Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-13
From the Richmond Dispatch.
%. A.ouisttiou Of Cuba.

cation from washington on the acquisition Of Cuba,
which 1t does not desire 10 be understood Is Gu.
dorsing, but which, 1t remarks, contains some most
original views. The correspondent thinks .hat tue
idea i absurd of paying 600 600 for the priv
ilege Of protecting and defending Cuba at an an.
nnal expense OF many millions, even IN time OF
peace aud in time of at an outlay probably
entirely beyond our means, even granting that We
could successfully do II with our most strenuous
efforts The writer adds:
Even If the plan of annexation could be carried
into effect the sum of 81 20 900 900 would only be
one of the smaller items which the acquisition
would cost us. That would only give the sovereign
In of the island and our citizens, who would emil
crate there in thousands, would be obliged TO buy
! out the plantations slaves, machinery, and Inn
proyements from the present owners, VINO are
| either now actual residents in Europe, or those
who would sell out their estates and remove 10
Spain with their purchase money and other wealth..
| TO purchase the estates that would probably be
sold under the circumstances, exclusive OF those
| that would be retained by the present spanish
| owners, who would remain In the island, would re-
| quire probably two or three hundred million doi-
| lars more Besides this, there would be an emf
| grafton from our slave States OF landed pro-
| prietors or others, who would take with then,,
besides their personal wealth, at least o0O,ooo
| slaves worth $500 OO0, 900. The probability is
that emigration would be much larger than
this but at any rate the cost OF the sovereignty
/ of the island the cost of estates, Improvements,
&C.. purchased by our citizens from the Spaniards,
| the amount of moneyed capital and the value OF
| the negroes transferred from the United States,
/ would form an aggregate of at least one thousand
millions of dollars of American capital that would
be invested in that island, every dollar Of which
would be sunk and lost forever in three months al
i ter the United States might be engaged In war
| either with Great Britain or France.
"In such war neither of those Powers would
attempt attack the Island at its strong positions
such as Havana, Matanzas, or 81. Jago, but would
land troops with arms and supplies, at delenceless
| points, proclaiming the freedom Of and armng the
blacks. Nor would they have the least difficulty
| in placing the whole island in state Of open and
successful revolt, without the possibility OF our
being able to prevent such terrible catastrophe.
Neither the genius spirit of our institutions or
| people will permit US to keep on foot in time oil
/ peace the enormous naval armament which those
nations constantly maintain; but even were it
otherwise, and we were to commence tomorrow
4 with the intention of riyaling their naval cstab-
| lshments could not in the present relative po-
sition of naval system organization, and force,
accomplish the task, except after ten, fifteen, or
| more years, and in the mean time they, retaining
as they would their naval supremacy, could work
their will with impunity as regards Cuba in case Of
| hostilities.
"The acquisition of this island, 80 far from add
| ing to our strength, would be our weak and Il
| nerabe point. In case of war with either OF the
two great Powers of Europe, and we did make
serious effort to defend it., would require greater
exertions, greater means, and greater expenditure
on the part of the general government than our
whole Atlantic coast, with the almost certain re-
suit that all our efforts would be unavailing"
The writer proceeds to argue that even ifpeace-
able possession of the island could be retained the
results would be most deleterious especially to the
South of transferring one thousand million dollars
of American capital and labor, for the purpose OF
cultvating and improving the surface Of Cuba, in
| stead of performing the same duty to the surface
of the United States. The southern Atlantic States,
remarks the writer, have suffered very severely by
the emigration oftheir citizens, with their capital
and negroes, to the cotton-growing States OF the
southwest; but how triaing this to the result of
such an emigration to Cuba as would be witnessed
in the event of annexation. The emgrants Of
course would better, or think they would better,
their own condition; but, adds the writer the
blighting effects upon the States from.which this
capital and labor were withdrawn, would not be
less severely felt from reduced production, lessen
ed population decreased wealth, abandoned plan
tations, depressed value Of real estate and all the
other ramifcations Of injury in various collateral
forms.
The correspondent thinks that Cuba could never
be Americanized, that like the French residents
of Louisiana, and the Canadian French, who, for
a full century, have been under English rule, yet
remain unassimilated to heirconquerers the island
will retain its national language, customs politics,
religion, and leading features Of government
Although" continues the writer, we may
deprecate the Idea Of Aficanizing the island that
| too has been made unnecessary bugaboo, so
far as TO Its effect the southern States, as IL
would have no greater or other results than the
| present Aficanization Of Jamaica, Hayti, or the
Bahamas Though the point Of the Florida PENN
sua runs within one hundred miles of Cuba, so far
as practical results are concerned, Cuba Is not
within FIVE hundred miles OF the slave territory of
the United States; and, II IL were free State or
a black republic would so far the blacks of the
South are concerned, not have that injurious infu-
ence which our southern brethren justly deprecate,
as have the free States Of Ohio, Indiana, or Hi
nois, nor even Canada. An ocean Of over one
hundred miles intervening moro effectualy cuts OIL
any mslign influence than 1000 miles of contigu-
Gus territory. The British Bahama islands are
4 nearer TO Georgia ard South Carolina than Cuba /;
but who at the South has ever heard Of any infiu-
ence upon their slaves from that quarter when
they have daily and hourly proof Of the influence
Of Canada at distance of thousand miles
4 The writer mentions, in conclusion that Mr..
Calhoun was opposed to the acquisition Of Cuba,
and seemed 10 consider 1t forbidden fruit TO the
United States.
The Richmond Enquirer and other Democratic
presses in Virginia have recently published a let
ter to Mr. Wise, from the pen Of George B. Loring,
Of Massachusetts,, postmaster ofSalem, whom they
fasely asserted to be Judge Loring, Of Boston.
This misstatement they have not yet corrected,
although it has been exposed in all the American
papers We now learn from the Concord Re.
porter that George b. Loing is political soldier
Of fortune wholly devoid Of political honesty, and
always till the Pierce administration came into
power, violent outand-out abolitionist who, for
six years, was a subscriber Of the Herald Of
Freedom" an abolition paper Of the Garrisoniau
stamp, once published in this city and whose
very sudden and recent conversion from abolition
ism has only been effected by the renovating infu
ence Of the spols--the fat Office he now holds"
HEALTH OF Mn. CHoArE.--A friend ofhr. Choats
in this city, received yesterday letter from Bos
ton, which informed him that Hon. Rufus Choat'
was an inmate Of tho Insane Asylum. Yesterday
E the Boaton Courier In consequences Of an absurC