The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-13
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
From An Occasional Correspondent.
PARIS, January "a, 1888.

PARIS, January "a, 1858
OF the numerous and important judclous measures
which rendered the administration OF Mr., Polk so
brilliant, thai which contemplated The purchase OF
Cuba al a cost of 800, 900 displayed The great
est degree Of statesnanshp. Mr.. Buchanan could
well afford TO stake his fame-reaowned as il is in
Intelligent circles in both hemlspheTes by the able
State papers to which his name is appcnded-upon
his letter alone OF June IL. ls4s, 10 Gen Saunders.
That mastery doeunen penetrated the future with fore
Knowledge uneTng streak OF light had s.reamed
along the OF time TO make perfectly apparent up
the period The hour Fastening when. il
olue (but unreveaed purposes be undertaken Americans
must prepare themselves 10 sustain abandon the pa
rotic doctrines contained in the following paragraph OF
the paper referred to:
"But we can never consent that this island lCubaI
shall become colony OF any other European power. Ia
the possession OF Grea, Britain any other strong naval
power il nigh, prove ruinous both our domestic and
foreign commerce, and even endanger the Union OF the
States The highest and first duty Of every independent
nation TO provide for its saiety and acting upon
this principle should be compelled to resist the sc
QUESTION of Cuba by any powerful maritime State with
all the which Providence has placed our COM
mand"
Mr. Buchanan in subsequent paragraphs remarked
I" We content that it [Cuba] shall continue to be
colony of Spain Willis, in her possession we have
nothing to apprehend. Desirable,
however, as the possession of this island may be to the
United States. would lot acquire il except by the free
will Of Spain Any acquisition not sanctioned by honor
and justice would be too dearly purchased" Never
nobler International sentiments than these uttered Never
co ud they proceed from government whose form was
less democratic than that of the United States They are
AS just as they are magnanimous Spain regarded
she evidently is, puny nation in the possession OF
colony, which she could not hold agains, formidable
power engaged in hostes with her against gen.
era uprising Of the inhabitants of that colony and under
aurh "a A mad IN nav a fair
consideration for ito place it beyond the reach OF
sraepng nations which had coveted for centuries and
which doubtless would have appropriated 10 themselves
ong since, had p,Opos moment arrived, without Civ
ing for ii solitary penny But for the certainty OF
rupture with the United States in the OF such pro-
cedurs. the International integrity of Great Britain was
scarcely sufficiently infexble to have prevented her
from sezing, vi ct armis this invaluable jewel long
since The richest of its kind in the universe it would
have changed completely, possession OF hers the
relation in which she stands TO the American Union
market of immense opened to her manuiactu rs,
the key of the Gulf in the entrance of the Mississippi m
| her possession, our dimensions and our movements
would have been circumscbed, best planting inter-
ests blighted, while "Rle Britannia rus" would have
necessarily rung in requiem contract
ed future.
But it is not from England that have now anything
to apprehend with respect to Cuba. She will have quito
as much as she attend in taking care of herself
content occupy the position Of second third. rate
power The continental alliance. with the exception OF
Switzerland, perfectmore perfect than il
any former period Before this alliance she bow ia
humble submission She will not she cannot resist the
daring auocacy which has assumed colossal an atti
ude To fight the United States would be deliberately 10
her throat She has alternative but to stand
still in order prevent retrog adaon She lost all that
left OF her greatness when she bamboozled
by old Meernch to tacity consent to Russian inter-
venton in Hungary, and the occupation OF Rome by
pseudo French President Although she has but little
power do HARM she has much tor doing good n par
icular way She made herself especially useful in the
suppression of the infamous slave traffic She claims 10
have eectualy suppressed it relates TO Brazil; and
Lord John Russell reported to be engaged in maturing
plan which he hopes will be effective in Cuba HUI
nany will rejoice il, with ardent cooperation he
shall succeed The occurrence would indeed show
hat what distinguished writer iearIessly sssertsthat
progress slumbes however un,owad the signs OF
he times may occasionally appear. BIT the ownership OF
our neghborng island will assuredy be changed
Africans TO be imported to it. Its peculiar value
will be lost the Crown when captains general, and
hose concerned in operating with them, prevented
from participating in the profits resulting from adventures
| in cargoes of human flesh Spain has political ends
to accomplish beyond sclf-preservation. tenn
pest is assang the throne before which il may reel and
even fall unless supported from abroad Louis Napo-
Ieon now identified with Spain by marriage stands pre-
pared to assist her OF extremites He the Eu-
ropean bidder for Cuba and if it be disposed OF he will
be the purchaser though he be confident that be
| purchases with it with the United States! The
/ SANTANA demonstration has emphatic Specification.
/ The Emperor is represented by his journals nces.
sanity employed in perfectpg transatlantic system that
| will enlarge the and Influence Of France.
In view OF all tina, is palpabIy distinct with refer
the desire Of progae despots to curtai the
Of human freedom-o clip the out stretched wings of
the American eage-I rejoice that the venerable patriot
Of Michigan, ever himself, he has been devo
ted to his beloved country, introduced his patriotic
utions They are admirably in season, and will tell
their tale a, this metropolis and elsewhere in the Euro
,ean world. IL there be senator representative
disposed to raise his voice against them, BETTER far bet
ter for his fame if his tongue would ceave to the root
/ Of his mouth"
The imperial marriage is to be solemnzed AT Notre
Dame on Sunday 1t has taken everybody BY surprise
| II is rumored that when Louis Napoleon communicated
his purpose his ministers, there was such scene as
was perhaps witnessed upon the conversation Of
cabinet, Each minister at FIRST bold IN his oppos-
ton when his opinion asked but the Emperor, ex-
cited to the degree of madman swore. raved stamped,
and finally concluded by declaring that be would 40 ust
a. he pleased, and they might, one by one. or collect
I,-,. :. - ,ho A This however, they declined