Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-21

CUBA.

Anxiety in >Spain-The Feeling To.
yard sioklcs- Mistaken ldeas or tho
xssss.. q n. 1s:::.s ::,., Threats
Madrid Correspondence of the London Herald.
Scuba is in danger T. "Cnba must be
saved" "Cuba is lostw "To Cuba y
s..vhs. lust man, and the Last dollar, for
Cuba" Such are the principe. topics in
papers, and such the principal observa-
tons In Spanish society. at this moment
The questions of the day have all been
comparatively silenced by that. The Bish-
ops and their disobedience, the Ministry
and their discords, the republicans and
their agitation, the treasury and the taxes
even the monarchy itself, have all shrunk
into temporary insigniAcance' before the
all.absorbing question Of! Cuba; and the
sudden conviction amongst the people that.
II Cuba is not already lost; she is mighty
near 1t. Now. that the veil Of secresy is
partially removed, and the danger made
evident, there is aroused q strong feeling of
patriotism, and the most energetic meas
ures are to be adopted to "cr,lsh the insur-
rection." Not without considerable mis-
givings, however, do some people here look
upon the result of the efforts now abont to
DO put forth. They remember. the words
OF Marshal Serrano at one of tho .sittings
Of the Cortes, when Cuba came for 9. mo-
| ment on the carpet, to tho effect that
| there were too instructions there, the
! ''nlateria" and the '1n0rdl," md that long
after Spain had overcome the first, she
would have to? contend with the second
At any rate, the nation has resolved upon
ono supreme, concentrated effort, which ia
to be directed against the material insur-
rection. leaving the moral insurrsction< to
! ho fao1t xusk1N g.
! to General 6ickles. He has attained no.
toriety in month which Sir John Cramp
ton and MIR. John P. Hale, who for 80 long
time represented Great Britain and the
| United States respectively at the Spanish
court, did not obtain during all the years
they were there. Their names were COM
paratively unknown beyond the official cir
| clein which they moved; but a. to General
Siokles, his name is already known through
out the length and breadth Of the land az
the representative Of the United States who
has, by his recent note, thrown such a
bombsbell into the Spanish camp. s'Out
of evil good often comes" and, though
General Sickles' note has had an evil sig-
MITIGATION he never intended il TO have, il
has done good in SO far that it has reused
the patriotism of the country. The news.
papers are! full of appeals to the govern.
ment for display of energy, apd the gov
eminent seems willing cheerfully to re.
spond. Every asorap Of Intelligence from
the island - apxiously watched, I use the
word scrap advisedlY. for the government
continue odeal ont the news they receive
in homeopathic doses. ;..!..,>,a ,.e.,,.!
Many Of the articles which haveappear.
ed recently in the papers contain strong
language against the United States. and
some OF them have gone ao far as to assure
the public that the Council Of Minister
have seriously debated the propriety Of re-
turning Gen. Sickles' note to him unan
awered, together with his passports, an6
that the proposal was warmly applauded B,
some OF the, Ministers present; bat: sulti
mately postponed until the return Of Gen
canards to which we are treated every da,
by the Madrid press; still it shows the ami
mus some people feel here towards Genera
Sickles. Other papers have actually suR
gested declaration of war against the Uni
ted States tho moment she recognizes tn
Cuban rebels as belligerents Spanish cor
sairs are to ruin the North American com
merce in European waters as soon as Nortl
American corsairs 60 forth ''to ruin Span
ish commerce in Cuban waters" as is igno
rantly supposed must be a leganzed opera
ton following the act Of RECOGNITION.
All this is very 1onsensfcal; at the sam,
time it is very pitiful. The people hav,
completely run away with tho idea tina
recognition" means participation" ant
I question whether any tof the newspape
editors know much better. At any rate, no
one OF them as yet has endeavored to ex
plain what is the real force of the term
recognition Of belligerent rights" g..