The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-16

Correspondence New York Herafd.]
The Cuban question continues to ag
tate the public mind in Spain, and som
Of the most remarkable things are wri,
ten and said about Gen. Sickles, hi
dispatcl: and purposcd recognition @
Cuban belligerency. Some of the mos
virulent Union Liberal papers say tina
had such note been sent by any am
bassador during the Isabella reign t.
the Spanish Government, that said am
bassador had been quickly dispatched
with his passports over to his own coun
try. but, as it wofu|ly happens. Isa
bella does not reign, and the Yankee
Minister. it seems, is to remain to in
suit them with another note.
1t was reported that the Spanish Gov
ernment had received sympathizine
notes from the European Powers, anc
Spanish enthusiasm in consequence ran
up to boiling heat. The Epoca and La
Correspondence reported it is fact,
and Gen, Sickles Immediately went to
the Minister of Ultramen, and in a di.
plomatic way demanded to know how
far such fact was creditab|e, as these
eypathizing notes, however digestible
to Spanish pride and honor, would
prove very indiyestible for the Ameri-
can people, and perhaps (who knows ,
for Es spaualismo. Ministro de Ultra
men-phlegmatic Excellissimo sener
Don Becerra-in a bovine way, diplo-
matically courteous, however, said that
the reported facts were false they had
not been so green as to dispatch for
counsel and consolation to foreign Gov.
ernments, to make an expose of their
doubts and weakness-to cry for aid
when none was wanted. Senor Becerra
said, rightly aud truely, Spanish pride
could not relish contessing their weak
ness. Furthermore, to rejecting
mind, La Epoca and La Correspondent
cia to the contrary. the foreign Govern
ments could not have done any such
thing. In the first place, could the
Spanish Governn ent inform the foreign
powers of Gen. Sickles's rote direct,
without troubling their own Ambassa
doris accredited to Spain. If not-there
was no British Minister at Madrid
the French Minister had been absent
two weeks from the Spanish capital.
Again, Mr.. Gladstone is sick in Wales,
Lord Clarendon was on the continent.
Lord Granville was with the Queen in
Scotland, and there We're none to hold
a privy council upon SO important
matter. Napoleon likewise has been
for two weeks too iii to attendsto Spanish
matters, and is not particularly we'll
towards this Governments. has
with them still, pending
upon the dynasty question even Gen.
Prim, the Prime Minister Of Spain,
could not get an audience of him until
after sending three inquiries and wait
ng patiently tor three weeks. Besides
was it creditable that Nopoleon, after
MS experience in Mexico, would. upon
he receipt OF letter, Immediately tele-
graph a sympathetic dispatch. and en-
hanger his peace with America at this
ate hour of his cventful life : Again,
was it likely. Or can it be believeable,
hat England, after giving autonomy to
canada, would recognize and protect
he old policy of her past in relation to
Juba. riskiug thereby injury to her
extensive commercel Again, with
'egard to Austria-she who is troubled
With the spectre of bankruptcy, striving
'ard to leave good account in the
Treasury, collecting all she can and
saving every cent she can-is it likely
hat Austria, an interior power, would
send her navy to American waters. and
20 lose all and be partitioned by Rus
ia and Italy fer her recklessness, for
he sake of power with which she
las hardly anything in common except
he commerce Of few fruit boa:sl