New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-31

represented in this report as despotism, sustsioed
by the bayouet, and tempered only BY ffeaasat
bloody and violent revolution; aud the prospect
for purchasing Cuba relied upon Is, that some oas
Of the numerous sdventurers WHO succeed TO the
sGuibis ration of her sasirs powerful minister
of to-..sy and fugitive of to morrow-msy, ss dee
persie mesas Of prolonging his tyranny for few
weeks or few months, clutch At the bag OF M
We shake in bis ear, aud sell Caba 70 US sgss,t
n. urgent wishes and settled op mons OF the Spsn
ish nation to the contrary. Spain is described 10
TIE report in "the position Of the NEEDY
"poeses.or Of land he cannot cultivate,
"havitg all tte pride Of one to whom il
has descended ftom long line OF ancestry.
"but his necessities are stronger than bis will; he
"ulu.t have money. A thrifty neighbor, whoss do
mains i. will round of, is at hand to furnish il He
retains the old mansop, but sells what viii relieve
him from immediate ruin" We do not see ths. the
in,ut to the United States in presenting them an.
der the picture Of bargaining old usurer, taking
advantage of the poverty. stricken condition Of
bis neigbbor, at all dminishes the insult to Spain.
implied in the above comparison. Admit it to b
all tue, that would only agsravste the insult
There are several members Of Congress. We sup
po,e, quite as poverty stricken as Spnn is repre-
.epted in this report to be; but which OF them
would like to have bis poverty thrust in his face by
a thrifty ne shbOr, standing BY, purse in hand,
ready to buy the bed from under him IL this
what Mr.. Sldtl and his compatriOts on the Con-
mittee regard as good breediogi II this talk
sbout Spain is all in good faith on their parts II
they really intended no insult, they are 1--WE must
say the greatest noodles of whom We ever heard
or read.
But the report does not stop here. Ii goes on
to sccuse Spain of plunderiug and miruus Cabs
a. badly as she is herself pundered and misrued
al houe. Spain takes out of Cubs, according to
this report, about million aud . half in surplus
revenue, and FIVE millions of dollars per aunum in
personal exactions Of Spanish officials, making six
millions srd half Of annual Spanish profits from
the island, in addition to all the regular salaries
and wages of the Spanish officials aud soldiers, aud
to the profits derived from the sland-owiog to tho
preferential duties in their f.yor-by the Spau-
ish agriculturists and shipowners These sal
aries, wages and profits can hardly be
reckoned at less than ten millions moro,
making, by the showing of the report
,t.elf an income which the Spanish people
derive from this island Of ,ome sixteen millions
of collars aDuuslly y-sud an income, it is to be OBJ
served, not confined TO the public exchequer, but
widely distributed among people Of all ranks aud
conditions. Ard the very fact that Spain derives
all these profits from the island is set forth in tho
report as reason why she ought to sell the leland
for one or two sundred millions, which would bc
squandered in n twesemonth by the Administts-
ton into ahose hands it might come-tbus ki ling
tne goose that lays the golden eggs. and stripping
the Spanish prope forever Of the chief outlet for
their surplus products, labor ard enterprise!
Mr.. Toombs bimself tells US that "decayed
"nations always sell, and generally do good
"thiDg by it, bseus rha. they do not sell IS ssnsily
"taken array from than for nothing" This msy.
perhaps, be considered in Georgia polite method
Of urging q bargain. II so, We can only say that
the manners of that State very peculiar, and
for our part We much prefer to them the Spanish
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