Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-05-19
FROM MADRID.

.Norcmr"ts Of NJ. Sord-Syaai# Opinions Of n,
l"r@sjoa IF C~jo, by tie EnH,A Sini's.
In thc course III! his letter Ioi April 1laiJ the Ma
dril correspondent Of tho London Times, after allu-
ding I" certain in;rigucs To ullsrat the present Mini-
try. goes Oh 10 say
EvGn ,Ir. Souic is reported To have said that the
sctrlcincE; n the dispute with the United States would
he greatly iacllltated y the dismissal m the present
Ministry: and although by 10 lncnns vouch for the
truth OF this report, ard although such II suggestion
lron foreign rilvoy would bc pretty SIRE with go
lau"ht% nnr! rnI"us people ~ the Spaniars, 10 de-.
ra! lis own Object. yet, should l:e dispute in aucs-
tion unfortunately lead IN serious ,cultirs bctwrrn
the w" countries, the curly downfall al the Cabinet
might br one oi its earliest results.
Last night, i'll The sI!np ui an cNAlinSt,r, an it.
report which obtnincd credit. Of l.ostilitirs hng
imminent between Spain and the United States,
brought on Il discussion aS 10 the probable cumsc-
Iucnccs of such struggle. especially aS regards .
island ot Cuba. lts garl''on of upwards ut 29Otdl
men. and the improvements that have been male
in is Notifications since the nttack ri the FHbuSi-
ros, afford, in the opinion Of San!ards. sufficient
guarantee for The safety Of that POSSESSION in Tic
event OF war with The United States.
The troops there now armed with mimic rifles,
instead %: the rrctclcd Hin: mltscts upwards ol 20
years old, wlIlr were their weapons M the time "t
the pratical attempt above referred to- There are
also alSlan guns III the batcrcs Oi the island, and
there is Ia doubt that stuu: defence would
Dl Hh'ill III llllllK
although they nInv possibly not "vcrrar their own
lnlli!nry value and means Of defence. undcrrnlc the
pr"wcss III their umlir patel rurincs.
They Justly enough observe. that the GucccsSes %;
the Americans i'll their with the degenerate an'l
undiscipnrd MrNir;ns not tn be taken M ar
gumcnt that they would br equally successful i'll IN
utinck on Cula. Al the same time they hardly take
sufficiently into consideration the tenacious val0r ot
the igluSaX"m the cypcr, rifle pra"iicr oi the
Americans, and their abundance rn wcnlth, !liut great
clcucnt OF success in war. To any but Spanlarls
there scarcely be- sahoT nt doubt III to the fate
ut Cuba III cnSr Oh war between Spain and the STATES,
siposn-, ri course non-intrrlcrrncc nn the part Of
amy powerful ally of the iufincr country. AT the
siInc time, America would not CscHlc urduma%cd III
II contest with this comparatively feeble country.
The ocean would BIZ quickly covered with prlvatccrs
under Spanish cnl"r~, and American commerce would
sicr greatly And III the last moment. when NIL lnpc
WIS lost. fully believe that SpiIi: would clninr atc
the slaves AMI abandon the island Ia Them, sooner
lllnn SIZE It's darling pnsScsslDlthc "Qucc ot the
Antilles fall IN easy prey and "rirSh:. possession,
into the hands uf the ambitious and cncroachnS Re-
public, which gives it :" much uuc;siicSs.
infer this, at least, from the tenor ut conversation
here, and doubt n"; that the Spnulat!S, their llI9"
ii:y stimulated iy their ri,.a; AMI slaiinl would
lind ncus Ia leave the island in slrl Il state as
wnull give ihc Americans -rcut deal ni trouble
even after the last European lu luittcd Its shores
The more sensible men in this country admit that
Cuha must, s"ocr or later, pnsS into the possession
Of the STATES but they a'lmt il with feeling OF i'll
finite bitterness, and with stubborn resolution that
the clungc of owners shall occur late possible,
aud the prize BIZ dcurly bought by the conqucrors