The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-05-31
FROM WASHINGTON.
washington, May 81.

dent had sent naval force to the lslah"'
Sc. Mr.. Yuee offered the Resolution III
the Senate. presume that, to day, 1t VIII
be discussed at length. as the Subject mas
already created much feeling. find thai
there is a disposition to cenSure the P'es''
dent tor sending any force or offering any
inrrrposillon. What orders has he gIvenE
That is the question asked. ] presume.
from the tenor Of the official articles in the
Republic and Mtclligencer. tina, he has CIV
en orders TO the squadron to capture ana
prevent iron, landing on the shores ut ca
ba any hostile expedition. that may have
been organized and sci on foot in the I'M.
ted States. That is distinctly his duty.
and il may be presumed that his orders ="
that far and not farther. II is objected
that the President has no right 10 interfere.
because the expedition was not organized
in the United States. and was not TO SAL
from a port Of The United States. II is al.
50 urged tina, the contest IN Cuba is mann
" civil strife between the people and their
rulers, with which we have nothing TO do {:
tina, Gen. Lopez. called by the people OF
Cub, to return, canno, he moIes'ei by this
Government: and that the President. h'
nterierin. to prevent his landing. does IN
fact. undertake TO wage war upon the pa
,riots of the Island of Cuba, and 10 declare
and carry on war. without the authority Of
Congress.
imagine il will be found that the ca.
bans are not vet quite ripe for revolt, and
that the enterprise will Tail. Shout" II
succeed, however, the question Of anneSa.
ton will soon be precipita.ed upon US. and
will be productive of much agi'anon.-
That Cuba can remain an independent
rover Is not believed She will fa'l undp,
the protection of some great naval power.
should she not be annexed to this Union:
50. it is evilen, that the question Of annex
l'ion would arise at once.
1t has been said. and repeated in the Sen
ate, that Gen. Taylor had, before his cleo =
non. expressed himself in favor OF the nj
innate annexation of Cuba, when it could
be done conSslly with our obligations to
foreign powers. MIR. Calhoun, as | have
understood. from good authority, was con-
suited on the subject as late as last Novem-
her, and expressed himself in opposition
even to the pearpab'e acquisition and an
nexation Of Cuba. A war with England
and France will. Of course, as politicians
think, follow from an attempt by the Uni
ted States to acquire Cuba. II we GO, Gu
ba, we shall get 81. Domingo next; and
already English writers are predicting that
we SHOULD acquire Jamaica.
WASHINGTON, May %.
Tie ogi'a,ion of'he lerri'orIn and slave
~ questions gives rise to nnmhe.l"ss pam.
rhc,., essays, and letters, as well as to
SPEECHES,
Many desp,r of III" passage ofAny bill
IN he subject n, tbs session Should Moth
NO be done for California. she will be
prompted to set 10 for herself II was n
PREDICTION Of men. WIS, in their day. that
CaIi'ornin and Oregon would form one in.
dependent empire. We shall see what there
is in the power Of commerce, steam. te'c-
graphs. rail- roads. iurnpkes. and canals, to
bind the Paciic TO tho Atlantic shores.
Another result Of the defeat of Mr.. Clay's
cnmpromi-e will be the actual establishment
of the jurisdiction ond sovereignty of lex
as over New Mexico. east of the Ri"
Grando. and it is well understood that the
South will not. in tia, event. ngree To the
superintendent, "f Texas, wi'hnn' n provi.
30 that slavery sim Il be recognized in tn"
territory reinqu'>hed. Southern men have
suggested that. MS n provIso To the conpro
mise now con'cmplned, but they will mo-,
now make it sine qua non. They will
now have III" question of the Legality of
slavery in The territory claimed by Texas to
be decided by the federal tribunals; hat, al
another session, it is believed that they
would insist on its recognition.
It has been urged by Mr.. Jefferson Da.
Wis. Mr.. Mason and manv others. that slavc'
~ would, if unrestricted. find Il> way into
California anj New Mexico. Mr.. Calhoun
is reported to have sad, after Mr.. Web.
sler's speech. declaring that slavery was
excluded by an ordinance of nature from
those territories, "GIve Us free scope and
time enough and we will take care Of the
rest" Mr.. EIwood Fisher has expressed
the same opinion and supported it with
strong reasons. But Mr.. Horace Mann, IN
his letter to his constituents, goes much
farther than any Of these. and shows that
African slavery is well adapted to mining
purposes; that it is the kind Of labor. il
winch slaves have, in all time, been em-
ployed; that gold on The Gia and Colorado.
sonlh Of 36 deg 30 min has been found in
rick, deposi'e.; aud that. IN the valleys and
gurges of New Mexico. gold may be found.
not only in sand and gravel, hut in hedge
bOulders. Further. he says, that hundred