Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-10
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 0, 1855.
THE STARTLING AvoWAL AT MADRID.

the proceedings of the Cortes Of Spain OF the OH
of March, as contained in the Madrid correspondence
Of the Paris "Presse," is substantially correct. IL IL
corroboratedby by "rIndcpcndence Beige" These arc '''
two entorprising and prosperous Journals Oh 'i'
European Continent. Ii would be worm '''' '",'
tive position of the correspondent Of el'h't " ,.
municate fact of so important a nature i''
ton as that referred to, that he had hol '''' y,
to substantiate Mr.. Dodge we presume VIII w '''
strpct.d I, proceed forthwith and by the most eApe'
,torS convevancc, to Madrid and ascertain upon his
,, va, from tho Minister of Foreign Affairs whether
he gave utteramce to such statements rs thoo "''
buted 10 him. Nothing will or ought to sa'lsiy the
people of thi, country but prompt categ'real a',
swer If the Gulf of Mexico is under the c"n'roi o'
Victoria and Louis Napoleon, as it in reality 's MI
Lszariasas declaration be corroboraed, it cannot be
known an instant too soon for oil concerned III 'his
hemisphere.
There is strong eircuinstantia proof apart from the
reported demonstration in the Cortes' thaI opa'"'
conscious that sbo was becoming from day to day
more punv would be compelled to yield to the British
Influences which have been necessarily operating
unon or since she entered into tho Treaty Of lSl.-
In fact, she has been OF late years but itue
better than dependency Of the British Crown 'o-
luntarily to have abolished the African saVc'traue'
would have reflected the highest credit upon her hu-
,nani,y In accepting the brbe of seOOOo ooo to con-
summate be act she forfeited the respect G" nd"pen'
dent States and provoked the contempt OF the go
yer,.nent which gave her tho gold. To receive pay
for what she wished the world to consider phinn-
thropc deed, was to render her tho despsed OF the
good of every land. She is no longer any thing buI
the instrument Of British ambition for the INJURY oi
American interests and dauger 10 American repose
nor can she be regarded in any other aspect by the
rejecting portion Of this Union. Esparrcro whose
exile was passed in England, is believed to be almost
as loyal 10 the British Crown as the most loyal British
subject but if he were even otherwise III his piedec
tons no is too weak in intellect and IN pr
posc to resist the dctation Of Pamerston, backed by
his coadjutor of tho Tuileries.
Great Britain hus dpomatized in the matter OF
Cuba most successfully. She hus boon thoroughly
advised Of all that Know nottingham has been &c
complishng in the free States of the Union Ii she
had received no intelligence from her faithful officials
Exeter Hall was in condition to keep her regularly
posted up on tho subject. She was aware OF The fact
that with the Sd of March laal, Congress ter1nna-
ted its existence that would have appropriated ibe
ral sum for the purchase of the Island She i"resaw
DISTINCTLY TINT it's successor would be controlled by
KNOW Nothiupism-an element Of strength as favor
able to her policy as abolition itself The avowed
object of the Secret Order Us she understood per-
fcctlv, was to prohibit foreign immigration and to
pcrsccute particular sect Of religion and that, con-
sequently, upon priucple-a principle upon which II
must live or die-it would have TO array itself against
our acquisition of the gem OF the Antilles
The erection of negro colony at our very portals
with population Of 600,000 100000 souls, Will BE-
when transpires, the gravcst even: that ever "c
currod for the States of the South. Their insfl'u'
tions from that dny henceiorth, will, indeed "fe5t
upon a precaYiops footing" Fran 10 quarter could
they seek even temporary, much le.s durable secu
rity. Aud is there solitary OF the South 40 de-
generate 30 basu renegade, to Cooperate i'll
summatins Tue ruin which England has been STEALTH
" preparing whit upon tho land of his nativity'
I, there Que who will drop a Glo.aVs Substance to
catch st the ost deccitful vi shadowsl If 80, hc is
fir 10 he n Enow-N -NothiaS: but unit Tor everything
tnat constitutes or becomes IL man.
Mr. Monroe, in the Florida negotiations, WAS ns-
sailed for having surrendered Texas. To Of his
fled with tho Treaty on that account that she will
fall into possession in time like ripe nppe from
its stem to the earth. Texas came, and with it the
most glorious defeat-tthere were no KnowNothin-s
then)-of energetic and unscrupulous British dipo-
macy. Mr. Adams in his celebrated letter. as Sccre-
tary of State Of 1879, dictated evidently by Mr.
Mouroe remarked "Cnsa, ALMOST in sight OF our
shores from q multitude of considerations has be-
cose IN object of transcendant Importance to the
commercial aud political interests Of our Cnion.'
at scarcely possible to resist the conviction thnt
the annexation OF Cuba to our federal republic will
be indispensable to the integrity of the Union it.
SELF" = "Obstacles to the system Of policy, by
which alone that result can be compassed and main-
tnncd, to be forescen and surmountcd both from
home and abroad but there are laws of political rs
we'll as of physical gravtaton; and if an apple Sc
vered By the tempest from it's native tree, cannot
choose but fall to the ground, Cuba forcby disoin-
ed from its own unnatural connexon with Spain, and
incapable Of selfsupport, can gravate oaly towards
| the North American Union. which, by the same law
of nature, caHnot cast her o from it's BOSOM. This
wds the language OF common sense, the language OF
elevated patriotism the language of aagacous statcs-
| manship. But even before it was uttered. Great
| Britain was engaged ussiduously in perfecting
schemes to prevent tho realization of tho measure.
Are We to fold our arms and quietly submit to the ope-
ration of her asng Vaccinations to nict irrepa.
rabie injuries upon us, or to turn upon and re-
sst her ii necessary, unto death
1t is quito obvious to us that the speech of Mr.
Lazariaga was correctly reported 10y the Paris and
Brussels journals. Lord Palmcr.,on is tho present
British Premier. Prior but few dave, TO his as
su,ning the duties Of that post, ne visited Louis
Napoleon. The hostility of both to this country is
known in every intelligent circlo ut home und abroad
The former, when he was Secretary for Fo-
reign Affairs, in despatch to Lord How
den, Minister at Madrid, said that Mca.
sures should be adopted for contenng tho people of
Cuba with view to secure tho connexinn between
that island and the Spanish crown AND 1T MUST
BE EVIDENT THAT II THE NEGRO POPU-
LATION OF CUBA WERE RENDERED. FREE,
tiat jact 1rouM create most po~etH ecmra, Of re-
sistdnce to any sekcme for aHncrtng Cuba ID the
Cnitei Staes." Tho latter asserted in his speech
the opening of tho French Chambers, that the same
views and the same intentions animate the two go-
vcrnments French and English) in every corner Of
the gobc."
If Mr.. Dodge shall ascertain that such sentiments
IA those attributed to him fell from the lips Of the
spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs-the exponent of
'ne external policy of Spain-in the session of the
'0r'cs IF the 9Th March, wo shall advocate the i'm
lVa'''9 suspension Of diplonatic relations with that
so'e''nent Spain WILL in reality, il this be the case,
W ".'"'"s more than dependency of Great Britain,
"'.u "ou'a DO the most arrant mockery to negotiate
WIN her as an Independent nation.
lnose are emphatically "ihe times that try mems
souls" We have an abiding confidence in the presi.
don't. He is Northern statesman IN ,vb, knows how to
appreciate Justly Southern rights and uteress-s
national President in purely no,;,,., .o.o "a ..