Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-12-23

i've ground for such prohibition
has been made the subject of a Sc
Iri0us remonstrance at Madrid; and
have no reason to doubt that du,
respect will be paid by the govern
ment Of Her Catholic Majesty to th,
representations which our Ministe
has been instructed to make on tht
subject.
1t is but justice to the Captain
General to add, that his conduct to-
ward the steamers employed to carry
the mail of the q. S., to Havana,
has, with the exceptions above allu.
ded to, been marked with kindness
and liberality, and indicates no gen
eral purpose of interfering with the
commercial correspondence and In
tercourse between the island and this
country.
Early in the present year, official
notes were received from the Minis
ters of France and England inviting
the Government Of the Q. S., with
Great Britain and France, to tripa-
tite Convention, in virtue of which
the three powers should seyerally and
collectively diselaim, now and for
the future, all intention to obtain
possession Of the Island of Cuba, and
should bind themselves to discounte-
nance all attempts to that effect on
the part Of any power or individual
whatever This invitation has been
respectfully declined, for reasons
which it would occupy too much space
in this communication to state in
detail, but which led me to thin K
that the proposed measure would He
Of doubtful constitutionality, impd-
litic, and unavailing. ] have howe4-
er, in common with several of my pre-
decessors, directed the Ministers Of
France and England to be assured
that the U. S., entertain no desig b
against Cuba; but that, on the con-
trary, ] should regard its incorpora-
ton into the Union at the present
time as fraught with serious peril.
We're this island comparatively
destitute Of inhabitants, or occupied
by a kindred race, should regard
It, if voluntarily ceded by Spain, as a
most desirable acquisition. But un-
Ter existing circumstances, should
ook upon its Incorporation into our
Union as very hazardous measure.
1t would bring into the Coniederacy |
/ population of a different national
stock, speaking a different language,
md not likely to harmonize with the
'the members. 1t would probably /
fife in a prejudicial manner the in
lustrial interests of the South; and |
t might revive those conflicts of
opinion between the different Sc ections
# the country, which lately shook
he Union to its centre, and which
AVE been so happily cpmproniEe Eed.
The rejection by the Mexica4 Con
,ress of the Convention which had !
'een concluded between that Repub-
ic and the U. S., for the projection
f a transit way across the lsthmus
f Tehuantepec, and of the interests
f those citizens Of the United States
Tho had become proprietors pf the
lights which Mexico had conferred
n one of her own citizens in regard
o that transit, has thrown serious
bstacle in the way pf the attain
ne ut of a very desirable national
bject.
| am still willing to hope that the
ifierences on the subject which X,
st, or may hereafter arise, between
be governments, will be amicably b
djusted. This subject, however, has !
lready engaged the attention of the
enate Of the U, S., and requires no
lrther comment in this communica-
on. II
The settlement of the question
especting the port Of. San Juan de ,
Iicaragua, and Of the controversy !;
etween the republics Of Costa Rica {
nd Nicaragua in regard to their
was considered indispen- I
BILE 10 the commencement of the [
nip canal between the two oceans,
hich was the subject Of the Conven- I
on between the q. States and Great {
ritain of the 10Th Of April, 1850. Il
.ccordingly a proposition for the 1
lme purposes, addressed to the two i
in that quarter, and to 5,
10 Mosquito Indians, was agreed in I
.pril last by the Seer retary of State !
ad the Minister Of her Britannia I
[ajesty. Besides the wish to aid in 8