Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-05-05

tual discipline of English dplomatiss their strict
prompt obedience 10 The instructions Of their cicls ches
are we'll known, and Lord palmestOn thorough mariner
IN the administration Of the foreign office, was inc las
10 tolerate any thing like or neglect o hs
orders We rre bound then 10 believe that LORD Ho"oen
did say 10 NJ Nraores what he instructed 10 say ana
The most favorable construction place upon tne dis
teancy s that the archives OF his legation not oelng
hand to refresh his memory, the fifth and sxih most i
pofant subjects OF his negotiations had escaped MS eco
/ lection
Another and more natural ii less charitable, solution may
nc lound in the supposition that Lord Howden knowing
hat MS cabinet desruus from the threatening aspect
Tie llnssan qssilon suspicious OF the existence
convention between the three Governments respecting Cu
oa ioum 10 profit by the opportunity present
Cd by f Corbn TO effect his object His letter. so grave
subject to citizen OF the United States, emnently re-
spectacle oul occupying no public position, is atOsshe
anomalous, and contrasts strongly with the habua reserve
Of English d!plomacs. 1t widely circulated in Europe
and the United States and could not have failed
the notice of Lord Carcndon and yet have inmaor
in any o The London journals OF It's being approved by
him. Silence IN such case pesumGs only assent but
appreciation and commentary upon pcrvcrsion o
the truth in so high quarter would be supeaous. Tosay
the least oi It, il presents very favorable specimen ol the
fair dealing uf the English Cabinet.
There Is thing Lord Palmcrsons letter which con
fail strike the casual reader is the rcck
essncss OF the assertion, with the experience oil Jamaica
every other West Indian colony where The experiment
had been tried fresh and full before him. ha
free labor costing less than slave abur
would promvc the interests Of white poPeiors free and
contenlrd pelsanry being safer ncehbors for the wealthy
!! clIssGJ than i'll. treated and resentfu slaves"
Let sec how far the idea Of concerted plac for
of The slaves Cuba Is Oy the
action Uf the authorities OF the Island II is matter of no
torety that the Spanish officials there have repeatedly and
openly declared lhut in the event Of the insuHecon OF the
Creole population they would only enaucipatc the
slaves but Them against their masters; but until very
ey, nothing had been done towards the ccraon OF this
threat and utterance had not been given it In any Official
FORM The Creoes Of the white the great slave pro
petos and whatever be said 10 the contrary are with
entire unanimy opposed the Spanish dominaton and de-
SIRE either by revolution and subsequent annexation or oy
purchase, 10 enter into our ConiedcIacy.
On speak from CONJECTURE or report
but from personal observation and the reliable sources
of normalon and the will hardly be questioned when
cite as 4 witness the late Captain General Canedo, who
in circular addressed the 29th October 1885, TO The
subordinate officers in the island said:
"Convinced as the Supreme Government that 1t can
only count upon the ecacious adhesion of The Spaniads
the Peninsula Span and Of the rade and persuaded also
that the Creoes all its enemies or at least mat ey ae
indifferent 10 the triumph OF The molly cause oi her Majesty
and that in the Of tmc their fortunes VIII be conH
buled the purposes Of the revolutionary traitors
yOu will proceed" Sc.
The threat of scryc war Is sufficiently clear in the pro-
cua"n OF the Captain General in rtsgni ing the com
nand Of lie island TO his successor Gen. Pezuea on the ID
December last. He then says
"Reman obedcn, to the Supreme Government and to The
officers sends yo aud for moment forget that the
pery eriscnce and The of CuIa depend upon lis con
tinuiug to be- Spanish posscssion" .
Mr. Birrlnger late Minister TO pain, in his despatch
Of The l4,h Of December, 1852, confirms this vie" on 'h
|. subject: -.
said TIM, as last resort prevent It's (Cuba ialI!n
into tho power o. the United States becoming lee ~
dependent State by revolution secret orders nave been IS
for thu of their rule and authority IN III
island; and is the Of the recent increase
slave trade in that island in violation OF puec trehes
repeated motto in the public press oil Spain Una
D L;uha always be either Spanish or African VIVA
The future may brlng forth it is impossible TO sec but hl
certainly is The prevalent feeling and 10
To tho aspect vi affairs anu The nai oesuuy
the island of Cuba"
General Pczue was known in Spain TO entertain notions
favorable the emancipation of The slaves. tie lost NJ
time 10 procaimlng them in Cuba. He entered upon h
office on the ih December and the Sh article ap
pnrpd in
which the policy of emancipation necessary concession
European opinion very plainly Indicated Justly T.
