New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-03

c.~.r, 10 rs,y On hist a the United States, whose
VIII and policy il 70 sustain tAe htag rsas anu Wy
1890 st,,e Of things IN the island tbs language
IS ra--ioi on for 10 years Engand was Awsys rep
re.eu,e as the rupscious ally eager 20 so'sn, any
price and BY sny violation OF prlnctpae, pessss -
ri. rrve.ed Stand ard the United Sats were AIN -
re.sv rom me u,st Ssinereste motives 70 renew
their oterz OF protection, aud evel % assurcSPS -
case of any s.ternpt from whatever quarter 20 vs.
hey ths portion Of her territory she may securely rely
mon he military sni naval resources OF TOE ai'ei
States 20 her II preserving snd recovering Sael
are the words Of Nj Forsyth instructions 70 mt '
IN ls4O. -. ,.-. 80
remark that not one atom OF ybe evidence pro
duced in support Of the intentions nus ioosy an VIC
must add, dishonesty imputed 70 Sren Brian. II va
not England but the United States whose attention aa
been thus acutey directed 10 The navs and ml&Fy sa
v.utszes OF the possession Of the Havannah and Eaen
American statesmen talked Of their "s!eepess ysiance
in vstrhing the rights Of Spain n tG quarter
owing the supposed designs OF another rover hot
one OF them could be ignorant Inst the only designs
from which Spain had anything 10 sar were taoss OF
American citizens The date these renters
the sbsurdy Of tire charge pspahy evident tor
viii hardly be believed that England would choose the
very moment when she was assisting 20 place queen
Isabella H. the throne 10 rob her OF her ornrgnti or
that lust after had shaken ot the burden OF slavery
an expense OF 20 millions and enancipStnd our owa
negroes we shouh coyet the acquisition OF an island
containing COO 600 sSves II the American government
ever credited such inventions 81 tbese, twas greNy
imposed upon But Is stl re dtcut to account Ier
the publication this distance OF time, OF oasetSs
srsricions which experience well as reason ought 10
have dispclie, and OF motives which II - 0eaeih te
eovernrnent Of great and friendly nation 20 iipue
80 another.
Az lste as the year s4s however, this language was
still held nv the Government OF the United Sa, though
lis real purp a allowed more clearly 70 trans
uirp In he sruner Of thnt year MT Saunle's tns
American Minister AZ Haihd, instructed oy Mr.
Buchanan then Secretary Of state. TO open iornlN
negotiation for the purchase OF tue island. lie VAC
proceed by wsy OF confidential conversation WA Jug
Z n soa
sicht errharrass us hereafter, says Mr. Buchanan IN
the acquisition of the Island" He was TO suggest tlG
Cuba might be wrested from Spain BY Great britain ~
consequence Of the dismissal OF sr Henry sdNs uvh
Madrid or that II might be sezet as security io' sIs
debt due 70 the British holders OF spanish oonis an
having prepared the way By these honorable
h. gently to hint that the President OF u,s ons
STATES was ready 10 relieve Spain Of all these dcunr
and of the island itself by purchasing outright Tor the
sum of one hundred millions OF dollars. GenerM haa
y.ez snd N Pidal. to whom these Propositions WIZ
actually made appear first TO have msconceYed tae
obiect Mr. Saunders was driving At for they took IN
very good part the professions OF The Unted Sse tenn
ing 10 protect the ISLAND from the aggressive designs ,'
any foreign Power; but a. the negotiation proceedeu
ami ihey found that tue motive o this zeal on the part
of the Americans was their anxiety secure the prize
for themselves, the Cabinet Of Nsirt haugay rephei
tha. il was than any Minister could dare 10 en-
terten such proposition and that sooner man SEE tne
island tram erred to any other Power they would pre-
fer that Il should be sunk in the ocean
We shall leave our readers 20 draw their own inter'
Z
strangsst part OF the whole transaction - me
of T. Did Il never occur % the American Governmen,
that every one OF the arguments they nave ehPoJ "a
against the possession Of Cuba by any srOn5 u@'a'
Power NAV be nrrcd with eeusl force against Their Owh
preulu,s 10 acquire IL and that IN avowmg tA'
motives they have for essing u, they renlsF 10 re-
naming the hands u spain matter Of increased mt
portsncsto the rest Of the world Tncy intimate, Ia
deed throughout these dispatches that they arc content
tia; the stand should continue colony oi SPAN IL
that declaration be sincere, notn'nS Is more ey seu
20 ensure IT, Great Britain, France AMI al the NJ ihe
States ready % concur IN ans pieage thAt WI" pre-
serye II from mClestaton; but they mus concur E,m
the United State and there, but there Alone es tle
difficulty Mr. Buchanan mas Thought ~ 20 asssrt OF tus
country in an official dipa,ch, that n has been her
uniform policy thruug hou her past history, TO seke
upcu every vElunble commercial point taruugloutthc
world whenever circumstances have placed THIS IN her
powerF "And what point ne Elds, 80 valuable a,
Cuba We ere sorry that Mr.. buchanan has formed
90 low an estimate of British Sutsnie1 and B1sh ms
tory but We cannot REGAL an instance IN which prsu
col expedition against the possessions o. tr'ehdy
Power YVES prepared under the ascrtei eyes OF an
English Government or in which we have attempted
fa,sey 10y 20 the charge Of foreign state te cupy
tr, sctuated ownproeeedngs. we regret uls PuO'
hceton Of this correspondence lor hotmhg hoty Luu,
fo- tie unworthy and ignorant suspicious which u
proves American Ministers % have expressed against
this country and they absurdy unconscious thst
the suspicious which they urge w'thoa. particle o. ss'
dencc 6gGns, us ia with the weght OF charss' proven
bv theirown showing. upon Themselves.
The publication OF this evidence has yet another effect
90 which We cannot be nduIcrehL i' uiu,e Icuoi ~
future negotiation for the purchase OF the sihh Jar
more difficult. nsn0t altogether imp ractcable Every
srantA Minister, and Queen lsabe0 herself, would
think il dishonor to accept the terms which were
pruercd and rejected in ls45 end now that the "no'5
ilgnaetion l. before the world, II cannot be repeater
without caling forth the strongest oP2osinOn on the
part OF the spanish naiion-no, to speak o. foreign c)1n
ifi-s The "speechiess vigilance" with which the
United states proposed, IN lst4 to "ateh over 1ne
rights 81 Spain In that quarter, can nowhere ne more
usery exercised than IN their own ports and cues
tor there alone 30 any designs really exist against the
authority Of Spain over Cuba. Tns correspondence
successive Ministers Of the Union that they desire no.
ding more than 70 the dominion Of Spain firmly
maintained IN Cuba; and can assure them " Nh
entire confidence and sincerity that the designs they
have attributed 20 other powers 6etions we
are entitled 'he faith Of these official papers, to
cNst, r. m the American Government, strict ooserv.
srce OF those rights which II Is certainly not the insn-
ton cfsuy European State 20 violate or TO deny.