New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-26
HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.
Special to the New Orleans Crescentl

Special to the New Orleans Crescent,l
HAVANA, Feb 81, 1851
NJ EGlitor-The visit of the Pope's Nuncio and
of SO many reverend fathers of " Old Mother
Church" to this city appears to have made our
supreme authority quite religious. 1t is forbidden
that there shall be any masked balls next Sunday,
either in this city or in the neighboring villa " Of
Guanabacoa have often heared it said, "Giye
the Cubans music, dancing and bread, and you
may ride over them roughshod.h Such really
would appear to be the fact for this depriving the
young people of q single ball has produced de-
gree of excitement among them that proves it
would be dangerous to repeat the experiment.
The subject of the tariff is again occupying pub
lie attention in this island The people are at last
beginning to feel the hardship of paying the enor
nous duties now imposed upon articles of the first
necessity, and several gentlemen have waited upon
his Excelency the Captain. General, asking that a
reduction may be made i'll the duties imposed upon
-four, corn, rice, potatoes, ETC.. etc. The Did''io
de la Marina treats the subject with great g lib.
eraity" It insists that -four of first-rate quality
should be imported from foreign countries into this
island paying duty of only S4 barrel; that flour
of inferior quality, imported as above, should only
pay duty of 81 per barrel that the trade be,
tween Spain and this island should be considered
coasting trade" and that upon articles of
foreign production which had paid duty in Spain
no new or further duty should be imposed upon
their Importation from that country into this island
Fortunately for Cuba, her present "Superior
Authority" is Of liberal ideas, who has kept
up with the progress Of the age in which we live,
and feel confident that if his influence in Spain
can attain these benefits for the inhabitants of
this island, the exercise of that influence will
not be withheld.
1t may be, too, that Spain, at length feeling the
necessity of treating Cuba and her Inhabitants, not
as conquered island and people, but as one of the
provinces of her own kingdom, and as a people
whose forefathers for many generations have been
loyal to her crown, entitled to similar treatment
that given to spaniards in Old Spain, and that her
(spaln's) best interest will be consulted by rem
dering Cuba and her inhabitants happy, will grant
at this time what will be SO material to the future
comfort and happiness of the people of Cuba but
if it be supposed that this will efface from their
memories the cruel treatment, the garrotings, the
tearings from their homes and families and thrust
ings into loatsome dungeons of their fathers, hus
bands and brothers, then I tell Spain she is mis-
taken Would she render the young men of Cuba
loyal? Then she must give them at least little
'liberty;1' she must W1thuraw her hordes of sol.
diery from the island she must keep the large fleet
thatfora considerable portion Of the year re mains
in this harbor Of earthly benefit in the ports OF
the parent State. She must let the people Of Cuba
feel byplacing them in positions Responsibility
that il il felt they are worthy to be trusted and
their ambition will be raised to render themselves
htto obtain and hold these positions, Theyswi
TINS become more worthy the name of MEN, and
traer and more loyal subjects to the thtons San
Fernando.