The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-01-22
lower class of Democratic io,,

| CUBA.-Thc lower class of Democratic iour
nals--the class of one we have here in st. Panl
have let no opportunity pass to charge Mr..
Fillmore's administration with "imbeclity y
in the management of our foreign relations
more particularly in reference to the course
that has been pursued towards Cuba. Honor
able and hgh-minded Democratic editors, and
Statesmen. however. have taken different
ground. Gen. Cass, in the recent debate upon
the 100000 project fully endorsed the course
of Mr.. Fillmore so did Senator Mason, of Vir-
ginia. Below is an extract Of the latter gentle
man S speech upon the occasion. The wild, I'M
healthy state of sentiment which prevailed to
some extent in regard to this matter at the time
of and Immediately after the late Presidential
election, appears to be subsiding to the views
here expressed. 1t is scarcely probable now
that any great change of foreign policy will be
adopted by Gen. Pierce's Cabinet The {" fill
buster" " are beginning to see this; and much
less is heard of the talk that we must have Gu
ba, nolens rolens, than two months ago.
Messrs. Cass and Mason take the true Ameri-
can ground, and upon it also stands - Old Bull
lion" and a host Of other prominent political
friends of the new administration. Mr.. Mason
says:
$50 long as Spain retains Cuba. or should
the Island become Independent, truly and hon
estly, we have no right to interfere with it.
And for myself, / should be willing DESTROYS,
indeed, at any time to purchase it of Spain, and
at "a liberal, even at an extravagant price: but
no transfer to another power either by peace
or war, and the resistance of such an attempt
by all the means that God has given us. And
have never uttered a sentiment, here or else
where inconsistent with these views, though
have often been charged with what is called
fli6usfering projects, and that, too, by respect
able journals, during the Presidential contest;
by the Republic, of this city. amongst others and
the Journal of Commerce, of n. Y. No man,
editor or reader, has the right to prefer such
charge against me. believe in public as well
as personal morality, and l value the honor of
my country at too high u prize to barter for
any scheme of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. And | EN-
brace this opportunity to bear my testimony OF
the conduct of the Administration in relation
to Cuba; reprobate these repeated efforts at
interference in the concerns of another nation,
and have no charity for the motives of the
leaders engaged in them. If the people of Gu
ba desire to free themselves from the govern
mcnt of Spain-and Il worse one ishar'lly to be
found Oh the face Of the carth-thcir effort will
have all my sympathes and all my good wish
cs, as | am sure it will have those of the Amer
lean people. And l cannot doubt but that
their independence would be chccrfully recog-
niZed by the Government the moment it can
be properly done. but this work is their OWN,
and not ours; and so long as they acknowledge
allegiance to Spain it is our duty to respect our
relation. And, sir, there are circumstances i'll
the condition both of that county and of ours
| which may well demand some fUrbCarancc on
our part. Spain is weak and remote from this,
almost the last of her immense American pos
sessions
| THE Illustrated NEwS.-Ofths new humbug
of Barnum'S, the Albany Evening Journal
speaks as follows. Wehaye not seen the sheet,
but this is the general tone of the press in re-
gard to it:
! The ILLUSTRATED Observation-Disclosures the
very general desire of the press to speak kindly
of this pictorial experiment, it was so badly got
up that unstinted praise was out of the question
A periodical hcraldcd as the News has been,
should have presented a more attractive face. 1t
had public sympathy all in its favor. Indeed, it
was expected to be something that Yankees
could boast Of \ sort of National feeling had
been excited, and the Disappointment at the (al-
mOsDfailure was quite intense. The criticisms
of the press have induced the publishers to con-
fcss and promise amendment. lfthey keep this
promise we shall be happy to record the fact:
but the News will not he tolerated as third
rate affair. 1t must either be first-ratc or no.
thing. There are too many pictorial carca
lures in existence alrcad.
The Democrat again publishes what it
plcascs to term its original charges against
Gov. Ramey one of which is as follows:
"That he exchanged portion of said money
for bank rags, thereby committing another dis
tinct felony, punishable by Imprisonment in
the Pemttentiary.'
No sir! That is great modification of the
original charge. You said he exchanged the
gold for bills and drafts, and pockctcd hand
some per centagc by the operation. We ran
you from that several weeks ago. and yet YOU
pretend to have proved all you charged at the
outset! But what can be gained by argument
Or reasoning with a man who one day writes
that his party has triumphed in the Territory,
and the next virtually acknowledges that he
wilfully deceived his readers!
The fact was therefore obvious that Mr. Sil,-
ley and his nO-party associates continued as
previously, members and supporters of the
|
opposed the Democracy under the name of the
Peoples Party, one of the old and worm out
cognomcns of Whiggery.-DemOcrut
The time that this fact was obvious to the cd
itor of the Democrat, according to his own show
ing in the paragraph Immediately preceding tie
one we copy, was before the election last Octo-
bcr Another proof, this, from his own pen.
that when he stated that the Democrats had
swept the Territory, he wilfulIy did so in order
to deceive his party. 1t required the aid of Mr.
Sibleys friends to give such majority; why
then, sir, did You publish to the world that
they were with you, when you now admit that
it was obvious to you even then that they were
not? Caught again in your own trap old fell
low!
Mr. Gingras knows nothing about parties.
and votes just as DR.. Borup, Kittson and SibIcy
ia ! 10 ic TnJi do, ~