Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-12-03

il never does where its interest is the other way If
Spain is to learn political morality in the interval that
can only be by changes in other respects wholly beyond
our bafied antcipatons. But, if cannot rely either
Spain it is Spain as may be- what becomes
of undertaking to off half century hence And
what American in hisenses would invest dollar in the
chance of SO unreliable" state fulfilling its promises
at so distant and interminable an era?
But the Americans are grave the subject Their
indignation is reused at this move of British inter
ference and their patriotism provoked to resist it. To
resist what To resist forced importation of Africans
the very thing which every American capitalist interest
ed in Cuba would above all things desire The President
and his Cabinet are prepared meet this invasion of the
American continent in which it appears Cuba IS stu
ated with "frmness and courage" and we are assured
in American phrase, that their action viii be the result
of the most deliberate and patriotic convictions Nay
more Gen. Pierce has been abused good deal OF late
and wanted turn, we are told, "in view oil
crisis SO momentous the heart of the patriot President
must swell with emotions Of national pride to know that
with the exception Of few contemplate fanatics, he
will be backed and sustained to the last extremity IN his
determination to follow the dictates of humanity, to
guard the constitutional rights of all the States, to pre-
serve the integrity of the Federal Union and to resist
the aggressons of the British monarchy by the united
voice and energies of people who jealous of their
honor who are informed of their rights, and who
ready stake lfe liberty and property on the preser
walton of BOTH"
There must stop We fairly breathess with the
pace at which the feryid patriotism and outraged NOR
atty of the much ured Americans have carried
We go far the appeal to an oyerrung Pro-
whence which winds this burst of holy Indignation
But when the noble beast has dashed its tail to wea
pess .aa SA What IL Is all ABOUT! About
a scheme which the writer himself intimates would pro.
badly cost us G20, 0000 00 the immediate working of
which would be immense addition to the negroes at
work in Cuba and the only compensation of which would
be promise to be fulfilled in remote and impenetrabe
futuriy. Softly Brother Jonathan. Feasibility has its
proprietes if its duties Have method in your
madness. Show for these furious
Do not WELD the lash without some shadow of
The time the heart of the President the soul of his
Cabinet the bile of its journalists and the fingers ends
Of the community at large excited to this terrible de-
gree let it be for something credible possible at least
conceivable Though have not the happiness and ho
nor of being Americans, yet, nation we know the
value OF money, and the practicabity of
schemes. We don't attempt to the Atlantic in
punch-bow much less is it likely that we should
negro apprentices Cuban planters emancpa
ton to Spanish honor. II not good wise
might be, we yet know what about, which could
hardly be said of if had entertained for
such project that which has thrown the Pre-
siden the Cabinet the press and the people of the Uni
ted States into frenzy Of virtuous indignation.