The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-07
now sPIIE RULES THE UNITED
STATES.


and the sixteen MilIicns-Thc Tricks bv
which Webster and Pisa Serve their
Spanish Masters.
Correspondence Of The sun.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 1s7o.-The indiscretion
Of Spanish member OF the Cuban Ring supplies q
link hitherto wanting IN the chain Of evidence re-
gardng the dograeeful Davis Webster Roberts t16
100000 Cuban job, which lie not yet abandoned as
hopeless. THE person, In . letter 10 another for.
eigner, who incnutiousy and exultingly exhibited IL
where he no doubt thought THE Suns rays would
never shine upon II, says substantially that spsin
always know well how To deal with these American
oficah; that she never would have risked any for.
FIXTURES or penalties in the construction Of her gun.
boats in this country had she not been assured that
she could soeure them at the right time
LARGE SUNS or MONEY
once paid over to tho ofhcial cormorants who are
always ION the make" would only have secured
a temporary result. Mems promises. however bril-
liant, although good TO stimulate their zeal, would
hardly have given them backbone enough to defy tho
almost universal sentiment Of the country, and to
compromise the interests OF their party Tho intel.
ligent serviiors OF Spain knew the advantages OF
srIPEYDrlRr SYSTEM
They. therefore. instead OF paying down given
sum in hand for the complete funlmen. Of the con.
tracts, which, be II remembered. 10 not TO do any
specific thing. but TO preUsHt anything being done dd
rer0 10 he Interests Of SDtin, hit upon the Ingenious
device OF paying periodically. They agreed to pay
n eertpin amount rer week per month so long
the statue quo could he maintained, and the Admins
tration could truly unite In that part OF the Ltany
which says, I'VE have lett undone those things
which we onght to haye done" Ia addition to that
brilliant contingent. advantages were held out In
prospect including tho division Of tho
SIXTEEN MILLIONS OF DoLLAes,
II ever they should be able.to do the Ltany s,ys
those thing. which We ought MOTTO have DONE"
in other words, TO consummate the sale OF Cuba
In this respect the President has been tutorcd TO
nlsy his part well by holding out TO numerous indi.
yiduals the prospect Of succeeding Mr.. Fish in the
State DEPARTMENT, and that well-prescrved sHdine
Of the Government aquarium has played this same
scay game. The President, for instance, conhden-
he intends to put in the State Department senstor
Morrill, OF Maine. This idea IL allowed to operate,
TO abroad and have It's effect. and secure certain
action.
NEXT, It is intimatcd IN proprio persond TO Repre-
sentative Judd OF Illinois, that he 70 to be honored
by the appointment OF Premier, and at once his 10y
atty 10 Cuba Libre evaporates.
rus NEXT VICTIM
Is Gen. Banks. Chairman OF the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs. He u Informed con1dentrly
from quarters entitled to belief that he is to be tile
Secretary OF State and forthwith he comphcates the
cause of Cuba with the
ST. DOMINGO JOB.
Then comes the redoubtabIe BENJAMIN r Butler,
the man who uses such anidayls as those of Taylor
TO throw Dirt the friends Of Cuba and the Cuban
cause, by asserting that.sttempts had made too
corrupt the immaculate body OF which he Ii mem
Der by bond bribery But the said BENJAMIN was to
wide awake TO 20 TO work on Hypothetical contin.
gents. He demanded that the pudding should be
set ON the table, and HE nephew was appointed as
CONSEQUENTIAL TO EGIPr.
And this demand was granted By the state Derart-
mont For this he gave them very doubtful equiv
alent, and took the opportunity to, pay OF his loss
on the "botting uDn business. Next II Ia said
Judge Hughes. OF Indiana. comes up for the position
OF Secretary Of State-why the cApricous dispenser
OF Cabinet events only knows
Next the Elitterlng prize was held before the
eyes Of Senator Trumbull, II IA said whether truly
or not DO not know and even Caleb Gushing OF
Nassachuset,s was induced to hope that his Prcs.
dcnCy Of the Breckenridge Convention was forgot
ten, Ike AkCrmtn's service Ia the Rebel army. and
he WIS to put his Yankee genius for money-maklng
in ofncih operation IN the State Department.
able successor OF The queer Fish our handsome and
tat friend
GEN. ufRAN wALpniDGE.
lie s man OF beautiful presence and Great personal
influence, an soud do very well. no duuht: but let
him beware low he reposes any coun fence IN the
kaleidoscope pictures OF future glory held up before
his eyes by this Administration.
ORTIZ AND BINGHAM,
two strong takers. were made % forswear them
selves by the prospect Of foreign missions. Oith
wants to 70 to Berlin, aud Bingham wants to 60 to
Italy. Such IL lie.
II 10 generally understood perhaps enormously,
that a change In the state Dcpartn,u Mt involves "a
chRuCc of policy The friends Of all the individuals
cited therefore induced to wait in hopeiulncs
aud sph7. the acephalous Government that dare
not elect ruler for herself and II frightened out OF
her wits by tie pusianimous Napoleon, has tue
opportunity Of discussing the well-earned stipend