New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-12-14
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.



DELEGATES geOM FuBTO EloO Is FAVOR OF
mnMrATE NAYc.gauoS-TIB CUBAN DELE
GA7fs IN FAv1n rV GRADUAL ENANotPATIoS-
rasm1S, luR Go2up-Ngvs PROM MEXICO
MACMILLAN ELsoLyp To IIGuT II OUT
ARRIVAL up GbN. SHERMAN AND MR. Campbell
--rBEY 90 To neutrality-suspicious. Cru hLl"S
90 rm NExicANs ~ sosoRA--svRRENpFE or
TUB IMPlmALIs1s At JALAPA'
From On Sposs ConysPoalaii MS, ma $50
Aaars N TIN. ISLAND arparcaty IN very Irecanoos
condition want Of confidence eA4>'' "hons wa ''"''
.n.,,r an The uucertainl! Of it' present .'ia status
Tho oolnirhiy Niger question "as II used ~ be rather
iovern,, termed ia bygons times, by the then domi-
,,t Democratic party Of the United Statesloous Up
f, Of doubt source o. tenor 10 many wealthy planter
IN Cuba For tins reason the absorbing subject Of inquiry
With be Cuban slaye-ownor is What will 10 the future
ie tor NJ The mother country with respect to the negro!
TIL, subject Is at present under discussion at Madrid 10
the Office Of the Minister OF Jtram0r as be would be
called IN England the Secretary for the Colonies Whether
Intentionally or not the negro question has been made
tleo one % special importance, and to parties more par
tichary interested IN h of an absorbing character
To more fully understand how this has become the ease,
n mus. be remembered 10y those who take an interest 10
this AID ne other Spanish West inCa Island OF FoI'o
Rico that soue months about the beginning OF the
wear an order issued from the Home Government az
Madi1 informing the scycrll chief municipalities OF TINS
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elect certain number of dcputic who were TO meet at
Madrid under the presidency OF the Minister of Ultrauar,
ana discuss what measures OF reform ~ the an1geucn'
of and Laws rct ring the two Colonies II would be- adj
ysai1e ~ n,0p a. well a> hat anComtOns might he
made o improve the social condition OF the Inhabitants
aud promote their further prosperity:
In tnis island. notwithstanding The influence OF me
Govcrgucut several individuals OF liberal views we're
elected Tor different municipalities among them the editor
of the Liberal newspaper OF this city The Sgi0 ghhe 10
ia honor the Civ ct Sinlago dc cuba chose sS us rep
rescntliivc Cuban vel known Tor MS radical oPlni1Hs
,trle ID Nn I'D
bis Writings la a OF OF political cicrn-l mean the we'll
know uban csavst Sac0 who has been hNlueiot heSo
many rcars an exile in France and who has now len ms
retreat there at Palsy T. join at Madrid hls fellow CuDan
couutucn who have been elected deputies 10 represent
All observed before whether intentionally not, the
e." night uggcr question soon became the prominent
topic. and nom is transendent interest IN these tnfs
when, thanks 10 our country ana me |at'-JH"H ~ e
Soul slavery has received It's deah-boE, the Whole IN
tersi may be said have turned upon tins single tC o
INJURY Herr IN Cuba the discussions OF toe aSDOltu
, az PROVINCIAL or colonial delegates, and their debates
as vol deliberations, will be watched win ihehse AhA
oty clsrncs, hope and faspcion acc'1ns 1IcSs
and on Of the several parties here that either desire
the nho sn Of slavery, OF those who vanly imagine
that this Disgrace OF modern civilization may be su con-
Inc iss mail steamer from SPAIN which arrived few
dav, ago brncs 10 the 18th ult by which we
learn that tho spanish Government M order, as ~ IS
stated insure moro regularity IN the proceedings OF ths
Colonial JnHfq Congregations meetings, by the BY
arc ouy Of dtbctivc character aud by 10 means leg
sat,e-has divided the members into four distinct bodies
or committees 20 each Of which Is assigned the task OF
gathering information upon one of the following subjects
OF REFORM but which IN reality are all one, i0r tuey al
have reference TO one matter. namely-Slavery; Fst
Negro slaves; second Free ncgroesi third Asatics or
Chaesc; fourth Immigration.
