Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-30
IMPORTANT EROM MADRID

We hnv- been favored with the Substance al a let.
ter received III this city, by the last European mail
from gentleman III Sladrd, whose official relations
10 the Spaui-h Government give him the Very best
Facilities Il" acquiring information regarding the mo-
tvs and ,itctS ui the diplomatic move, made at The
tupul. Inis letter furnishes the Key 10 the attitude
Of menace which the British Government has IN.
exrrr,cdy and suddenly assumed towards that OF
| Spain.
The Brit III Government has, tor many months past,
beer ia po--,ssi"r u! all tie facts regarding the
uu-vm uf SIR. Boylan from Cuba, but while there
o,. iIs; Span! would be induced - ION the Ali
Gur. ;t.uil,t Russia, md iurn;sh contingent ot
- iI men !or the CrneHn service Boylans cas-" was
held IN abe,aIcc, mad, unit! quite recently there was
IL pro, ,ect tat il would never be publicly heard %.
| again.
Recent cv,ns however, have shown the weakness
oil the prc.en Spanish G"rcrnlnen and made II "l-
parent that H., Ministry cannot. with saiGy attempt
the rO-unin.Iun Ui the projected alliance. HIS be-
| ING iriIma;cd the British Government, it imIne-
diaclv revises The BOyian case, and strengthens II
with the altar Ut the alleged Spanish SLAYER cap
| urrd by british cruiser aud sent {" Sierra Leone
nr lrni. Lord liuw,cn /, instructed 10 threaten the
Spanish Govern nrut with the dirs- crnsc'I ilrnces
les certain demands which he has preferred are
| promptly cnupl.i with
| These demand according To- the letter to which
we have referred, arc--lr>i rci'araiinn Tor the al
r.~l Buvian outage, and second more stringent re-
gula"n- Tor the Impression Of the Slave Tra'ie.-
The English luvruEGr call. pn spain Ia amend The
treaty lN, 10 i've new guarantees, and 10 cstnO-
sl new rules asal.t tho importation ul slaves into
Cuba. The BOylH ctsc II tnkcn up, not bccau-c ot
it, Justice, hut IA over under which England may
rl,.r Interior l"slg- Other matters are Therefore,
connected wthtt, tnnt England mas make lis set.
tlemcnt depend urm SPANS compliance with the
| other demands.
SPAN rcsiss the Gmarls made regarding slave i'm
| por,aOns into Cubs because without the@" inporta-
TONS CuDa would son crase 10 be valuable Ia her.
and she would be co spletcy ruined. Blu. England
while pressing the Sini- Government Ia the alter
native of subai-siJn to her demands, cunning
~ proposes that il twill amend the Treaty Of lSl'
IN the manner drsircL -hr will permi: Spain IL intro
ducc 600 dpprcattc, from Africa into Cuba. OF
coursc. tie pr:nissIQ To introduce $1,000. means
permission to introduo live times ten times that
number only they nur he introduced ne 'm""c'r1.
ip, under EmglGnds p,trcton that is, by virtue Of
a treaty which will civ England right 10 Interfere
II, any time IN the lntehnl affairs of Cuba II il also
intimacl 10 Spain, TIT il she acccles 10 the pro-
posed revision {" the tiv, she will be excused from
any nctivc Compensation the present
Ii il easy 10 nrcscc wat will be the consequences
to Spain and t" Cnbn, iiEng!ands demands are com
Piled with and il tlle!are not complied WITH tbs
seizure Of Cuba and te emancipation Of nil the
blacks is the aternativerrseuted. Englands object
is To AfrcanZr Cuba, eaer by eifcctng an arrange
ment which will flood tn island with Emaactpid0s
destroy the value Of ihe,resent slave property and
result ultimately i'll the ~pulsou or massacre of the
white population; "r, t'y ringing on n rupture with
ado Cuba with the fleet CONCENTRATING in the West In
die. seize the Cuban pos and raise a revolt among
the blacks. As,urcdy, lmcrstuns policy ought IL
longer to be mystery to'hc Government or people
OF tins country.
During the recent an American excitement in
England. some %! the l.onon Journals threatened u
with few black regiment from anaica, to be land
ed anon. our southern slac populations but ii Pal
mcr-on succeeds i'll nddL. CuDa 10 the empire OF
negro dominion in the Yves Indies the threat OF i'll
vading the United States With TN army nj SavngeS
would then be- one ci terril. Significance England
once the protector of the buck race in Cubn, rs sEc
now processes to be 81 the Mosquito Indians would
loon he the possession III tn islaml, aud to land fifty
thousand or even one hrndd thousand negroes from
Cubn and Jamaica Oh our .,uthcrn coast would moi
be nnpracicablr 10 appwr possessing the largest
navy in the world.
The question, however. is ne Of still deeper ant
more prcssn. intercs: 10 tht,cop. Of Cuba, Span
aris rs well as Cubans. T..ir lives aud their pro
perry are at stake AMI the :eakness Of the SPANS!
government: irprivcs thcn all security from tha
quarter Pamrrstons characrr for unscrupuluusne.
has rot to be revealed. II isinown long since. a'
Spauiar,ls, CubanS, OF Americans WHO think That TN
tnocness ofihc attributed des;,. will max. him pauS
in its execution, may soon have their dangerous ill'
sion dsIclled. Look "ut for SPANS submission "
the appearance ola host!i" British h-eat the Ilavan
bcior. the year is Il montI old = y. !. Sn"