The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-16
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The message VI the President Of the United States has
made the favorable impression here notwithstn-
Ing efforts 20 The contrary the part Of the local author
titles. The comic farce which occasions publicly
exhibited the devotion spain Of known fbusters Is
b~Ins acted again. People are Compelled through
fear tins request Of The anthositiss 10 Sign what is dis
tasteful and 20 make unmeanng offers Of their lives and
property % Oppose ths annexation Of this island 10 tho
American corlsesy. The cessation VI business for the
Christmas holidays, due also ~ the want of produce tn
the appearance Ia the market of the new crop has been
SEIZED upon In order 60 attribute 70 Mr. Buchanans mes
sage crisis in the money market which, IL is hoped
can be created by alarming pictures OF imaginary
gers yct If the banks do earail the discounts now ia
few days ths seliinncte evil be removed by the
good sense OF business AT the usual time for the
opening OF trade ia the latter part Of JANUARY or the be-
ginning Of February. matters win W With their wonted
briskness Nothing could inspire mistrust and fear
in the mercantile community than the organization OF
negro companies some Year, ago and yet the alarm
caused thereby ceased because tho of trade
and buoyant state of European and American markets
have and win always exert paramount Influence in the
ferttcs and extension to Industry and commerce
AT this moment. aud ia spite Of the criminal alarms
coming from subscrvient press large land purchases
being made and speculatons undertaken which GER
tanly evidence of anxiety for the future
patriotism OF the creolcs but ia placing before their
eyes powerful protector and safe haven to long and
perilous political pilgrimage. il has also consolidated
conservative sentiment, than which nothing be
acceptable to the business community of both countries
1t has been published here that the corporation of Ha-
indignant at the idea OF purchase OF the island
and petition to the Queen is given calling on those
who adhere to this opuion TO aix il their nanes II
pretended that the petition expresses the senti
ment of the country but its miserable composition aud
style bears the stamp OF spurious origin; for it is
worthy OF note that OF the numerous eminent popular
and eloquent writers OF Havana not should be found
to write it in language worthy Of the royal sight and OF
the culture and literature of Cuba
Some twenty years ago, under the administration Of
Tacon and Vlnnueva the hereditary corporation of the
city, the board of Improvement and the patriotic society
were independent la their mode Of election, and in
free in their action and they certainly
influence in the public service and in the local admins
traton and taxation 1t is but too we'll known that they
now mere tools OF the Captain General who vrtu
ally appoints and dsmisses the members at pleasure
and pescbes the resolutions whilst he does not hesitate
to offer their trembling words the voice of the country
What spontaneous manifestation Of the public mind
emanate from threatened and oppressed people And
by what process OF reasoning can it be believed that the
Cubans look to Spain as to mother few incidents Of
Aeesu' "''c VIII S"oc W ie hieh uue ieeiihS, Don
Miguel Embil, peaceful and wealthy merchant Is
flying from stupid and rancorons persecution orgi
mating in the crossing OF his property by railroad
Creole judge named Mestre, who is also talented pro
fessor in the university and whose appointment to his
seat perhaps snare IL now prescribed because in
the case OF Embil he showed unfnching integrity An
other able lawyer Guira was insutcd in coarse language
about old suspicious Of fbustersm, simply because he
appeared to plead in behalf OF his son who had had
petty difficulty at church with one OF the inferior police
and we have also heard OF tho son Of count of the
Gent nobility who was threatened to have his tied
behind his back because he had no travelling license.
Then we find bribery and partaty in the administration
OF justice 10 the prehce OF the natives facilities en-
oyed by the old panards 20 enrich themselves with the
ings used for the exclusive advantage of those born in
SPAIN and finally there Is an enormous weight of unequal
and njudicous taxation which owes its growth to Gene
raj concia, and would have crushed the sources OF
wealth without the coincidence OF wonderful rise in the
staple article of production give mere glance at the
dark abyss OF colonial nisgovernen Can such be the
basis of the pretended attachment to Spain of the white
population OF Cuba, who were moreover threatened In
General Concha memoirs with raising the blacks against
themi
1t is through such rule, certainly not calculated to
the throne Of Isabel and the enjoyment Of
reasonable colonial relations, that Spain derives aivan
taes and profits from the possession of Cuba Through
her corrupi AGENTS she has paced one rare over ote
for the former all power all influence all gain for the