The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-06-22

rss,o,sr,y from him at the earliest possible moment
in the day. -.-,-.
The Value OF Cuba.
The Detroit Free Press demonstrates mat tue
annexation OF Cuba will he worth mi'hous 10 tue
shippipg, bread raising aud manufacturing s'"'es
~. nrnr now in her colonial bondage. buy and
sell with her to such A vast and prchtao'e e@'eu'
p,, the Ere. Press does not limit its views to the
,,em Of profits. 1t says OF its poi'ueai '"'P''
tauce:
f,,Cuba would undoubtedly he one OF ,ne
ros, ~ the Union Ststes- regarding the 'oninH -
,, In ,hs light of isternal stability hegaro'"e "
- ,hs U,ht of external strength, Cueai the very
Key Of the Gulf -. a;...,, whom
1--WE appreheni that the day !. nov Ssa,n has
C,ha wiii he Africa or Amef'cs eFa'n hns
.uvn s ,h., n shall be the first rather than the
r., ahare !. lint one way for the United states
a. ,,aet that avnwai, that is, by resolving tna'
never shall be African. ,,, .,ore, ,bo
we have one Africani2ed island among tn'
1yos, indies where the negroes are rap'd'S re
lansing into harbarism, and waeing wal OF "a :.
termination against the WHITE Tue C,ha
fhine. there is a feeble picture OF ~h"' o.ea
wcud bee ONE If our government shon'a' ~ IS g.
CON, sa NJ events. permit /. to be handed over I"
the blacks =, -.
The first spes,ion to be considered is the ques
ton Of right principle, honesty Inc purchase "
cuba. for a fair aud just consideration' Is "eF""
ble provided il can come into me uhio" wiz" ="
present institutions. But tile free Tress con'oue
that Spain il not willing To sell hnd tnep' tue VI"
v alternative of obtsiniug possession Is 10 sppfo
,,r;a,s t,,c;lly that which does not belong to US
without reference to the right OF property.
,nbs, ia the possession Of Spain. cannot he dah.
verous 10 the United States in military p'ih' "
viaw. Spain is too weak TO make her possess"r VI
= ne kew Of the Gulf, matter OF vital Importance
Tor can the sever faithful isle" with Its pfesth'
institutions. yield sught but laid ana com'or' ~
Southern slavery. The South perpetuaiiy harass
q, 4 npou its Northern BORDER, has none upon the
Sicth to modest or make her afraid. The African
izaiion of that island, which alone could warrant
its seizure by the United States. will not be al
temuted whilst we maintain friendly and homo
rshle department towards the Spanish Govern
mep,; but 10 the event of a contrary course, We
ex pose ourselves to the very evil We dread-hrst
from Spain, backed mp by England and France;
and next in the event of successful Cuban acquisi
tlJu from the Northern Free Soil party, Who With
heavy mai nri,ies in both Houses of Congress, are
deter mined to admit no more slave states 10 the
Union.
The south has little TO gain from the annexation
of Cuba except in the event OF dlsunlon. Even
If she should come in. under slave Institutions Il
would not restore us the lost balance OF power III
Congress Honesty in this case Is most emphati-
caly our best policy Let US make Spain our
friend, for thus srrengthen aud prolong her M
raj support of cur position, and render her willing
if she ever does give up her Cuban jewel, that it
should glitter on au American breast.
The British Press on the "OutrageS -
We have already given cepious extracts from The
British press on the late scores in the Gulf. Our
readers have perceived that they speak different
Language from the New York Albion, whose inso-
lence, like that of other serving men, is in bold
contrast to the dignifed and confederate temper
of the superior classes. Even the London Times
leads the way in denouucing the grievance of which
the American Government complains, and is de-
maudiug the REIMBURSEMENT of the naval crusade
a,aiust the Slave Trade, which it keus to the folly
OF knight erraatry and the fanaticism of the mid
die ages In regard to the exercise Of visitation
and search, it pertinently asks:
"Hsw should We stand similar treatment from
Americans on any pTetence Whatever Even the
negative precept OF the Chinese Taofi runs that
an, n d not do 20 others what should not like them
10 do 10 us Should We like the AmeTicans, unGrr
track IF uur last lndiameD scd even IF cur coast
ers and sulJ.cf them ia tie cont nua annoyance oil
coming 10 receiving nDwelcome visitors thow1DG
pap.rs and answering QuestloLsl J he people on
2 nom we practice these ind entities only too
like ourselves They inherit eur nature, they ave
our traditions. anu. ia gr' at raIt cur laws. Ian.
