New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-01-15
NUMBER 272.

posed convention disable t~nsevss frota nsine
QUESTION which nsgt take place without any disfirbsnes
Of existing foreign relations and in tho natural order Of
thing The Ilan3 of Cuba lice At doors II CON-
mandg the approach to the Guf Il Mexico. which washes
the shores of fve q IL bars the entrance Of
that great river which drains half the Worth American
continent and with its Tributaries forns the largest sy
ten of internal communication in the world It
ksep watch the doorway of cur inteTeourse with Cali
f,rna by The thrus route Ii isi4od like Cuba be-
1h4Ir. aud the seine the Eni'ed states should pro-
pose convention like ths TO Eas nd and France those
p5wer4 would uredy feel that the disability sssumed
by ours-lyes far less serious than that which we
asked them to
The opinions Of American statesmen At different times
and und~r varying crcunstances nave differed az to the
dsTabeness If the acquisition Of Cuba by the tinted
et"rs 1eItlPIiA"y 'Hl Z nu'FIc.ay y NOTt' g ~ - -
haads e an e2trs hely valuable possession n9sF GER
tain contingencies, II might be almost essensl 70 our
safety stt f,r domestic reasons which in a eommu
rteation Of this kind IL might not be propr 70 dwell the
rrideRt thinks that the Incorporation pi the island into
1a Union at the present time although freted with the
c,l-eU- of pain would BE- hazsrjas measure and he
wud crn.iier its acquisition - irce except in just
war ~ pain fhdul event n greatly N be dcpte-
Gated take rlace az Disgrace u the civilization Of the
The nsiiert has given ample prof # the sincerity
with which he holds these vrws. He has thrown the
whole Of his constitutional power against all illegal
attacks upon tho Island Il would have been perfectly
easy f2r him without any seeming neglect o. duty 20
al9w u5fi cts of fruisbla character gather frsr 9Th
hy canniy No amount of o5Ioquy at home no en-.
barras caused by the ndiseSetious Of the colonial
zovcrnrnsu r. uba have moved him from the path 0f
duty ia u respect The Captain General of that Island
an officer farcatiy II upright and c1ncatory charae-
taF, but probably used 10 military command han
tle snt # civil affair he On Pune in Tefe-
renee t. he ure-r private ship (who seems to
have entirely innocent Of the matters laid 70 his
charge refused % allow pas-engers and The mail. ni the
Unit. ttt.. n be- landed from vessel having him
board This certainly is a very extEaoFiDaly mod of
aumtd7 ertng upon supposed abuse Of the hberty o The
res ~ ,hr s1,H.ct n tdr-in government n bis native
country The Capt in Gencrs is not permitted BY his
gnvernnent three thousa nd mcs Of TO hold any dipo-
matte intercourse with tia United States, He Is suJrct
gree the direction of the Spanish Minister At
Washington and thr President has choose between
force to compel the aand nment Of ths gratu
EfrF.r gta MINOR lfrf4 4rcQf
result in war; and lay Of weeks aud months ;ss
sary eotiaton with Msdrid with all the chances of
tri- that ought to have admitted settlement by an
exchange between Washington and the Havana
The President however has patiently gbmittsd TO these
evils and has continued faithfully TO gve 70 Cuba the a-
vantage Of those principles Of the public law und-r the
shelter Of which =he has d'paried in thi~ trorn the
comfy OF nations But the incidents TO whirn" aliude
and which still in tran among many Others shieh
point dscsvely to the exprdtncy Of some change ~ the
relations Of Cuba the President thinks that thr in
fuence of England and France with Spain would b. we'll
employed inducing her to modify the aimini-tta-
ton of the Gvsrnnrut of Cuba as 70 anrd tht means
Of prompt remedy for evils Of the kind alluded To-
which have duue much to increase the prt o unlawful
enterprise against the Island
That convention such e is proposed would be tran
sitory arrangement saie U oe s"spt away oy tr nI
si-tibe tide Of a re ia new country Is to tue "ppre
hension Of the President too obvious to- require a
aboTed argument The project rests on principles ap-
picabe ii ALL To Europe, where International rea-
tiuus in their basis Of great antiquity slowly uudi-
- the part in the progress Of time aud events
and not applicable to Am-rica which but lately waste
filling up with intense rapidy aud adjusting on natu
principles those territorial relations which on the hrs'
discovery the Continent were in good degree "rtuli-
ous The comparative history Of Europe and America
N for single century shuw thi- 10 l'52 England
France ard Spain not materially different Ia lhelI
political position in Europe from what they now are W
4 ancient mature cluaJd2ted states establish IN
their relations each other aud the rest OF he world
the lead NJ powers and southern Europe To
IL tally Il rent was the thugs in America The
~ had exi-teuce a. proplr-a line Q
e. ugtish colonies numbering much OVER mll"n
pt stretched along thu coast France EXTENDED
from the Bay of St Lawrence to the Gull ot Mexico an
ny from the Arghanies to the Mississippi beyond VI Ct
or westward the Continent wilderness. occupied
we wandering avages and subject To cpuhcting and non
ny the part Of France AMI SPAN Every thin
Eur, pc comparatively fixed Every thing II Am
to provisional iueipeEt and trmprery except the la
in progress which organic aud vital in the youth
de state OF individual MN strngelr between u
AXE e petty stock Z at the confluence Of Il
G%s 1yl% nth a., - na anraan nSe+r "1'
materially an in their relations at home had undr
ury gone astonishing changes this Continent France h
disappeared from the map Of America whose lnmost
csss had penetrated by her jealous msonari
her rsolute aud gallant adventurerS England hi
added the her Itantc domiuons spa
luu had become mistress OF Louisiana that, IN the Ia
guag- of the Archbishop Of Mexico in lo she claim
fair Siberia the Northern boundary Of New spain
Twelve years only the treaty Of Paris elapsed al
another great change took place fruitful OF SIN great
the changes come The American Revolution broke Gu
it involved England France and spain in trymende
me struggle and at its close the United states Of Am"ri
ad had taken their place in the imly OF nstios In
restored substantially to th
bly, former equilibrium, but new element Of ineeeulal
lr;l heucpturth to be recognized in America.
