, 1861-03-05

Spain and the Southern -Con4ederacy..
Letter from Horatio i. Perry.
Correspondence Of the N. T. Evening Post]

Correspondence Of the N. T. Evening Post]
WARRINGTON. Feb. -, 1861.
Mr. Horatio J. Perry, the United States
Secretary of Legation at Madrid, whose re-
eiAtence to the scheme set on foot tT Sou1e aud
Others, to annex Cnba, during the ad1ninistra-
in our diplomatic annals, has written a long
and interesting letter to- a Representative ii
Congress, on the subject Ut secession 4nd its
effect on The relations OF this country With the
nations Of Europe.
! The reader will take pleasure in purusing
some extracts from the testimony Of so intenl-
gent and patriotic an observer OF our national
affairs, rs regarded by him at q distance from
the scene Of Tho disorder.
MApElD, Spain, January 8, 1861
" have fought secession in its first Danger
.ona form. Behind the hlack intrigue Of 1854
IS for annexiug Cuba by means Of WAT made
without the aid Of Congress, in which the
the South for the south'a aggrandixement,:.
lay concealed the plan Of ascession. It was to
conquer Cuba By the Union, and then prostrate
the North or sever the Union on the question
OF her admission, setting up a Southern Re
public NTH Cuba and the Sierra Ne7ads, Gem
tral :America and Mexico to be afterwards an-
Pierce and Attorney -deneral Cushing acted as
instruments Of this Southern Intrigue, With
> ont, am persuaded, knowing It's extent. How
much Mr.. Buchanan knew of:it Ut 0ateud
aM npt:aWare-, ~ 80,
e The power Of nations is not alone measuf-
ed by their material resources, but by the
aympathies they inspire; or the amount Of hate
which can be concentrated upon them. We,
have had to beRc-a gTieruus lead for many
years. load with which the question Of dem
6cratic institutions hss nothing to do. Purge
Us Of slaye violence and aggression, and our
road abroad is smoothed and our true power
increased.
"The United States could undertake any d.
plotnatic enterprise with any nation In Europe
with tenfold the confidence ofsnccees atterthe
separation. Of the Cotton States, Cotton Is
king, but wheat and corn, and beef and pork,
and dax md hemp andwoo1, and iron, timber,
ships, steam, manufactures, and gold and to-
baeco, # you please, are a democracy more
powerful than his majesty They are 1nyalu-
able in their own borders, and can, If need be,
send abroad better army than cotton ever
dreamed Of -. -
aAs to Spain, I an competent to say that her
whole restrictive system On our comm efclal
Intercourse can be costly removed. The Cuban
-four duties may be abolished by an intelligent
negotiation, and ourdour, corr beef and pork
will drive every other article out Of the Span-
iah colonial market whenever re choose"
Mr.. Perry remarks further, that if the North,
Cotton stntes to be the aggressor, -ssthe Bouth
h isolated deprived. OF :svery sympathy and
every resource in the good will Of other
nations, England Will spit upon her; the
Emperor Of the French cannot lit finger for
her against tho unmistakAble sentiments pf
that people;. rcgeuerate Italy abhnrB her;
SPUN recognises in her the enemy Of her
colonial peace, and in her foreign policy, WIN
certainly pl3y into the hands Of the Eorth.". !: