The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-05-02
From the National lnselligsncer.
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j. ~ 10 nut ttdl We fcfutl sltHpiN q NtS
morality Of Tie "sale or seizure" doc
trine touching the acquisition Of Cuba
that we have with some earnestness
opposed the tlibustero scheme Of pro-
vokipg Spanish war with Il view 70
the conquest Of the island but because
of the conviction, long entertained and
often expressed through the columns
Of this journal, that the annexation OF
the island. large and rich and temptr
ing as it is. would, at no very distant
day, prove misfortune for this I'm
ion, and therefore, Us a question Of
public policy, affecting deeply the ge-
neral veal, greatly to he deprecated.
We do not consider it strange that ma
ny honest people, majority perhaps, (
should think differently. nor do we
blame them for thinking 50. nor ques-
ton their intelligence. still less their
patriotism, for advocating the acquisi>
tion, by fair means, of what they deem
50 desirable. But we have seen no
thing in all the arguments advanced on
the subject to shake our opinion. On /
the contrary, while reflection has had
the effect only to strengthen our con-
lyiction of the impolicy Of the measure.
we have not fund in so small COM
pass--nor indeed in any form. since
the mastery speech Of Mr.. Bnyce, Of
South Caralina--so strong an argument
in supportofour yiewsas in the condens-
ed goud sense &c the lelterfrom South
tern man given below. We find It in
the Washington Correspondence Of the
journal ni Commerce. That writer,
under date of the 10Th instant, says:
lit is great mistake to suppose
that the Southern people. and especially
! those who are shareholders, are, as such,
advocates Of the acquisition Of Cuba.
either with or without a war; or that,
in their opinion, they will be utterly
ruined, even if slavery should be abo-
llished in Cuba, as it has been in Mex
leo and Central America, and st. Dp-
mingo and the British Islands. This
Cuba topic is pretty well worn out as
a political speculation. Without gross
imprudence on the part Of the Spanish
Government no collision is likely TO
occur which could result a war. But
cannot do better, III this connection.
than to give you Southern view Of
| this subject. as have il in private
letter just received from citizen Of
the South of much experience and dis
tinction in public life IS well as in bu-
siness affairs, and whose State and city
are as deeply interested in the Cuban
question as any other in the South. The
following are extracts from the letter:
81 rejoice that Marcy and Gushing
have taken ground against The Cuba war.
A war with Spain a. this mn.
menl would be disastrous. We cannot
take The island Il we would. and il would
moi he worth taking il we could. We
: could not hold il ~ The event Of war
with great naval Power. and lis acgui-
si,ion would therefore prove an increase
Inf our weakness, rather than All addition
10 our strength. All the fuss made about
Its Attenuation is nonsense. u we
have not suffered from abolition 10 81.
Domingo, Jamaica, and The Bahamas
! whY should we suiler from The same
state Of things 10 Cuba On The epnira>
rs, assert that lhls country would bene-
! III by the change. WHY has Cuba be.
come % important Because she raises
sugar, The growth Of which j. nearly de-
siroyed IN al lie Islands where slavery
has been abolished. The destruction d
lie sugar crops 10 lIayli and Jamaica lbs
given her almost monopoly Of tie 81.
gar trade. Abolish slavery 10 ruba, AMI
/ Louisiana and Texas will take her place,
Coffee can Be grown pro6lably il Flori.
ia, Louisiana, and Texas whenever il
ceases 10 be grown ia Cubs. We have
nothing % tlreaI from any disposition ri
Cuba by Spain Or The Allies; but We
have every thing u appreheni from wal
which. il England and France engage IN
il. woulI nni be carried 90 al The North
but 10 Florida. Georgia. Louisiana and
, Texas where black troops, from J1nsi-
ca and Cuba. can operate il The sickly
season. when white army would be
|, helpless. They nigh, and would destroy
orr crops n cotton. sugar. and coffee. and
carry 81 The negroes. A serslle wal
would be the result; and the North, with
her present Freesoll siIinllies, would look
calmly on. Great Britain and Franre
, would get our cotton BY making free
neutral pprt or getting our trade through
The Danish Isles and Northern ships
would carry there lie cotton and bring
thence the European manufactures.
knou from authentic Information that
this would be The mnde 81 warfare pur.
sued ~ Great Britain. They could spare
the naval force although The European
/, war exisls, and they could raise large ar.
mics of blacks ia Cubs and The Other
, West Indies to operate in The summer
i season against lie Souili. IN lie meal
lime they could sweep our commerce from
Z the seas, save thai portion % which l,fi
Iisll license would be granted. Ii would