, 1875-11-18

Leon rcry rotssuttnR. 1t Is noteworthy TINT OF
iase feafs sln'Iat opanisn-Cahan c1aze ~ o1-
ctea about tue tame Of 1no asaompaoe ot coo-
Rfess.
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The IHuNDeRcH. ..
WHAT THE hoSnos TIMES Tl!sks or THE
AMERICAN NOTION OF THE AosF FEl1-
EMProar MESSAGES" KiNo ALFossos AlN"
London Gtmfs, Fr.5.
A war between tho United States and Spain on
Account Of Cabs world be all Int inevttah,e II
American dispatches could be construed as liter
hlls a. 1aose OF European countFlea. NO Euro
pean Government would send such a note as
that Which preelout Grant las caused to bo d.
1iyarcd tn tha Cnbinat at Madrid unteaa It ,ycro
ready 10 1eht anu any uosesnment "'tn
selso OF ee!f-fespect Noaid hgnt fathee tlan
yield 10 such dctation, A shcre is. happily lit
tic rcason to fear that presilout Grant ucans to
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ou1te ca1m'y. 1ue ptee'ae tes1"s ot !" as our
American correspondent said ycatcruay, have
not been made public, but they may 10
gsn'sa ta pxa.,uan, % Ds so.ms ,hat u"7
tno tf0"'oea@' ~ ooelN' eAa' "aa pte@
Eented 10 long ago 30 septemoef, by Ar.
Caleb Gushing. tho American Minister In Madrid.
It stated TINT tho i,surrectiou In Cuba was oply
ono dogreo less important to tho United Htateaa
tnau to 5pain, While American iptcreate aro IN
3ured, 10 rotssess can 10 obtained, except by .
citcu.tous appeal to Madrid. TITS CAUSE Of tho
Inflicted on Amoricsn Citizens, tho President
tnluky, IL the exjYtcuce Of slavery and tho do
uinou Of spa,u lie had hopeI that Bpau
would bayo put M end to the quarrel Of hvs own
1ames, ho tolls her wha. aho ought to do. sha
ought to set CubA FREQ aud permit It to Lecome
an independent IlopubIlc, It will become froo
in spite Of all her efforts 10 koop 1t in subJoc-
lion. 4 cont!nuanca Of presont rotations has
this danger: that 1t msY aonlo day force tho
Uujted States to interfere Tho President does
nat positively say TINT tbey wilt tutorfere but ho
pihtn}y Eives spain to understand that thoy
might at any moment be left l,o uholco, and tAxt
ho bag made up la luiud LoH to act Wien m
emergency occurs.
il suct, uns really the lsuetsRo of tho pote. It
il one Of the nost peromptory messages oycr
sent to o State, even Ut tue eecond or tha third
sunR. It ie uone the less Offensive because much
Of it Ia true. Slavery las dops IndescsibaLle
mischief in Cuba, a. it dooB e7erywhere else, 1t
hss brutalized tho eiAye-owns,B almost as much
az tho boatlsmeu themselves, aud 1t KtYes q pa-
cu1or sayaRcrv 10 tho wasting contost in the
slavery rather than for tho r'{hta Of the Crown,
The colony nlso costs spa,n 7as more thap it Is
worth. bat Tor the dsain Of mon ind money TO
put down the rebellion. Spain would hare long
much chance Of permanently reducing Cuba 10 a
state Of peace, II sho could drtye Don Carlos
acroaa tho PYrcQceu and il she could
add Tow moro millions to hor
tiebt, II Mould 10 easy for her. DO
luuut, to aend such m army ~ would put an end
to .he revolt for ume. lit tho United states
arc 20 near and tiiaa.Iecttpn Ia 20 eabiIy fapnod
bY people NTH a genius Of flihusterIue. that
such paciHcatiop would be = moro teprieya.
Tho cooler minds In HCaip eau scarely oxpect
that sho will long retain Cubs and pertIaps
they would gladly abandon II II tho pride Of the
peoplo would permlt theun,
Bot, in truth, that rside fotbda nny statesuap
or phrty oYon to hint at surrender Of 10 great
4 remnant OF Spaln'a once yast colonial Empire,
Tie Bpauiards are still tho san1o proud raco aH
thoy vera In the time Of Philip IL, and, No long
sa Cnba IL still theirs. thoy feel t1ay can mt on
impufial etra despite rouurting prouuu ucamuntoe.
curoutc civil Wer. md bapkrupk treasury. lie.
publicans, Al{onitts, and Carlis.s, ali compete
with each other, therefore, In loudly refueipg
to ntye up tie "Pea1l Of she Antilos,. Uut,
even IL tboy vere less ooror to keep 1t. they
would reHcut lis aum1nons uf foreiau powar Ia
sek It free II auythioe would uuito ihe ca rlistH
sud the Alfonststu. It would be- tie uocenaity Of
out. kin hifousS's Miotsesrs could not afford
aren 10 div with suci tt,reat aa that mh;ch ~
said 10 rave CONC from Prosfdant Grant. Ho
mi tLay wonii be .niuod II tLey vorn to TAXA il
eyen inio consIdcratiou. The caaa IL nms of
nessltv. snd shey wpn|d bo forced to ras,st the
sumn;nns ayen II IL Ind emma tso,n prtn"a ia.
mack inatead OF lreyident Grant. Ar vot thnv
ID t,ot snnfn 70 ba1a snswerfa tbn nntn hi
iIav nm srares1y faii Ia make M hanaT,tv ra.
nno;,se - II snain xers atlIi Tho araalss1 poser
IL ths world.
rhey t Wi" iii cr..,fv tha nr;je of tbe p.t;or bx
tha initfsst nGrssax in tia vncsbnIsrv ~ c.a,
t;iian nnda snd tbav viii lssI thsn ont iii tho
mnrc froeiv iscsuse thsv can ncaeesiv hsfoyo
MS,e III II !. aaI1 oTiSTa aora eiysa an tha I'll,
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