pl Ju.t tw nty wears from the close Of the Of t
W. American Revolution France hv treaty with Spain.
the provisions have been disclosed possess
herself Of Louisiana, but did only to eede II to
the United states and in the same year Lewis ana aF
er started their expedition plant the flag ct the Uut
States the shores Of the Pacific In 1919 Florida
md sold by Spain "a the united states whose territorial p
sessions in this way had been increased reefd IN HI
rs u century This last acquisition YVES 80 muct M ter
it had been distinctly frseen by the Con-
NE AIauda Prime Minister VI Spain as long ago as lo
But events are but the forefuau
the territorial revolutions silt more stupendous
n. a
his Spain commencing lS0S convused the Pcninsul
in The possessions of the spanish Crown on this Cont
sh nent Vice Royalties and Captain deaeraishps hus "a
space between California and Cape Horn one after ~
othrr asserted their Independence No friendly power
Europe at that time able, or If able, was willing
yer succor Spain aid her prop the crumbng butIt
wer her Colonial Empire 80 far from it when France
or 1928 army of 100000 into spain to eoutr
the domestic politics England thought it necessary
bis counterac the movement by recognizing the lnaepe
the lrnco of the Spanish provinces in America
in In the remarkable language Of the distinguished M
Ives the day order redress the balance OF pow
not in Europe called into existence world In q
Al West somewhat overating perhaps the extent o. he
as rangement the whole world and not doing full lusi
'ny to the position Of the United sta.s IN aisIS W ~
iuurne the fortunes Of their sister Republics on y
Continent Thus in sixty years from the close oi
ing years war SPAIN like France had 9St thr a
mes imperial possessions in this henisphr
Of The United meantime By the arts OF pes
With the heathtul progress Of things rapidly ehlasn
their d1minons aud consolidating their power, j
it great march Of events still went on some OF thf
nee Republics fom the effect ol mixture Il races or
and of training in liberal institul'ons showed the
uta selves incapable of sefgoysrnmcnt The Province
the rxas reyoed from Mexico by the right by wh
the Mexico rcyord from SPAIN Al the MT ihotab palt
due san aeinto 1886 she passed the great ordeal q
Gov States and her ind pendence was recognized by
that Government by England by France and other Eurur,
the powers Mainly penpled from the United states
cave soul h naturally to bo incorporat into the mon
than efltr repeatedly rejected ny ireslu'ntS
dent Van Buren, AVOID collision with Mexico Atlis
no aunr Saon teok place As domestic question II Is
ty d subject for comment III communication |" fpre
ecu. Minister As a question OF pu6c law there never
ar territory more naturally or lustiha
ven made It produced disturbed relation with the Cove
ord mouT ot Mexico
ou War aud in its results other extensive terr
nsti. large pecuuiay compensation oh me
king uf uutcd addrd TO the Union Nithont
can vcrng divisions opiun Witch arose N retere
nder war must always happen in tree countries
has reference great uraures no person surveying III
nt,d events with tie rye oi e"upFtbtHsNe s't
they fail to trace IN the nnlh result 'e uu uo'pu UFe
ut the law of political existence, lle eonsrquer
king before the world Vast 9vitcc> when hl aus
n a ed Tor three centuries under the aien sway Of star
s .ry M coming under the influences Of an ae
e civilization freedom Uf speech and the press the tf
auce iury. religious equality, and uatirg goYenl
Is have been carried by the CONSTITUTION ut lne un,'uu
yerp regions in which they were unknown
po fore By the settlement of California the great clre
globe completed The uEHul