The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-09-28

manner: sit would appear that the purpose.
not tu!ty aro'oed but hardly concealed, ID to pro-
cure the admission of . doctrine, tina the Uni
ted States have an interest in Cuba, to which
Great Britain and France cannot pretend -
Here little unintentiona Injustice is done
to my letter, in which it is distinctly stated
more than once, for reasons set forth at
length and very partially contrnverted by you,
that the government OF the United States
|considered the condition Of Cuba cas- mainly
an American question:" in which they had
q very deep interest and you a very limited
one. Not only was no attempt whatever
made TO conceal this doctrine, but 1t was full.
" avowed and reasoned out in my letter OF
the let Of December, 1859. -
To meet one oftbe chief grounds no which
the United States rested his claim-that OF
geographical proximity-after some local a.
lusions of which / do not preceive the exact
bearing, you observe, in effect, that Cuba Is
somew hat nearer to Jamaica than it 10 to the
nearest part of the United States, and you
consider this a. showing that we cannot have
greater interest in the island than you
have. tfs. Too
Now II amaica bore the same relation to
Great Britain which our States on and near
the Gulf Of Mexico bear to the rest Of the
American Union, your reply 10 my argument
would be good. But the direct reyesse IL the
case. ,Janaica is distant colony, whose en-
tire population (ofwhch not more than one
tenth is Of European origin) does not exceed
that OF On English city Of the second class.
It 10 asI perceived from your speech of the
4th Of August, burden on the imperial
treasury. 1t must, ia its present state, stand
high on the list of the colonies, which, "a
appears from Lord Grey's recent work on le
colonial policy ofyour administration ard Re.
garded by more than one active and infaen-
tial party in england as incumbra nc o
which she ought to get rid, il she could . sc
with credit. How different, in all n Rects
the case with the States living on the : II oil
Mexico! In extent of sea coast, in. the a INIT
OF valuable products furnished to the w. v
commerce, IN the command of rivers whicl(
penetrate the heart of the continent, they are
q most important as they are an integral por-
ton Of the Union. They are numerically all
but sixth part of it. The very illustration
made use of by you strikingly confirms instead
Of confuiing the doctrine that "the condition
Of Cuba is mainly an American question" {
This proposition could be enforced by 9TH
er strong arguments besides those adduced in
my letter OF December the first; but rs those
arsuments, with the exception just comment
ed upon, have not BEEN met BY you, deem it
unnecessary to enlarge upon the topic,
But Though the United States certainly
consider that they have ian interest i'm the
condition of Cubs, to which Great Britain
and France cannot pretend" it is not, either
in my letter nor in any other American St;te
paper within ny recollection. assumed that
Great Britain and France have mo interest
in the maintenance of the present sstu quo,
and that the United s ates alone have a right
to a vote in the matter" Our doctrine is, not
that we have an absolutely exclusive interest
in the subject, but that we have a far deeper
and more immediate interest than France
or England can possibly lay claim to. A
glance at the map, one would think, would
satisfy every impartial mind of this truth.
,e.e y TO RE cONTisUED.