, 1869-03-27

vatiye man. He has, through hia wife, IN
tnteIett to the amount OF sefcral millions In
property on the lslard OF CubA, which, many
ayaF, leads htm 10 excessive caution. It
take favorable turn ios the revolution
'sts, be Will 80 oEes to them, but At pres.
cnt he Is attempting, By moderate mems.
u1ca, to suppress the result. As Cts-
petcs ls without arms of any amount,
he 11sy meet With many revefscs; but, Il
With arms from this country by Cuban rctn.
gees, who comprise manT Of the Healthie.t
men. md who are fleeing from the .sla1d to
the United States IN great numbers.
Treat ass arc entertained Of the mz4sacre
o1 the Cubans In Hassnra by Spanish volun-
alton fcr this belief: The city Is filled With
flying runcss of al! kids, and /: Is impossi-
bio to get 1t the truth.
As TO the position Of The United States she
owes nothing to SpaSa on account Of any
tJmpathy With Us during the rebellion. and
vii! certainly be fur our Interest to cncous.
age the rebellion With the immense rere-
nues to be derived from Cuba uud:r the
American fag, and with an Anglo -saxo2
Population, as the dominant element, We
might easily pay tbe natIonal ds1I dn;Elpg ;aqg
It was thonght that the spaniards would
bring on severe engagement, and tue
hope ol checSmatiDg them rested mainty
upon the prospect Of Interference in some
way By the government ut Washington.
tteir SUGARS oil and secure the money, aud
harirg done that, they ars disposed to adopt
th. FAtisn policy. Their idea Is that the
yellow lever season will soon arrive, which
the soldiers accustomed TO the mountain aEr
Of Spain will not be able to withstand, and
*ill die of like theep. The events attending
the uaytien independence arc fresh in their
minds. The revolutionists in that country
succeeded By the above policy. They waited
for the climate to do that which their army
conld not nave accomplished But, as a.
ready iat1mated, without aid from the United
stttes there eau be tut little hope for the
hucees Of the Cubans.
The native CubanS, who are the 1nrge.t
shareholders, are decidedly In fAEor OF e:nan-
c1pation. One cause Of their indifference TO
ownership In slave property, is that the sys.
oIe, the slave being entitled TO many. more
rIchts acd privileges than under the former
American system. They are looking to
Ch,nesc labor as substitute, and the latter,
1t is thought, will cyeutuall7 eupersede
African stryitude. The Chinese are
brought into the couatry upon spccu-
lat'en. the Cubans paying : few hun
drcd dollars to the specu!ators for passage
moneE. and then making contract Hith the
Chiuaman for series OF years at very low
rate, including board and clothing. The
government protects these contracts, and 50
lorg as they ars observed In good faith, the
Chinese, a. general thing, will freely live
mp TO their agreement, but If injustice is NJ
tempted, they viii hesitate nt NO crime. The
coItracts sre therefore pre- t. generally Oh
served in good faish. Negro slaves are al
lowed to purcna.e their own freedom, and
those Of ordinary fatelligercc can easily do
TO in the course Of lev ycars. Female
elaves, ior email sum, can purchase the
FREEDOM oi tlclr children either before or
tnbseqnep. to eir birth. Practically there
Is almost complete eocial equality between
the two colorH.
Religion is At a low Glib, and msuy OF the
most enlightened Catholics would hall with
tAti>faction the dawn Of IN eln Of greater
religions freedom.