The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-11-24

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THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER y, lss5
rHE ENGLISH AND SPANISH PRESS ON
AMERICAN ANNEXATION.
The English press are sorely exercised
with regard to the greedy appetite Of the peo-
PIE Of the United States for newterritory, and
advocate measures to check the acquisition
by this country ofthe Sandwich Islands and
Cuba, which could scarcely fail to result in a
rupture of the friendly relations between
Great Britain and the United States. 1.-THE
same moment that our modest aspirations Tor
the possession of few islands are SO severe
" reprehended, a leading English periodical.
the London Quarterly Reriem, complacently
parades before the eyes of its admiring read
ers the extent of the British acquisitions in
India. II exultingly declares that the terri
tory of Britain is equal TO all continental Eu'
rope. Russia excepted that Germany, Italy,
France. Spain, Holland, Belgium, Denmark
and Sweden, unitedly, do not equal either the
British territory or population. The Review
says that the report Of the grand trigonomet-
rical Survey, which has lately been printed
for Parliament gives the total-area in square
miles, 1919; population, Isl. l44,sos. This
empire is distributed into four governments
or presidencies- Bengal, Madras, Bombay
and Ayre, and is held by an army of 32i, $50
men. Should Brother Jonathan follow the
example of the British Government Cuba
and the Sandwich Islands would be but step
ping stones in the development of his mani
fest destiny.
The press of Spain has made the presenta-
ton of Mr.. Soule tothe Spanish Government
the occasion for an exuberant display of in
dignation against the "Carthagenians of the
New World" The Madrid Journal Las No,
redades complains that there is not a word
in Mr.. Soule's address to the Queen, aelther
of security or guarantee" Nay, more, and
most horrible, it charges that Mr. Soule has
said of the President of the United States,
that he is the man who presides over the
destinies of America, and this, too, before
the Queen of Spain, which still possesses in
that region many leagues of territory, and
many thousands of subjects 1t declares that
".Spain IS determined on uar, and that she
prefers ear to conserving to The slightest at-
front from the proud Repablic" 1t announ-
ces as an axiom, SCUBA must be Spanish or
African. Either Spanish or African-nerer
Aaglo-American." 1t informs the represen-
tatives of the Spanish American nations, that
''their safety consists in unity with Spain,
and in raising with Spain the standard of the
Spanish race in America"
We have no fear that our Government in
tends to follow the example either of Spain
or Britain, in acquiring foreign territory by
fraud, violence, and injustice. But the stand
1ag threat of the Spanish authorities and Jour
mails, to Africanize Cuba rather than permit
1T to fall into American hands, shows a con-
seriousness that their tenure of that island is
not maintained by the love or loyalty of its
inhabitants. When menace so cruel and
barbarous is necessary to secure quiet and
order, the elements of revolt and disaffection
fnust be wide spread and powerful So far
as this country is concerned, such threat
can only hasten the consummation which
Spain devoutly fears. Moreover, Cuba could
never be permanently Africanized The ac-
tive and energetic Anglo American will ne
yer permit this garden spot of the earth to
relapse into barbarism. The only safety OF
the Spanish people on this or any other con
tinent, is that which the Spanish journal re-
commends in its concluding paragraph, ito
raise the standard Of the Spanish race
Whether that adviceis practicable, we can
not undertake to say, but no other course
can save Spain herself from ultimate extinc-
ton from the roll of nations. When she ri.
walls the Anglo-Saxon in enterprise, intelli.
gence, federation, humanity, and free princi
pies, she will have better guarantee for the
security of her power than the empty and fe
rocious menaces with which her press ha:
greeted the advent of the American Ambas
sador at the Court of Madrid.