The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-10

mere clap-lrap, manu- lactuTed 10 advance ldc-
tiOus ends, and no other. The entire tenor Of
our previous articles, both on Cuba and on the
politics of Europe, renders ridiculous any idea
of friendliness on our part towards 'the mon
arches of Europe" OF the policy they are
pledged to upheld. Our sympathies are with
the people everywhere but we are not therefore
to enter upon crusade against the govern
ments of nations with which we have no fur
Their conneXiOn than that which ought al
ways TO subsist between one power and an
the Unions fjibustering notions would impel
the Government of the United States into
war against the woild-a war of propagandism
and plumber; but we have yet to learn that
majority of our citizens are at all disposed TO
sanction so costly crusade. They are salts
fed with the conviction that this Administra-
ton, while DESTROYS of continuing on terms Of
amity with every government in Europe, is
prepared, whenever an emergency arises, to
vindcate the honor of the country, and to pre-
serve lnviolate its rights, at any hazard and
any cost. 1t is not at all improbable that in
stability would be of greater service, even in a
warlike sense, than filibustering violence. We
are prone to doubt the courage and the patriot
ism of men who are everlastingly paradng pro-
fessions Of the one OF the other.
But, remarks the Union, ''the organs of this
= Wing Administration are harmonizing won
derfully with the London Times when they
say that Cuba must never, under any contn-
gency, be annexed TO the United States Z"
When did the Republic say any thing of the
kind2 Certainly not within our recollection.
We have never discussed the question of Cuban
annexation, because in Its broad political bear
ings it has not yet come before US. All that
we have done has been to denounce the pro-
ceedings of a band of adventures, by whom
Cuba was wantonly invaded, and who, for pur-
poses which we need not again characterize,
would have plunged this country into all the
horrors and difficulties of war. Really we
should like to know what the old friends Of the
Union think in regard to its present flibuster-
ing predictions. We will not do the "Uni-
ted Democracy" the injustice to suppose that
0iiN "itu VI Jul alC Soh-
nived at for electioneering purposes. Surely
the Union is preaching without the book.
One word in reference to the Times, and we
have done. We quote its opinions now and
then, partly because of the consummate ability
with which they are always expounded, partly
because it is known to reflect the views Of Ger
tain portions of the British people. But the
Union is mistaken if it supposes that the
Times is to be regarded as the organ of the
English government, or of any well-defined
party in the British dominions On CONNER
cial questions it has supported the free-trade
party, and so far sustains the RUSSELL minis
try; but it has always been opposed to them
and to majority of the British people on every
branch of foreign politics. 1t is the ally Of
Lord ABERDEEN, and the unrelenting antago-
mist of Lord PAMERsroN, who is never sup
posed to make it the vehicle for heralding forth
his secrets or intentions. No sympathy exists
betW cen them-no friendship, no confidence
and therefore the Union reasons from false
premises when it represents the Times as pub
fishing ''not simply political speculations, but
actual records of gross interference with the
| most sacred interests of our Union"