The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-28

not only have they never been affirmed BY Congress bu
Congress has refused 10 ahm them solely iot he reason
that there pressing necessity no particular occa
sion, for such affirmation. Whenever Necessity "
an occasion arises, II produces popular sehlen. ~
passion The nofheTn States are content now ihey ae
not fear recolonizalion, and do not want Cuba ibe
southern States contents they do not now desire o
cal excitement and they not prepared fof any ts
that may involve the nation in war II IS mol 10 DC De
nied ALSO that the recent anwse and unnecessary expo
son OF our diplomatic correspondence throughout pc
Rod OF thirty years. concerning the island oil Cuoa,
regarded as having created embarassmenls wnleh only
the lapse OF some time remove
The senator from Michigan seems TO be aware oi these
difficulties and therefore he abors to show that ihere y
necessity or al least occasion, Tor action But he ails
altogether in showing any occasion; which, TO the
apprehension OF the Senate ana country, equivalent 70
failing to show any necessity or occasion at all Wha
are his facts st In regard-to Great Britain and re-
colonization. The grasping spirit shown by Great Brit
ain in the Maine border question, and in the Oregon ques
lion The Monroe doctrine, as expounded BY Monroe
himself. declared that erng rights were 10 be respect
edGreat Britain asserted that her claims in those
were existing rights Those questions have been sell
more The British claim on lbe Mosquito coast; that
ALSO is settled by treaty The organization OF the Bay
| Of Islands az distinct colony that too, falls within
the subject OF the treaty In each OF these cases
Great Britain has violated treaty stpualions or she has
not Ii she has not. then there is for any ac-
,lon; il she has, then the remedy is not an affirmative OF
| the Monroe doctrine, but direct protest or war.
! give Great Britain small credit for moderation.
think she has Just much we have, and no more
We are OF the same stock, and have the common pas
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will be unable TO discover that the recent events show
any aggressons on her part which constitute occa-
sion for an airmance of the Monroe doctrine by Con-
gress.
| And now, secondly, as 10 Cuba. What has Great
| Britain done Nothing but just what we have done
She has sent armed ships to prevent invaders IRON revo-
connexion with Spain. We have done the same. She
has also proposed to enter into agreement with us
that neither will acquire Cuba, suffer others to ac
quire il. We have declined. The natural conclusion
would be that she was more forbearing Than We But
the senator avoids this by charging that the proposition
was inslncerey and hypocrtically made on her part
British writer's were before him in making that charge
against US, founded voluntary revelations OF our
own diplomacy in regard 10 Cuba. | am too American
to confess their charge to be just and not enough Amer
lean TO fling it back upon Great Britain for retaa-
| ton.
What has France done by way Of recoloniza,ion
Nothing French adventurer, Count Boulbon, has al
tempted 10 TevouoRZe the Mexican State OF Sonora
and failed. There Is not word OF evidence to connect
the French government or people with that movement
say, we know full WE'LL that just as fast as the Mexican
States shall be severed from the Mexican stock, BY
whomsoeysr il may be effected, they will seek annexa-
:onnot TO France any other European power, but to
the United States. Nor has France nterposed in re-
gard to Cuba Otherwise than We have ourselves IN
'erposed, to keep il in the possession of Spain.
So much for the OF European powers on the SUBJ
| jects OF colonization and Cuba.
What remains Of the senator's seems scarcely TO
merit grave consideration. II consists hrst OF oninous
articles in spapers But we the most newspa-
per-loving in the world make designs and
policy known, not through the newspapers, but by public
acts and official agents and France and Great Britain do
the The press speaks all occasions, but for IL
self always No wise and calm statesman in either coun-
try feels himself compromised by what the press may
to speak io against him. much less does either
government acknowledge any necessity for avowing or
disavowng what the press may aege. The language oi
the press OF any country therefore, even il It were gen
era, would not warrant national action BY any other
governmen-much less would that language warrant
| such action when il spoken by only one out oil a
thousand or five thousand journals
! Secondly, the senator from Michigan invokes our al
tenlion 10 what Lord George Bennck has said IN the
British Parliament Well. sir that - important. What
English lord has said, and said in Parliament loo
that must be looked into. Well what did Lord George
Bentinck say Sir, he said very angry hngs-very iu-
! rious things; indeed very ferocious things Prepare
yourself 10 hear them, sT, Lord George Bennnck dId
say, in so many words and 10 Parliament TOO what
am going TO repeat. HIS lordshlp did say that
"He quite ogrecd with Captain Pnklugton."
/ Ay, sir. his lordshp did say that he quite agreed
4 with Captain Filklngtonp - Oninous words fearful
conjunction IAN English lord and English captain
But this was not all, not by any means all that Lord
George Bentinck said He said also
"They would never pu, down slave trade so long as
It depended upon blockadng ten thousand two hundred
and sixty miles Of coast aud he would do what Captain
i Pkington had recommended"
And wha, do you think il was that Capt Plkington had
recommended BE patient, ! pray you, and hear Lord
George Bentinck explain. What Capt Pilkington rec
commended was, " TO strike blow al the head and not
the hand lie would not send army to destroy every
individual hornet but he would 60 to the hornets
once" Yes, sir, and Lord George Bentinck not only
echoed all these severe things which had been said by
4 Capt Plkngon, aforesaid, but he said also his
own account, Let take possession OF Cuba and
tie the question altogether Let us dls,fain upon for the
just debt due and too long asked in vain from the Spanish
government" As for the of the alarming sayings OF
his lordshp, forbear from repeating them Are they not
written in the Appendix TO The Congressional Globe, for
the years ls47 and ls4s published by Blair 4 Rives,
printers OF the debates OF Congress, AT page S07l
And now sir, II may assusge the passion and abae the
fear that these threats OF Lord George Bennok die
train upon a hornets nest have excited when state,
first, that they old, and not They uttered
four years namely, the Sd OF March, 1s4s Sec
ondy, that George Bealinck only lord by courtesy,
and not real lord at all Thirdly that Lord George
Bentinck very harmless minority in Parliament,
when he uttered them, being, indeed unknown that he
had any confederate in his wicked designs but Captain
\ Pikinglon. Fourthy, that this alleged speech was
brought before the Senate and the American people, in
ls4s. by late member OF this body, whose constitutional
procvliy TO wit and humUr great AS 10 Justify the
belief that the speech like the Donaldson and Greer cor
respondence, a hoax Mr. WI Fiiibly that Lord
George Beniinck ded some years ago, and Captain Pix
ngton not having been heard OF for long time, there is
strong presumption that the loss Of his noble friend and
! chivalrous ALI has thrown him into a decline
i The of the speech OF the senator from Louisiana
tMr SoULEl was OF complaint against the admins
raon OF government, and against France aud Great
Britain The administration censured for auserity
tow ards the associates OF Lopez But either il could
have proiece or vindicaied them consistently with law
and treaties or it could not II could then the sena
tors censues are too lenen; If could not then they
are altogether unjust Since the day when the gifted,
and gentle Andre was executed gallows
by order OF Washington, we the PAIN
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