New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-03
SLAVERY IN CUBA.
Of TIE N. Y. ITitune.


HAVANA, Saturday, April 70, 1880.
have seen it repeatedly asserted in some OF tht
American journals that the project Of African i'm
migration had been entirely Abandoned. The trans
lation of the following circular and memorial tt
the Queen of Spain is sufficient evidence TO the
contrary. These documents have been circulated
with the greatest secresy, but | managed TO gel
hold of one through the influence Of q friend:
"HAvASA, April "a, 1856.
"DEAP SIR: We have the honor 10 send you copy
Of tie lepr, sentaton which j. about TO be- presented
10 ler Msjts,y on the subect Of Africar Imm,gra'
0n ia this Isand in order that, your opinions agree
with ours you may be pleased to cay so at The bottom
OF tie present circular, -ince the distance at winch
YOU re ide fou this capital does not permit you 10 do
su a. resident, by signing your lame to the original
reyTe.enat0n. We en'reat YOU at the same time to
r. this circular as room a. possible If you sign It.
1--WE take advantage Of this presen, plausible mo-
tive to sub, cribe ourselves your most humble and obe
dient servants
THE PROMOTERS OF THE AFRICAN IhNIGRATIos."
The memorial to which this circular refers says
"SISORA: We. the undersigned, p inters and mer-
charts in the Island Of Cuba, our name, and in
that of our absent friends and relations who have not
b, en- able TO Sign and in the of all the landed
popretoIs OftL country with but the few exceptions OF
t.ose wloe interests are OF an opposite nature, have
the ono to present ourselves at the foot OF the throne
PEI dous project foo African Immigration which, We
have understood, will soon be presented to your
Majesty by your Capan-Genera in these your domln-
OIs anc which has been drawn up by one OF the rich
landed proprietors of this sand-One who has most
contributed for the State, Don Jose Suarez Agudiu.
This project being drawn up on the basis of the
memoir published in Spanish and Eoglsh IN London
III the year 1883 by the Provincial lntendent, Don
Torrent+ We can but aid it with weak forces a0d
humlly beseech your Majesty to take in due consd
eratiop. !.
We know how well il was received by your Em-
bas,ador at the English Court at that time, through
wLoe hands several copies were RENTED to your Ma
iestv an also to the several officers and dgnltarle OF
the English Government as we as to the most lniq-
entail members Of both Houses Of Parliament. We
also know that its author took every precaution to
give the work wide and extensive circulation in or
Ger that public opinion might be prepared beforehand,
and few impedirents be offered TO the scheme.
The scheme was publicly notorious in tle United
Sates where several journals published the memoir,
but gave it Interpretation directly contrary to the
tue one and gatutouy supposed that the secret oo-
iect Of the plan to substitute free for slave
population. What an ubsurdity!
Likewise, your Majesty was informed OF the hvey
de,ires ever entertain ed and now than ever by
the ,la1ters Of the island TO the African lmmgra-
ton established under the solid guarantees which your
Majesty should choose to fix and this information was
OWEN not orly in the aforementioned memoir, but
Separately by the author himself but who worked con-
Jointly with Don Jose SuareZ Agudin OF the r,ch-
est planters ON the island and no has taken the nit
atoiy and sgLed the project that has already been
"sEsoRA: As we have amply explained in this, as
has aso beer done in the memoir the reasons of con
dare not trouble your Majesty with new practical DEM
onstraiiors which cannot pass unperceived by your
Msjesty's lofty and hLe penetration, and we will cir
Gun scbe ourselves to simply state profound con-
yction that no other race than the African
the went Of hands with favorable results to the
prosperity of the island and also that there can be no
ptstn future fears for the admission of such sub
Missye, humble and obedient coonlsts as are the AT
rcans-an admission the more urgent at present,
Il cholera morbus which visits Island yearly, the
sn pox and other oi,eases that attack the rural pop
ulaten, are decmating this class of our population;
that with the rapid decrease winch not even the soc
itus cares and CONVENE Of the owners have been
able TO remedy, in fe years the ever increasing
wealth of this happy island will soon be reduced to
mere nothing, if some effcacious and saving remedies
are not applied.
Among these remedies, Sonora, none can so easily
save us hom sLipwreck the introduction Of African
cOloIiss since experience has taught us that the other
races, including the white, have been far from cor
responding to the benevolent views of your Govern
mebt that had fostered them and the jealous pro-
moters Of Cuban prosperity, that had promised them
selves such good result. Wherefore, we humbly
beseech your Majesty to degn to grant permission to
introduce into the island, experiment, forty
housand coonsts from the coast of Africa, as has
been done in the other foreign Antilles with the best
resuts-your Majesty debating the bases and condi.
toDs most agreeable to your pleasure, and which may
concihate and haTnonze with the common interests,
and give of complaint to other nations.
This most important grace-which may be consid-
cred the anchor of our hopes and which, We doubt
not We will obtain from your Malestys pous heart,
ever disposed TO protect and foment the national
wealth, and principally that of this privileged so' and
roy possession, generally reputed as the most oIl
liant I'm in the diadem Of CASTLE, which 70 worthiy
presses the august temples Of your Majesty. Sehora
We kiss your Royal feet"
This is the humble prayer Of the negro-stealers,
and which, am sorry to say, has been signed by q
large number of planters. Gen. Conchs, Of course,
favors tie scheme az it has been gotten up BY that
class of men to whom he owes his present position,
but do not think that all the landed preprietors in
Cuba are in its favor. Another petition has been
written and will be forwarded to her Majesty,
begging her Just as bumbly as the other, not TO al
low the African immigration, as it will only be in
the erd source of abuse for some of our planters,
and will produce DO good results for the Island at
all. This same project has been repeatedly pro-
posed during the last two years, and has always
met with opposition. If the thing were managed
by upright men it would benefit the sugar-growers
little, as they could all increase their forces but
the projectors are known African slave traders,
and would undoubtedly improve the opportunity
thus offered to introduce large number Of slaves.
OF local news there is nothing that can interest
your readers. We quiet, and business engrosses
the attention of all classes. The news of the
making of peace has been received with general
satisfaction.