The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-01-17
Letter from a Cuban Planter to q Friend 1,
New York RT II


Correspondence Of the New York Daily Tinssi -
HAVANA, Sunday. Dec rs, 1889
DEAN The subject OF fear for the fate of
Cuba, which has recently engaged the attention Of III
who have something At sake in II, has been 1t last n
yelled; the mys'erious announcements, purposey made
development OF eAs~ge, qualified BY the Dio,jo q
Ia Norma OF yesterday in the following words .T
"The whole population Of Havana and the whole iasnd
will read anxously DEGREES Of magnitude 20 ggsntie
wherein the delicate points connected with our At
uaon and internal organization touched and deci-
ded And IL it useless for enhance their mnori
ance il would be equally idle to imagine that in this
every ear resounds and every mind 10 swed with lhe
grave words coming from the public authority" -
After monopolizng the subject OF labor. hs wing i'm
posed silence upon the Disio de Ia Haksna and forced
the removal OF the editor, who obnoxious The row
eminent organ, unchecked by any liability 10 pnkNe
discussion has lately announced that was necessary 10
supply largely the scarcity OF aboers, hss being the
paramount consideration in the present OF the ssy
culture OF this island That organ haa wrona " Attributed
the extraordinary OF the staple productions 10 he
abundant provision OF aboers obtained through
candestDe imporations from Africa whereas from The
returns OF the various censuses, udiciousiy reci6ed
and from the ndspuiabe items Of labor saving reforms
introduced. and eaelly enumerated il required, il il
evident that the latter and the insignificant IN
crease OF hands, has brought about the wondsrful aus
ncntaon in the sugar crop has also overlook "a the
fact that the relative scarcity OF labor has vastly s,-
proved the condition OF the slaves in physicai @ we'll
as moral point Of view II appears TO ignore that IN.
difference 10 the comfort TO the preservation OF the hselth
fe and happiness OF the slaves and the cruel severity
oil their treatment which accompanied some Year, aeo
the excessive importation OF Africans wcl, also as
that depreciation of property which followed the cheap
ness OF labor which was thereby produced. Fd 81
With erroneous hints, therefore, On the situation OF
labor lei occasionally by the role organ in advance
the captangrnera gives publicity to three import
ant documents which have al once revealed the nlan
and policy OF the administration and which shall mid
~ qualify, fret Remaining that since the existence of
the colony this is the only time that matters 10 morpsn,
Gus have been resolved without any regard TO- ar any
consultations OF, the opinion OF the country vitality inter-
esed in them. 80"
The first OF these documents il the decree n anns free
dom TO the emancpados, or prize negroes, whose time
was mp With regard 10 H. have simply to say that he
language and publicity gwen 10 IT, the soIemnity attached
10 the act connecting with the Greens birthday md
the in which Ensand, the faithful and powssfs
ally, is mentioned in Il, mark change Of policy 3e,e
tofore, when such manumssions took place The em,n
epados becoming free were required leave the country
and the internal regulations against the free colored In
the rural districts, and the imprisonment of all free ne
groes arriving in the ports OF the island clearly showed
the conviction that II considered incompaiible with
the preservation of slavery to allow the siaves TO mix
with other laborer of an improved civil condition.
The second document 10 circular to the subordinate
officials. requiring that in The search OF prize negroes
they should exclude the rural domcs from the general
search. in conformity with the laws suspended during
Canedo's period OF command, and simultaneously
coursgiDg the free introduction OF coolies ami xxshs
and nominaIly of Spaniards 10 work boibtv ,-ss9 We
slaves, sufficiently advantageous excite The
ambition OF the negroes and restricted enough create
the dscontcn Of the emigrants This circular an
nounces boldly The unavoidable necessity OF subsitu
ting for the labor heretofore exclusively in existence
another which shall weaken the stimulus of private
avarce, lin the slave ade.) and which shall direct in
divdda interest in the channel with the henskcent
Intentions of the Queen, and with the fuIRmenf of the
Obligations entered into" HEf 1&t .fHNf
In connexion with the penal laws Of ls4s, lSt me
note the remark able versatility OF the Spars eovsn-
ment Lord Clarendon uanquilized The Britih Pula.