The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-12-14

In1ad in tho course of the present
winter. The control of Congress ov-
cr III the provisions OF such an fe; 70
,angement, affecting the revenue
Of course be reserved.
The affairs Of Cuba fofss
incnt topic i'll my m 4.
sage. They reInlIS irrita.
dtion, ana BAN author
tion on sfiis t, cling has
itisaT fegular CONNER
3etween the United
lssssSdtcs a.e Island, and led to
some acts5f which VIC have right to
complain. But the Captnin General
of Cuba is clothed with no power to
treat with foreign governments, nor is
he in any degree under the control of
the Spanish Minister at Washington.
Any communication which he may
hold with an agent Of a foreign pow
CIR is informal and matter of courtesy.
Anxious to put an end to the exist
ing Inconvenience, (Which seemed
to rest on q misconceptions directed
the newly appointed Minister to Mex
leo to visit Havana, ON his way to
Vera Cruz. lie was respectfully
received by the Captain General, who
conferred with him freely on the
recent occurrences; but no permanent
arrangement was effected.
In the ncan time, the refusal of
the Captain General to allow pas
scngcrs and the mail to be landed in
certain cases, for Il reason which does
not furnish in the opinion of this Gov
ernmcnt even a good prcsumptivc
ground for such a prohibition, has
been made the subject Of serious re-
monstrancc ut Madrid; and | have
no reason to doubt that due respect
will be paid by the government Of
Her Catholic Majesty to the reprcscn-
tations which our Minister has been
instructed to make on the subject.
1t is but justice to the Captain Cen
cra to add, that his conduct toward
the steamers employed to carry
tie mails Of the United States to
Havana has, with the exceptions above
| alluded to. been marked with kind
ness and libcrality, and indicates no
general purpose of Interfering with
the commercial correspondence and
intercourse between the island and
this country.
Early in the present year official
notes were received from the Minis
tcrs of France and England, inviting
the Government of the United States
to bee me party with Great Britain
and France to Il trilartitc Convention,
in virtue of which the three pow
crs should scverally and collectively
disclaim, now and for the future. all in
tcntion to obtain possession of the
Island Of Cuba. and should bind them
selves to discountcnancc all attempts
to that effect on the part of any pow
cr or individual whatcvcr.-Ihis IN
vitaton 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 think that the proposed measure
would be of doubtful constitutional
ity, impolitic, and unavaiing. have,
however, in common with several oi'
my predecessors. directed the Minis
tcrs of France and England to be
assured that the United States enter
tain no designs against Cuba; but that,
on the contrary, should regard its
incorporation into the Union at the
present time rs fraught with scri-
Gus peril
Were this island comparatively de>-
titute of inhabitants, or occupied by
kindred race, should regard it If.
voluntarily cccdcd by Spain, rs most
desirable acquisition. But, under cX-
listing circumstances, should look
upon its incorporation into our Union
as very hazardous measure. il
would bring into the Conicdcracy 4
population of different national
stock, speaking q different language,
and not likely to larmoniZc with the
other members. 1t would probably
effect in prejudicia manner the i'll
dustrial interests OF The South; and it
might revive those conflicts of opinion
between the different sections of
the country: which lately shook the
Union to its centre, and which have
been SO happily compromised.
The rejection by the Mexican Con
gress Of the Convention Which had
been concluded between that Rrpub-
lie and the United States, for the pro-
lection Of transit way across the
lsthlnus of Tcmiantcpcc and OF the i'll
forests OF those citizens OF the United
States who had become proprictors of
the rights which Mexico had conferred
on one of her own citizens in regard to
that transit, has thrown serious OBJ
staclc in the way Of the attainment of
u very desirable national object.
am still willing to hope that the diff.
tcrcnccs on the subject which exist, or
which may hereafter arise, between
the governments, will be alnicably ad-
justed.-This subject however, has
already engaged the attention of the
Senate of the United States, and re-
quires no further comment in this com
munication.