Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-24
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Tho recent contradictory accounts I" '"o IF
.,,verv al tho Spanish Corcs' have o.." ,h,, :,
| ,,rh comment Wo arc HOW ciiaoi'" " a..
,h,.e unfinished bv the In C"'"''"' -,
,,,., If intentional supprcsslons anu '''"' 10
IN. accounted as correct the security sill" u ''n'e
:.,, =, ,,.o,,or,v was an after thought. "hethcr
w., .,,, ,,orobt WAS actually brcath"d i'll the
c,rtes or only concoced for publication WIFI '"e con-
..ut If Cabinet and deputies, We leave Tie c"rreSpo-
hn,, of ,,o Paris and Brussels papers to dccldc'
oo,,r,,;r, 10 their reports the Spanish Minis
49,, "a or;c..t n determination to emancipate the
slaves
The time has evidently arrived when the wiles OF
pri,.b French and Spanish policy should cease to
.ooj this country and all parties interested in the
continuance Of civilization in Cuba.
With the Spanish version before us, we would nsk
WHY did Luxuriasa deem it necessary to appeal 10
the patriotism of gentlemen, rho most dcSir' the
abolition Of slavery" and remind them that through
annexation it would be preserved Why are the re-
marks which induced these appeals reserved from the
public eye Where i. the connection between the
revolution AMI the alarm for the possession Of Cuba
and these assurances if emancipation had moi been
Cores?
From the same Spanish report we find that the
vote taken on the Sth Of March, gave no security 10
shareholders and although it is now alleged to nave
been intended for quoting their distracted minds on
the subject of property, it was simply expressed rs
follows:
81 request tho Cortes to declare that in the midst OF
the serious events in tho sland of Cuba, they nave
heard with the most complete sdf!sfnt!oH ne 'LP'a,
ni0ns jna giccn by the Government "t Her Majesty.
From this resolution, whatever Inference We may
wish TO draw, aud whatever the Minister may have
said, we can only understand that the Cortes were
satisfied with the explanations regarding the plots oil
Cuba, but we find in it 10 intimatlon that slave
propcrty was to be sustained Ivy the representatives
OF the Spanish people Had the security been ntend
ed, had the arguments convinced the assembly hau
the dubious threatening policy been ahahdoncd' II
would have been expressed distinctly i'll the rcsoi
ton, in view Of the serious oh ect aimed nj.
liza change Of policy took place, why was not Cen
eral Conclu Instantly recalled Was it not he who
ucrcmptary senccd, in 1851, the efforts Of the iia.
yunn press in defending the planting interest AMI
consequently opposing the new system of labor with
all its disastrous and immoral consequences Gene
raj Conrla then, General Canedo afterwards, anu
General Pezueln, subsequently, in their perpetual
moves backward and forward, feeling their way rs to
how far lhcyA could 20 without exciting opposition
aud the dali hppcnls Of the present commander to the
coorcd population through the press, aud his Illegal
persecution Of Spanish laborers elIslaved through
cruel apprenticeship, are evidences OF the liked P"r'
pose of the whole Spanish nation by whomsoerer re-
presented, to surprise this Republic 10y ennncip"'''
in Cuba, The scheme which has been gradually
sackcuipg the ties between tho master ana the slave
an the island of Cuba was commenced III ISL, "i'le
Esparlco and the Prosressist party ruled; and they
have returned alas to power, to bring it, under Brit
ish and Ercuih superintendent, to successful Gnu.
Although in heir absence from power the most dis
similar administrations have succeeded one a"''nel'
they have a concurred in the same destructive P"'-
cv M the only one capable al pcrpctuatlns the "h-
rhori,y csSpain over Cuba. Whcn through the work
ing. of tbs scheme they notice disturbed irch"
among tie Spanis, residents Of the Island they III
variuIly cndnsvor 10 counterfeit the impression by
words, aud Of this fact some lulcrous specimens
could be adduced but the aim ID necessarily ahd te
uacior'sly pursued.
The ESp.au:u of Madrid, in abiding 10 II change
in the working hands, said long ago, that 'with"ut
granting freedom to the negroes who are now under
the rule Of their masters and without modifying the
existing rights oi those hereafter imported, it would
succeed without violence ruin TO any one, IN abo'-
STANG s"rvry wAsch Is he Pc5'rn j." so many com
yl0rts.'
Thc.sc"rct manner OF accomplishing their purpose
ia not li.ugcd but this language is another avowel
nf the determination please England, whose iniin
ence always great has become paramount, since the
Eragr4ssists Of whom Espartero is the chief return
ING from their punishment hive brought with them
gratitude to the English, and devotion to the policy
of Grgut Britain.