The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-18
70 t.E DISP A TIC II.



Cuban Annexation
r.. ..r,,r ,.,aon,,,,,ce, against che Gu"
movement, which rise from various a,',s r,o,,
"a. s,uthsr, STAT. "a from acme Of their "'0''
enlightened organs az public opinion, "' ".r,.n,.
s>eet 10 party. reflect crcdi. upon the a's,''
not loss than the moral sense Of the 90,
ME. We have .tvays maintained 'ha'
the Seuth which Is hilihusterine, "' -,
.fesno,, and n,undsr weaker peghhois' anu w.
10 fond Of provoking the perho"s ma a.,
With rng,aad. Southern men may oe "
espcs Of the Designing, IN snothes s"s'''"' Wv
.s..,t,rc,s .,irits are often enlisted in enter
,.,se. rb.re romance and danger are the only
;ndussments and the main rewards, but the beaa
and heart Of the whelc "Maeifest Destiny doc
srnes. and OF annexation and Gllibastsrfsra In ge-
neral, ties in that section which derives all tue
commercial advantages thereof,-ihe Northern
States
AZ this moment, the people Of Europe religious
iy believe that the Southern saveho'defs are
seeking TO overrun Mexico sud TO wrest Cuba IRON
the Spanish crown. They will never be permitted
10 zee sueh expressions Of Southern sentiment A.
appear Ia the leading journals of the southern
States. They will blind their eyes to the I'm
mense enthusiasm tor the acquisition OF Cuea,
which psrvsdes the great commercial centres tf
n.
North alone which has become richer by the
nexstion Of Texas, and they have not seen the
columns c statistics, of arguments and facts piled
mountain high upon each other. 10 the Northern
journals, to prove what rhiIiioas upon miliions
s,aba, annexed, would add to Northern trade; that.
In the language # the New York Herald. "the
vast trade and mechanical aud manufacturing
interests Of New York. ore more deeply interested
10, ya.s of tiuha than all tho rest 4 Z
the Cpion together" Ie. ii is the South, which,
,r tina eyes Of Chrisiendom, is made the scapegoat
of thi. uncomfortable political issmora'y-the
sostb, which has ever been apsthetic in the rur.
s1it Of ma:sria, wealth, but prompt and faithful
In the requirements of national and personal
honor.
Their. is not in the pages Of history q crime as
shameless as would be the violent seizure and ar.
nropriation Of Cuba by the United States. This
nropositiou will no doubt be admitted by the
ra,,ses, fiilibrsier alive. Cuba belongs to Spain
by every title 10 as much her property aid under
her iomiuion as Liverpool belongs TO England
Manhattan Island 10 New York, Richmond to
virginia a. farm, watch, or horse belongs
70 an owner who holds il By title that all the
world admits. To wrest it violently from Spain
would be an act of the exact moral character and
complexion Of hghway robbery, and the nation
,sb;ob would commit il would occupy the position
in the ewes of the whole civilized world Of q IA.
t,ou Of bandits aud outlaws. that ought not to
receive any other treatment from other powers
than that which they themselves awarded TO the
weak and helpless. Jf anything c0uid beighten
the iuiquiiy Of the spoliation: IL would be the
snpposed weakness of the object; il would be,
psssipg by pusiilanimously the gates Of Canada,
a, which She British Lion lies crouched, aud rush
;op ferce!y upon Cuba, which is not axle to de-
and ber.elf And yet, even this broad, daylight
,pdisauised robbery, which no one advocates, is
more manly aud heroic than pFetence to pur-
chase of q party who does not desire to SELL and
determination to make him sell or to seize his
property. The arguments urged for Cuban spoli-
alton. and the programme laid down by the poli-
s,ci.p. raminds in principles, honesty and pro-
liable results, Of certain narrative in the 2lst
nha,,er OF the Is, book of Kings, which CONS
rsnd 10 the fllibustsring politicians, and tho
main rart Of which we annex for their ed6cation ;
And Il came to pa ,s after theae things, E.at Ma
both the JeTreelire had a VINEYARD. viii c1s in
Jezreel, bard by the palace OF Ahsb king o! ga
Aud Abab spake unto Naboth. saying Give mo
thy Yineyard. that may have it for garden of
herbs, because il IS near unto M house: and viii
give thee for il better vineyard than it; or il it
seen good 90 thee. will give thee. the worth of il
and sboth said to Ahab. The Lord forbid it me.
that should give the Inheritance o; my fathers
INTO thes. -, .
pIaased because of tho word which Naboth the
Jeyrselite had spoken 70 him: fer he had said |
viii not give thee the ibhelitsnce of my fathers -
and he laid him down upon hi; bed, aud turne4
away his .ace, and would cat no bread.
But Jezabel his wife came TO him, and said unto
hreadt
Aud he said unto her. Because / spake unto Ma
both the Jzreeii.e aud said unto hira. give tn
rip Esrm nr else If II D.easa / will
give the another vineyard for il: and he answered
Twill not give thee ny vineyard A.,
row govern the kiDgdo IN of Israel! arise. and eaF
bread. and let thy heart be merry will give thee
the vineyard OF NabCth the tZEteilte.
go she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed
them with his SEAL aud the letters unto the IL
de-s aud 70 the nobies that acre IN the ety. dwell
Aud she wrote in tbs letters say ing, Proc lain.
fast, and get Esboth On hish among the people:
An act two men, sons Of Beliai. before him to
bssr witness against biG saying. thou didSt bias
rhrme Co, aud tho king. Ind then carry hiIa out,
and stone him. that he may die
nobies who were the il habitsnts in his city. did NJ
JeEebel had sent unto them. and as il ,caS written
In tte letters which che had sent unto thsn.
They proclaimed a fast and set Nabotii on high
am opg the people
And there came in two me~ children of Relisl an
sat before him: and the men OF Reiia witnesst u
against him. erca agsinst Nsboth; in the presence
9th. people. saying, Nsboth did blaepheme God
sud the king. fh5u they carried him forth GU:
cf the city. ans stoned him with steres, that he
ufPf
Then theT sent to Jszebel. saying, Naboth IL
stoned, and IL dead
And Il came to pass when JeZebel heard that Ma
both was STONED and was dead, Jezebel said to
Ahsb, Arise take possession Of the vineyard OF
Haboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give
thee for money: for Naboth is pot alive, but dead
And il cane TO pass, when Ahab heard that i A
both was dead that Ah5b rose up TO go down t. the
vineyard OF Naboh the Jezrselteto take possession
Of IT,
And tire word of the LORD came to Elijah the
Tish5iie, saying,
Arise 10 down 10 meet shab King If Israel v hich
ss IN samsris hehl Id he is in the vineyard Of Ma
both WHITTIER he has gone down 10 possess il
And thou shalt speak INTO him, saying, Thus
saith the Lord Hast thou killed aud aso taken
.ssiOn. And thou fhslt speak unto him, say ing
Thus saith the LORD Ia the place where dogs 1icsd
me blood OF Nstoth she, dogs lick thy blood eTen
thine,