Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1853-01-19
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EsPsssns n which ne argues tnat Mfs Calhoun sW4s
Esns.tsiy opposed to the acquisition of CubS !.
Ano mere, sf, wcnid with Pions and reyerentlaa
I:Io, s: Pe.efm ousy wnicn oWet9 the memory OF
Eo.sn1 ggtsned statesman whose uncionded and un-
ssquahed mind constantly reflected upon and studied
sns o. ms country generally and MS section
Pel,cus.Iwnose pure near % Hs iatest tnroo
80 8 l.es Nitn love 70 ais county, ana whose ma
suteu Juugment mace MIN tne satest guioe. y refer
70 sne great south Carolinlan. who. but two days
oeole nus 9ean, charged me- mat should ne % mis-.
upon tns SUBJECT, 70 give 10 the worlo
nls Iine opinion. has been said that MI Calhoun
Has IN tavor o the annexation OF Cuba, that he was
ior annexation at allevents This is not true. feel
pound by promise made 70 him to correct the state
y en-. He saio II Cnos ever comes to ns, II must
n4 .esy, honorable ana saueiac!ory 70 oosn coun.
y 'o5oiooen Itoit 70 tne unted
s n: We: sdie ln IeIetence 20 he inoitect
snieny 1oy sayenufes !som th's
t ne conf featea 20 an Interview
1essain Peis9hs' innaoHah's OF Guoa, VINO called
upon nlm leW Gays oeioie. gentleman now pre-
n' 70 ,n's H'use was WIN me when they called on
we rose 70 ieave the room' ne reaues-
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o :" nun ol ng eApec'sa tevolouon ano me opei
snons OF Uenefai LOPEZ; ne sa'd what we now all
sp1w H, 70 % uce uenuemen' you are mstaken
suoa Is not ripe iol reso'otion ner people are mol
!sA1y TOT sucn s.a'e OF niags ana II Lopez invades
Soos' 'ne enterprise VIII De failures and tell you
.aaI under no circumstances can this Government
g comPicatea win 'ais revoiu'lon. lie often said
me' Oooa' from ner stuausn' can never De allen.
sed 10 any other power than the United States and
spain, the owner is ire best stakeholder; best for
ma vOid "a.
ole necessity could justify force in taking it. The
purchase Is improoaoie' ana we now have most OF
ths commercial advantages without the expense of
administering the government. These the words
sradiate the pages of our annais.'
& As we read the above, we construe Mr.. Calhoun's
opposition to have been confined to the ACQUISITION of
Cuba by force and unawfully. Our own position on
the subject is defined in the following portion of
Senator Mason's speech:
IS am here free 10 declare-represent as do
section of the country, apprehend, az deeply In.
tsrested in the future relations of Cuba to this con-
tinent as any other-in my place, as Senator from
the South and upon nv responsibility as statesman
Of America, that am content that Cuba shall remain
in the possession of Spain unless il can be acquired
from her by voluntary cesson on her part, or unless
the people of Cuba, by their own act shall sever the
political connexion with her European mother and
Voluntarily propose annexation.
& Sir, tho honor. the dignity. the good name of A.
merca for all time TO come demands at the hands of
the American people not only that thew should not
sympathise with nor encourage, but that they should
Indignantly frown upon and suppress any attempts.
BY violence in any form, 10 wrest from Spain any
portion of her lawful possessions whether il be s,-
mulated by political ambition or by spirit of specu-
lative mxraudng on the part of those who engage in it,
The policy Of this country, as have said. has been
announced to all Europe. Spain is weak power.
tons with the con,neu: Of Europe she is so