H. accordance with these regulations the delegates at
their fst general meeting which held short time
ago formed themselves into the four corresponding sec
lions No definite number OF members was assigned to
sav of the divisions OF committees the delegates being
allowed 20 select which division they preferred To JON,
aud the four committees az Their first meetings elected the
following as their respective cha irmen oi mo uEs
Don Ignaco Gonzalez Oyares OF the second, SenOr
Caseauos Of the third, Doa Ramon dc Ia Sagra, for
mery Curator Of the Botanical Garden OF Havana and
the author OF very yO.umnOus work on the Island OF
Cuba l which It's natural history aud botany are treated
most extensively and Of the fourth, the Count Of Pozos
Dulces tho editor Of the Siglo. these four committees
O. divisions empowered TO discuss seyeay the subject
ntrstcd to their dcberaton and to make report there
on e. q general meeting OF all the delegates by whom the
subiec, Is 10 be fully Discussed
Their proceedings are al present only in embryo, but
mentioned above great anxiety s manifested here as TO
what will be the future esu-that is TO say, what course
Of policy win be adopted by the Governme1t ana WIaS
BY IT, Among the deputies from Cuba there IL direr-
sy Of opinion aud al shades are represented from tue
extreme abotonisi TO the slave dealer who would even
wish 20 continue that nefarOus traffic, the slave trade
The deputies from Porto Rico, on the contrary, arr unani
nous FOR emancipation circumstance that may be al
trbuted 70 the comparative paucy oi negro slaves IN a
island who bear no proportion 10 the free white popus
tho white and free coored popusuon Is much crater
there is diversity Of opinions but by the greater part Of
tho pastesa settlement OF me question would De heartily
welcomed, relieving them nom uncertainty as 70 ner
future poeon and that Of their depeHdont slaves. As
matter Of course from the circumstance Of this island
having boon for many the principal aud even sole
place where the trade from Africa was carried on
Their l. rch and influential party who have grown rich
By tts mcsns and who look upon emancipation With dis
gust No doubt they will use every secret means m their
power TO stavc of what they consider az evil day. but
With the generality Of the Cubans believe that negro
emancipation would be received boon and that they
look TO the abolition OF Slavery as settled thing The
debates Of the assembled colonial delegates a. Madrid
must be therefore of interest only 10 tho inhabitants
Of this island but 10 the friend OF human liberty every
where and shall watch the proceedings with attention. |
giving information 20 the readers Of THE TRIBUNE and 20
phaathrOpss general OF whatever nav occur Of ~.
fercst In the proceedings OF that body.
have given you what is the popular report, einough I
the Sgo Of yesterday mentions tho reverse about me
unanmitv Of the delegates insisting that tho Liberal
delegates a Of mind but 70 does not tell US what
that Of mind IT, Stating, likewise, that The Porto
Rico delegates have split upon the main question !
namely that Of the negro slayesthree OF the delegates
inssing upon an immediate emancipation, while those I
from Cuba although agreeing with their fellow delegates
from Porto Rico on the necessity OF abohshng Negro
Avo wish the emancipation TO DO gradual az least 50
far a. concerns the island of Cuba, which, they contend
il not In favorable condition as Us sister island 70
aoW Of negro emancipation being Immediate ltthcreoTe
appears that the popular report upon the subject and the
private correspondence Of the Sgo coincide with regard
10 the opinion Of the delegates on The subject OF emanca
ton those Of Porto RioOof az least poron-being ID
favor Of immediate emancipation, and the Cuban delegates
being for something slower and more gradual The |
liberal writer, SacO would take aetive part In the de-
bates of tho section 10 which the subject Of "lmmgra
ton has been allotted and Of which the editor Of the
SiRi0 Is chairman. What propositions viii be brought |
forward would he impossible 70 determine but II is
proposed g. encourage European emigration tie Cuban \
planters must learn TO meet II IN generous spirit, and,
however degraded the spanish peassnty may be, must
take them by the hand IN liberal manner and acknoWl-
edge the supremacy Of labor. Without this, all attempts
Of European immigration will fail.
IL must not. however be imagined that the Spanish |
Government has accorded this body Of COLONEL dele
gates extraordinary powers Such powers u reserves
70 itself the functions OF the deegaes Dslng limited 70