The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-10-29

jonted powe with little bitterness 10 itself and US
may be consistent with argument With British zen
tire liberty" and noble gentlemen il is quite an
other affair We know full we'll tina, neither Lord John
RUSSELL nor the administration he is serving. desire or in
tend the continuance OF the Status qse in Cuba We
know we'll that they are intriguing. and have been for
monhs and perhaps yeas for The establishment 10 Cuba
Of The Jamaica negro apprenticeship and emancipation
scheme TO the end that that Island may be powersss IN
the hands OF the Creole population, and useless or scu
ally hostile the United States. This with Tbs aissnA
live Of the threat uttered BY Lord John RUSSELL Is the
scheme Tor Cuban degradation proposed 10 our republic
II any wants 10 know the eject OF this British
negro apprenticeship system, we refer him 10 Mr. John
Bigelow. That gentleman has visited Jamaica. and
written book thereon and though strongly odoIous with
neg rosD, il any find prospective pleasure in
house of representatives ssmi-negso; in negro politicians
ia council and magistrscy semi negro, entirely under
the control OF few whits and foreign ofcals; il any
man can find pleasure ia desoate and barren fields, in
imported Cooley population from Inds. wild. and even
more useless and awIess Than the negroes they were
brought 10 serve ia dilapdaled factories, Tooess houses,
plantations smothered in weeds 10 besosd and worse
than Lberzn ignorance be will find all hers in Jamaica.
and most of them in Mr. Bgelow's book Betwixt this
state OF things in Cuba and the maintenance OF its pres
emf ssu. quo Lord John Russell would have our rcpub-
lie to choose.
We promptly and plumply reject and repud'ae both
alternatives, and take issue with bis Lordsh'p both
as 10 his status que AMI his British negro apprentice
ship system. II the Cuban people choose TO endure
the status guo their business, and shall not IN
tervene 10 prevents, But il they take the suggestion
of Lord John Russell about declaration OF ndepend-
ence or If Great Britain seek enforce her Jamaica
scheme OF apprenticeship and emancipation. then
il becomes quite another affair We have misunderstood
The constituent elements OF that soul which aana,es The
President and his constitutional advisers, il they
stand still and another American island annha,ed
as Jamaica has BEEN or another American butch
cred as has been BY Sououque and his predecessors
These positions are not only humane. but thoroughly
American and if General Pierce lives. feel assured
that for four years least, there will De retreat in the
smallest particular from The high and noble stand
wards foreign powers taken by The administration. We
deny utterly moreover, the tight 10 law custom, by
treaty claimed BY Great Britain. any other European
power-we deny especially the right Of conjoni con-
spracy OF European powers. whether be the Holy ALI
in name and less abomnabls act TO interfere 10
any this continent its slands between
and The power in possession as Spain in this instance
between the subjects OF any European sovereign here
and that sovereign between the Cubans and Span in
this instance Should any such Intervention take place,
for the purpose either of epessng instruction after
begun. Of intimdang and preventing such insurrec-
lion in advance. not to ask the President what
will be bis duty and his take our cue from
his Inaugural Address. and interpret that, such in
tervention would be repeled. if need be, by arms