Tho still unwell, I proceed without further delay to answer it. Of the twenty-six Sovereign'ties which form our confederacy, they are divided on this question.
Universal freedom is a Utopian thought.
To some extent all mankind are slaves from the Sovereign to the humblest subject. While nothing has been done, effectually to relieve against this bondage, which by others was imposed, the United States have refrained from giving it extension. Against such disturbers of the rights of others, penal laws, rigidly enforced, are quite sufficient. Impressions are sought to be made that the U States desire to possess Cuba.