appreciate the value Of quotations from this journal 1t wi
proper show what the relations of the press IN Cu
ba the Government. The ''rues for the censorship
newspapers" declare
ut shall be the duty of the censor inform the civil 90
vernon within day of the publication oi he newspapH
subject 10 his revision, Oi the publication OF any arucI
which has been inserted without his approval or with atera
lions
"Art H. All articles which treat of political admins
ta,iyc matters shall be submitted TO the censor whou
corrections incrlneations The shall make suc
notifications he may esteem opportunc noting them
foot and shall sign every leaf of the paper when he re
uTns il 10 The editor"
Under these regulations which s,ringentIy enforced
the opinions and arguments enounCed in the newspapers
Havana all approved by The Government before pu
lcaton. The "Dario of the 2St December has an al Il
Gle the necessity OF organization OF labor recon-
meniing the importation Of apprentices II much too YER
bose for quotation and is written in very ambitious ant
oracuur style but il contains paragraph which canno
be msnterpreed:
ut being understood that what we in view is to max
organization of labor under the system OF complete freedom
which prevails in other countries Is necessary pruden
and just that shall conciae far as possible the exi
genciCs Of both extremes. The contract system "hcn s
tbishes for fixed period reciprocal servitude ana recp
roca masershp is the only possible solution OF so delicate
a problem"
On the 2ih December last decree was promulgated
{ thorzng for years the unimcd importation OF ap
prcnticed laboers from Spain, India ucatan anu inc Ch'
Empire. 1t contains sixty articles prescribing
minute regulations for the SYSTEM But some IDEA OF tel
efficacy for the protection Of the victims OF this new slave
may be formed from the second clause oil the MIN a
Gle which declares that han Tour persons er on
including the shall be shipped on any vessel ou
limit for two 10 every hve lons dnd "et
the present regulation requiring fourteen square cet OIL aech
fur each passenger substituted 1t was supposed 10 Dc
fair equivalent for the old allowance ii err, my snu IRON
H. T. who lately investigated the subject ot huIopear
cmiya.ion will correct We all know that there Is vas
deal suffering aud great mortality on board oil our emga
ships altogether made IN the temperate
zone What then will be the horrld fate oil these CuhaI
apprentices transported within the tropics on vessels allowed
by carry times the proportoncd number Of pas
scngcrs which ships limited2 WIKI ship OF
thousand TONS which probably is about the average SIZE
our Liverpool packe, ships transport four hundred pas
sengers The Spanish SLAYER is permitted to stow or rathe
in the space four thousand apprentices Ih
would hardly credible yet here s the decree at full
and any who chooses 10 examine II may una many ONE
provisions exempyug almost strongly the paterna car
which is be extended 10 these aToIel objects OF tcgst
philanthropy. Take, for instance, article hy seven:
"1he master will only be able TO apply the following pun
shmcns The Stocks prison. and chains from one to thirty
days with or without prlvatlon OF salary"
But subsequent articles expressly recognise Inc r9h
the master to infct other punishment whenever, IN III:
opinion, the emergency requires summary aclion
have visited several plantations in Cuba where porHon
of the laboers Chinese, and know that they wcrt
subjected to precisely The labor and The same olsc
unc ms The negro slaves Cannot of our Northerf
Abuitioniss spare portion of their sympathy LOT 'ne's
yellow skinned sufferers is ebony the only shaoe OF com
pcxon that elicit il? Why not the horh de'ais
he suerings of FIVE six hundred Chinese ln'egea o}
English merchants board Of English ships under the pre-
text of conveying them California and then sold 10 BOND
age in the Chncha Islands, made the theme OF eloquent ae
camaton the Tabernacle Faneui Hall oy ne osecn
crs JAYS Phillips and other orators OF the aoooh sehoo
On the 2Sh December. four days alter hc pfomnganon
the authorizing The importation o apprentices h
"Dilo contained long and abored arclc 10 prove Una
none but black aborers could be useuY employed IN asr
cultural industry in Cuba On the 2O January the Captain
General addressed TO several administrative bureaus
and 10 lew private individuals high IN ts condenct Inc
) following circular:
"toberno Cuptaniu Gcnerot Being desirous OF report
no 10 her Majesty accurately in regard 10 the aoorappica
Bile in this island 10 agriculture request that you lay before
me your ovuiou unon subject taking into view ano
s,ujyin the situation the slave race relative 10 on inter
external relations; and the manner in which aoorer
hc scI in sufficient numbers TO cover those require
n of agriculture winch not reached by the newly IN
,u,,d system coonZalon the poprety OF esorting o
moi (Which due respect treaties with other nations re-
ratdns the slave trade) TO the introduction OF African aP