The New York herald., 1873-12-01


omcer OF the tornado. as well a. uenerai Burriel.
wan assert In selfdefence that they only obeyed the
orders OF the Spanish government and did not act
on their own responsibility. This is the position
asserted by the Casino Espa1ol, and our govern
ment has fully anticipated opposition from the
havanese whatever Spain may hereafter prove
the Presiaent Will insist ON the Immediate delivery
OF the virginius at Key West and
SHOULD ANY IRRESPONSIBLE PERSONS scuTTLE HER
she VIII be raised at the expense or Spain what
ever the cost. and brought to the United States
or should there be opposition tc her delivery our
naval force will assist the Spanish war VESSELS in
escorting her out or Havana harbor Neither will
the President extend the time on account or
any protests on the part OF the colonial
authorities. Our relations are with Madrid, not
Havana and the virgnius. Though her record is
worse than that OF the Alabama. though she has a
thousand times forfeited her protection TO the
American nag the President In determined man
ner says, II she has violated laws. she shan be
adjudged guilty by the government whose laws she
has broken and whose dag she has abused, and not
by foreign Power
What the President Will Say In His
Message About Cuba.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 80, 1873.
IL Ia understood that the Presidents Message, in
dealing with the case OF the yirginius and other
pending questions growing out of the Cuban re-
beIion, will accord nigh praise to the government
OF President CASTELAR, for sincerity OF intention
and readiness to fulfil obligations and promises to
the United States that mas found no parallel in any
OF the preceding Cabinets at Madrid.
TOLERANT TOWARDS CASTELAR,.
The question as to whether the Spanish govern
ment win be able to carry out the several engage
ments into which it has entered tor the release OF
10 M hn
ginius and the extinction OF slavery in Cuba the
President is not expected to discuss directly
or at length, the policy OF our gov
ernment being manifestly to avoid adding
a feathers weight to the embarrassments
OF CASTELAR, in carrying into force projects
and engagements which in part are much mat
ters OF self-conviction with the present Spanish
rulers as pledges exacted by our own government.
In the words OF distinguished Senator, high in
the confidence OF the administration, "Having
carried our main points our proper course
now Is to be patient, quiet and hrm;'
and from the same source the opinion
comes that II we are to intervene actively
in Cuba 1t will be more to our interest, and GER
talnly more to our honor, to appear there as the
suppartors, or, at least, the respecters of
Castelars government and authority than as
enemies thereof, even in justifabe cause, as the
gravest doubts are still entertained by govern
ment OF the ability or the present government Of
Spain to execute its engagements with the United
States
STILL wARLIKE
The situation is still warlike, If the term can
applied to the probable necessity OF making hos
tile demonstration against the government OF the
Casino Espahol to compel obedience to orders
from Madrid and observance OF the rights OF our
own government and citizens; but II CASTELAR,
maintains himself at Madrid it is not ex-
pected by the State Department that there
will be insuperable difflculty in the way
or our disciplning the insubordinate Spanish ele.
ment in Cuba without rupture Of peaceable rela-
tions with the home government, or breach OF the
neutrality, SO far preserved by government,
between Spain and her insurgent coonists. Now,
however, that the whole question is opened up by
the late outrage upon our flag in tue case
OF the virginius, your correspondent is as
sured that il is the Presidents determination
that there shall be no final settlement which
does not insure the end OF a barbarous war, which
has long since exhausted the patience Of the gov
ernment and people OF this country-the eradica-
ton OF slavery from the island OF Cuba, and the
adjustment OF fair commercial relations between
the United states and the Spanish West Indies.
CONSEQUENCES.
When these points are gained it becomes, in the
view OF the administration. secondary question
3ttOgegneT WneTe OF Dy WHOm tne sovereignty OF
the islands is exercised, the loss OF the slave
labor and the monopoly OF commerce would leave
Spain nothing but the barren honor Of possession.
1t is shrewdly intimated that Cuban independence
and ultimate annexation to the United States
might reasonably be expected to follow in due
time and without violence or entangling alliance
between ourselves and the partisans Of free Cuba.
FIRST AND VITAL POINT OF SETTLEMENT.
Nothing is better known here than the fact that
the President regards the utter extinction OF
slavery in Cuba as the fundamental question to be
decided between ourselves and the Casino
Espanol, and though the government Of CASTELAR,
will not be unduly pushed to extremities
on this point If 1t develops sufficient
sustaining power in dealing with the other ques-
tons at issue, its overthrow wil beyond question,
be the signal to our government to take up an at
titude OF compulsion. and to end at once and for
ever, the long catalogue OF crimes and injuries
against American interests and humanity itself.
TQNDnN pPESS npTNT0M