The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-13
the Cuban Ques.,or.

The Cuban Quesslou.
from the L0poon Mercantile G-sets. July 2S.l
Tie question Of the annex Il On Of Cuba Ia ow-
ing IL ttrst 10 the United States, and Ia discussed
mo stIobsl, ard generally thss ever. IL IL. par
e1aiienes, the topi OF the DAY with the Anne loan
iouir ss apo TIE ne eipt Of the Intelligence OF the
revolution in Spain, aod the unsettled as sect Of
that country, will probably hasten suy Intended
M ,vemtnt agninst the island. For years the ac-
auiritit u Cuba has been desired by the Ameri.
CABS, tropical colonial poss< ssion, aud IN add
tion 10 the save power Of the Southern States.
Strong tLdeayos are being made to interest all SEQ
tions in the movement The sugar planters Of
Louisiana told that the price Of sugar IL now
low al it be proitsb'y raised and that the pro.
babiirs are that it will DO further reduced should
the IL, dified tari pass. Competitoo With the pro
duciiou Of Cuba, where labor, soil and climate
are I'll favorable, and whore sugar can be made all
The yea round, IL out Of the question But the oon
troll Of the sugar market would be the best
tsIiff TIE planters II Louisiana could possibly
des' e, and ibe acquisition Of Cuba affords tho only
Ire ans Of Obtaining such control The flag OF ruin
is also auDted In the taee Of the cotton planters,
Whose interests alleged to be identified 10 the
struggle. II by the repeal of the duties the growers
of sugar are foIced to abandon their pressNt bust
Dess they viii tun to cotton cultivation sbe three
OF four hundred thousand bales would be added to
the crop annually. Planters nov say cotton Is low
eDcugh-ss low as they can afford to rate il. Add
AGO 00O bss t. the crop and great decline Ia prize,
for years to come must DO toe inevitable conse.
qneDce. The possession Of Cuba therefore, affords
the only means, in American opinion, for the saliva
ton OF sugar planters. Scuba (they assert) mast
be Ievolutlonzed to avert evils which threaten
obstruction That Is, land must pass into tho hands
OF our country men, before Can have auy assur
that We will be paid for our toll and la6sr.'
Here are the statements Of an influential journal
of the Southern States
An expedition Is on foot for the regeneration Of the
island that pedition has the cordial undivided
supi 6naLcirly and otherwise OF the sugar planters
Of louisiana ana If those OF Texas and Florida We
assert what we hDow The opioion Ia not only general
but unanimous that without Cubs all will be ost-sith
her, better times will and the LABOR Of the
baDo adequate reward The reasons this
conclusion irresistible Stop the slave trade and YOU
have the hest tariff f. the pro'ec Of your tugar hu
man ingenuity can devise. With Cnba In possession
this Will tie done-neser without such possession. We
Will have command of the sugar markets OF wod
and be goveI dictate such in framing
reciprocal duties with foreign government place
West.
Cuba produces about 800 600 tons Of sugar, and
the United States 10000 tons; so that half the
amount Of sugar now annually made would be in
the bands Of the Americans Five years ago lead
ing American writer thus stated the prevalent op-
nion with respect to Cuba-
No one doubt at this moment there ID a well fixed
and almost universal conviction upon the minds
people that the Of Cuba is indispensable to the
proper Development and security of the country We
state the fact without entering into the or ust
tying IT, that such conviction exists Call il the lust Of
sna n d ane o. the passion for
nable by commanding the Keys of the Gulf the pos
session Of Cuba Is still American sentiment not to be
sure, late, but growing and Strengthening Tho
americans usually pursue means to end and they
invariably accomi lish their object later
The resources OF the island are very i'm oortant.
It bas upwards of three hundred miles Of railroad
completed, and further considerable extent in
progress. The taxes arc enormous, and the govern
ment revenue of the island amounts to nearly
aS.oOooOO ste' I'M eer ennnm. Its average ex.
ports sDnuay for the last ten years have exceeded
$34 600 900, snd its imports $28 900 OOO or toge-
Their above fl2 600 900 sterling. For some time the
cultivation Of coffee in the island has been gradu-
ally sbandoned. while that Of sugar and tobacco has
Rrt atty augmented.
The population Of Cuba, according to the latest
return (lS5D, amounted to one million and quar-
ter, Of which 436,l were slaves, EOS $50 free
force of Cuba is by no means insignificant, an any
"flibustering"' expedition against Cuba will be
likely to meet with warm reception. The mill
iay force Of the island is at the present time as
f0lows--Spanish soldiers, $4,000; mul4tto flank
companies, 5000; Spanish forces embarked and on
their way to Cuba In three frigates four sloops Of
war; and two war steamers, about 5000; making q
total OF GOO men. In addition to this the police
agents are well armed, and their number Ia in
creased, and they are Professionally commissioned
police guard, amounting to 1000 men. The
sailors and marines, on the iva Of the squa iron
world number 5000; so that the entire defen-
siye force OF the islsrd numbers 440O0 viii ,h,
with the ffigatessteamers and so0ps of war engag.
ed ir the same defence, shows that the authorities
Of Cuba ave pretty we'll prepared for any forsy upon
tended as il is by powerful Notifications on both
sides Of the entrance from ssa aud the land side
a. to make II justly considered the Gibraltar of the
Western World.
The Commercial B,sIistin Of New Orleans. a ma.
per Of no mean repute, being the most Important
daily organ of the slave States thus lays down the
law for Us in no measured terms:-
1t strikes US that Great Britain cannot with "good
grace, or any other sort of grace, good bad nds-
rent protest against the acquisition of territory by the
United states, no matter how strongly her predictions
may In contrary direction OF all the nations of
the earth Gcat Britain should hold her peace when any
OF her nse hbors propose adding territory to their domi
tries MAY nerbans may ana other coun
Justice But England long her possessions re-
main unmoaes,ed can tring neither argument reason
less resisting, the cqusveness Of her cotemporaries
This is the nation wseacres tell u.s. that is going to OBJ
ing into the hands Of The Uned states Has Epriana
annexed much that she supposcs she has exclusive
rights in that linel Has she bought much that she
would run AL the bidders out Of the MARKET Has she
acquired much that he will brook rivalry in ac
quis'onS has she robbed much that she assumes to
be- par excellence the sole robbcr nation the earth?
il SO, We think she vDl find herself lamentabl mis-.
taken But, whatever may be her views, she ~ not
interfere with the United States either in the purchase
acquisition by force Of tbs Island Of Cuba IL would
BE- losing BUSINESS for her to get into with the
United states It vould Dot p,y, and she knows it. 10.
eagle and thep again. she canEot get along without our
cotton Cuban annexationsts need no fears about
English opposition II win never amount to anything.
Cuoa ~ loo valuable possession to the Spanish
government to be parted 9Th on easy terms. As the
last OF her once vast valuable colonial ire
spective OF its great present inheritance, she natu.
rally clipgs pcrtinacously to this Queen Of the
Aniihes"- the largest, richest, and most beautiful
Of the West India Islands. Attempts ct instruction
from within, and attacks from without, have been
equally repealed, and oil overturcs for its purchase
ecorniuly refused; and with all its map,puvriug,
We believe the time is far distant when the ban.
ner of the stars and strips will be suffered to wave
over the forts Of Cuba and slavery be perpetusted
by pos erful commercial State which boasts that
its rights and It's institutions are the freest 10 the
world.
HORRIBLE DKrRAvITY.-Yesterday morning, be
tween and o'clock, the inhabitants in the vicini.