sypathse with us ia tn mHiteT OF PASSPORTS rlses
esp mage, ami excessive p9iic'd IN They Ike 10
move Ut will over earth aud sea. Whatever, then.
the righis of the case anu however far the Ameli-
ans NAV he ready 10 go at present III compliance
Tor peace sake, We car not nnt Iook f"aid 70 ne
same time more unnecessary, Tor me Amerleans 10
submit and still greater let down to cur Pride to
give way"
tha kl tn
purpose yet whilst willing to give up the exercise
of search il cannot make a fair statement OF the
facts, nor repress an occasional exhibition OF ma
lignity. 1t reports the United States as bound by
treaty to submit to the visitation of its vessels or
the coast. which is without a shadow of founda
ton in fact, and whilst admitting tba. America il
a mower not to be .rfed with, and which must one
day shave 6tsy times the territory and ten times
the people, of England, it INDUCES in the follow
ing unworthy and indecent exhibition
who are these people, so unrnly, 40 provocative
an 40 glad 10 pick gusrrei Win uS! VINO art
tIey upon whom mere amman oouIaee mo .t sua.
already been worsted in old home Sorr els with Us
Trey are "a starved ont peasantry, ousteu tenant
dispussessed cottiers, the younger sons OF oungs
sohs lefc handed wOrkmen. unlucK5 Spectators
diss npointed poiticans, men OF every Clas, VINE
have seen and suffered tue Werst"I .ne oin county,
moody ill-contented nature III Is an old gr age
these noisy fellows are WORKING ONT against us o.
American vantage ground Tins, then, Is rather
social than political quarrel, and as Ill an occasion
fo heroic courage as quarrel WIN ireland or thi
p.pulsce Of our English cities
When the valiant Capt John Smith founded the
colony of Virginia, his greatest troubles and dis
trcsse. he himself tells u.s. from the lazy and
thriftiess sprigs of nobility by whom his expedi
tton was accompanied They despised labor, and
stbe axes 80 blistered their tender fingers, that
many times every third blow upon tree had d
loud oath to drown the echo!" In a letter to the
Treasurer and Council of the Plantation, Smith ex
claims in the perplexity OF his soul, when you
send again entrest you rather send but thirty
carpenters, husbsndmen, gardeners, fishermen
biact.miths, masons and diggers up of trees roots
we'll provided, than thousand of such as we have.
for except we be able both to lodge them and feed
them, the most will consume with want of neces.
sares before they be made good for any thing
If such class Smith desired had not afterwsrd.
come TO this country, too late however for Smiths
relief should still be colonies Of Great Britain
and should never have troubled that country about
the right of search or any other right.
Tue Times and other English journals make A
great mistake when they attribute the urroar
about the ontrages to the slave interest ofthe South
That interest is not in favor of the slave trade
the loudest clamOrs against the unjustifable acts
of The British cruisers have come from the COM
mereial North. whose vessels have been the subject.
OF the outTsges. The South, OF whose great .tapIe
England 10 the principal purchaser, has nothing
10 gaia by war with Great Britain and II IL ouyy
the chord Of national honor which has awak ennd
such q lively echo in the Southern heart The
most merry representative Of the South in the ma.
tionai legislature has been out-Ieroded 10 the war
spirit by Hale, Wilson, Seward, Burlingsme, and
other free soil leaders OF the North. Nevertheless,
Americans can pardon the ungracious manner in
which the freedom of the seas Is conceded, so long