The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-20
THE WAR rLURRY.

by the administration, with the somewht
:, effete but still strong and naughty nation tbs
\ cherishes the Island of Cuba as the most pr
cious jewel left within its possession.
1t has for long time been an open secre
that, if necessary to per petuate his own powe
: or to maintain the ascendency of his party
the President would manage to involve tn
country in a war with Spain or Mexico, O
both.
There we're, it is true, those who though
the President would not venture upon s.
: daring and hazardous a plan to sustain him
self, or buoy up his sinking party, but the.
knew no hing of the nature of the man wht
now rules the destiny of the nation, and o
whom an astute statesman declared, in 1868
that once let him Grant get into the White
House, and he would never leave it except by
force Too mind it is perfectly clear that Ger
Grant either desires war with Spain or Mex
leo, or such threatening condition of affairs
as will cause all topics, other than war topics.
to sink into insignifcance, will concentrate
the thoughts of the entire people upon the
momentous subject of a foreign war, and pos
sibly lead the masses to conclude that
as the country is on the eve of war, proba-
bly, "man of war" will be the best kind OF a
man to carry them safely through. Grant
having come out of the late war successful, it
is not impossible that the prestige OF that sue
cess will induce many to think him the best
man to guide the country through another
war.
There is no concealing the fact that the
people of the entire country very deeply SYM
pathise with the gallant and struggling
patriots of Cuba, and whatever may be the
result npon the Presi lential election we sus-
pect that declaration of war would at once
arouse an enthusiastic response from the
hundred of thousands who are eager to free
the Cubans from the rule of government
that has shown the most savage cruelty. not
only to the men and women it calls "rebels, /"
but to our own countrymen. The white sands
on the beach of Santiago de Cuba are still
stained with the crimson blood of the hero
Fry and his companions.
The paltry bits of gold wrung by juggling
diplomats from Spain have not wiped out the
dishonor or the shame of this horrible butch
cry OF American citizens, and if the Ptesi.
dent had made that the cause for war and
not waited until now to trump up q pretext,
he would have been sustained by the country
and by the world Apropos Of this question,
and to show the gravity with which the mat
ter is treated in England, we append extracts
from the London papers Of the Sd inst:
Speaking of our note to Spain, the London
Standard, November 3, says:
1.-The circumstances under which an alleged
summary of note addressed two months or
six weeks ago by Mr.. Gushing, American
Minister at Madrid, to the Court of Spain,
are in the highest degree suspicious and dis |
creditable. The note itself, if it resembles |
in the least the account of it given by the |
partisans of the President, would have dis
graced Minister of Napoleon, at the very
height of his power and lawlessness by it's |
open contempt of right and public law. But |
the fact that the President carefully keeps
back the note itself, and gives only such an |
account Of it as may in the simplest and least
diplomatic terms go direct to the points on
which American feeling is most wrong
headed and lawless-not the paper de.
ivered to Spain, but summary ap-
pealing to the worst passions of the
worst parts of both American factions, of the
most reckless and unprincipled abolitionists,
md the most lawless of Monroe doctrine
Democrats and would.b filibusters
ngy suspicious; and when we take into &C.
count the INSCRIPTIONS character of the party
ing by which the President is surrounded
md governed, the existence of a large body
# Cuban bonds, in which that Ring might
peculate to advantage, and the publication
II the story on the very eve of series of
state elections likely to influence materially
he expectations entertained, and, consequent
y, the probable results, of the Presidential
ontest of 1876, we see no reason to doubt
hat the document of which the English press
las received telegraphic abridgement, was
ssuei for political, and perhaps for Stock
purposes We can not believe that
accurately represents the language of any
ote delivered to the Spanish Ministry for
'oreign Afflirs.
Weak as she is, we believe that Spain would
ave treated the Minister who had dared to ,
resent such note as he deserved; would !,
Eve ordered him to quit her territory at /,
avs notice, and have strained every nerve to +.
repare for war with government which had /.
I pressed the intentions of pirate in the !
IuRuhSo VI ucCloilGB UulIy. NOt Oue =
ord in the alleged exposition of the Presi- /. :
ent's views presents the shadow of an excuse !
" his conduct. 1t is simply and impudeutly :.
Use to say that the state of Cuba affects the l
nited States at all; it neither touches their !
lterests nor appeals strongly to their sympa- :
hes Whether slavery has anything to do
it'll the rebellion or not is no business of
en-. Grants, and the allegation is new i'm :
ertinence, implying a right on the part of q
mercans to interfere with the domestic in
buttons of Spanish dominions. u
The Standard concludes as follows: !
1.-The Cubans are SO weak that no decent 4
lea for interference can be found that would
OF have justified our Intervention at the last
loment in favor of the South. A war with :
eak State like Spain will not be regarded in y y
merica with the sense of shame and vexa- :
on it would excite in England; for the dom y
lant section in the Union has no traditions :,
war except either of ignominious defeat or
victories won by overwhelming odds OF
lumber or underground. They who boast :
fighting England when she was fighting y
l the world, of capturing frgates with line-ot- u
a. "a al hnt,N h..