nothing more than to see the dominion OF oP""
firmly maintained in Cuba and as We can as'u h
them, with entire confidence and sincerity tna' .D'
designs they have attributed 20 other Powers arc
mere fiction, are entitled on the tath o. 'ns.'
official papers, to exact from the American GG':.;
ment strict observance of those rights when u !
certainly not the intention of any European c'a'' :"
violate or to deny.
North Carolina Umreprcsentcd.
The Democrats of the country have regarded VIE
anxiety not unmingIed with surprise the la'e I,OI
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