Show affairs at the alie rational national capitol the acquisition of cuba what H hat the prospect is OUR SPECIAL DESPATCH washington jan 19 the fact that th readiness of the two to committees on foreign relations to report bills similar in in borm form to the slidell proposition to give the president thirty millions towards the purchase of cuba was as produced by b the revelation elation on oil the part of the president of secret informs tion received by him that a negotiation was ah feasible and might be successful if properly initiated lias has caused a great sensation here in in the diplomatic and political circles diplomatists begin to see that the purchase of cuba would completely change the aspect of many of their pending questions with our government and of the schemes regarding this country some of them who ha have hae a personal knowledge r of tho the spanish court admit that in madrid almost anything is possible they do not doubt the fact that the president has such information and are most anxious to learn the particulars of it further revelations however would only lead to a defeat of the negotiations a and lid they will not be made senar Ta tassara the spanish minister here is in in a constant state of perplexity and anxiety whon when he first carne came he announced thal that if any one spoke to him on the subject of selling cuba he be would take it as an insult and if the secretary of state adverted to the subject be would at once ask for his passports now lie he is on thorns to know who is the spanish statesman that is to bo be approached with the thirty millions in political circles the sensation is even greater than in the diplomatic ones it is now evident that on the cuba question the democrats will present an unbroken front and the feeling is spreading that it will break up and annihilate the opposition in incho the north if it is permitted to become a party question A suggestion has been started among the republicans that they shall all vote for the slidell proposition and thus throw it out of the political and get it into the diplomatic field where it will certainly take two if not three years to work vork it out to 1 any conclusion this will throw it over until after when it is not much matter what happens seward is known to have stated that he would vote for the admission of cuba so has giddings of ohio sir air doolittle of Wis wisconsin colsin is in favor of the acquisition I 1 am informed that governor chase of ohio has written to senator wado wade that if the cuba question is a part of the political canvass in 1860 1660 the re rc publicans public ans will loose that state liale hale laughs at the idea of his fighting cuba the plan of action proposed for the republicans on oil the thirty millions question is to follow the same course that they did on the british outrages question last summer and go in for it even stronger than the democrats its advocates say that such a proceeding only commits them to a peaceable acquisition which may be impossible while it will divide the south as the northern line of slave states fear that a large cuba migration aou would id carry off their slaves there will yet be some curious jumps on this question JV Y times |