Daily National Democrat

CUBA.-In the Bulletin's summary of news
brought by the last Overland mail, we find
the following:
In the papers received by the Canada,
(which brought tidings from Europe to the
26th March,) we find the following interest-
ing proceedings in the Spanish Cortes rela-
tive to Cuba:
In the Chamber of Deputies, a call having
been made for the production of the papers
relative to the negotiations between the
United States, France and England, for the
acquisition of Cuba by America, the Minister
of Foreign Affairs replied that some deputies
had expressed a desire to see the administra-
tion of Cuba improved, and the President of
the United States had expressed the same
wish. The opinion of the President was that
Spain did not administer Cuba well, and the
United States, on account of their higher in-
telligence, had a moral duty to fulfil, which
was to purchase the island.
The Government could not allow this idea
about Cuba to remain uncontradicted. All
governments had labored to improve the con-
dition of that island, and the present Cabinet
has been constantly occupied with measures
calculated to give the inhabitants of that is-
land the share they ought to possess in their
internal administration, without compromising
the ties that bind them to the mother coun-
try. The best reply to the representations
of certain orators of the United States, was
the Island of Cuba. That the question of the
acquisition of Cuba was imposing and
menacing could not be denied. Neverthe-
less, the Government declared that it felt all
the security which its great national resour-
ces were calculated to inspire. It has not,
however, rendered insult for insult, as that
would probably have aggravated the ques-
tion. If any other power had offered assist-
ance, the Government would have felt grate-
ful; but it would not have accepted it be-
cause it did not think any aid was necessary,
as diplomatic documents existed on the ques-
tion, which happily was almost terminated.