Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-08-19

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The official statement Of the income and expendi-
ture Of the government of Cuba for the fiscal year
which win close on the FIRST day Of July, 1859,
bibts state Of facts which must inevitably lead 70
the transfer of that Island the United States. This
information, says the New York Herald is from the
secret report Of the Spanish officials in Cuba e the
home government, and is every way reliable We
have Invested our synopsis Of auyrepetitOHs which
are artfuly inserted in The official document for The
purpose Of making the aggregates appear lrgei and
give only the actual annual revenue and expenses
of the colonial government The totals Of the Ohcial
document make these appear to be over twenty mil
lions each year. 1t will be seen that the sum
really paid to the crown is something less than
one million four hundred thousand dollars To this
there should be added the interest on the amount Of
claims against Spain settled by the Convention Of
1884 the ocean mail service Of the mother country
with the colony, the pension list Of the Spanish ON
GERS and soldiers who have served in Cuba, the
allowance by the crown to the heir Of the title OF
Columbus and the annual present Of segars to the
Queen. These make the total amount received by
Spain from Cuba about two millions SIX hundred
thousand dollars.
Some Of the Spanish journals, the Herald con-
tinues have reoedy stated that the annual revenue
derived from Cuba by Spain is over Eve millions
Of dollars but the official statistics show that TO be
either an error an exsggsration. II has lately
become very much the fahsiOn in Spain TO magnify
the importance Of Cuba to that country; bat whether
this proceeds from disposition to brag still higher,
for the purpose of holding the island, Orthrough
an exaggerated valuation to obtain higher bid for
it, no one can tell The impression is spreading in
Spain, as well as everywhere else that the Spanish
crown cannot much longer hold its possession Of
Cubs. Even now there are movements on foot that
may Wrest it from the mother country; but to what
destiny they carry it is another question The spirit
classification there is again beginning to raise Its
head, and to sgitate for a revolution through any
and every means that may be found at hand in the
island spirit Of wisdom and forecast should oOun-
sci Spain to give permsnency to the advantages
she now possess in Cuba while she has yet the
power.
Fifty millions of five per cent United States stocks
would give to the crown of Spain perpetual income
equal to that she now squeezes out Of an unwilling
people. One million of this, now expended in mail
service and annuities to pensioners, would soon
accrue to her advantage by the expiration Of these
allowances Fifty millions of dollars more. which
might be obtained by the admission Of Cuba into the
American UnioB would 60 far towards settling that
cancerOus problem, the Spanish debt, which now
consumes the energiesIO her national life Another
important benefit would accrue to Spain by the
transfer of Cuba to this Union In its present rela
ton to that county it draws triple current of the
youngest and best blood and sineW from the mother
country. Nearly three thousand fresh troops are
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army there full; as many more Of the youth Of
Spain come over yearly, fleeing from the eonscsip-
ton, and another equal number as voluntary emf
grants, seeking their fortunes. Few of these ever
return. What the yellow fever does not carry of,
either remain in the country seek better openings
elsewhere Thus nearly ten thousand men, just
entering upon manhood and career Of usefulness,
are drawn from the most active classes in Spain.
If the Spanish crown consults the true interests
both of the government and the nation, it will not
seek vany to oppose obsa cles to events that are in
the essence Of things, and must come to pass. The
history Of every European nation chronicles the loss
of its colonies, and the records Of Spain filed
with the same result marked with longer and more
ruinous contests than those of any other country.
What but ruin accrued to her from her contest with
the colonies that had grown too strong 20 be kept
in leading strings? 1t was only when she finally
gave up the useless contest that her commerce began
to spring up again, and the nation to revive. The
temperance OF the Spanish flag upon the ocean
vas oOincident with her first recognition of the in
dependence of some Of the Spanish American States.
1t would be well for her to recognise the fact that
American Development is distinct from that of
Europe, and has within it an imperative Law which
imPels it to throw of foreign domination. This Law
governs the future of Cuba it has that Of the rest
Of America.