Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-01-11

oc,. - intercourse with California BY The S,linu
route II island Ike Cuba, belonging u tie Sfans
cTown guarded Tie Of the Thames and the Seine
and ,he United States should propose ccn7en Ion Ike HI
EaGsaa and France, those Powers woaA nss"..y isr
that Tie disability assunGd ty ourselves M2s lar ICES scii0u
than that which asked them 10 assume.
ihs opinions OF AMERICAN salcaaen, u. different Eie
ami lntc WAITING circumstances nave dlces as % me 'e
si!ati@cs lie acquisition Cuba BY tho United States
Ie!'u!i.y ard COMMERCIALLY il would II our hands ne u
extremely valuable possession. Under cen!n con'irgcEce
il might b. aIo=t essential 10 safety Sill 'r donos
nc Irasnns wch, in communication o Ills h!na,
il5ht mol be proper dwell The President thinks thit III
Incorporation u the Island into the unon at The prescn
tine al,hnmgi effected with the consent OF Snain w"ui
nHzaTdouS and lie would consiccr It's acquisition
5y force, except IN jGsl with Spain tsoai an even
greatly be deprecated lnte piscej disgrace 10 In
| civiizaiion ri the age
The President has Given anslr rTc0! o he sincerity witt
wh!:li he h"is ,hesr scws. He has tht0wn The who,
JrIeo hls constitutional power against ali Illegal attack:
"o lie Island j; wol ha"o been perfectly easy for him
Without ang seeming ne ect OF tuty allow projects OF
formidable character 10 grher strength BY connv1nce Nc
Of oboqCy home no embarrassment. caused by
tile n1scrcnns Of the Cuon, Go, OF Cubn, have
moved him from the path OF duty in this The Cap
Tain General Of ha, island officer apparently OF upright
ard c0ncinory character but probably used mill
sry command thaa the management OF civil affairs has
unc!iiiJ in reference the purser private steamship
i@hn have been entirely inuocrn of tie matters
laid his charge refused 10 eiow pcsse The nu,s
Of The CnitcI States 10 be l4nt lni having him
hoard. This certainly Is very extraordinary mode %
hnmadTe!tlng upon supposed abust c the liberty o
tr press, BY the uhjsc Of foreign Government in his
native country. The Cap;an-Genera is not permitted
by bis Government, three thousand miles Gii. To h.d
any diplomatic intercourse with the United States. Ht
is subject in degree the direction OF the Spaneh Min
;tr a, Washing and the President has 10 choose be-
;"ccn resort u force 10 compel the ahantunincni :"
this GrauiiGus interruption Il commercial lniefcoursr
("hch would result in delay uf weeks and months
necessary FOR negotiation with Madrid with all tic chances
OF Tho most dcpioaoc occurrences in tie Intervals and al
for rc that ought 10 have admitted settlement BY al
exchange Of notes between Washington und the HaVana
TIE president, however has patiently submitted 10 t!ese
evils has continued faithfully give Cuba the ndvan
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OF which ac has departed IN this from the comfy J
nations. Bu the incidents to which aiud", and which are
still tTan among many others which point tccsIvc
tic r1pedency OF change in the relations vi CUBS
the President thinks that the influence u England
FRANCE with Spau would be well employed n lnauc!Gs her
10 modify the administration OF the government Of Cubn
afford the means OF prompt remedy TOR evils OF
tu kind alluded to- which have done mach 10 Increase Tile
spirit Of unla wiu enterprise against the island.
That n convention such proposed would be transi
tory arrangement TO be swept away bi the Irresistible
tide ol affairs in new country, is, 10 the apprehension o
the President, loo sous 10 require laboed argument-
The project principles applicable if n Europe
where International relations In their basis of great anu
quy slowly modified for the part in the proQress o
And events, and not applicable TO America, which, bu
lately waste is filling with Intense rapldy, and ADJUST
natural principles those territorial relations which, on
the first discovery OF the continent, were IN good degree
ortult0us-
The comparative history OF Europe and America, tor
single century shows this. In 1852, England France
and Spain materially different in their political po
ston in Europe from what they DOW are hey were ancient
mature consolidated States, established In their relations
with other and the Of the wordthc leading
ers Of Western and Southern America Totally different
The Of things in America. The United States had
no existence people A line OF English colonies not
numbering much over million OF inhabitants. stretched
along the coast France extended from the Bay Of 81
Lawrence the Cult Mexico and from the Aleshanies 10
Mississippi; beyond which, Westward the country was
wdnencss occupied by wandering sl1ages and SUBJECT to
a conflicting and nominal claim on lh- part Oi France aho
Spain Every thing in Europe comparatively fixed
every thing in America PROVISIONAL incpient, and tcmpoEa
ry except the a% VI progress which Is as organic and vita
in the youth of States ol individual men, struggle be
the provincial authorities OF England ard France o
possession OF petty sockade at the confluence OF the
Monongahca and the Allegheny kinded the seven years
war the coae of which the great European powers not
-ialp ced in their relations nt home had undergone
astonishing changes this continent. France had dIs'2
pea red from cf America, whose !nnost rcctsses PAD
penetrated by her zcnous missionaries and her Its0
C and gallant advcnturers; England had added the Cana
drs her TRANSATLANTIC dominions Spain had h"comc inc
Of Louisiana that in The language OF the Arch
bishop Of Mexico in ITO she claimed Siberia az The North
ern boundary OF New Spain.
