Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard., 1853-01-15

of1ny fathers ?' But counsellor appeared, VINO,
unlike those who usually sustain the relation OF
wife, advised that false witnesses should be raised
up to prove that Naboth had blasphemed God and
! the king. This was done Naboth was stoned to
death his vineyard was seized but the end was
not vet. The prophet announced the Judgment OF
Heaven; the dogs licked the blood Of the king at
the place where Naboth was stoned and the dogs
devoured the body of Jezebel, whose counsels had
controlled him. Many acts of wickedness had pre-
ceded but this was the crowning one The pun
ishment not the result OF the prophets warming
but the consequence of crime.
| Cuba is convenient to our coast, the key of the
Guf 1t is a tropical gatden of the richest herbs,
clothed in perpetual verdure and inexhaustbe IN
! the spontaneous productions of nature. Cuba IS
the inheritance of the Spanish Grown, and Spain
declines to sell that Inheritance Foreigners-our
own citizens amongst others-disturb the peace,
inf1ame discomfort, and excite rebellion amongst
the people. Exasperation, producing vigilance and
prompt execution of police regulations, give rise to
difficulties and MISUNDERSTANDING Can it be wise
or lust for the Government of the United States to
seek this occasion for war and conquest? For the
conduct of our own citizens has indefinitely post
poned the probability of purchase. Should the
sensitiveness produced by aggression, be entirely
overlooked, and all of resentments and sympa-
thies directed against the injured party Suppose
the scene of the operations transferred to any of
the southern States. Continual apprehensions Of
the landing of adventures known to be Of a neigh
boring State to overurn all the institutions recog
nized by law, would any one expect the measures
either of prevention or redress, to be weighed in
golden scales In this view it is, that whilst in
some of the reasonngs of the Executive, and some
portions of his policy, do not concur cannot
withhold the declaration that he has manifested
laudable purpose to maintain treaty relations, to
execute the laws, and [ cannot censure forbear-
ance to resent strongly, what in other crcumstan-
ces would call for far different He fully
understood the cause of provocaton. He knew
the extent of the injury and the failure of the ex
pedition last directed to Cuba, demonstrated that
even the excuse Of aiding the people, in revou-
tion allacy, because the people did not rise,
unite with, and lead the invaders to victory. There
was not such discomfort with the existing state of
things, as justified even the propagandists of the
principles of freedom to embark i'll the adventure,
unless they took their lives in their hands. To
none but those who coveted the crown of martyr
dom did this enterprise offer any inducements.
Sir, tiibuStering has become a regularly install
led word in our language. We have taken the
liberty of altering it, and clothing it in American
dress is wont in such lses. Originally free
booter in old English, tlbustier in French, t1ibus-
tero in Spanish, it is now III our tongue flibuster
but still freebooter, and it will not be surprising
! if it should become one day the watchword of a
party. If the principles of any party should cor
respond to the term, [ utterly eschew the connec-
ton Herewith. desire to be explicit upon this
subject. If the policy of any Administration is to
make the United States the brigands of the world
if we are to become race, a nation of buckaners ;
if to adopt the policy of falling upon our
weaker neighbors and approprating their posses
sions, and thus fill the measure of national nquty,
utterly denounce the policy, and in the face of
the country and the world and of high Heaven,
declare my hands to be clear, | wash them of any
such guilt. 1t is guilt of the deepest die.
[ adhere to the Monroe doctrine Europe can
not and must not interfere with the nations of this
continent who are struggling for their liberty and
have asserted their independence. Neither can
this Government regard without ofense the attempt
to colonize monarchcal institutions upon the con-
ii nent Of America. BY this I stand in the fullest
meaning of the terms. l also adopt the rest of the
Monroe doctrine in the same message: That dur
ing the struggle between the Spanish colonies and
Spain the United States maintained strict neu-
traIlty-a neutrality proper at this time rs then.
And whilst [ do not hesitate to say that | could
not consent that Cuba should pass into the posses
sion of any other Power than the United States,
am equally confident that, unless circumstances
greatly change it is best for all concerned that it
remain in the possession of Spain. There are
strong reasons for believing that, under all aspects
OF the question: the present interest of the United
States will be most eff2ctuay secured by the con-
tinued ownership of Spain. Purchase is for the
present out of the question. Spain has refused to
sell. The course of our own people was mainly
instrumental in that determination. The only
mode of acquisition besides is by conquest in war
with Spain, or annexation after a revolution has
been successfully prosecuted to independence. The
first only be justified by wrongs inflicted and
unredressed by Spain upon the United States for
no Just man can for a moment tolerate the mon
strous wickedness Of a war of conquest. War, the
greatest temporal evil except national dishonor,
and never justifabe except as the ultimate resort
War, if unjust is the greatest crime which stains
the world. For this there exists pretext, and it
| is presumed none will arise. The second involves
consequences of the gravest character. None can
be ignorant that the true cause which makes Cnba
desirable is in the fact thatit is cultivated by slave
labor, which alone gives value to agricultural pur
suits in tropical countries Would not the instincts
of self-preservation rs we'll as determination to
render valueless possessions forcibly wrested from
the dominion of Spain cause them to iberate the
slaves of Cuba in order to arrest The spirit of ag
eression by foreign adventures Should this be
done, of what value would the possessions be to
the South {? What nuisance would be establish
ed upon our coast, If liberated by the Queen and
Cortes, there is not neither ought there to be- any
i Legislative power to make them slaves again.
could never vote to enslave any man who had ever
possessed right to liberty according to the laws
of the Government in which he lived Sir, if you
were in command of an army in the presence of
| Cno0ov-if had 1arO,a Tooo,az1a Of tho