New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-29
CHA md TIE TIMRs.

" ia AND The TIMES.
The Ns,o- York Times sees fit to lend itself to
he uses of Flibusticrisn. Ii does not use the
same language with The Herald or The Sun
/ JOp Atas-that would not subserve its pur-
pose-but in its own way aud sphere it nsid
iously paDders 10 that passion for Territorial
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT which in our view is the great
peril and great crime OF cur country. Ii does
not say precisely, Ike The Sunday Alias
Cubs we want and, right or wrong, Cuba
wen hsve,-for that would shock the feelings
md arouse the apprehensons of too many OF
/ It's readers but it continually represents the
acquisition Of the Sugar Island as eminently
desirable, and proceeds to urge the re6pening
ofnegotiatOns for its purchase after Spain has
! expressly refused to sell on any terms and per-
emPtorly interdicted the subject And the
reason why she should sell urged by The Times
Is plainly this If she don't sell us Cuba. our
people viii take it from her by force All this
appears in our eyes at once most insulting to
Spain aud discreditable to our own country.
The Times responds to our former article
thus:
"ltEil. some unreyealed purpose Of The Tribune to
Ieprcse TIE Times as advocating the forcible seizure
81 Cuba, unless spain viii sell IT, We slightly
fected by It's Interpretations snd hte impres I'D
by rs epthes thai we shell take pens e expose ihs
ons or rcpel the other"
Now it spited ccery purpose of The Trib-
sae 10 guOfe from The Times fully and exactly
The passage 10 which we objected and on which
our structures were based lfthere were any
thing ike Misrepresentation in our COM
ments, our readers had before them the means
Of cOrrcctiog them and doing our neighbor am
pie Justice. 1t does not quit his purpose to
treat orf remarks in like manner. Not one
line of THE TabuneS article is quoted By The
Times, and its readers see not what we said,
but what il suits the purpose of The Times
60 impuCe 10 us.
Tie TINES proceeds to assert that the acgui-
,aio" Of Cuba has been deemed important to
our country by leading men in all the Admin
istrstions of Government from 1870" down to
the present. We challenge the proof of this
sweeping assertion. I'itbe true, ours has been
the lalsest Government that ever existed; for
it has been from year 10 year protesting to
Spain that it desired nothing as to Cuba but its
retention by her, and has been making merit
of It's zeal and vigilance in behalf OF her ascend
sucy. Time ard again has it expressly and
needlessy assured Spain that it desired nothing
as 10 Cuba but its continuance as it is, and
warned her that plots were maturing intended
10 gresr from her the most precious of her for
eign possessions Should il be established that
our Government has all along meditated the &C.
QUESTION Of Cuba. then is ours proved one of
the mosI descending, hyPocritical, lying Gov
ernments chat the world has ever known But
these unPutations rest on the personal author
ity OF TIE Times, and are not sustained BIZ the
records. There have been one or two instances
VI which coyetous spirit with regard to Cuba
has been eyinced by particular Administra.
uon, bur II ID not true that "aH the Admins
uons SINCE lS20" have manifested any such
spirit
And now to the present policy of acqui
stiou
We stand before tn Nations deliberately
committed TO this positiOn-if any other great
maritime Power acquires Cuba, no matter how
peacefully, we shah consider that act one Of
var upon our interests and rights. We give
the world notice that We will not acauiesee in
1t, bur Will resist it b. force of arms Now
other Powers have possessions at least as near
cuba IS ours are, and have reasons ike our
cSn for preferring that il should remain Span.
lsh territory rather than pas. into our hands.
We know this perfectly; know that they VIII
regard Il. transfer 10 Us a. offensive and sc'
sreSsi7e toward them. Ii this is unreasonable
'es ar. completely estopped from go maintain.
lDg .! our own deliberate, official sc.s Tie
I'"'ss if We mistake not Indicated in lis Pros
Peet1s that It would differ from The Tr.6uns
IN iaVorlns Reforms only so far as they should
be deemed consistent with Christianity. Well:
We now ask The Times 10 state distinctly and
directly whether it would deem il consistent
With the Golden Rule for our Government viz.
tuslly 10 say to other Nations, We viii ac-
quire Cuba if We can; but if yOE do that
tha. We will make war upon you ?" This is
10 us very earnest matter, and We will thank
tn Tine: re treat 1t accordingly