The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-12-08
APPROXIMATION OF CUBA"

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APPROXIMATION OF CUBA"
The Washington Union persists in its clam'
about the proposed Authorization Of Cub
Why does it not furnish the Public with I'll
evidences on the strength of which it asser
the existence of such project IL has int
ligence, it says from those who know, IN III
vana The People cannot take its word to
that Who are those knowing people Ar
they impartial disinterested witnesses hav
they no interest in keeping up an excltemen
! favorable to "iiiibustcring Have they moth
ing to gain by rovolutionizing Cuba, or by ID
annexation Have they no concern IN the prop
agation Of Slavery If the American Consul
at Havana, u proslayery man, has anything
authentic to communicate, or has c0mmunica-
ted any important information to our Govern
ment let it be laid before Congress, that we
may soc precisely what is It's nature and im-
port
When the Union first put this story aAOat,
we attached little credit to it, and We have
seen nothing to change our opinion Its m-
ulicati0n of Great Britain in the supposed
plot, has been pronounced groundleSs by Mr..
CHAMPION and the London Times, in recent
article, exposes the gross ab9urdity of the
charge When called upon for its proof it had
none to give, except that participation in such
plot was quite in character with the British
Government, but so secret was her policy, no
positive evidence could be produced ." o"o QUIZ
that the organ had been laboring under a
hallucination in relation to the position of
Great Britain in the plot naturally led the
Public to believe that the plot was oil q fc.
ton, which the Union had imposed upon itself
a. reality or was seeking to impose upon
others for sinister purpose As specimen
of the kind of evidence which it relies upon
to sustain It's assertion of the existence of a
scheme to import Africans as apprentices
into Cuba, with a view to Africanzing the
island, take the following A Spanish oppos-
ton paper, finding fault with the cordial recep-
ton given to Mr., Soule by the Spanish Gov
eminent, wakes hot against the aggressive
Anglo Americans, and exclaims, let the naughty
Republic understand that "Cuba must be
Spanish or African, never American" Proof
conclusive, cries the Union, that all we have
said of the conspiracy to Afrcanizc Cuba is
true 1t will puzzle II sane mind to find "proof
conclusive Of anything in newspaper dccla-
nation but suppose it be taken as an expo
nent of Spanish iccling-what then! What
is the purport Of such language! Nothing new
or startling; it simply means that Spain,
should the United States attempt to deprive
her of her richest colony, should at once free
and arm the slaves, 80 az, in any event, and at
any cost, to prevent the island from becoming
American. Is there anything novel in such an
idea DO we not all know that such will III
all likelihood be the last resort of Spain, if We
drive her to extremities Have we not AWAY,
been forewarned of this But what is Their,
in it to prove the existence of scheme for i'm
porting into Cuba, yearly, ten thousand Afri
! island up to African possession at the end o
fifty years!
Tho London Times remarks that "oue o
the most extraordinary features of the Amer
doubted shrcwdncss wholly deserts them whe
they como to estimate what they are to cxpcC
from another country 1t gives the Unio
and tho Administration credit for believing il
this ridiculous scheme of apprenticeship
wherein its own shrewdness is at fault Tn
policy of the Organ and of the AdministrG
ton, we presume, il to keep open tho way 70
the annexation of Cuba to this country, and \
to predisposc public opinion among us in fave
OF it, that the first suspicious moment for cor
summarizing the measure may not be Lost b.
they propose tia acquisition as SidUehoiding lei
ritory-were it non.slayeholding, they woul
be as hostile to the policy rs they are now {,
vorable. Hence, they are jealous Of any mea
uro or influence tending to promote Emanc
patton, and neglect no means calculated |
counterfeit them. Now, it is we'll known thu
the British Government has intimate relation
with Spain--that it has treaties giving it
right to Interfere for tho prevention Of sla,
import alton in Cuba, and for the liberation
slaves conveyed into the island in violation
treaty stipulations--that on the score both
humanity and policy it is deeply Interested
the substitution of free labor for slave lab,
throughout the West Indies-and that its il
lluence has been and will be used, on all 4
vorablc occasions to incline the Spanish Go
ernment to the policy Of Emancipation Shoul
1t succeed the acquisition Of Cuba would cea,
to be desirable object to the slayeholdin
section of the Union, although it would be fl
more inviting to the nou.sayeholding State
The policy of Emancipation must, then, /
thwarted. To attempt THE openly, would N,
be well received by a majority of the America
People; to arraign the British Government {,
endeayorng to promote the abolition of SLAYER
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