Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-07-24
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AEFEXATIOE OF o B

A very small item published yesterday
morning in all the journals Of our city, and re-
eeiEed the evening previous BY The telegraph
wires. would have created an immense ssnss-
and might have been ssluted with "bon-
muminatiOns," if the great PGblic
X fully relied on the truth OF its state
It was announced that there is a strong
3iity Of the acquisition Of the Island Of
BY our Government and this important
announcement is made upon the authority OF
= recently received information" Il is proper
10 add that the dispatch is dated at Washing
ton City. Now, in justice to the public and
the press, we DO think that an announcement
90 interesting and important should have been
accompanied with more minute details
The Geographic reporter ought at least to
have stated from what quarter the "~recsutly
received informRtionS came, whether from
Cuba, spain, or spitzsnbsrgen, how il was re-
csivod, whether BY steamship, the Atlantic
telegraph, or the turtle express, from whom it
was dispatched, whether from Queen ISABEL
Ia, Captain General CoNcHA, or Mr.. ARRow-
SIXTH, ire author OF the Georgia Central Rail-
road hoax, and to whom it was addressed, to
President BUCHANAN, the Reporter for the As
socisted Press, OF exclusively to the editor Of
"Bsgle Of Liberty Gad Fsrald Of Freedom"
These important particulars are well worthy
oe 4 brief s~llusiOn, especially when 50 import
ant a matter is at stake, and when the public
are disposed to be SO very incrsdulous.
But, seriously, is there indeed a probable
ity That our Government is on the eve Of
acquiring the most important island of
the West Indies? Is the " gen Of the An
TILES indeed about to drop mystsriOusly and
suddenly into the lap Of the great Republic ?
We trust 30 in truth. An event more welcome
and important, in national point Of view,
could not occur during the present century.
i would raise a monument 10 the present Ad-
ministration which Tines all destroying I'm
gers would fail to overthrow. It would link
the nane Of BUCHANAN with that Of our wisest,
sblest and best statesmen and diPlOmstists.
Il would give new power and strength not only
to the South, but to the American Union, which
would enable both to defy the o5jurgations Of
incsnsisries and the m~achinatioHs Of traitors.
It would, in brief, present q climax Of greatness
to our power, influence and commerce, which
would wipe out all sectional contest and secure
to Cuba herself a career of grandeur and pros
psrity unprecedented in history.
We scarcely dare trust in the tslsgraphic
reporters accuracy. We fear that he only
wished to create a sensation, during the reign
Of the dog star, based upon very insufficient
information. We have too little fsita in the
fsr-sesing sagseity Of the Spanish Government
to hope for much statesmanship OF libsrslity
in that quarter. Undoubtedly, it would be the
true interest Of Spain to part with Cuba, for q
valuable consideration. Her power there is
fran and Insecure. Her compact with the
governed, in Cuba, is the compact Of might,
which nay be broken at any moment BY reVo-
luton. Let her wisely distrust her right to
misgovern there, and she may secure sdvan-
tages that will give Der new consideration
among the nations, and rssuscitate her wsTsr-
ing power.
But does she look at matters in that light ?
Dsss not her hereditary pride revolt at the sale
Of her most precious possession, although she
may know that it lie held by a most PrecsriOus
tenure? Such has got to be the prevailing
idea.
But most happy shall we be if this impress
sion is erroneous, and il the te~legrsPhic re-
porter, with a contempt for public curiosity
and for details, worthy of especial o~ensurs,
should prove to be in the right.