The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-06-29
CUBA AND ENGLAND.

The London Times Of May 25th, holds some
strong language with respect TO Spain and Cuba,
and their connection with the slave trade
Complaining of Spain breach of faith in the
matter, it says:
There are 80 many difficulties 70 be encoun-
tered, that il seems by the force Of weakness
only that Cuba survives to this day in its antique
character as q huge slave entrepot. In the first
place, Spain is under treaty not 10 allow the
slave trade, or the introduction of slaves into
Cuba, and, thou h treaties are waste paper in
Spain-if there is such thing as waste paper
in q country where there neither books, nor
newspapers, nor letter writing yet certain Brit
ish cruisers sail or steam with copy of the
treaty on board, and give no end of trouble TO
Her Most Catholic Majesty slave catchers.
Only within the present year we have cap
tured six of these gentry returning home-that
is, to Cuba-with carIocs If slaves, and the
importation is not half what it was twenty years
ago. Then we keep an ambassador at Madrid
and a Consul General at Havana, always agi
tating about slaves, and keeping up sort OF
perpetual sUnele Toms Cabin.s close to the
ears of Her Most Catholic Majesty and the Cap
tain General of Cuba. But Spain could easily
laugh at all this talk, as easily as she laughs at
her creditors, but for one awkward circumstance,
which gives an adventurous gravity TO our re
monstrances Hard by Cuba, almost within
sight, there lies certain Power not quite so
given to intervention as we are, but quite as
sharp at annexation. The United States are
open mou.hed to swallow their beautiful neigh
Dor.
But this is rather warm work for Spain, which
knows full well the result of trial OF strength
with the lords If Florida and Texas. 1t knows
that nothing whatever prevents Cuba from be
ing absorbed tomorrow except the public opin-
ion humankind, chiefly as represented by Eng
land and the other great naval powers. 1t is
forced to weigh the consequences of policy
which may forfeit this protection.
We have not he ,rd much lately Of the 81 one
Star order, as the future conqnerors of Cuba
call themselves, but the incident lately men :
tioned in our commercial intelli ,ence, and CON-
mented ON in the Lords Mon lay night, leaves
little doubt in our minds that we shall soon hear
of it again. A vessel of 40 tuas tn. other day
managed, in spite of the Bri ish cruisers, to .aud
/, 100 slaves in Cuba, in open day, AMI wi h
the cognizance of all the Spanish authorities
They were only the remains of larger cargo,
for 900 had persisted in the attemPtt' iberats
themselves
Now, should such incidents be repeated, the
British public ,cM certaiaty make Up its mind
to incu, no expense IN securing 10 Her Most Ca.
tholic Majesty the possession Of island Of rhieh
she and her officers make this ab3minaGie use
They willlnot pay large fl ct to prevent Span
ish slavers from landing their live cargoes in Gu
ba, and dn0thtr large fleet to prerent Cuba from
falling into the hands Of more eiui ;-ed race
Should Cuba become one Of the United States il
will doubtless retain its slave institutions but the
h'nor of the whole Union will be pl dyed to pre-
veat further importation Humanity will gair
at least that by the change. We may think the
Get of anne RATION qnwarranted and rapacious; bu
we shall nevertheless regard it as one Of those
transitions of territory to civilized from sen.ici-
vilized Powers; which are SO frequent as to seem
the natural and inevitable order of things