The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-15
TWO CENTS.

that she should be governed IN the future by exceptional
Laws and not by the laws common To the rest OF the mon
archy. These special laws were never passed and u j.
thus that She has remained since helpless victim
subject to the despoto control of single man, the eX
tent of whose powers only be described 10y the word
invented to express them, oasi'atotias, OF all kinds
! Ever since his monstrous system has been adopted
Cuba has not been blessed with one hour OF peace Con
stntly repeated have been her efforts 20 shake off the
yoke under which they qoan. Bat all ia vain. Twenty
thousand bayonetS the land and powerful ieet on
IFS COASTS keep the dread watch of the yrant and sup
press the first symptoms of revolt The whites have been
disanned and four companies Of cooIed men have been
added TO each OF the sixteen regiments OF peninsnai
troops stationed the island thus holding before the
unfortunate inhabitants the constant threat OF war OF
aces, renewal OF the horrors of st. Domingo Their
pride of has been shcked 10y governors decree
authorizing marriages between the two races, except
when one of the parties is noble
The army is maintained faithful solely by rigorous
isolation all communication between the inhabitants and
troops being ntencted No security for iie person, OF
liberty against the caprice Of despot mms Tor self
defence, the size OF walking stick even, being limited
to dimensions small enough To pass through ,ng fur
nishcd the policemen Sneh Lte sad LA dl4adinl CON
dition of the unfortunate andes who represented
by the official press fastening to hay at the feet of the
Queen ardent Professions OF loyalty 10 her government,
and attachment to her person. They have again and
again made heavy s,cices for freedom may, ut this
very moment, and for years pst they maintain by
cret contributions for gratuous circulation, public jour
nails in the United States repeating their constant appeal
|, to ssmpathies
The whole of the recent wrongs committed Mr. Presi-
dent in relation to the aiming of the bucks and other
similar ourages committed under the instigaton OF
Great Britain, and Lord Palmerson did not blush to
knowledge his guilt in tue face of the civilized world
have here his DESPATCH in which, in answer to the
monstrance OF the inhabitants OF the island communica
ted to him through the correspondence OF the Spanish
minister, he replied to the effect, that it was true that
the measures he recommending might not be suta
bio for the Whites but that they exceedingly bene
hcia 10 the blacks An actual recommendation to the
Spanish 10 trample white Cuban
under foot for the benefit OF the Africans that had been
imported ia defiance OF the treaties with Great Britain
herself Here Is Lord Palmeistons despatch Of Septem
Der H. 1851 aud IL Is capable of that Specification alone
with reference passage NJ Mradores note in which he
ttc that the spanish cannot understand how her
Nicsts seriously recommend which
recommend that The spanish government should conciae tho a
to NJ de saor that the shave Of Cuba irm large or,on ami
by unimpoant population Of Cuba
far the bck population concerned be eon
rsammsh'ea ma & ~ he y ys thai measures
the onneroa tween "a island and the spanish ana
frer t laet would era,c powerful element a ro nse
schome for anncsag Cuba to tr unird stas where slavery
still exists
There II is SIR 1t is the white population that is TO
he rampe under the feet of the Blacks and such blacks
exist In Jamaica ii is this white population that
is represented IN The face of the Senate and the country
desiros Of continuing subjects Of the rule under which
they groan Sin il is very easy to say if the peo-
pie Of Cuba desire emancipation from this tyranny why
do they not rise in arms y And we pointed to
own condition when our orcathcrs resisted the tyranny
of the british Crown How unfair to them how delu-
sve the comparison We were three millions of men
We had the right of spetch the liberty Of the press
1 We could assemble, combine, prepare. We could arm.
4 We hada right to buy arms, and to wear them When
Patrick Henry urging the Virginia assembly to the
declaration of American independence his cry that
three million men in arms could not be vanqushed by
any power that enemy could send ngainat US. But
how is the casp of the miserable Cubans ? Had we
iopiou lrnv n Our mid --ana ruyro
posed of soldiers whose fidelity to the mother country is
only cured by the system already mentioned, of strict
isolation Of absolute introduction from any comnunica
uon with the inhabitants of the Slan,l--had such
force that amongst us and backed by the bayoncts
the black threatening excrmnaiing of races
No, sir there is no fairness justice in the reproacl
must waive, Mr. President, all discussion of the ef-
hcts that the acquisition of this island would have the
industrial, agricultural ard commercial interests of our
country these points having been already treated very
satisfactorily by gentlemen who have already spoken
shall not even speak Of its geographical position
commanding, as it docs commerce which, before all
! that within sound of my voice shall have dis,
appeared from the earth will reach 81 800 GOO 900 still
must call attention to the ilc that II seems hitherto
to have been sson for granted that this country cx-
posed to risk long this island remains within tue
feeble grasp Of Spain. appchcnd this i :, mistake
and very grave mistake II s grave mistake for
crl reasons St because those harbors being the most
capaclous and the best fortified in the Gulf offer Sc
rendezvous in Of difficulties with other foreign
powers, for collecting OF fleets and nayes with which
own unprotected coasts could be attacked secondly, be-
cause Spain Is not now an Independent nation
deny her independence in the true Of the word
Spain has battered away her sovereignty in Cuba eiec
tually bartered il away to Great Britain. She did not
yield to motives of policy phlanhiophy in abolishiug
the slave trade There time when Spanish dignity
not inutci by the offer to buy something nom her
and her pride not touched when Great Britain paid
her t4o0 600 sterling for giving up the slave trade
Again aud again has the Spanish nation been twit.,
upon the floor Of the British Paramea. with having
cheated Great Britain, by taking the money and then
cG1Itenancng the traffic II is under the controlling inln
epce Of Great Britain that Spanish po has been so far
humilatca that mixed commission sat in tho island of
Cuba; that British subjects Ia the town of Havana try
Stniah subjects In hcrown colonies for breaches of the
treaty aud that England had hulk, prisonshp be-
longing 10 herself lying in the harbor Of Havana
force the edcis Of British judges Spanish colo
niss and yet we are told that this is an independent
nation, whose pride and dignity will revolt at the bare
proposal for cesson of sovereignty the island
The safety of our country is further involved ii the ac
QUESTION of Cuba, o at least Ia her Independence be-
c4upe hf. hfbos not only furnish points Of rendezvous
ior hostile fleets, but secure harboi OF refuge in which
they could re6t and repa and prepare themselves
fresh attacks our uhngoacsed coasts. 1t those
harbor. thai Afforded refuge for the British fleet after its
descent on New Orleans and in them did the French
cct rct after its bombamcnt of the castle Of San juan
d Uloa In the event of rupture with Greas Britain
which many gentlemen around ne TO suppose nevi
table in no Very distant future Cuba would be- in her
o-.oseon tremendous point of vantage for attack and
little would she reck of any opposition by Spain her
nse of IT, for herown purposes in moment of emergency
IL is for this that the instincts of the American
people have already Taught them tha. we shall be ever
insecure against hostile attack until this important geo.
graphical aud military position IS placed under our pro