Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-02-03


tercou rse with the. Pacific, and should
any colony be established ON this
continent by Great Britain, it will be
to our annoyance and injury.
All Europe is sensible of our ne
cessity to keep up, unimpaired, our
free and uninterrupted intercourse
with the Pacific, and everything
they can do, they will to defeat and
injure US in this respect. France
had recently attempted to get Sono-
IA. 1t failed, but had it been sue
cessiul, no doubt could ext BIT but what
France would have insisted on her
right to hold it. He h4 been in
formed some time previous of the
projected attempt of Fra nee on So
nora. He had read sever al articles
from French publications, showing
the feyering anxiety there to curb
what they consider the pushing am
bition Of the United States, and to
check our progress. II e had no
doubt bat England and France would
continue their policy to check the
U. S. 1t should be an W cred firm
ly by the United Sta tes, in the
shape of this declaration,
His resolution applied this doc
trlne to Cuba He wa willing to
purchase Cuba--to pay a liberal
price for it, yet he would rather the
people Of Cuba, by friendly regula-
tons with Spain, or by revolution,
should acknowledgement, and then
unite with US. He denied the UNI
limited right Of Spain to sell her ter
ritory regardless Of the interests and
desires Of the people of Cuba. Con-
gress, in 1871, directed the Presi-
dent to seize upon florida, in case
any European. nation should attempt
TO takeit. The people of Cuba had
the right 10 decide whether they
wouldpreferto join the United States,
CT be transferred to another Euro
pean nation. He pointed out the
immense importance Of the Gulf Of
Mexico TO the United Stat es, and
eontended that if Havana became
Improperly Of England, the- mouth
of the Mississippi, in case of war,
would be Theoretically sealed.
Spain was in ne condition to do us
harm, and he was content to leave
it with her DIS long as she could hold
it, but it could not be transferred to
any other power He read from a
debate in the English House of Com
mons some years ago, Hhe en- Lord
George Rentick declared that theway
to settle the Cuban difficulty was fol
England to diStrain and take the Is
land for the debt due by Spain, and
thus put an end to American boast,
ing by cutting our commerce in two
He referred also to the m rtgagt
held by France on the Island, and
read Mr.. Everett's reply to the two
ministers, complimenting it in The
highest terms.
Of all the hypocrisy from that O
the 2 harisee Of old, no instance was
more remarkable than that of the Eu,
ropean governments thanking GOO
they were not like the poor publican
America, who seized upon every
thing upon which he could lay his
hands
He thought the object of T rance
and England in making the recent
offer for a tripartite treaty, was that
they, having offered the ., States a
share in the control of Cuba, would
then be free. to act alone. They
knew perfectly well that their offer
would be rejected. But they de-
sired freedom to distrain for their
debts. He was for notifying them
that that distrain could net be lev
led.
He felt sure that al no day from
this time forward would the declara
ton Of the United States be regarded
las idle with respect to this subject.
This declaration had been sneered at
Jas John Doe and Richard Roe no.
LITIGATION. Our forefathers issued
such a notice on the 18th of July,
| l776. The Emperor CT Russia no.
lifted the world year ago that he
was the regulator of the affairs of
Europe, and the United States had
refused to protest. The time was
now come when the United States
should allow ne inl,racti6n of the laws
Of nations to pass unnqticed. This
resolution would pass not now, nor
perhaps to morrow but it would
certainly pass. This d alton would
not, he felt assured, back out, as was
intimated the other day. In 1912
we entered into a war, and came out
of If front for,vard