Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1853-02-02
DOCTORS DIFFER.

The Richmond Enquirer, ia sharp reply
to the Richmond Wing, which charged that
a change was coming over the dreams Of the
Democracy on Fillibusterism. scouts the
idea that the party was ever touched with the
malady and says we told you from the first
that the democratic party had no sympathy
for Fillibusterism." The Enquirerisa prom
inent and leading journal with its party, and
doubtless imugiues that its views are the
views Of the democracy. But the Demo
cratic Review, that holds so conspicuons and
controlling position as to have enabled it to
kill Off the Enquirer's fayorite candidate
for the Presidency. with some half-a- dozen
kindred fogies, holds the following language
in its January number:
ave repudiate for the democratic party
the Doctrines alike Of Mason, Cass, and Tn
derwood and dissent from their stale and
wornout declarations that the United States
is content 10 haze Cuba colony Of Spain
any longer or those other empty declara
tions that we viii not interfere with it unless
other persons attempt to grasp or buy IT, or
until 1t has achieved its orn independence.
This is the pitb OF the speeches IN tho sens
ate; and Senators get warm over such fossil
politics, und call il witnesses to participate
ia their patriotic devotion to the interests end
honor Of the United states We might $
well say at once that our people soant Cuba
and that cur people wH hare it, and that ii
is idle for politicians 10 name the cases in
lchich they rill gire their consent to its &C
QUESTION"
"The American people want Cuba arant
it nolc u and lriH hare II by some means in
the course Of a rery short period of time.
They want it, not to enslave II to plumber
it, nor to impoverish the soil, nor to degrade
the inhabitants, but to make it immensely
more valuable 10 resources and to improve
the condition of every man, woman and child
in it.
The Enquirer supports Mason and Cass,
and denies, for its party, all sympathy with
iibusterism---the Review for the same par
ty, regulates Mason aud Cass. and declares
that the American people will have Cuba
"by some means in a rery short period of
time. What means? 1t is nonsense TO
imagine that, in the present condition of the
question: the Island can be obtained by d.
plomacy. There is no issue between this
government and Spain justifying resort to
armsl If Cuba is to be acquired in "a rery
short time how is it to be accomplished,
but by flibustering2 If the Enquirer will
take friendly advice, it viii qualify its Ian
guage 1t is rather more than any one jour-
pal can do, to speak for 'the democracy"
The task would require more mouths than
triple headed Cerberus was blessed with.
dpropos to the subject, the following ia
fable, which is going the rounds Of the pa
pers. has useful lesson in it
''Tbe monkeys belonging to certain keep
err Of wild atimals were usually confined in a
line OF narrow cages each of which had pan
in the centre of its front, which at regular
times acas ioeH filed with food for The ten
ant ;-nevertheles it was observed that achen
all the monkeys mere supplied auth their
messes scarcely any one of them ate out Of
his orn pan each thrust his paws through
the bars and robbed his right or left hand
neighbor. Half that ,cas seized apas split
and lost in the conveyance and while one
monkey was so unproftably engaged in plum
dering has 0lcn pan lrds e9poSed 10 similar
depreciation