Twelve years only from the treaty OF Paris elapsed, anc
another great change took place frntrl Of st create
changes come The American revolution broke out II
involved England France and Spnin In tremendous strng
gle and at lis close the United States OF America had taken
their place in the Family Of Nations In Europe the an
cen restored substantially TO their former equ
Ibrum but eemeRt OF ncalculatle importance ir
reference territorial arrangements henceorth TO be re
coQniSed in America
Just twenty years from the close Oh Inc war OF te amer
can revolution France by treaty with Spain ot which ht
provisions have been disclosed possessed herself
Louisiana
in tho year Lewis and Clark started Oh he eN
ocJn 10 plant the flag of the United States on the shores
the Pacific In 1919 Florida was sold BY SPAN 10 IN tnt
United States whose territorial possessions in this way had
been increased threeiod in halt century lhls last acqu
sltion much muter OF course that It had been dis
tinciy oreseen By the Count Aranda then Pf!Inc minister
OF Spain. long ago rs lTo3.
ut even those are but the iorerunner
of new territorial revolutions still more supendons dy
na-c struggle the Emperor Napoleon and Spain
commencing in l2CS comvuIscd the Peninsula: The vas
possessions OF the Spanish Gown THIS contihcnt-vIce
royalties and kli!ns inc space 'et"eei
California and Cane turn-une after another asserted lhc
lnIcncndencc No irieEY Power in Emrcpe III i:dt tI
was ap!c or if able willing, Spain or aid he
!. prp The crGhns butusss "i her colonial empire 81
lar ur it, when France in 1928 trer" an army OF luuUUt
men i:.to SPAN control her domestic politics, Englanc
tnuot il necessary c0une!act the movement by rtcn@
nIs;nn tie n.cpsndcrca OF the Spanish province IN ae
r!r, In the remarkable araua: o the distinguished Min
.f, day order 10 redress the balance ." power
Europe he called into existence new world in the West
somewhat oytralng perhaps the extent OF The drrangernen
in the Old World and doing full Justice TO the position
Of the Gated States in America or their influence on t@
fortunes their sister republics on this cor Incni
Thus in sixty from the cose Of the s""en years
wa- Spain Ike France had lost the last rcn;airs o h
once imperial possessions in this hemisphere Inc l"it,t
States meantime were, BY tc G peace md the health
f, progress Of things rapidly cnargug their dimensions
and consolidating their powrt
The great march Of events still went Some Of th
new republics from effect OF mixture OF races or th
want ol training in liberal institutions, shu"sd themselves
l,caaahie sci.goveIumtnl Tho province ot "Has revolt
- from Mexico by the right BY which Mexico evoitet
1886 she passed The sea ordeal Of n?sceni Sisr= and e
in.gprndcncc was !e ogrsri BY this Government by Eng
I.ut by Fanc- and Otter European Powers. NatG reo
MID from lhe United States she sought turay 10 be IN
c,rora :t, the Enicn The oilcr repeatedly REJECT
., by Pres dents Jackson and Van Buren,, 10 avoid COLI
sion with Mexico At last the eunrsaiou TOOK pace As
domestic Gu slion, it +, fl su5lec for comment In
communication foreign Minister. asa ln.e"n "i pup
c law there n.ger extension O trrilorY more nhtu
r,lIy or lusablf made l. produced DISTURBED relation
win the Government OF MeHicp cn-ard and IN lis re-
sui. other extensive territories for large pee IN ar.
conversation part OF The Cucd StaIes, aided le
the UniJn.
Whou udSr-'ng he d.is!nns c n2r!Dn "hch arose
in reference Ihig n:uat always Eda"en III F''
countries reference great p";a n survey
ir ,h.Ss "ith the o comprehensive statesman
shin can n in tie main rcsui! the unaouosn op-
ration ,he law OF political cxscmce Inc con'sautn
CO. ARE tho world Vast Provinces which hii ih
ouishcd for three centuries under the eafrn sTy OF sh
,vnay ,raen corning under tie Influence u an ac'
CIVILIZATION Freedom Of speech and The ress; the ina ol
Jury religions equaUy and representative G1vsrnnrnt nav
eeen carried by Constitution Of the United 3laea n
extensive regions in which they were unknown before o.
:l settlement uf California the great circuit OF :n'sHg"ac
round the globe comped THE discovery oi tho goii
that region l.adng did the same dhcovery IN has
t-aa touched the Ul industry throughout w
world Ever addition 10 the territory OF Tie AEsca'
ijain has given .Crnes European desi,n."n AMI ea'
cs 10 European want Fr;n, every pat :" ;hr l"ii.'