Year: 1869

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the year. paying his taxes and then returning to his
usual style OF hvIngs IL certain, at least that
crease under the pay-in.advance system; must
increase indeed, to such an extent as to seriously
einbarras, and and inlure the government by disturb


All these points will. doubt receive due atten-
tlon when the budget comes before the House for
legislatlon and when the novelty OF the admlnstra-
tion plan has worn OF. There Is one feature In the
policy OF the present Ministry. however which VIII
commend Itself to all sensible men, and that is the
determination to give up forever the nonsensical
idea OF England's supremacy and to consent to
prsy H sas so9
Island Ga1a pannnn Holland. mon On the seas and in the
second rate Power. Her voice Is no longer needed
in the turmoil OF European politics, and the great
progress made In all the elements OF modern war
and less isolated nations a. q military and naval
Power. The present Cabinet Is Cabinet OF brilliant
en ana tney Grasp ana accept ns situation Tney
aching shoulders OF commercial people the heavy
burden & Of a lazy, overgrown army and bloated
dockyards are being gradually decreased, and the
hands thrown out OF employment are TO be
provided with facilities for emigration the military
force s to be materially reduced. These viii be real
b0ons to the people In more senses than one. In a
be dreamed OF by the British eovernment IT. and Eng.
lishmen will content themselves with the enviable
reputation OF great commercial country, as peace
ful and as prosperous as community OF Quakers.
Who shall say that the people Will not be happier
from the dissipation Of the dream OF glory and the





respectable legitimate position.


The seizure OF the Brig Mary Lowell by the


Spanish Authorities.


fFrOm the London Telegraph April 21,1


Only the other day the Governor OF Cuba authos.
lied the Illegal seizure OF an American ship in Eng
lIsh waters thus curiousiy contrivng to 0iend the
COlony's most formidable possible enemy and the
only Power strong enough IN that part OF the
world TO be her ally and friend. We do not say
that In any case II should be our business to in.





ence; but our good offices might at any time be
useful use a IN ayertng quarrel between spain and
the government OF Cuba manages at once to give the
United States authorities very serious provOcaton,
almost duplicating US in show or connivance at
the attack on the American vessel unless we resent
can ship was seized on the coast and the pas
sengers-men Of all natiOnalties-were treated as If
they We're Cuban rebels gross outrage, viola,
the first principles OF public law. Beyond this, In
Its futile attempt at blockade the Cuban government
has issued list OF trivial articles declared contra
band Of war;" with food among the number We
speak on early information which fuller reports may
in some degree modify though we have no reason
to doubt the substantial correctness of what we
have heard. In comparison with larger events the
outrages to which we refer may appear small, but
heads. Before this time Spanish officials have
brought their country into trouble by a blind and
brutal indifference to other peoples rights.


What will be the end no one can easily say. It
would be rash to predict anything like war because
b stfOnS squadron Ii ueSpatcneQ from New lerk. IL
must be remembered that Cuba Is not the oonne
0Ouche for free America that 1t was for America
ruled by the owners OF slavel When slave States
were admissible into the Union the accession
OF the magnificent island meant the admission
OF three or four new States casting IN their
lot with the South. Now, Cuba would be only an
additional territorial embarrassment Emancipa-
tion would have to follow annexation; and no.
body s quite certain that free Cuba might not
have to pass through q period Of depression as
serious as that which has aicted emancipated
Jamaica. No doubt the Americans might be
willing 10 brave all these risks II they the splen-
did pear ripe enough to drop into their mouths; but
II ls not ripe, and in the present temper OF their pol
lcianS they are not inclined to snatch at it, Nor do
we know enough OF the Independent party In Cuba
10 make sure tnat they covet closer alliance with
the government at Washington. They are willing no
doubt, to accept ald and arms from American
sympathlZers; they are willing to see the
Spanish administration embroled with. the
new PRESIDENT; but men or their tempera-
ment and descent rarely attach themselves to
Anglo-Saxon rule. We saw that In Mexico. The
please Its American friends but 1t detested annexa
ton not less cordially Than the Canadians them
selves, and cherished fear Of Yankee invasion as
lively as the hatred OF the old Spanish rule. We
suspect that the Americans will find the same ditfi-
culties In CUBA. The Islanders will readily accept
their aid against Spain, to secure not anne alton,
but Independence; though they could scarcely spoil
by supplying the great republic, In their own hour
OF Crisis, with SO broad and accessible locus standi.
Meanwhile, England can only ''stand by and
mark"&with some natural regret II the public SER
wants OF SPAN, by persstency In puerile folly,
manage TO irritate her natural enemies to ALLEVIATE
her best friends and to lose the last great jewel Of
her once magnificent colonial empire.