Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-05-08

tie to speculate very deeply as to the motives Of
this singular step. It is very possible that We
see In them the fret result Of what is ass uming
every day q more decided import--the dissolu-
tion of that great Confederacy which has exer-
cised hitherto 80 vast an influence over the des.
tinies Of the Western World. Spain acts de-
csively, because she no longer feare!the projects
of the United States, and also probably with q
view to anticipate any enterprise on St. Domin.
go which might be devised by the new Southern
Confederation. The United States are tasting
the first fruits of the policy OF disntegration,
and we cannot doubt they are bitter enough.
The glory is departed, indeed, when Spain takes
up the policy of Lopez and Walker, and acts
without reference or regard to the feelings and
policy Of the Union.
For ourselves, we have every reason TO wish
we'll to any enterprise which will raise thepower
and influence of Spain, and thus restore an i'm.
portant element to the balance OF power In Eu-
rope. But in This case the feeling is mixed with
very considerable alloy. In the first place, In
our capacity as creditors, IL is rather mortifying
to see that Spain can find money for iron.olad
ships, for wars with Morocco, and for the con-
quest of San Domingo--for everything, 10 fact,
except the payment Of her debts. We know
that it is very rude and ill.bred to mention such
o thing ct such time, but we must neverthe-
less positively insist that the victor shall carry
his slave with him In his tfiumphal car 70 the
capital. Then, we cannot conceal from our
selves that this proceeding, as far as we know
anything of 1t, has somewhat of flibusteriDg,
or at least irregular, aspect. IL 10 better to
consult the wishes Of people before you enroll
them under your banner, even though that ban.
ner be the glorious Castles and Lions OF CASTLE
This little preliminary has been omitted, and
We cannot help suspecting 1t has been omitted
for very sufficient reason. IL may probably
have occurred to the natives Of st. Domingo,
just as II occurs to US, to ask what will be the
policy of Spain when she has obtained posses
sion of the island2 The channel between Cuba
and st. Domingo Is only 60 miles wide. How
will the mother State treat the two neighboring
islands2 Is ST. Domingo to be dealt with after
the fashion Of Cuba, or is Cuba to be raised to
the position of 81. Domingo2 At present 1t
seems 40 II Spain could have but one object In
reannexiDg St. Domingo TO her crown. Nobody
of giving freedom to the slaves in Cuba, from
whom she draws 80 large an amount of revenue.
Still less, one would think, can she contemplate
governing, side by side, two islands placed
by Nature In exactly the same circumstances,
and only differing in this, that In the one the
black population are free republicans, and in the
other, slaves in the lowest state of misery and
degradation. The alternative Is, that Spain
must mean to reduce the free negroes of St
Domingo to the same level as the black popula
tion ot Cuba. If this be the meaning Of the
1t is one abhorPed alike by God and
man, and we shall not have to wait long before
We see 1t recoil upon the heads of Its oontrivers