The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-01-22
Cuban Affairs--England.

When the Federal Government made a
diplomatic sortie by slipping the chain Of
the MoNaoE doctrine and consulted the great
European nations as to their dispositions to.
wards the possible intervention Of the United
States in the affairs of Cube, all rejecting
politicians could see that a new connecting
link had been formed between the United
States aud foreign diplomacy, and there
could be hardly doubt that the nations
would seizs the opportunity for roping the
United States into the European diplomatic
ring. It was the ,nferential surrender by the
United States of the MONROE doctrine. The
nation having in that doctrine proclaimed
that Europe should not NEEDLE 10 American
sf.rs. plainly all opposition was construc.
fryeIy withdrawn the moment MIR. Fish
kei the European Government what
wy d they have to say if the United States
n, .ldicd In Cuban afftlrs. This was direct
j ,;iou 10 them TO interfere.
S.ce this enlargement of our diplomatic
spiere there has been much dispatch-makipg
between the hemispheres. We have just
II .eived one that is very curious. England
c.ters at the side scene. A late cable dis
patch rurs as follows:
"MEMoRIAL TO LORD DERBY on CUBAN AZ
FAIRS London, January 2l.-The Anti
Slavery Society yesterday presented 8 me-
mortal 10 LORD Derby, Minister OF Foreign
Affairs, on the subject OF the American cir.
,cular note. They remind him that in June
last be said sae British Government sympa.
thized with the object Of their proposal thai
England should endeaTor, In conjunction
with the United States, 10 obtain settle.
uent of tie Cuban difficulty by friendly me
dation. They now earnestly recommend
the question In its present critical aspect 10
his management. Lord Derby rcpli.d tha'
the Government would give the question
the attention its Importance deserved"
A further dispatch gives us something
more Of the tenor of the memorial:
cit points out that in view Of the recent
American circular the obstacle no longer
exists, which was advanced by EAR Deros
last wear, that Great Brtain'S interference 10
the Cuban question would cause jealousy III
the United States.
nThe memorial states that the memorial
lists have reliable information that Spain Is
willing to place Cuba in the same relation
that Canada occupies towards England on
condition that slavery is retained"
Exactly Lord DERBY after the circular
may conclude that interference i'll the "Cu,
ban question" "would not excite jealousy
in,the United States.'
The condition stated as that contended for
IL Spain in case ola treaty transferring Cuba
no the ENGLISH protcctorate is that slavery
shall be Ic;ained! That certainly does not
lcok Ike propitialDg anti.slaVery preJu'
dies; bu. then the Apti-Slayery Society
may fancy how they will cat-haul the pro-
slavery men when they get hold Of them
c. E., if they shall.
We OF course know not what importance
TO attach to these cab; kilograms. They
may be something or nothing; but one
thing, we think, is certain, that the surren.
der of the MONROE doctrine very naturally
set such speculation free; and whatever we
may think of the present we cannet reason
ably discredit all possibility OF some very
active diplomacy concerning European views
in American waters at day not far of.
As TO the shape of the diplomacy
j Isl nov We confess we do not think very
seriously. We DO not believe that Spain's
Ircdiltcn|ns are strong towards England.
There il indeed no reason why she and her
STAND slcuId.not sooner incline towards the
United STATES, unless ii be that our Govern
lncnt MS approached her with something of
rudenesS o" yulgarity, for which: we regret
TO say, we ..elieve the Federal Executive has
a decided igtirmiy. Nevertheless, we see
no good reason to apprehend any decided
case out OF this correspondence with LORD
DERBY.
But. for "talk sake" suppose we assume
taat England has taken up the matter In
esrncst-if she has you may anticipate that
it will be fixed in short ordcr-and what
is the Federal Government going to do
about it? Where Is the MONROE doctrihe,
and where are our reserved rights founded
on american independence