The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-28


a. apple severed by the tempest from s native tree
not cnoose bur fall TO The gound Cuba iocby dsjoned
bo OF self, support gsavate oay towards The North
American Union which. by the law Of Nature, cam
" IL will be among the primary objects requiring your
most earssst and unremng attention, TO ascenaa and
nb ,o., 70 ~ sve movement ., nesoa'.h
long as the constitutional government may continue TO be
administered n the name OF the King, yonr official inter
course viii be with his minister's and to them viii re-
peat what Mr. Forsyth has been instructed to tha the
wishes o your government that Cuba and Porto Rco
may connue in counexion with independent and Goa
ltulional Spain"
Thirty years afterwards viz: the 4th day OF Jana-
AIRY. 1852 the senator from Michigan MIR. CAss with
out one word of ack edgment OF Mr. Adamss agency
in nsiitutnx those OF progress towards ihe
"manes destiny" Of the country, submitted the resoiu'
tons which are under consideration, and whlch are III
these words:
Rssoped by the Senate aud House Of Representatives.
ofhe Uaed States Of Aerica ia Congress assembled That
the United States d. heresy decias nat .se
they have assumed and maintain are henceofu nor 70 '
as subjects h 1 s ssns should bs
ected and will be by the United States they owe y -
their own safely aud Interests oa"v or dominio9 shall
with their be planted or estaosed on any part OF
the North American ; and should me auenpt be
made they thus delbera ey declare that il will be viewed
originating in motives OF thr interests
saeh ana as nation may Justly adopt
in defence of its righlband It's honor.
dscai any designs upoi the island OF Cuba. inconsistent
with the laws OF natioas and with their duties 10 Spain,
,hey consider il due the importance the subject
to make known in this manner, that they should
view all efforts on the part OF any other power 10 procure
which, naval military position, might. under cir
cumstances easy TO be oeseen become dangerous 10 their
the Mississippi, unendly acts directed against them,
to be resisted by all the means in their power"
In bringing together these actions OF John Quincy
Adams in 1922. and OF the seaaor from Michigan in
1885, and placing them in juxaposon in the history Of
the Senate. have done all that the senator from Mich
igan seems TO have lett undone 10 vindcae the de-
parted statesman from the heaped upon him by
the living one IN 1850.
proceed consider the resolutions thus offered BY
the senator from Michigan.
The honorable senator from New Hampshire offers an
amendment, as condition of his vote. in these words
"And be further resolved That while the United States
in like dlscaim designs upon Canada incon-
sislent with the laws Of nations and with their du,es
rea, Britain they consider due to the vast importance
OF the subj kaown Ia this solemn manner thai
they should view all efforts the OF any other power
province, (Which. as naval military position, must
under circumstances easy be foreseen become
10 heir northern boundary, and to the lakes)
friendly directed against hem be resisted by all
means IN their power"
will vote for that amendment, 1t is not well ex-
pressed.
Mr. HALE Will the honorable senator allow me a
moment | am glad that my amendment meets his con-
currence and will his vote but 10 the ques-
ton OF taste, deses TO say that 1t Is copied word for
word from the second resolution OF the honorable
a,or from Michigan only striking out ''Cuba," where il
occurs. and inserting "Canada,' and striking oul
"Span, and inserting "Great Britain am, therefore,
responsible for the policy involved in my amendment
but The question OF taste belongs the honorable
aor from Michigan lLaughierl
Mr., SEWARD. Itmqune lmnaterial. ] shall vote
for any how II implies the policy in regard
Canada which the main resolutions assert concerning
Cuba The colonies, when they confederated in 1875
invited Canada 10 come in. Montgomery gave up his
HE IN scaling the heights OF Abraham IN the same year
10 bring her in Scott, in 1874, poured out his blood
Chippewa 10 bring her in Ii the proposition shall la
shall lament II as arepudiaon BY the Senate OF greater
national interest than any other distinct one involved N
this debate but saa nevertheless, vote for the
lu,ions of the senator from Michigan. | shall do sc
because
Isl, The reverence cherish for the memory of Johr
Quincy Adams the Ilustrous author OF the policy which
they imbody, iDcnes me 10 support them,
ID While do not desre the immediate or early an
nexation OF Cuba nor how could vote for il at al
until slavery shall have ceased TO connieact the work
ngs OF Nature in that beautiful island then,
ess il could come into the Union without injustice ic
Spain, without aggressive war, and without producing
Internal dlsseDslons among ourselves, nevertheless.
yield up my full the onvictons expressed by
John Quincy Adams, that this nation safely al
low the island OF Cuba to pass under the dominion o
any power that Is already, or can become, formidable
rival enemy and cannot safely the restora
ton OF colonial relations between any portions OF this
continent and the monaIchies oil Europe
The reestablishment OF such relations would OF
reproduce in greater less degree the commercial and
political embarrassmeDts OF our relations with oihe
American communities and even with Earopean nations
IRON WnCh we Obtained feIci only nTOuRn Tue war 0
1912, and the subsequent emancipation OF TIE Spanish
colonies this continent and their or1anZaton as fet
and independent republics Sir, am Willing, the de-
mand OF the senator from Michigan, or oil any Other
leader, and without any demand from any leader TO de-
clare myself opposed-radcally opposed-opposed at al
tines now, benceforih, and loeyef-opposed al the sk
OF all hazards and consequences. TO any design OF any
Stale States this contnen or any where ese whct
may, by poss bllly, result in reproducing those evils
the greatest which could beia this country, short oil tina
greatest OF all, to which they would open the way-hs
subversion OF hard won independence, and the
returning dominion oil some European power over our
selves shall therefore vote tor these resolutions, ii d
shall please the Senate TO come 10 decisive action upon
them and shall vote for reafhrmlng aud maintaining
the principles OF John Quincy Adams, dehned in III,
Monroe doctrine. and IN his policy IN regard TO Cuba, a
all umes and under all circumstances whatsoever.
But while thus expressing my devotion TO those prn
cipes cannot too strongly express myself against bs
IN which they have been brought IN issue here
on this occasion The issue is made al time, and unde
circumstance VIII ch render it inevitable that we mus
fail, sgnally ia in maintaining The great principles
which II involves.
The issue is raised at a wrong time We more
than half way through a session conslituonay limited
10 ninety days. and engaged with and various sub
ec,s which cannot be disposed OF without, long and mos
discurslve debate.
1 think the issue is raise5 in wrong way. Practical
Iy, and by CUSTOM the President OF the United States
holds the initiative OF affecting foreign rela
lions. The President now in the Executive House will
20 ont in thirty days. and his sanction, II VIC had
H. would therefore be OF value But even that sane
ton such as il would be, is withheld-aDd must con
fess rightly withheld The people have elected new
President, who is just ready to assume, and upon whom
the responsibilities OF the conduct OF foreign relations
for four years at least must rest. Not only do we mol
know what his opinions on this question are. but ou'