Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-04-25
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n PRIVATE DISPATCHES TO GINERAL PIERCE;
Not to be gise up to Congress If they call for It
10 .ABoaRp THE FrILTBusrER SCHOONER Two
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! DEAR GIsERAL: We are skuddin round here
and holen on to the slack, waitin for more help
to come up and you may depend ont Cuba's got tc
take it. We don't never give up the ship. A
fast little clipper just come along, going to Baltl
more, and the skipper said he'd take my des
patches to you in three days. And you can send
4 10 me BY the skipper your notions about things
for he's only going to stop long enough TO wood
up. and then he's coming right strait back to iine
Us. He made me promise to hold on'and not take
! Cuba till he come for he was very arnest to be
1 in at the death. 90
]laThat Cuba's fine country. We've.been hav-
ing glimpse at it once in while with our spy
glasses, through Ihe "shole in the walP' and round
the corners, and it's rally fine country; 'twould
do yonr heart good to look at it. And you shall
have chance before long, for it's got TO come
down; ics got to nuckls, and no mistake. z Pye
rot nv commission 10 90 ahead from Mr.. Buch-
anan and Mr. Mason and Mr.. Souley. And the
nub of the whole thing is, we've got 10 take Cuba
elf we have the power !" and ! know we have, as
! Sally Giles said to her sweetheart. Says Sally,
says she ..you shant kiss unless you ere strong
er than | am, and know you be- ,'.,.,,.. al, !.
Jest before We come ous see by the papers
that Louis Napoleon was notion of goin to the
/ Crimea to see Sebastopolfal and 50 i thought
may be you might like 10 come out here and see
us take Cuba, Now if you du, jest say the word
and tell me in your letter what day you will be
down on the pint of Floriday, and III bear up
with the Two Pollies and take you off. 20 e D {.
i. You must MT feel hurt because, L. did Mt come
10 Washington to see you before starting on this
sruise; but the fact was | had MT tine. Our
country was in So much danger it would Mt do to
| wait Our Congress in nOstend went over the
whole ground and examined it carefully and come
10 the conclusion that it was neck or nothing with
US. We must have Cuba or our whole country
would go to rack and ruin, and ''the Union eau
never enoy repose possess reliable security as
long as Cuba is not embraced within It's bound
aries" t,e .s,s.a.9 y f-.f -rria.ai'-..s9
sent you despatch last fall about the duins
of our Congress at Ostend, where we took up the
affairs of England and France and Spain but
finally concluded We could MT make any thing
out of that business yet, and should have to wait
a little longer. Well, then them three SIS
Souley, Sickies, and Sanders-said there was one
thing we could du: we could take hold Of that
Cuba business and finish it up brown And, for
fear that Louis Napoleon might have spies round
US there at Osiend, we concluded il was best to
hitch a little further off So we went oyerto Ak
le-Shapple and finished up the business ''a {,
| The upshot was, we concluded we would have
Cuba by hook or by crook and that Mr.. Souley
should go right back to Old Spain and tell the
Queen 50. If she'd mind to give it up quietly
and make no fuss about it. he might promise to
give her something pretty handsome in the way of
\ dntt pnthin ahnut az aa IL q, a
got plenty of money to home. If she refused and
told Mr. Souley to mind his own business, and
we should MT have Cuba no how, then we told
him he mustn't be mealy -mouthed, nor mince
matters, but pick quarrel the best way he could
and clear out. .
Well, Mr.. Souley went back to Madrid with
stiff upper lip and began to try to dicker with the
Queens spokesman for a bargain, somethn in this
way: al t 81 earw sj. gtIyt
| SouLEY Oh, now Think it, there's that
little Island of Cuba over there near our coast
we'd like to have that little island, if it's all the
same to you. spose you've no objections; itisn't
| the least use in the world to you, and it might
be some litlle,account TO US. So, if you say 50,
we'll Jest mark Cuba down on the map of the
United States.
| SPOKESMAN. Not by \ jug full. Mr.. Souley.
Cuba is the most valuable patch of ground we've
got. Cant spare it no how.
SoULEY. Oh, nonsense it's no income at all
to you, and nothin but bill of expense. It's so
near tn US we might look after and maybe make
sometbin out of it; but IT'S no more use to you
than the fifth wheel of a coach. guess we'll
consider it ours.
SPOKESMAN. Iguess you wont. tell you
we cant spare Cuba no how. It's the pride the
Spanish kingdom and the gem of the Queens
crown. .f .rf ..--- ...5' l.s. s.aT
SoULEr. Well. but, my dear sir, we would
MT mind paying you quite ahandsome sum for it;
hundred millions, if you say 50. We wont
scrmp about the price. 80. -
SPOKESMAN. There is M price to it. Garry
your hundred millions to some other market if you
want to buy honor with it. 1 tell you the honor
Of Old Spain has no price. ,u!i'92 rSia
SoULEY. But, my dear sir, you don't consider
what wonderful deal of help million would be
to you. You must remember you are getting a
good deal behndhand You've no income hardly
aad yon are good deal indebtg Only look at it !:
hundred millions will enable you to pay of your
debts, and make internal improvements, and build
railroads and telegraphs all over your country,
that you can spruce up and live comfortable and
get ahead in the world Say the word and the
hundred millions is yours. e,8 gs.4l-i8a. g.
SPOKESMAN. Offer your hundred millions to
some beggar who wants it. The ancient and
proud kingdom Of Spain is no beggar, sir. Pll
thank yoi, sir, not to insult me. III roo aht|
SoULEY. don't intend any insult, sir; but
III be frank and plain with you.a The fact is we
must have that island. II is absolutely necessary
for tiesafely and welfare of the United States
Our country cant get along without it. %.
SPOKESMAN. That's your look out, not mine.
SoULEY. Well now, Mr.. Spokesman, you
know your people out there in Cuba have for a
lung time been insulting our folks, searching their
vessels, and firing into their steamers, and some
times ketching our people and shooting EN- or put
tingem in dungeons. There's long accountof
these things that you must settle right up pint
blank, or suffer the consequences. There's three
thousand dollars you've gotto pay for stopping the
| steamer Black Warrior and great many other
things as bad as that. These matters-have got to
be settled right up, or Cuba's got to stand in the
gap.
SPOKESMAN. Cant help that. II you've got
any accounts to settle we'll leave it out to third
party 10 say how We, shall settle We don't owe
you cent for the Black Warrior. She broke ,nr
laws and we fined her six thousand dollars; and
then we give back the fine after all when we might,
kept the vessel. And you are. SO ungratefui a.
not to thank us for it. .'.lirf e~rsrnol 7risf3 .
SoULEY. | wont stan this faalery no longer.
leave it out! No, we know how to settle our
own business BEST Now. sir, you've got to SET
tie all our accounts right up, and fix things about
Cuba so we shant never have any more trouble,
or else give us up the island 10 managein in our own
way. Now, Pm agoin to give you jest two weeks
to think Of this business and give me your answer;
and If it isn't settled by that time shall clear
ont and 60 home and then you'll hear thander.-
Good by, sir. ,,-t.- m .s., .,sa,-l
That Souley's a smart feller; GneraI. He
talked right up to EN- and wasn't afeared. Well,
he waited till the two weeks was out, and no an
swer didn't come; and then he sat round and pick
ed up his clothes, and locked nm hrs trnnLe .,j