Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-22
Annexation of Cuba.

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The annexation of Cuba, which once for, To-,
vor at the North Is beginning to acquire cors tI IA
popularity In that section, and we shall not bo
to it great Northern measure The PIS ufprsed
Inquirer says 1t is now commended in the NnsePha
States, and with considerable show of reason Northern
the annexation of Cuba would not ipcreosa .na' while
Of slaves on the Island, that the further humber
Africans would be put an end to, and that tbu Of
triumph would be achieved to humanity great
Wabridge, who is candidate for Congress fueneral
city of New York, recently delivered sneoc5 rom the
he openly avowed himself in favor of the ~ Which
of Cuba. He declared that, following the law
cal gravitation, that island must sooner or Io+ ol
integral part of the American consteati pGeccme
erred in emphatic language to the Commercial ne re-
ance of the subject and arrested the attention 81
dlence by giving graphic picture of the present on5
prospective resources of the island The fdIoUn and
passage from his address "in8 Ba
While her supplies of rum and coffee have ,,roo.,
len off in 1857 Che said) we imported into bo a
States from the Island of Cuba fortyfve infinite "ned
dollars in value OF her productions Nor is if nrob",
that this demand for her tropical exports will not
ment with the rapidly expanding growth of our cOn
and that our trade with this island will be soon oUnn
to hundred millions of dollars annually havo 4
sketched the growing commercial relations between mus
United States and the island of Cuba-an island , N
commands the approach of the Gulf of Mexico ho IA
entrance Of that great river which drains half tb W
can continent, ard, with its tributaries forms tbo int
system of internal water communication in tn T3
keeping watch at the doorway of our pterconr"o M
California by the Isthmus route-an island laro WIN
Scotland, only third less than the territorial 9ytort ~
England, equal to the average area of the n1onob VI
our conederacy, with nearly every town seanor VI
an import and export averaging annually from f,t,
five to orty-sX millions of dollars at the raaot
pressed condition of the island with not onetentb Of
soil in cultivation, and encountered with most eno
and grievous taxes Such, felow-citizen is one Of I
great interests which engages the anxious attention %
statesmen OF the mast and which 10
this day by the great interest of the Union Our ah
statesmen regard Its acquisition only one of time
The expressions of sentiments coming from oroano Of
opposite political parties in the North are bohT Sion;
ticant. In another article OF some length the Ion5r
insists that conflict with Spain is imminent and o
presses the hope that the American government will do
mand forthwith restoration to freedom of the slaves
lately landed from American vessels in Cuba and nav
ment Oh the expenses which may be incurred in trans
uniting them to Africa and also the expenses which her
neglect has forced upon the United States in connection
with the capture of the Echo. 1t also complains bitter
ly OF the grievances which the United States suffer in
being compelled by the conduct of the Cuban author
ties to keep up an expensive marine the coasts
Africa and of Cuba, and says that the only way now
to withdraw vessels from the African coast demand
an indemnity of Spain for expenses, and to make
her render African and Gulf squadron needless in
the future.
These demonstrations from the Opposition press and
from Administration hustings in the North show that
the current in that quarter is setting in direction
which bodies no good to SPANS permanent possession of
the ever faithful isle. The subject enlsts the combined
influences of philanthropy and commercial interest and
must therefore make itself felt. Very likely, the expires
sion of English opinion in favor of Cuban annexation by
the United States has had its effect in the Northern
States Perhaps, however, before plunging into war
with Spain for Cuba it will be well to calculate the cost
to American commerce, which Spain might infict by
her scores of prvateers and the possibility Of collision
OF the United States with France
From the Boston Post-Democratic
The Elections.
The republicans are jubant over the results of the
late elections and to read their comments it would al
most that they had already grasped the presidential
chair OF 1860 They say that the slave power is over
thrown, that the democracy is beaten rretrievab and
the result is to nure to their benefit Now they say
freedom has triumphed!
The great New York election next month, will show
what the jubant allegations of the rank sectionasts
amount to- There the republicans are single and alone
There this party, which says it wages the three
thousand shareholders which holds them up to public
odium as an oligarchy which avows that the single is
sue is one of liberty slavery, is fairly on trial Ac
cording to present signs in New York, love Of the
Union and a regard for the whole of fraternity of
States, intelligence and patriotism giving this pest
lential sectional party which prefers for its candidates
men who would let the Unon-slide its just deserts If
the signs do not fall there the proper judgment will in
dignanty condemn and repudiate such party In such
case, it will be worth while to read the comments Of
republican jubilants on the election returns
The Atlas and the Bee, however comes down yeSter-
day with perfect cooler on this jubant republican
! brag. 1t says
"The result in Pennsylvania, which is the most re-
markable is much due to the Americans, and to the
antiLecompton democrats under Col Forneys lead, as
| it is to republicans"
These are significant facts and the comments of this
portion Of the triumphant allies no less significant
They lash down the tratOrous sectionasm with will.
They say they have no part nor lot with such party
deny the Constitution, and pass personal liberty bills
They declare their steady purpose to to the death
against the Wilson's and Haes and the whole of the
New England sectionals who warning on the South
The very instrumentalities that the victory
which abolitiOnsm is jubllant announce their pur-
pose to oppose to the bitter end the very politicians here
who utter the loudest notes of triumph!
We live in strange days. A republican member Of
congress, Eli 2. Thayer, has just made speech knock
ing the body and soul out of the Wilmo Proviso and
coming out fully for the doctrine of popular sovereignty
and for this by the way, of the republican, jour
nails are taking him to task. Now in 1854 this sound
principle which President Buchanan and the demOcra-
cy stand by and nothing else, was first inau-
gurated What the fate of the congress that enact
ed it Under the camor then raised the republicans
filled congress with its advocates Look at the figures
Pennsylvania elected five democrats and twenty Oppos
ton members; Ohio and Indiana not single democrat
and thrty-one opposition members New York but five
democrats and the opposition tWenty-elght; New Jer
sey democrat and the opposition four members Yet
the principle of the Nebraska and Kansas act was as
| sound as the basis of our country The result was
achieved by the success of the enemies of the party in
the work of calumny and misrepresentation. By the
constant pance of these the people deceived
and cheated Yet the democratic party stood by their
great principles they yielded nothing; and in the end
they were victorious and the strange spectacle, we re-
peat seen to-day, of Massachusetts, republican noml-
nee for congress criticised and condemned by his own
friends for accedng to the very principle which his u-
scrupulOus and reckless associates In 1851 so WanOny