Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-29

spain and Cuba.

/ SPAN and CUBA
From the Madrid correspondence Of the Lon.
don Times. we copy the following in relation 10
the difficulties between our government and that
of Spain
If il be true. as believe. that all tho demands
Of the United States government have been re-
jectcd BY TINT of Spain. the question must,1 lear.
be considered rs far from settled as ever, Tor no
| intelligence that has reached me induces me Ia
! think that America will desist from those de-
mands, although she might. perhaps be induced
/ TO modify them. If VI. Cdeto's instructions are
| to make no eonoes sion, il woul not surprise mr.
soon TO hear that the blockade Of the ports Of
! Cuba and Porto Rico anticipated by AN Anne n
| can journal, had actually taken place. 4 faw
| days will doubtless remove the greater part OF
/ the uncertainty IN which we with respect
to the course the affair is likely to take, since II
will doubtless be brought before the American
/ Chamber as soon ~ the debate on the Nebraska
question Is terminated. In the meantime, and
unless the Spanish Ministry, acting in oppo u lion
10 professions it has made To persons IN It's cunfi-
dence. has directed its Minister in Washington
to make considerable concessions, or is pre- pured
to send him instructions to that effect a. soon as
il percniYes that contrary course Is uuaytllng.
am at loss To see how the difficulty is to tel mi
nate without hostilities America is one OF the
last countries that can be expected to desist from
demands OF so decided nature as those Which
have been made by its Minister, in complete ne
cordanee with his instructions And he re |
must express my belief founded on inform at on
on which fully rely, that the report mention ed
by the American correspondent Of one of your
morning contemporaries that Mr.. Soule has go ne
beyond those Instructions is totally unfoun ded.
and that this will b. clearly shown whenever the
correspondence relating to the Black Warrior
question is brought before the public
If we admit therefore, TINT the L. States are
not likely wholly 10 abandon, without other com
pensatipn thnn the remission of triiling fine, SUCH
demands us those put forth in the present case.
it is tolerably clear that Spain must yield or pre-
pare for war. II seems the general opinion that
those demands nre larger ,han the circumstances
warrant, and TINT refusal TO modify then wouid
imply, ON the part of America. other aud mor'a
ambitious views than that OF merely obtaining
satisfaction for an offence tn her fag. II such
views be not entertained, and if the Spanish gov
eminent be disposed 10 make sacrifice for the
sake of pence, "A way might be found to the solu-
ton Of the difficulty, perhaps. by means OF the ar
hitraton of some nation friendly To both of those
thus unfortunately at variance. Perhaps The
dismissal of some of the Custom House auhorl-
ties at lIavanah might satisfy one OF the con
tending parties without too severe wound To
the self love of the other Spanish officials are
daily removed from their posts, with little or no.
cause and certainly the shipment to the mother
country of some of those Mt present IN Cnha
would be in no way detrimental to her interests
or to those of the colony. Cen Pezuela not hay
ing been named in the notes sent IN to the SPIN
ish government rs one the persons whose dis
grace reqnredhe, although in reality the pri1,
cpaI mover in the aiiairmght remain at his port,
and subordinate victims be sacrificed in his stea Il.
But il, as has beer suggested | trust upon in.
Sufficient grounds, the Black Warrior be merely
pretext for aggression, and America be bent u
pom getting Cuba, then, of course, all concas-
sons ON the part Of Spain will be mere bootless
humiliation. since they will quickly he succeed
ed by exaetions more cxolbltant And that TINT
is the ease Is have good grounds for stating the
general belief among Spaniards here, many of
whom express strong desire that matters should
at once be brought to crisis, and even to the
issue of arms. rather than this country should be
longer kept in state Of painful uncertainty as
to the fnle OF her most importnnt COLONY.