The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-23
THE CUBAN QUESTION.
',rui.OnicinI statement ~ the Views "i
the President.

,r,ui.OnicinI statement ~ III" Views "i
the prcsidcni.
The di,gussion of the Spanish cabinet 5
reply to what is caiIcd IN the late Mad,
rid telegram "thc Washington note,
ha, reference to unsettled questions be-
tween the two countries, The exact
point Of this official paper cannot bc ilS'
ccrnlncA, hut they may he Inferred rom
the views Of the president, which form
the basis Of the instructions TO Minister
Cushing, and whirh'show that th" pres
ilcnt regard, the civil discussions in
Cuba, and especially the sanguinary hos
tiliticS, Il, producing effects in the United
States second in gravity only TO those
WhiCh they produce in spain The uIti-
mate issue uf events in cuba will he in
dependence, however that issue may be
produced, whether by means OF hcgolla-
tionS, or rs the results Of military opera
tons, or Of one Of those unexpected Incl
dents which 50 frequently determine the
fate of nations. The continuance of the
insuwccton grows day 10y day more in
supportahlc by the United states, and
willie the attention Of this government
is fixed ON Cuba in the interest OF hui
manitv by the horrors Of civil war pre-
vailing there, it can not iorbcar to regret
that the rXiStancc Of slave labor in Cuba,
and its influence over the feelings and
| interests Of the pcnin-uMr Spanlards he
at the foundation Of all the caIamlllc'
which now ahlict the Island. But sIa-
very can not last long in Cuba, cnvir-
oncd rs that island is by communities ol
cmancipatcd slaves in the other West
India Islands and the United States.
The president has not been without hope
that all these questions might he settled
by the spontaneous act ot SPAN herself
she being more deeply interested III Such
settlement than all the rest of the world,
The question what decision the United
State, shall make is a serious and dlI.
hcult one, not to he determined without
careful consideration of its complex cIc-
mcntS Of domestic and foreign policy,
but the determination of which may at
any moment he forced upon Us 10y oc-
curcnccs either in Spain or tuha' " lIh
all the president can not but regard m
pcndcnrc and emancipation, OF course,
rs the only certain and even the ncce-'
sary solution of the question OF CUBA,
and in his mind all incidental questions
are quite subordinate to those the larger |
objects Of the United State in this re-
,pcct. The president does not mediate
or desire the annexation oi CUBA to the
United States, but its elevation into an
independent republic OF trrcmcn in har"
mony with ourselves, and with the other
republics Of Amcrica The policy OF the
United States in reference to CUBA at
the present time is declared to I've one OF
rXpcctancv, but with positive ana lINcd
conviction, Il, to the duty Of the United
State, when the time or emergency Tor
action shall arrive,
Tho now .loou. or war Alert. Alliance,
E..rx Rmrrr Adams Trenton, Huron,
and rn,crnri,c, viii soon be ready for
sr and most Of them will he in service
hn,orr ,hr end of thc wear. The Trenton
J.. tLr nnly one NOT juunchcd. but it il
tbnmohi she will be- by the 18th of De
rrnbcr next. The Alert i, already in
con,ni.sion The Alliance, now at Phil |
adrIrhin. will soon bc put in commission.
The Ranger will, in a few days, 90 to
phil,drIphiu to gct her outfit. The
Adams and Essex, at Boston, the enter
rri4r ut Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
and IIurnu ot Norfolk. Virginia, are
r,,,;JI, Loinr nrrrnrrd for sea. and their
',nirnr! viii Ir .nnu ordered aboard. 1t
G'|I ~ ,hnn,,ht that thr Alert will he ordered
f. m ,T"" ,Tc Eas, indies to ioin our squadron
u" !" HAS, I',, wotrr. rho nthcr, will he or
%nrnJ IL ,'I, ,o @ ;nin tLc north Atlantic fleet Il,
G,I, ~. IEoy orn nut in commission, and |
aus, " vo..nI. , H.. 3rc rorJrd abroad thcy will be
49, ,.rIaroJ L, crnr thr north Atlantic to
G',J', c,,,';',n -,at;"m. II j. ,hr uolicy of the
,nrrni"ry "' of ,hc navy TO keep a large