The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-26

Owen appeared before him. to plead for mercy in their
behalf he told - You know what you doing
here is against the wishes Of your President" He
not prepared to hear democratic endorsements of such
conduct. He was not willing to commend the conduct
of President Fillmore in the of the murder Of young
Critenden and his companions The Senate was accus-
toned hear again and again the ophets Of
pirates &c. applied to those young men, newspapers
which devoted whole columns to the condemnation Of all
who sought the acq quition of Cuba Marauders,-were
they marauders those young who congregated in
Southern city, and who embarked upon enterprise
expecting to be met and sustained by army of twenty
five thousand menS We're they marauders whom Spain,
to this day, has MT been able to pronounce having
been guilty OF any delnquencys
MIR. SEWARD. (freesoil) of New York asked if those
persons had beentermed pirates in any official document
of this government?
Mr. SouE said that General Concha did not attend very
strictly to terms he selected the meaning of the dcoa
ment Declare man to be beyond the protection Of tho
law and whether he be called pirate outlaw marauder
he is doomed Was young Critcnden marauder
rcbber who, when told TO knce said knelt but
to Godf' Was he robber who said You may kill me,
but you cannot kill that hope which is within me- and
which tells shall arraign you for your cruelty
at the bar of the future?' He read from the Pre-
sidents message his reasons for being, at present;
opposed to the incorporation of Cuba, and said
that the same reasons were repeated in Mr. Everets
letter to Mr. Crampton The are, that it would
account of the condition of the inhabitants Of the is
land. What were those domestic reasons which now
should prevent the incorporation of Cuba into the Union
and which hereafter may not constitute any obstacle to
that endf He would tell ask themselves
the question they need not He did not in
tend to become commentator upon the language of the
President but he intended to place before the Senate
startling facts which might have bearing upon the
question 1t was admitted by all that Cuba bound to
become ours but not now. The Senator from Virginia
was for letting the fruit rpen and fall to lap The
mestc reasons He read letter from Lord Pamerston
to Lord Howden, dated Oct 90 1851 to tell the Spanish
government that the slaves of Cuba formed large por
ton OF Its populaton and steps for their emancpa
ton would accord with the wishes of England and
that if they were freed it would create powerful
the United States. If Senator's wait and if England
has any controlling power or influence with Spain
they will see what condition the island will be in If
they waited longer they would discover the condition
Cuba has in the meantime been placed in He read also
from the Heraldo of Madrid that it is well for all to
can only be Spanish or African When the day comes
when the spaniards should be forced to abandon her.
Let Southern Senator'S weigh this But we're Senator's on
his side serious when they speak of purchasing Cuba
Did they mean that they would purchase it at any cost
and under any circumstances Statesmen have asserted
that they would purchase Cuba in any emergency that
would make it evident Spain could not preserve her do
knew anything Of Castan pride must be that
the Spanish government be brought to sell it.
says she is unwilling to sell it Indeed some of her min
sters have said they would prefer to that beautiful
possession sent to the bottom Of the than fall into
the hands OF any other power any exigencies of the
home government should render sale advisable, the
wrong mode to accomplish it is publish it to the world
1t would be humating also to the suffering Cubans
who though unfortunate, have their pride and ambition
de would not ohond them The idea of purchasing Cuba
From the surrounding circumstances he thought its pur
chase wouA be attended with danger taking it.
England assumes that under should
we take possession OF Cuba and called buccaneers
Tor desiring it. England had not always been scrupu
lous the subject of taking possession of that island AS
that island was nanne9p @ ge he
were to be raised in the American colonies rendezvous at
Charleston, take San Augustine land at Maans and in
vest Havana fleet was to cut off supplies by sea- and
thus reduce the city before intelligence could be sent to
Spain. The Senate would that our flbusters and
marauders. who have attracted the attention of the
precedent,
to denounce them when she had entertained
ro,a similar r oed p1oect In laa9 Sir william pouney
Cuba for that was the principle Of the day. Some six
years General Flores went to Spain when the Queen
him to organise strong force and be enabled to
quer Ecuador, there to establish monarchy. He was
similar expedition in behalf of Flores was fitting out
in England and two steamers in the Thames belong
ing TO It, The cabinets of England and Spain disagreed
on other matters and the expedition dropped. Messrs
Champion and Sartges in their letters to Mr. Everett
FAY that any attempt like those already against
Cuba, should be made again the peace and harmony
existing between the United States France and Eng
land will be endangered. This was threat that if any
expedition of lawess persons against Cuba should pro-
coed from the United States the latter should be held
responsible BY France and England for it. This threat
had not been answered by the Secretary of State
Senators. These ministers admit that the United
States are in no responsible for the former expe
ditions but shall be held so for any future ones.
Why was this language used unless because they felt
couraged to do 50 in of the submission to
their interference in the Gulf last years. What interest
can these powers feel in this question to induce them to
take II IN hand and press it with such hreae
language Mr. S read the correspondence to show the
identity Of the language used by the two governments
and the perfect understanding between them the sub
ect They further that the interest of England and
France in Cuba at this time great that of Spain
herself This has not been answered by Mr.. Everett.
senators said remain still BE assured stiffness will
be paid for dearly He referred to the taking Of the island
OF Amelia in Pensacola Bay and read from documents
to wrest the province forcibly from SPAIN but only
to occupy it with view to prevent its falling into the
bands OF any foreign power, and to hold that pledge,
der the existing pecuartes the crcum of the
spanish monarchy for just result in an amcable nego
tiation With Spain The United States would not of
course be guilty any improper interference disturb
the rights of others, but at the time the world
should know the greatest of all rights that of self
proecon and it impossible to what that right
would demand in advance of the occurrence of circu-
stances He understood that the doctrine so ably enforced
by the Senator from Michigan was obnoxious to some who
supposed that II originally circumscribed to the spe-
cihc question it intended to affect He agreed with
the Senator from Michigan and read from the message of
Monroe the declaration that the American continents,
by the free and independent condition which they have
assumed henceforh not considered as subjects
Tor future colonization by any European power. If
there were any difficulty to the bearing the Monroe
doctrine intended TO have ii has so infused itself into
the American mind, that it has ceased to be principle
and has become an axiom To prove this, let ii be at
tempted to root out and it will be found TO be deep
seated 10 be removed In the message Mr. Monroe
said that any attempt by any European power to extend
their system to any portion Of this hemisphere would he
considered by the United States dangerous TO their
peace and safety The only for this declaration
gwen was the unsettled state Of Europe-that the allied
had thought proper niepose BY force in the
internal concerns of Spain. 1t known how much
was intended by that interpoton how far IL would
extend To the statesmen of that day the question was
rot whether the threatening cloud in Europe or
America, but whether 1t likely to burst upon u.s.
Mr. Adams said that the Of that day consulted their
rights and duties and not their fears One the objects
o the Panama Congress to consider the principle of
non coonizaon by European powers. This doctrine did
not originate with Mr. Monroe. Rufus King, in 1901
being in England and hearing that FRANCE intended to
obtain Louisiana, started first the opinion that our
hat | rith Sno;v,
quoting honesqueu that II happy for trading powers
that God has permitted Turks and Spanad to be in the
world since of all nations, they the most proper TO
possess empire with insignifcance Mr. Livingston.
then in France advised that this government may avail
itself of the pretence Spain had given It, to posses
II would be hest to treat with the subject in our
own lands. He thought there much recommending
buccaneering in the Presidents message and Mr. Evere
letter In them II maintained that the condition of
Cuba American question arily implying
that foreign power but Spain has any interest in It.
and that 1t the duty of the United States to those