New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-07
MIR. EyERETT's LETTER.


Mr.. Everett will have surprised the country
By the mastery ability oi'his letter on the pro-
posedtripartite conyentionin reference to Cuba,
which we published yesterday Mr. Everett
has long enjoyed high reputation for scholarly
attanments but never for the wide and COM
prehensive views of an enlarged craftsmanship.
Age and reflection seem 10 have worked kindly
upon him in the classic retreats Of Harvard,
and be comes forth now in the ripeness of
matured manhood, casting off tho straight
Jacket of frigid conservatism and provincial
ism that wraps that ancient seat OF ! earning and
takes his position before the country and the
world, as a man fully approaching the position
and destiny of his nation; and lending re-
newed emphasis. by the vigor Of his thought,
the sOundness of his judgment, the extent and
accuracy of his knowledge, the force OF his logic
and the beauty of his periods, TO the genuine
American spirit of the hour. There is in his
communication to the Count de Ssrtiges a full
and hearty recognition Of the true character,
temper, and destiny Of the American Republic;
not reluctantly extorted but genially acknowl-
edged and presented to the eye of the world un-
der an enlightened and liberal view Of interna-
tional affairs, that must sxtort eacknOwledge-
ment of every one to its intrinsic justice aud
truth whether or not assent, on the part of 9th
er nations, be yielded to the conclusions to
which his matter so significantly points
In this glowing and remarkable dispatch,
Mr.. Everett has certainly shown himself to be
the man Of the day aud the hour for the place he
Eyerett's being sent to the Senate, in view of
such display of the harmonious union Of con-
servatiye and progressive ideas as is exhibited
in this communication. Indeed, if change in
the existing Senatorial representation of Mas
sachusetts is to be made, We give our suffrage
unequiyocally TO Mr. Everett
Yet we do not assent TO all the Secretary's
conclusions. We do not believe in the exist
ence of an inevitable necessity which is to make
Cuba one of the States of the American Union.
And We look upon the reasoning which profess
sedly points TO this result, drawn from our ter
rtOrial progress thus far and the capabilities of
indefinite expansion which belong to our federal
system, as superficial and unsOund Cuba is in
no more ft condition to become State and be
admitted into our eonfederacy than is Hayti or
Jamaica. The predominant black population
in all Of them constitutes an insuperable bar
TO their incorporation into our system Popu-
lcus territory filed with black, mixed, degrad-
ed and ignorant, or inferior races, We do not
want. The sturdy and encroaching growth of
the robust and enterprising population which
may most be appropriately termed Ameriean,
Will make head 10 any district of country which
is but spGrseiy peopled, and finally supplant the
existing population. There are many points on
THE Continent where this will be done. The
vastness of comparatively unoccupied tracts Of
country within the existing limits Of Mexico,
the feeble States on and about tie Isthmus.
invite the spread Of our people and will allure
the shelter Of our flag Nature waits to be
sutdued in virgin ATTITUDES ON various quarters
Of this Continent, almost Impressed By human
footsteps. Here We shall go forth and colon.
ize and acquire, and elevate to the position Of
independence and nationality. But it does not
follow thar because our destiny points 10 pro.
gress Ike this that We are to spread drag.net
around every island and foo. of terrestrial
space about US. Blacks, and mulattoes and
quadroons, and mestizoes We have enough Of