Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-01-31
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~ -, ,,.s.a ore of the young and gaiiant Governor U:
It.. IA well written and in it's conclusion which we glS
.w rresents some strong vie~s on inc conul'oh VI u
in Cuba in regard the course oiecen' poca' events a""
ens o that island and the importance OF Vsahce Oh oo
- Governor Heber,s ycws are strengthened oy several
circumstances which have lately transpired such as The de-
Of the new Captain General Pszaela The general u
at Havana Of The true Intent und OBJECT oil hose
espccaY the one establishing the policy Of free
OF apprentice laeorers 10 tie mixed up win Inc
slaves on the estates of Cuba The Cpbansas the NJ Times
IL seem 10 be alarmed signs for ship
bod e Africans landed on their island increases their dan
nor b,,nos them nearer 10 the end which they their
country ,endngback agitation, INSTRUMENTATION and uti-
mate ascendency Ii plainly to be seen that apprentices
haleemen half savcs-are far moro formidable clements
Of disturbance and danger 10 the who ascendancy IN hc
island than the number introduced as slaves outright
Taking into view Lord Pdmcrsions emphatic Instructions
~ o,d Howden 10 urge emancipation upon Spain US pre-
o,,;ve IN American annexation, and other ominous signs
now manesug themselves we cannot but SEQ ground Tor
fear that things are tending towards the eventual result OF
"Africanzing Cuba and making her Jamaica or Hayti
Governor Hebe Is therefore right in urging In the following
language, that our Government sou Keep s eyes oPe"
and prevent the danger:
But nv duty to you and the State large would be but
,aIiv and impeffectly accomplished IT, combining myself
entirely 10 questions Of Internal policy did not call your
MITE niIO
mediate urlsdcliou Of vital Importance 10 this and
To- the other Southern States OF our conedeacy 10 be pass
ed unnotced impossible 10 resist the con'lcon pro-
dnced by close scrutiny of the events now tanspTnS IN
be Island of Cuba-events which were foreshadowed by
the appontmeat OF the Captain General oil mat colony
that SPAIN urged on by the Interested couhse Oh Engdnn
md France and by that blind fanacsm OF hatred which
has often marked her political and social history has oee
mined TO follow the example OF her powerful allies and 10
odd another State 10 the black empire which would then eH
tend from The mouths OF the Oronoco to the outlets OF Tue
Mississippi Under the pretext of compliance win her
treaty. obligations she has already inc ne" poll
CIV and she preparing TO consummae II oy tne
on of whit she terms free laboers 10 supply the place OIL
sl larger numbers of emancpaed Africans Inc interest
ed aud ambiguous contradictions OF European oplomass
diminish the significance OF these acs and OF the
declarations of the organs OF the Cuban Gov
srnment Neither are differences drawn from them fair
v and satisfactorily by the argument that such course
would be suicidal TO Spanish interests The question OF
emancIpalo will be decided in Cuba, but IN Ma
drid in London and In Paris, where opinions, widely
different from ours entertained upon this matter
and BY Philanthropists who will bear part of the
consequences of their gratui!ous benevoence; the GU
bans will have no voiee-no Tepresentatlon-n lhese
councils The truth OF this is fully aested by the hso
ry of the West India Islands The French and Danish pos
sessions were precpaed into the abyss OF emancipation
when the warning voice OF the Engsh Colonies couo
be heard from the depths below and Brazil although an In
dependent Empire and her interests are in the main
,enance of present system Of labor is gradually yielding
10 the threats of England and to the Influences OF her trans
atlantic atintes But Spain has auother-an European
interest which she consult and which, coming nome
TO the preudces pride Of her governing classes may
outweigh
ach 10 the of the actual order OF thing 10 Cu-
ba-au whose cohesive action has produced
able although apparently unprecedented concert between
the monarchca powers Of the old world In every difficulty
which has arisen OF late years between any one Of them and
our government. Jealousy OF our increasing power and
brosperty and fear of The Influences oil our example, are
The bonds of this Unonlo thwart and impede our pro
press is the common advantage and must be the common
aim Besides Of all the States OF Europe, Spain 10 least
able 10 resist the Vaccinations of that Government when
has pursued only the emancipation but the actual A
of Of her finest colonies to an extent 9no
by means which would staggcr the easiest cedulity-had
they avowed and published 10 The world by Their
very authors. With meagrc treasury 10 PROVIDE Tor pro-
verbally urogate administration and constantly WIDEN
ing chas between her receipts and expenditures her nde6t
edness 10 English subjects amounts 10 upwards OF
of pounds sterling upon which the unpaid Interest has been
accommodating for many years.
Threatened internal dissensons circumstances
may easily imagined in which the action OF Inc causes
above enumerated would prove irresistible VIII the federal
government charged with the nternu onal interests OF
States anticipate the threatened peril patiently and quiet
~ wait the occurrence Of III The evil would Then be lire.
mediabe ConfdIng may justly be In tho hrmness
patriotism and truly national spirit Of The Chief Moglstrate
the Union deliberate expression OF the sentiments
of the people of Louisiana upon this all Important ouee'
would at once the watchfulness OF the adnsa-
,on and strengthen their hands in executing envy measure
for our protection which they might deem necessary 10
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