Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-09-28

L,ro,b or an Execniiye Report or despatch.
Nv le,ter of the 1st Of December would make
a speech of about an hour. which does not
seem In me immoderate for such a subject
However. a little greater fullness of statement
and argument. in papers expected 10 come be
fore the public. is, it must be confessed, IN har
monv with the character OF our government
and is generally INDUCED in.
Yon observe that "the absorption or annex
alton of Louisiana in 1903, of Frorida IN 1919.
of Texas in lS45, and Of California IN 1913
had not escaped the TWO Powers: still less did
they require To be reminded of the events OF
the seven years war or of he American war.
But facts may be mentioned Tor illustration OF
argument, rs we'll as information. Most Ger
tainly the important and notorious events nam
ted by you.-leading iucidenis OF the history
of the United Stf . and of the world,-cannot
be supposed 10 lave escaped the governments
of En- gland and France who were parties TO
some Of the most important transactions In
question. had no thought of reminding"
your governments of the events oil the seven
years war and Of the American revolution, as
matters of historical fact of which they were
ignorant; though ! really doubt. and beg 10 say
it without offence, whether there are many
individuals in the government of either coun
try possessed oil an accurate and precise knowl
edge of the facts hastily sketched by me-
That sketch, however, of the territorial chan
gcs which have taken place on this contintnt
during the last century, was intended as an ii
lus,ration of the pro- osit on, that our entire
history shows it to be chimerical 10 attempt, in
reference 10 specific measures, 10 bind up, for
all future time. the discre ion of a government,
established in a part OF The world of which so
much Is S II lying in a state OF nature.
| had another motive. The public opinion
Of Christendom or ted in a good degree by
the Press, has become an element of great and
Increasing influence in the conduct OF interna
tional a%ffaiis. Now. it is ve. Y much the habit
Of a considerable portiono of he European pr s
to speak Of the Sc dy and rapid extension Of
The territory of the United States, as The ind
cation OF a g%rfsping spirit on the part Of
then government ed people. The subject is
rarely alluded 10 by one school of trans1tlan
tic public writer's for any other purpo-e. Thus,
the publlc mind of he civilized world is poison
ed = inst us. There is not only manifested
on the part of the e writer's an entire insepsi.
hillty to the beauty and grandeur of the wor
that Is going on more benefcient if possible
To Europe than TO ISL n the re,iefit is affording
her,-b but We arc actually held up et times as
a nation OF Lind pirates. 1t was partly my
object TO counter ct this disposition, to show
that our growth had been a natural growth,
that our most important accessions of territory
had tak"n place by great national transactions
to which England, France and Spain had beer
parties, anu IN other cases by the operation OF
causes which nee sdrily influence the occupa
ZION and settlement OF a new country, in strict
conformity with the laws of nations, and moi in
violation of them.
You say that sit occurs to Her Maiesty's
government 10 ask, for what purpose are these
arguments introduced with so much preparation
aud urged with so much ability" and you an
.wer The question IN the follow rig manner: sit
would appear that he purpose, OF FULLY arow.
ed bit ha,dly concealed. is to procure the ad
mission of doctr ne, that the Uni ed States
have an interest in Cuba, to which Great Brit.
am and France cannot pretend"
Here "A little unintentional Injustice is done
TO my letter, in which it is distinctly stated
more than once, for reasons Sc, Forth at length
and very partially controvcrted by you, tina,
the government OF the United Star IS consider.
ed the condition Of Cuba, as mainly an A
merlcan question:" IN which they had a very
d ep interest and you a very limited one
Not only was no attempt v hatever made to
~ 'iih l Oui L vas IuiiN dNo"tO
and reasoned out in my letter of the 1st of De
cember, 1852.
To meet one ofthe chief grounds IN which
the Uoled States rect this claim, that of geo
graph al proximity, after some local illusions
Of which | do'not perceive the exact bearing,
you observe in effect. that Cuba is someu har
nearer TO Jamaica than it is to the nearest part
Of the Uni I'd States, ana you consider this as
| showing that lvn cappnt L. auo IN ,,r,,,a, ,o...
IN the island than you have. Now,if Jamaica
bore the same relation to Great Britain. which
our States on and near the gulf of MEXICO
bear TO the rest Of he American Union, your
reply TO my argument would he good But
the direct reverse is the case. Jamaicl is a d..
taot colony, whose entire population, (of which
not more than one tenth is of European origin)
does not exceed that { an English city of The
second class. 1t is, as | perceive from your
speech OF the lth of August, a burden on the
imperial treasury. 1t must in its present state
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