Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-10-27
Our Relations with sn.,.

we have refralned of late from 'adverting to the
present aspect OF our relations with Spain for the
reason that In the existing state of affairs in that
country we did not suppose that much nrooress could
be made towards the settlement of the 7nteros,;nr
questions pending between the two governments
we recur to 1t now because we see indications in
our late intelligence from Europe which satisfy rs
that our minister to Spain has neither abated his
eruons nor despalred OF succeeding in satisfactory
result. One of the indications is contained in tho
following paragraph which we clip from the SUNDAY
(London) Times:
WORD TOUCHING THE SPANISH There is a
report IN circulation that the government of the Uni
leu o'a'eS nave arranged with the Spanish govern.
mem treaty comprehending the sale of the island
OF Cuba by the latter to the former. without enter
ing into the manifold subjects for consideration
Whlch so momentous and important territorial trans
Ter suggests, we alude to the rumor, which is grow
Ing TO character that calls for belief for the mr.
pose OF drawing the attention of the British public
who have so long been the creditors of Spain to the
TACT OF that nation realizing some millions sterno NV
the bargain and sale of the Queen of the Antilles,
as Cuba is POLITICALLY denominated 1t behooves the
spanish bondholders 10 be up and stirring and strike
Tor the recognition of, if not their claim in fpU at
least some lnstament of them.'
The confidence with which the Times refers tn tho
" rnmor" IS we'll calculated to create the IMPRESSION
that the negotiations in regard to the acquisition of
Cuba are not In as hopeless a condition as the enc
mics OF Mr.. Soule have industriously affirmed -
hA"o VIC dIC sdIIeAeu lue TQmOr is not true to
the extent indicated in the Times we are confident
that there Is no reason 10 despair of Mr. Soue's uI-
tmate success. In conneXion with this subject we
have private letter from reliable friend in Paris
from which we take the liberty of using the follow
ing interesting extracts:
PARIS, Oct 2, 1854.
The reports current this morning of the captu-
lation of Sebastopol. have but little doubt that
the steamer which conveys this will carry over a
confirmation of them. The property taken by the
allies, it is supposed, is worth S5O,OOO,OOO! The
Car will now have to abdcae, reign in disgrace
Thus vanshes from the earth the repeated Colossus
of autocracy-the prime mover and contrver of the
reaction which nearly Frustrated the liberal party
Europe IN 1919. The republican world can now
breathe more freely. "Whom the gods would de-
stroy they first made mad" and there never was sc
striking an exemplifcation of the truth of the adage
as is furnished in the instance of the Gar
| Mr. Soule is here, and has never been in better
spirits since he left the United States
| The entente cordaate will not now be of long du
ration. The division of honors and of property will
engender heart-burnings which may eyentuate in
hostile feelings. think that neither power even as
matters stand, would dream of physical re-
sistence to acquisition of Cuba by purchase
The people of both countries are decidedly acih us
as they were against the Gar.
Spain must choose between the purse and the
sword If she re- ec!s the former she must be dis
tinctly informed that the safety of the Union will
compel us to employ the latter. The public minc
should be famiarized TO the aGage upon which W.
shall have to act-that sc self preservation is nature
first law" We we'll afford to inscrbe it on oul
fac.