The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-09

desirable arrangement. Nevertheless, the attention
the subject and no efforts would b omitted calculated
establish more satisfactory state Of things.
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ton BY stress Of weather. Is the first which recently drew
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should be stepped till the point is settled.
Tho Annexation Of Cuba by America-Thc
Spanish Slave Trade.
From the London Times May 25.1
There are two things in antiquity which, fortunately
unfortunately, may zen to view them have not
come down to these times and are to be looked
profitable colonies. war, and even colony NAV be
ultimately and indirectly advantageous to mother eSun
tend territory dsvrope commercs and Increase private
incomes Bat these objects almost by obtain
60 At the cost Of public expenditure large that /.
almost hopeless to expect that It should ever be
reimbursed ~ mere indirect us. In ancient times
however, even in mednval ages and to this day, in
cS.Dt %ouS sSnS sovereign makes war %
lsud And, Il he conducts the operation with proper
economy-tbat Is, il he quarters his troops on the
can exact a good Iansom-he Win show svV You IA
good balance at the end Of the campaign. It has
nee resn much the same with colonies or plantations.
early and Portuguese colonsts thought
nothing OF unless they brought back twenty times a.
much gold and silver it cost to equip them II re-
CURED many generations fghtful amount Of disas-
trous experience to impress the States of Euro the
exact difference between colonizirg and
P1ey na1aspping and other smpoyment., which once
nov are not But Of most obsolete traditions there
will often remain On almost miraculous relic. A. the old
rSuds; and really have in the world graud spsci
men ofan old colony 1t is skeleton no dusty rotten
6ore. Of mcgatherum dug out OF the earth mXsta.
oon lssd up on the top OF mountain questi nabe
dodo or unspproAcbabs bird of Madagascar but
livips vigorous example. familiar to say ostru-
with little stretch Of chronology. the cinquo ceno
Style, is the island Of Cuba Yes Her Most Catholic
ha sdSd st does the thing in right royal style There
pleasant little oaas it is in the prevailing sery OF
aDish budget We may be there are no mincing
that is not all The bold able man who is SO fortu
nate ss to be selected for the Captain Generating Of
Cuba knows the duties Of his position m frat duty t.
COED round sum to somebody doubt in for
the value received His second duty to got reimbursed
as speedily and - amply he 3d. besides other
sources Of Official income well known to students Of His
tory he has good round of dollars In the wsy of
money for every landed in Cuba The whsle
IN cnSs % the island is in Nth this. and
monopoly 30 common in former days. and Ii tile un-
derstood In this degenerate age.
Inere are 30 many difficulties to be encountered that
really 1t seems by the force Of wealnes only that Cuba
survives to this day in its antique Character as huge
TO allow the slave or the Of
INTO Cuba and though treaties paper in Spain
II there is such thing waste paper in . country
where there neither books nor letter.
certain British cruisers sail or steam with
copy OF the treaty on board and give trouble to
her most Catholic Majestys slave cstchers Only within
The present year. we have captured ak OF these gentry r
turn ing honethat is to Cuba-with carcocs Of sayss
And the Importation not half what it twenty years
sui General at Havana always agitating abou. slaves
md keeping up OF perpetual Uncle Tom Cabin
'lose TO the ears o. her most .cseu3is
or one awkward eli cumstanse, which gives an
. "a gravity to our remopstrances. Hard
y Cuba, almost within sight, there lies GER
Su outs as sharp a. United
States are open ruouthed to swallow their beautiful
,sghbor. Yourg Bacchus lying on the green swsrd ana
some nynph squeezing into it, He'll, in MEDIEVAL pic
lures gaping to receive the downward thong OF CANNED
does ow y fo Ss ssss
: guessing y the near approach OF Cuban annexation
when will the ripe pear drop into his month"; New
Orleans will positively die OF thirst or eaaai the con
summation is delayed much longer The contemporaries
Of jackson grieve to think that they should die
md leave so great deed TO their children Twice hs
been attempted lately and twice has o cowardy publs
opinion assisted by our busy tongues crippled the eTpe
dton and checked the instincts Of generous revenge
But this is rather work for Spain, which knows full
well the suit OF trial Of strength with the lords Of
Florida and Texas It knows that nothing whatever
Cuba from bI absorbed in tbs States to- morrow,
except the public opinion of mankind chiefly repre
sented by England and the other great naval powers
is for ced to weigh the consequences Of policy which
may fo felt this protection.
We have not heard much lately OF the Lone STAR
ORDER the future conquerors fCnbe call the nseve
but the incident lsely mentioned in our commercial in
and commented on in the Lords on Monday
ight leaves little doubt in minds that shall soon
hear Of 1t again. vessel Of 400 tons the other day
in spite of the British cruisers to land 100
slaves in Cuba in day, and with the cognizance of
all the Spanish authorities They only the remains OF
laI ger cargo for 200 had persisted in the attempt to
berate themselves These poor creatures not even
csptives in they sere not purchased from native
princes flying from misery at home; but they had been
invited fhipbord the pretepce of some fcstvity
made drunk and carried off to sea in the night Our
Consul General a Havana, hearing Of the
made every effort to rescue them ARD did actually re-
cover 300 but more he could not do, as 1t appears
he laws" Of Cuba do not permit the essate OF planter
to be entered in quest Of newly imported neg'oes
buried away from the mart the open reAch where
the ale Is held and fafe the limits OF plantation
beyond the Ies CHI Of laws or mortal sppathy such
10 the so-caled saw Of Cuba and at this moment we
know, the Qneen Of Sran knows and all the world
knows that 500 free Africans the other day ire
banned be Spsnish subjscts sh:pboard, that 200
Of them we're murdered and that 500 Of them nov
undergoing slavery in Cuba in spite of treaties and in
spite of all costly efforts to prevent these bar
baries Now. should such incidents be repeated, the
British public will certainly make up Its mind to incur
expense in securing to her most Catholic Majesty
the possession of island Fl which che and her officers
make this aborainable They viii not ray large
fleet prevent Spanish ssyers from landing their i've
cargoes Ia Cuba, and another large feet to prevent
Cuba from falling into the hands Of rather more
civilized race. Should Cuba become of the
United States it will doubtless retain its slave
institutions but the honor of the whole Union
will be pledged prevent further importation Hu-
mapiy will gain at least that by the change We may
think the act annexation and rapacous,
but we shall heess regard Of those transi
tons Of territory 70 civilized from unciy1eo which are
10 frequent ~ to the natural and inevitable order
Of things The British public does not know much about
the law ef TONS but it does pretend to rome acquan
lance with the law of naturest least far to insist
that shall be the chattel II another, they
can Should question therefore arse % TO the
possession Of Cuba and the rival claimants otherwise
equal should differ in thsthat one would atop the I'M
alton of slaves the other would nothe British
eope will be side with the less barbarous of the
two 1t would be In considerable irducement to such
conclusion that should thereby the expense Of
two costly armsmentsthe ooyed TO prevent the
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