The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-06

CUBA-FiRbustsring.--W noticed brief
ly a few days since that Senator'S Mason
and Cass had, in a debate In the Senator
come down pretty strongly upon the flibus-
tering spirit Of the day. For the benefit OF
our fllibuster ~neighbors up street, we give
a more extended report of their views. 1t
arose upon a resolution calling for Informs
ton in regard to a proposition made by
England aud France to the United States,
for o joint convention to protect Spain in
the possession Of Cuba. Mr.. Mason said;
"What, then, has led to this invitation
jointly extended by the twOgreat, powerful
maritime nations Of Europe, France and
England, at this time!
"Mr. President, | can trace il to but
one cause "a belief on the part Of those
Governments that there is a tendency in the
popular mind in the country to take Cuba,
and the invitation was intended as an in
timidation. am here free to declare, rep
resenting as l do a section of.the country, I
apprchend, as deeply interested in the fu-
ture relations Of Cuba to this Continent as
any other, in my place as a Senator from
the South, and upon my responsibility as a
VI "a u tA0 4 uhh SOAtChL bilul
Cuba shall remain in the possession ofSpain,
unless it can be acquired from her by volun-
tary cession ON her part, or unless the peo-
pie of Cuba, by their own act, shall sever
the political connection with her European
mother, and voluntarily propose annexation.
Sir, the honor, the dignity, the good name
of America for all time TO come, demands,
at the hands of the American people, not
only that they should not sympathize with,
nor encourage, but that they should indig-
nantly frown upon and suppress any attempt
by violence, in any form,t to wrest from Spain
any portion other lawful possessions, wheth-
er it be stimulated by political ambition or
by a spirit of speculative marauding of those
who engage in it."
Mr.. Cass was more explicit in his testimo-
ny as to the manner in which the President
had managed.the whole affair. His good
opinion sounds strangely in contrast with the
censures Of the Eagle and Telegraph. Gun
ittbe possible that Gen. Cass has less re-
gard for the honor and dignity of the Amer
lean name than the young gentlemen who
preside over the destinies Of these two pa
pers; or is it possible that he has not sufi-
cient discernment to appreciate an insult
which has harrassed their minds so much for
months past and almost thrown them into a
paroxysm of phrensy! Mr.. Cnss said:
al believe in public as we'll as personal
morality, and value the honor of my coun-
try at too high q price to barter it for any
scheme ofaggfandizement. And / embrace
this opportunity to bear my testimony of APP
nrohatsnr 20 cha raoanN Nnndu,N &c fha A a.
ministration ia relation to Cuba. Irepro-
bate these repeated efforts to interfere in
the concerns of another nation, and | have
no charity for the motives Of the leaders
engaged in them. 1.-THE people of Cuba de-
sire to free themselves from the Government
ofSpain-and a worse one il hardly to be
found on the face Of the earth-their effort
will have all my ~sympathies, and all my
good wishes, as l ain sure they will have
those of the Americana people. And I can
not doubt but that their independence
would be cheerfully recognized by the Gov
eminent the moment it could properly be
done. But this work is their own, and not
ours; and so long as they acknowledge al
legiance to Spain, it is our duty to respect
, that relation. And, sir, there are circum-
stances in the condition, both ofthat country
and of ours, which may well demand some
forbearance on our part. Spain is weak,
$ and remote from this, almost the last of her
| immense American possessions. We are
powerful and near. And, besides, the con-
dition of the island has been critical aud un-
certain. There are questions Of internal
? policy there which possess paramount i'm
: portunce, and they are precisely questions
, which would awaken the vigilance of any
people on earth. And Cuba has been in u
state of quasi -revolution-t Government
fearing external collisions as we'll as extern
e al explosions. And there isn't a nation
4 which wouldn't adopt very strong measures
for It's security under such circumstances
We should, and persist ia them. too, at all
hazards. This is precisely a state of things
2 when extreme points of right should not be
t unnecessarily pushed by a foreign power;
. and I saw with regret, that an effort was
making to bring matters to a crisis, by insist.
: ing upon the introduction ola person sup
v posed by the Government Of the island
e wrongly indeed, as it subsequently appeared
a to be dangerous there; and commended
! the course of our administrator in this af-
:, fair. One of our citizens, however, seemed
q TO think it his duty to interfere, and wheth'
err voluntarily or Involuntary, almost &c
provoke a collision. Iconsider his conduc,
equally presumptuous and unpatriotic. Il
could have been to him a comparatively an
n important point whether A or B was the pur
o ser of his ship, certainly not a point wortf
the consequences possible and even prob
able. And as to the principle of exclusion
c that was a question for the Government
e and | think the Government was right in thu
D view it took Of it. The honor of the coun
, try, thank God, was not in the keeping o
MIR. Law; it was in better hands"
y BREAKERS AHEAD.-We clip the follow
ing from the Ohio State Journal:
Col. MANYPENNY is getting to be a formi
dable candidate for Governor. He has Sc
cured the interest Of all the collectors, con
tractors, and ctive men on the public work
Of the State, and they have secured delegate
that go for him. We now regard his chance
as the best. MEDILL is evidently alarmc,
at the aspect of affairs. 1t may turn out
Baltimore Convention affair, and some cor
poral or high private may yet be the luck,
man. "NouS Uerrons."
We were before aware that, whereve
there was a canal collector, superintendent