, 1875-11-18

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var between tho United States and Spain on
accouut OF Ouba would be all but luovitabo II
Amerioan diepatchea could be conatrueJ IA liter
e''y ~ sooas Va nu'opeaa couo't1's' Nv 1o1o
pean uosefnment would fenu SUCH . nose as
that which President Grant hsH caused 70 bo do
l;vercd to tho Cabinet of Madrid, unless 1t wcro
ro.dv IN fp,,, nra c,v f,ov,rnmon+ xxith a
1oaus ~ nsns ana .,, 10y uosotuou. oa.! H'tn
1oAn' ~ ae",lohp.e' "ou'u Aeu1 11'no, 1asn ~,
yield to such d1ctatton. AZ thore ID, happily, lit
tie reason to fear TINT President Grant means to
be taEon At bis word, ne may Ipok ut ,lis demand
ou,t. onI,oir 1,ha n.acun tar,r, ~ t. a. o,,r
au''s emily 4us p,es,'' ~, .e.ns ~ ~ 90 out
Auor1can correspondents ea'u yee'e1uay' aaso
not becn made public but they 1nnT be
gathered from tlo wel1-snown viewa Of
tho President. It seeus that 1t was pro-
tenteo NJ Aons "eo 40 oep1entooI' W mr.
Caleb Cushipg, the American Minletof IN Madrsd.
It attted that tue tnslrfeo'ion In Cuba was only
one degree loss Important to tue United States
jused, no Eedseas can be obsstaed. except b. q
disturbance, and consequently Of tbo ,1 mischief
Inflicted on American cltizens. the President
mlnion Of Spain. lie had hoped that Spain
would hayo put al ond to tho quarrel Of her own
accord. but. sfnco shc Inns 1ncrely fAnuod tho
t]amos, hc tolls her what ahe ought, to do. sha
ought to set Cuba frse aud pormlt Il to become
III ipdependeut Hopublo. It will become free
tu Hplto OF all her efforts to keep 1t III aubiec-
tion. 4 continuance Of prcsont relations has
thfa danger: that It may aonlo day forco tho
United States to Interfere. The prcsident does
not poatively eay that they will Interfere, but ho
plaiuly gives 8pain to understand that thor
might ut any uloment DO left no cloice aud that
llo has made up Lis inlnd no" TO acs wheu an
emergency OCCURS.
1t such was really the language Of tho note. 1t
Is ono Of the tncBs pcremptory messages over
sent to Btato, even of the second or tho Third
rAnk. It Ia none the lcns Offensive bocauho much
OF 1t Ia true: slavcrf has done lndescraballe
mischief il Cuba, a. It docs everywhere e}ae. It
has bsutalixel ths slsye-ovnsrn almost "a 1nuch
aa tho boutsnleu themselves mud It giyes pc
culiar sayagery to tho wasting contest in the
inland. Many partisans OF Spain arc fighting for
slavery rather chan for the rgbts OF tho Crown.
WORTH. But for the dralp Of mon and money to
put down the rebellion, spain would Lave long
snce concluded tho CaEst var. Nor has ahe
much chaucs Of permanently reducing Cuba to
etate OF peace. II ate could drive Don Carlos
ac1oas the Pyrcnces, and IT she could
aad few more millions 10 hor
debt. It would bo sasy for her. no
doubt, to Reud such m army AZ would put an end
aro 10 near, aud disanec+fon Ii 20 euh!ly faunod
by a people with a Knpius Of flHhuBterlnE that
slleh pacilcAtion woul1 DO 4 moro leprieye.
Tho cooler minds iu BEaln can gcaroly expect
ruftI F,.A.
they would Rlad!y apandon 1t II the pride Of the
people would permit the11.
Dot, In truth, that pride forblds any statcau1an
or party eyon TO hint at = surrender Of ~ great
4 refnnaut Of bpaln's onco vast colonial Empire.
Tho spapla1ds aro still tho BANJO proud raco ua
they were In the timo Of Philip H., and, ~ long
~ Cnba IL still thelrs, theY feel thoy put on
imperial aits despite recurring Pronuuc,amtDtos,
chronso civil mar, aud = bankrupt treasury. Ke-
publicaus, Alfonlsts, snd Carliats, all compase
With each other, therefore. in loudly refusiug
to givo up tile "Peatl of the Antilles." Uut,
eyen II They wero less ongor to keep It, thoy
would resent tho aunItnons vt = foreigu power to
set It froe. II anything would uuito the CarllstH
and tue AlfoEsEats. it would 10 tho necessity OF
defending Cubs againHt aggression from With
out. KlnR Aifouaos Atinistsrs could not AFFORD
even to daily with s1cA threat ~ that which IL
said 10 have como from President Grant. uo
aud they woud 10 ,uined IT tAey wero to .ako il
even into consideration, Tho csso is one Of
tAosa ia whlcl, courage il not virtuo, but ne
oessty; aud theY would bo forced 70 rea,st tue
aumnous ayen II Is had come from prlnoo Hs.
ma,ck !nstead Of lresidant urant, As yst they
do moi sae,n to baye sllywertd thu ufto but
thpy can scarcely fail to make ns haughty ra-
spoiae ~ II Hpsin wars stl!l tho graatsst Power
In The world.
They viii crafty the prtdo OF tho n.tion by
Tue lottleet phrasaa In tLe vocabulary of Cas-
tlial, rr.do and they will deal them olk iii tbo
mora freely hecatlss they can scarcely pelieyo
that tLe Uuitod Bla,es i4taud to strike, Mosn-
u or.