Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-09-20
"Wednesday Sept. ID.


United States Men have been engaged in it,
both ia Cuba and in this country, who have
not been suspected, and many of them will
probably escape detection until after all the
mischief is done and the desired object ac'
complished. The South is anxious for this
50 dear sister - there is community of ins
telest and deep-abiding SYM Iaihy between
the two. Expeditions are fitting out here,
composed of desperate and unprincped men
who are to lead on, but they are secretly
backed by more responsible men, and those
who have always sustained higher charac-
ters both for honesty and honor, as men and
Americans. The latest intelligence from
Cuba shows the island to be in an insurrcc-
tonary state troops are being drilled and
prepared for action, and the militia have been.
ordered into service. But we are also told
that the 1000 militamcn, who have been call
ed out, are with the people, and in case of
an outbreak they will desert the Government
and sustain the cause of liberty and we pre-
sumo annexation. Letters are published in
we have copied to show the state of feeling
on the Island, urging our countrymen to-
hasten there, telling them where they can
bes, land, what they can do, what resistance
will be made, and offering such inducements
as would be likely 10 excite and enlist ambt- |.
| ious and dishonest men,
All this means annexation. Since Texas
was obtained, and by il large piece of Mex-
co, there has been a very general feeling az
the South, encouraged and aided by" North
ern men with Southern principles for still
further extension of the area Of Freedom
the ELECTS of the Texas folly have not yet
pa sed away, aye, they have hardly begun
to be felt, when a new move is made, a new
blow is to be struck, aud Cuba is the victim
SgG;rmg Cabu is the idol that enliss the
| sympathy o. humane hearts who desire to
have her admitted into the sstrrhood of the
| Union, tia, the stars AMI stripes, the banner -.
1 of Liberty, may wave over thousands more of
those who are bought and sold, like brutes,
| A leading locoioco declared on the floor of
Texas fever that Cape Horn was the natural
Southern boundary of The American Republic,
and that it would not be long before that
House would contain represent atives from all :,
sections of territory and interests Of people
down to that extreme point of the continent.
/ May he not have spoken like prophet Do
no, rapidly transpring events amply fulfill his y
prediction VIII the people of the North
remain quiet at all this ? Do the Wings feel
M danger Are the men of the North con-
tent to bear the burdens that will be put up !.
on them 10 gratlfy the rapacous appetite Of
the South Are You willing to pour your
money into the Treasury, to the amount of
millions, TO carry on war with Spain, grow.
| ing out Of this attempt to annex Cuba, and
finally submit to purchase Of IT, after losing
thousands of lives, and very many of them
from the best of our citizens and the most he '
roc of the Army and Navy This will be
the conclusion of it, unless the most rigid Sc
verify is resorted to on the part of the Govern
ment towards the invading sympathisers-
Il
enough of our citizens, and particularly the
members OF Congress, to assume bold stand y
against further annexatIons of all kinds, and
most particularly Of slave territory. We
have enough Of such already, but we must
make the best of what we have and not per- '
nit difference of opinion as regards the poll
cy OF Slavery as it already exists with US, to
endanger the institutions ofthe Republic, or !.
weaken the foundations upon which they rest
But it is The solemn duty Of every man 20 pro-
test against further slave territory, and we
say territory of all kinds. We have land =
enough vastly moro than can be thckly
populated in five hundred years. 1t is con-
trary to the spirit of Liberty, and it is an anti
Republican idea that any man shall hold i'm
mehse tracts of land, and transmit them
through his family, for generations, as in
England. What, then, can we want OF such
vastnesses of land Is ii for the renewal OF,
the musty feudal system of tho Mother coun-
try, and the creation of Barons, Lords OF the
/ Manor, and all such ridiculous finmmery u
| Let reasonable man travel through tho
1 Western country, aud particularly hs far
west, and he will find himself lost in a sea of
endless land. We have travelled three days
upon the western piaries, aud that within
two years, wihoUt seeing human habita- I
ton, or scarcely any hing to designate that
the foot ol man or tn spirt Of civilization
had ye, progressed 81 far Even IN Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota wc have repeatedly seen>|
instances where one thousand acres were en-
closed IN a single field as portion Of mans
farm. Is there not an ample sniIicency OF
territory for all necessary purposes, even al
lowing the tide OF emgla la'Iou To trlp'c, Tor at
least a century to come Wcs say tha, theio
Is aud when We speak of the present terrific
~ OF America, and particularly of That
q, hich IL waste a., n fno.t untouched, il is liom