Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-01-08

red-hat that consul, following the instructions OF the
Administration, doing, he thought exactly what Mr.
Fillmore desired him TO do and told him TO do pursuing
precisely the quiet and Insignificant which the
| Administration recommended and pursued was kicked
of his office and handed over in absolute disgrace
the degraded and most execrated individual that
ever was in any community Curses loud and deep all
over the country had been hurled at him, and il had
never explained why the Administration dismissed
him from office for pursuing the which the Ad-
minstraton itself recommended. The Of the Con-
toy prisoners hard one the of the fifty
murdered in cold blood hard one notwithstanding
they through trial Much in the conduct Of the
Administration might be successfully urged against it ;
but he would not stop to enter into details.
The gentleman from North Carolina, mr. VESABLE,
who led off in this debate, did confne himself to
close discussion of the actual existing facts but went on
to certain general principles which he MIR NJ
especially surprised TO hear from that gentleman and
in which, he must confess, he did not The gen
teman objected to the annexation of Cuba under any
circumstances and any tme and said that this
try had already acquired unmanageable of
ritory and whether Cuba to be annexed peaceaby,
by negotiation, or in any other way whether it to
be annexed slave free territory the gentleman OBJ
ected TO it the ground that the American Union could
safely embrace any additional territory. Now, he
(Mr. NJ believed that if the gentleman had given, fully
and distinctly the real Of his opposition the
nexation of Cuba it would have been found to consist in
simply this: The gentleman believed that would be i'm
possible for the United States acquire any additional
territory that would be slave territory and the oppos
ton of the South the acquisition Of Cuba expressed
extension of territory might involve, but from their
objection to strengthening the hands of the North by the
acquisition of any free territory. Now in his (Nr.
opinion the time had passed when the question of
slavery in any newlyacquired territory would be
agitaed it had BEEN The principle settled in the
promise that the people Of territory acquired them
selves to determine the character of its government
the presence or absence of this peculiar institution de-
cided the entire question this subject Owing to local
circumstances it perfectly certain in the future, as
1t had been true in the past and true in the present
that emigration to any newly acqured territory would
first from the free States. This true, and he
appealed to the history of his State to prove it,
Wherever free American citizens by mgraton, obtained
possession of territory, the establishment of slavery
among them would be utterly impossible and the princ
pie obvious and the clear Labor imposed
upon a curse and in his private opinion, it was
very considerable Laughter Free American
citizens, when compelled to labor not going to allow
the additional brand Of disgrace to be imposed upon that
labor which slavery unquestionaby would impose.
He believed that the acquisition Of territory in the alb
srac had tendency rather strengthen than weaken
the Government under which accumulated and argued
this point at length The acquisition Of territory
by the United States would be wise and prudent and
calculated to benefit the entire interests of the whole
human race
There island in the Gulf of Mexico which would
be of greater advantage this Union in its pos
session, than the Island of Cuba He the Island
of Hayt 1t not surrounded by those embarrassing
and difficult circumstances which surrounded Cuba 1t
island which had succeeded in throwing off completely
dependant connexion with Europe and contained
OF thirty thousand square miles 1t of the most
fertile countries in the whole world; its climate most
delicious and its soil very productive. 1t laid to the
wndward Of Cuba and it but fortified and strength
ened would absolutely command that island Cuba would
be poweress unless it in the possession Of the
Power which held Hayt This island situated at a
convenient point and contained harbor and bay which
reliably said to be the very best in the world not
excepting that of San Francisco He referred to the
Bay of SANTANA, which said had been seized upon
by the French.
In regard to this island there had been much nego-
uation, and in every step, far it had been
Quoted by this Administration, there had been demon
strably, by their own showing sacrifice of every
American right and Of every American principle of
foreign poicya violation Of the Monroe doctrine yio
aon Of every doctrine and every principle Of manhood
violation of every principle which should control one
gentleman in his actions towards another These were
broad assertions, but he expected TO establish them
These propositions would perhaps seem to be more
startling when he stated that the central Democratic
gan-and if he could he would blush TO make the state
menthad selected for euogy, out of all the dongs of
this Administration, this very affair not its most disgrace
full but certainly and positively dsgracefu transaction
The Democratic organ, which ought to influence public
opinion and which the Democratic party had established
in this place should attend to its business political
organ should inform itself; should try to know some
thing and when they did know it, they should pronulge
TO the public They getting rich trying too
hard to become rich-somethng was the matter with
them The Union exhibited the utmost possible Ignorance
upon this subject and the editorial article which he
ferred was copied into the Repubc-copied with
dations and euogy When articles taken from the
Uniona journal which ought be the organ Of the De-
mocratc partyand copied into the Republic with auda
tons and euogy, he would say that that should be
elusive argument on the subject.
Mr. NJ then read the article referred TO, and comment
ed upon at length He said that the Dominican
Republic appealing to the American people for
support against the attacks Of the Emperor OF Hayti
The first question which occurred and which il
necessary to settle, was, had that Republic right ac
cording the and usages Of civilized nations
and according the principles of morality and humanity
TO ask for protection and interference and had
right to extend this protection and make this inter-
venton between the Dominican Republic and the Emperor
Sououque, who had declared his policy be that OF
termination in the which he preparing to wage
There argument necessary, for the Administration
had conceded all that he could ask They had conceded
and acted upon the principle that the Dominican Republic
entitled protection and should have our inter-
ference
Mr.. NJ, for want Of time here dismissed this subject
and proceeded refer to the policy Of this country in
reference to Nicaragua He condemned the the
Administration had pursued in relation to the acts Of
Great Britain in Nicaragua, and considered the Clayton
and Buwer treaty as utterly disgracefu in all its prnci
pies. IL provided nothing but that England should do
what she pleased whilst should do nothing except that
which would please her.
Mr.. HOWARD then obtained the floor, and proceeded
TO reply to the remarks delivered by Mr.. BnooKs the
other day on the subject Of Cuba lie thought IL was
manifest that the subject Of Cuba was becoming Of
great and growing national interest in this country and
he might say that its Importance his State consisted in
this, that If Cuba should fall into the hands Of hos
tile maritime Power il would be impossible for the States
bordering upon the Gulf Of Mexico to send their produce
/ to market
He in favor Of the Monroe doctrine but was not
inclined sustain certain resolutions introduced into the
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