The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-02-21
ISLAND OF CUBA,

Until This excitement has WON itself out the
s,lIler will be thrown into temporary obliv
ION. There are significant indications, how
ever, thai the question of Cuban annexation
will be KEEP, as a rallying centre for p"pu.
lar feeling to that party which would have
encountered war for the whole of Oregon,
which originated the contest with Mexico,
and svlicbwould hazard hoslIlitics with the
maritime states Of Europe to acquire Cuba.
This party has its presses AMI It's par'lzans.
The lust for land. insaliaie and inSalab!c, is
not the only feeling whichis at the bottom
OF The embryo movement in relation to en-
ba. There are aspirations connected with
commcrce--desires that look 10 The sudden
acquisition Of wsalth--which the pcrspec-
lire Of Cuban annexation lights up with un
wonfed animaion. The cities on the sea-
board we find occasionally cciinins back
the cry that issues from the remote. ends of
the Union. those who regard the Repub
.l,can desiiries Of ihc Anglo Sayon race, over
the continent and islands Of this hemisphere.
rs sunaccomplished, whilst European govern
ments hold dominion over anv part ot either.
the combination of mercantile cupidtv and
territorial lust. would leave the American
of afuture generation 10 seek for the memo.
rials oftrue freedom amidst tho vcstigcs clt
by an impure ambition AMI fa'se theory OF
wealth The moderation Which shoul he
content with more limuc;l area for lncrcas
ins numbers. and with The gradual growth
of private riches, might transmi, to Posteri-
ty, moi dominion embracing a continent
and a popdia,on divided 10y mountains aud
deserts. but an empire of which the parts
would grow by gradual aggregation, and
the people wo':!d become knit together hy
afFini,,es of race. California at the other
side of a mountain chain that forms geo
graphical barrer--the focus of numbers col
iected from the mos, diversified regions
Europeans, North Americans, South Amer
leans, Asiatics, South Sea Islanders. Indians
-in what can such conglomcration ter
inmate, if there should moi be anarchy. but
q sociai patch work. It's whist this peril
Gus experiment in colonization is in progress,
that Tie project sleeps nf bringing within our
Limits the Cuban Spanlarhs.
We have been led into this train ot re
Election, ON perns:ng several numbers of
Spanish and English inurna entitled La
Yerdad, published in the city Of New York.
and largely deyoIed to an illustration Of The
advantages Of anncx;ng Cuba 10 the United
States. The writer enters into several e'ah.
orate statements, showing The commercial.
snar1tinae, aud political benefits to be gained
by this Incorporation. Now, if the question
depended for its Just solution on these cle-
al 4. ],
the United States by adding To their exports
some millions Of dollars, and to their shipping
some Thousands Of tons, were justified in The
cxtcnin0 of their territory. the beautiful Is
land in question. would unqucstlonab!y be
among the most desirable of acquisitions; "r
If our people were hcmmed in by natural
boundaries while cuItivaiing an unGrac'nl
soil, the extension of our limits might adult
Of plausible argument. Blu, the editor OF
La Verdad mus, know that such IS not the
position Of country which wants no cara-
blnics for a commerce and marine. within
its present bounds, Of any conceivable ex-
fcn'. We do not enlarge on the lnPol'ty
If politically Incorporating races S, dIsslinI-
iar as tie American and Spanish. nor Of the
inapttudc Of republican rule TO insular pos
sessions II were better thai our laws were
extended over spaces much larger than at
present. than that any extensive island. like
that Of Cuba, should loren 4 part Of our Con-
federacy. The maintenance of large mil
itary forces would he necessary involved in
the policy Of incorporating ius'ilar territory
with our Union. But viewing the question
divcsted of these considerations, whici, are
purely domesiic-regar'ng it in IFS exterior
and dipiomatic aspect, the statH quo is the
policy dictated by the s,atcamansh'p that
rejects causes Of national .alousy, in terri
toriaI acquisition; wills, III such additions
to our public domain as are contiguous and
fairly purchased by treaty or won br con-
quest. our policy is against all questl"ners.
If the Island of Cuba could he obtained with
out price, it would bc dear acquisition
for il would commi, our external relations
the hazards of war by multiplying the chan
ces of conflict with Other maritime countries,
supposing the title clear by which Cuba
could he acquired by this country. We cx.
peet. as xe have remarked, this question ol
Cuban annexation only slumbcrs. under the
higher excitement presented by the Cal'i"r-
MIA movement; but its revival must be watch
ed, as the signs of correspondence become
more marked and visible between the aSl-
4ators in Cuba and the sympaihiscrs in the
United States.-Ctar. Er. Neps.
AsyLuM FOR TIE PoPE.-From a liberal
and kind feeling towards the Pope Of Rome,
and To release from the annoying and violent
course Of his own people. it was proposed
10 invite him to make The United States his
rcsidence. The Freeman's Journal of this
city says, in referring to this hospltabIe ten,