The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-07-06

consideration. however great. are destined
10 prove abortive under the present temper
ami disposition Of the Spanish Court. Tins
intelligence, we NAV add. but confirms the
sober Judgment Of all who have been IN po-
stion to acquire correct Information on ths
punt aud concding, as It does, with what
might have been antecedently inferred IRON
those motives Of pride and interest which
prevail in Spain no less than among ourselves,
we should think that il deserves to receive
sume little consideration ut the bands Of
those who, after prrsuadlng themselves that
Cuba is desirable, have rather prematurely
Jumped 10 the conclusion that 1t " equally
attalnable. Abiding to the statements re-
presented TO have been made by Mr.. Dodge,
the able Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia American remarks as follows:
"Mr. dodge brought no gram OF comfort
fnr the enterprisng p"lltirlans who seek to
acquire Cuba by paying one hundred and
twenty millions out of an empty and embar
raised exchequer. He told the Administra-
ton, what every sane man knows to b. true,
that no treasure can buy CUB, and that eve
~ such proposition must be regarded as an
ndignity. With Spain that has now become
a question of national honor. 1t is no longer
one Of territory. We have forced her into
this attitude. just as We have alienated the
sympathy Of Mexico, Central America, and
all the little South American Republics that
once Looked up to US for example and advice.
lnstea, Of attracting We have repelled them /;
and with silent hatred they have invoked for
eign All and protection against Us, their ma
tural allies. Such is the modern idea Of
progress as il has been illustrated before
T our eyes.
"if the relations between the United States
and Spain have been preserved IN peace, mel
lher our justice nor our generosity can claim
much credit. The palry proclaimed here
in State papers aud loIloaed up IN the Sen
ate, has tended 70 cnmplicate our intercourse,
il i was MOI designed to provoke breach.
Moderation and lnrbrarance On the other
side, which have Justly attracted the s,mpa-
thy 81 all the great Powers, have prevented
any inclination To rupture, and preserved
u from the shameful spectacle af attempt.
Jog coercion against weaker natInn merely
Tor territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Notw'th-
standing the urgent langltge oi the Pres.
. deut's message, and the mure intemp crate
advocacy OF his recognised partisahs. and the
scope OF Mr.. Slidell.s proposition, Mr.. Pes
4 ton was becoiningly received at Madrid, and
a. time when public feeling was much cx,
, cited against the United States. How
, would we have received Monster Il prn-
position u bn, FLORIDA back had been rrirrrA.
ted b, SPAN after our frequent and prrenp.
/. tUry rrlusaI,: That j. tie true way 10 tcsi
the sense 81 indignant resentment Mhlrh may
be supposed u have been ielt in Spain.
"Nery much Ut the prudence which ha.
+ been III pract,ed i due To the high aud
! honorable bearing OF the Spanish Minister
. here, SenOr fassara. and TO his conclliatory
cnunseIs throughout. Naman occupying post
ii such delicate sponsib!ltS could have con-
, Quoted himself better, nore 4cceptabiy, aud,
/ ~ the result has shown, with greater success.
Estimating h,s position With proper appre-
clatinn 81 H. obligations. he tntiy pcnrtr.tcd
81 Tie same time all tie mntises ana iRsIi.
rati"n, 1T tb. Cuta ma ement, AMI then en-
ergencaily addressed himself 10 the task Of
preventing result which is champ ons were
TOO ahxiuas TO precipltatc."