The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-12-30
THE DAILY DISPATCH
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CUBA.

The rumors of another fllihustering expo.
a;t;os,. from the ports of New York and New
Orleans 10 Cnba, have been again renewed.
Tho failure of the expedition under Lopes'
and the melancholy sacrifices OF valuable
lives which accompanied It, seem TO nave
made no impression upon the conscience or
common sense of the filIibusterers. The ae-
QUESTION of Cuba to the United states, oe-
sirable In the extreme, can only DC INDEFINITE
" postponed by provoking and dishonest ef-
fsr.s to rob Spain of her brightest jewel
II is useless to argue the morality oil the
thing. He must be nice casuist who can
see any difference between the eriminality of
plundering a government and plundering an
MISUNDERSTANDING an island or picking
pocket. But, aside from the dishonesty of
these filiibustering expeditions, view OF the
case for which the leaders of the movement
dent care fig, it is inexpedient. at is
even according to- their own code of morali-
ty, ''worse than crime, it is blunder. -
The island can never be taken by anything
less than g national force, and Spain. which
might be induced to part with it voluntarily
30 q friendly power, will throwit into hands
which can protect il and Mt the same time
annoy us, rather than suffer those 10 possess
it whose impotence FORTS acquisition has led
them, time after time, to Insult and wrong its
lawful proprietor.
We are surprised, with such great facilities
Of commercial and social intercommunioa-
rnI ID INIT S{ofa
that adventures in our own country do not
perceive the madness of an attempt to reyo-
lationiae Cuba, by any volunteer force which
can sail from the ports of the United States.
The people of Cuba have themselves given
no evidence Of the ability and spirit which
are essential to the success of Revolution
We have no right to assume that they are
Disconnected and rebellious, and make that
the pretext for interference, when, so far from
daring to lift 2 finger in rebellion, the only
arms they have ever raised in CON
test between Spain and the filibusters, are
those which they levelled at Lopez and his
oonfederates when they came to liberate
1emi Moreover, so strongly is Cuba forti-
fed. that even regular force, fitted up by a
nation, would have its hands full in taking
that island As long ago as 1862, when its
defences were in a comparatively imperfect
condition, If was with extreme difficulty that
the great military and naval force Of England
succeeded in eonquering Cuba. A fornida-
BILE expedition. Consisting of 10 ships of the
line, Is small vessels of war, $50 transports,
and 10000 thousand soldiers, were repeated
ly repealed in their attacks upon Havana,
and it was only after the fiercest assaults, by
this splendid military and naval force, lasting
more than two months that the city surron-
dered. After the restoration of the island to
Spain. the Notifications have been so multi
piled at every point that it may well be con.
sidered the Gibralter of the Gulf Of Mexico
and entirely impregnable by any volunteer
force which can be brought against it.
Whilst We would rejoice to see this glorious
Island free, and believe that her acquisition
by the United States is most desirable, as
well for the interests of this country as for
those of our common humanity, we protest
against the shameful dishonesty, and the sui
oidsl folly of fillibusterins expeditions against
Eaba