Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-11-06

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Our own Country First.
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The fnet that anollief expedition for the
Invasion Of Chha Ii OF has been ofga1i,
zing in the city Of New York with d
seeming secrecy that hldioates system.
aud q Engagement evidently more eff.
eieiit than any that characterized the Hin1.
liar enterprises that have hitherto beet
mnde) iH aemelliilig which maiiifssts Il
holder spirit of lawlassness than we ever
dreamed euttld animate even The many
lawless men IN our midst. Aud wllsli il
Ia remembered that it ID but little more
than atwelvenloliih siDee that the garrote
and tho mnsketry Of Spanish soldiers. IN
the square OF Atafes, Helt tostheif tinal ae.
count STORES Of unfortunate dupes, who,
viii, tl,elr Inst grasp, cried Oil In exeeral
ton, not Of the Spaniards, but of those ut
home who had deceived them as TO the
feal state OF public feeling Ia Cuba , when
these melancholy "reminiscences hte recall.
ed, we repeat, II Is with an1ezement and
| sorrow that we afe now informed that
there afe still ulneng ,s meh--aye, tho,,'
sands Of them-feady and wiling to nct
ever again NJ miserable a farce, aud to
pay the drend penalty Of so molanelioly Il
tragedy. But such Is tho truth, and no
measure of amazednett, OF sorrow, OF in
| dignution ean make 1t appear otherwise.
A ~desretch from Washington tells the
whole story in Il very few words but
brief ~ 1t Is, there IL a world Of sueges-
ton III 1t e%inineutly worthy the reflection
Of every lover Of Ills country, every friend
or peace and honor abroad, aud Of pros
perity and tranquility at home. Let lie
turn these suggestions 10 SOME practical
account while we may, for the time may
come when II will te "too late.'' As things
stand just now, there is an opportunity for
the people to DO heard, even amid the clam.
or Of the trading politicians and the dem
agogue but that opportunity will not
long be reserved, far the day which deter.
| mines who shall be the next President oil
the United States will bring IL to an end.
There are uhtnistakeablo Indications
that the movement for the invasion OF Gu.
ha, 50 for,nidubly revived here. but happi.
ly discovered IN time, aud put down again
by the vigilance aud energy Of a patriotic
Wing Administration, is only pnrt and
parcel Of an organization co.existent and
co.extensive else where. Tia extent, It's
notifications, the number OF persons In
volved, and the character nud ealiber of
the leaders, may be guessed at from what
Is already known with enough of aceura.
ey to show how formidable 1t Is. Aud Us
for its determination and perseverance,,
they are proved IN one sense by its reck-
less disregard of pers ,ual consequences;
and in another sense by the contempt that
IL shown for law at home and law abroad.
These men, however, let us say here, are
but the practical im%personation Of a very
wild aud d very bad spirit, which Is abroad
at this moment in the Uuited Suites d
spirit Of aggression, Of annexation, aud
plumber, all embodied in aud ending where
all such schemes invariably end-WAR,
desolating, bloody, and expensive-and.
in this ease, wnr whereof no man eau FORE
see or foretell the consequences. Under
these circumstances, then, we do o ex-
uggerate in saying the destinies Of orr be-
loved country tlemble in the scale. It is
for the people 10 say--to say IN the cleo
ton that is now ut hand-to which side
the balance shaII incline. II
Remember. the Democratic party. under
such leaders as Senator Douglas. (who is
to be Secretary of State under Franklin
Pierce, are confessedly committed to the
schemes Of these Cuban Revolutionists.
The Democratic presses all over the cotin-
try still publish. and wilt continue to pub
lish, with unqualified approval. the wild
declaration that "Cuba must and shnll be
ours" which was received with d half
frantic JOY the other night in Tammany
Hall, at our very doors. Democratic can
didates for Congress every where join in
the cry, as being the one most popular for
the hour willie a. Wing Administration.
Wing presses, Wing orators, all indeed
who seek to restrain them, are denounced
and execrated as enemies of Progress, not
up with the expanding spirit of the times,
and shamefully recreant to the advance
ment Of the nefarious schemes which are
covered up in the meretricious garb of
what is known in the slang phraseology
of the Progressives as Young America.
There is nothing to be gained by shifting
this issue. and quite as little TO be made by
exaggerating it.
Look the facts in the face just as they
are, and say whether II is safe, or wise, or
expedient to transfer The careful and en-
ligntened Administration Of the Federal
Government from the party which. in the
course of a very few years. has brought
the country safely out Of one war, and
saved it from getting into one or two 9th
ers, to the hands Of . party ready TO over
leap the restraintsof a conservative public
opinion at home. the obligations Of inter
national law, and law Of all other kinds.
to execute the bellests only Of manifest
Destiny" abroad. Is ii wise to put q par
ty in power which assures us, in advance,
that it will countenance this foray upon
Cuba that il is ready to goto war with
Spain, IL need be, in its defence ;;sthat it
is ready to spend millions and millions Of
treasure. and toilet run seas of blood 70
conquer the Island, and. when il is o
quered, to renew, Of necessity. 4 slavery
agitation which may snap the Gonfedera-
cy in twain before Cuba is brought into
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Wedo but hint at these sober truths.
We could elaborate them and multiply
them bun, as we have said. the t5ase u
sh0yt, and the time for enforcing Them il
welI-nigh spent. Read, think. observe
The signs Of the times, and Democrats 4
well as Wings, men Of all parties. speak
out for the United States. and net fur
Spain, norfor Cuba. when flselime comes
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