Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-07

'e'eSi feoei'ou ~ 'nis CITY, oy the last r. Vi a
mail from gentleman in Madrid wboss european
lati ms to the Spanish Government ovo ouclal re-
best facilities for acquiring infor1n.t m The Very
the motives and objects of the dnIa lOn regarding
made at the Capital. This letter fuaue moves
to the attitude of which the Br;.ees the key
wards that of Spain. assumed to.
The British Government has, for mann
past been in possession of all the facts months
expulsion of Mr. Boylan from Cuba. bnt Shf the
was hope that Spain would be induced ~ e There
Alliance against Russia and furnish continSen 'ne
$4,000 men for the Crimean service, Bovlae,ah' OF
was held in allegiance, and, until Gui,e ro case
there prospect that it would never he n"Iuy
heard of again FUoncly
Recent events, however, have shown the w..,
of the present Spanish Government, and mad
parent that the Ministry cannot, with safety
being intimated to the British Government Il ms
dlately revIses the Boylan case, and strenpthan"e
with The affair of the alleged Spanish SLAYER
by British cruiser and sent to Sierra I.op" re0
trial. Lord HCwden is instructed 10 ,hraot"eo ior
Spanish Government with the direct consoSs The
promptly complied with. are
These demands according TO the letter 70 al,
we have referred, are-frst, reparation for t ""lCn
legged Boylan outrage, and second, more s,r;N.a o.
regulations for the suppression of the Slave Tssa
The English Government calls on SDan tn a aue;
onNk.
establish rules against the importation of slorO
into Cuba The Boylan is taken up not beca'eS
of its justice, but as cover under which EnoIo~S
may effect uleror designs Other matters are tborO
fore, connected with it, so that England NAV mol
it's settlement depend upon Spain's comnlianco IL
! the other demands. ~
Spain ressts the demands made regarding sl,no
importatons into Cuba, because without these in.
portations Cuba would soon cease to be valpahla :,
her, and she would be completely ruined. But Eno
land, while pressing the Spanish Government to tho
alternative of submission to her demands
cunnIngly proposes that If it will amend the Treaty
OF 1845 in the manner desired, she will permit Spain
to introduce 10000 apprentices from Africa into Gu.
ba OF course, the permission 10 introduce CO. 900
means permission 10 introduce five times or ten fines
that number, only they must be introduced as emnn.
cspados under England's protection that u.s. by yir
tue OF treaty which will give England right to in
terfere any time in the internal affairs of Cuba -
1t is also intimaed to Spain that she accedes to
the proposed revision of the treaty, she will be ex
cused from any active cooperation in the present
war.
1t is easy to foresee what will he the consequences
to Spain and to Cuba, if England's demands are
complied with and if they are not complied with
the seizure of Cuba and the emancipation of all the
blacks is the alternative presented. England's OBJ
ject is to AfrcaniZe Cuba, either by eectng an ar
raDgement which will flood the island with Enamel.
pGdoS, destroy TIE value of the present slave proper
ty, and result ultimately In the expulsion
ere OF the white population Or by bringing on
rupture with Spain, which will furnish her the op
portunity to blockade Cuba with the feet concentra
ting in the West Indies seize the Cuban ports and
raise revolt among the blacks. Assuredly, Palmer.
ston's policy ought no longer TO be mystery to the
Government or people of this country.
During the recent anti-Amercan excitement in
England, of the London Journals threatened Us
with few black regiments from jamaica 10 be land.
ed among our Southern slave population buff Pal
merston succeeds in adding Cuba to the empire of
negro dominion in the West Indies. the threat of IN
vading the United STATES with an army of savages
would then be one of terrible significance England
once the protector of the black in Cuba as she
now processes to be of the Mosquito Indians, would
soon be the possessor of the island, and to land fifty
thousand even one hundred thousand negroes
from Cuba and Jamaica on our southern coast would
not be impractcable TO power possessing the larg.
est navy in the world.
The question, however, is one of still deeper and
more pressing interest to the people of Cuba Span.
iards we'll as Cubans. Their lives and their pro-
perty at stake; and the weakness of the Spanish
government deprives them of all security from that
quarter. Palmerstons character for INSCRIPTIONS.
ness has not to be revealed II is known long SINCE
and Spaniards. Cubans, or Americans who think that
the baseness of the attributed design will make him
pause in its execution, may soon have their danger
Gus illusion dispelIed. Look out for SPANS subms.
sion or the appearance of hostile British fleet at the
Havana before the rev year is a month old.
TN Sim