The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-03-12

for six years past uniformly voted on treat
, les and other matters N sustain the Monro,
} doctrine. lis had done no more IN,
{ difference between him snd thoae viii
! whom he had not voted wes that he va.
against giving pledges for OUT failure con.
duct, and then submitting to their gsos,
aud open violation. Ills sentiments eth
regard to Cuba had been pablo 70, min,
y-s,s. So long ~ Cuba " content II ~
main loyal /" the crpwn Of Spain. be Il 20
lie had no desire o. wish 10 distsrb OF
change that relation. Whensyyr the PEG
pie OF Cuba showed themseiv~J worthy o
freedom, by assocIsting and maintaining
tree republican Institutions, HE heart, BIZ
feelings, and his sympathies would be with
them. When that i.d.peniencs shall have
been asserted and maintained, " Il h II
visahls for their interests and projection
this. We should do fos them ~ W did with
Texas. he would r~esivs them into the
Union. Whenever Spain shall h. satisasd
that she can no longer hold Cubs, and
shall b. willing 10 trass(sr Il n the United
Stsses m reasonable tssnns. hs would vii
lingly treat with IT, II Spain refuse to
transfer il tn the United States, and should
do SO to any European nation. he wa. for
taking possession Of that island, aud for
holding it ~ haxzaris. lie could not vote
to make the first declaration in the rcsolu
ton, because, by implication. 1t sanctioned
the charge OF ,urpituds sg~ins, the United
States. Tie could not vote 10 make the
second one, viz; Iha, /. could not he trans
f.rred to any EWop~sa power, because no
European nation would dare hazard its ex
istsnce by attempting to take ii. England
would not attempt il. for the moment abe
did so she would he ban.hed the North
! American Continent. She has given bond
and surety to keep the peace on this coosi-
nen,. i.et ~ sc, firmly in the matter oi
the present offence, and leave future events
10 take care Of theh.lvcs. This was the
course he took when the resolution on in
t-rv-ntinn WAS before the Senate. Hs was
then. aud nov" unwilling TO say we would
or ", lid not interfere, but leave ourselves
free to nct, N we deem hest when the case
arises. tie thought il WAS the duty Of the
Executive to take The first step tn protect
courteon.ly, respectfully. and firmly against
the colonization of these BAY lsIsnds. II
that protest he disreparJed let him Ark Of
Congress action in this matter. lie In
tended 10 araign no man, nor to attack
amy one. bu. ~ he had not ill now had an
opportunity Of explaining his course on
these several treaties, hs had taken this oc.
ession to do SO
Mr. Cass said that the Senator had in>
dclgcd ia some pretty free remarks on the
resolution, aud he thought he could show
them To be mere approximations. The
senator objects because. ihe resolution SAYS
we have no intention to interfere with or
disturb existing rights. Does tho Senator
desire 10 destroy existing rights.
Mr. Douglas. COMPATIBILITY No.
Mr.. Cau.-why not say 40, then, 10 the
resolutions The worms were used by Mr..
Polk Existing rights does not mean OK
is,ing wrongs" II any colonization or
possession ut this ti,ne BE- wrong. it is not
an existing right. ba, sn existing wrong,
and 10 not protected BY the resolutions.
The resolution does not wipe out the past.
but leaves Va free ns ever TO act upon past
wrongs. if the Bay Islands were tnkcn in
the face Ot the treaty and our declared doc.
trinr, h 10 an existing wrong. aud it is not,
therefore. y" existing right. !" the words
Of the resolution, possessory wrongs wers
not existing rights. Ito thought there was
use for this declaration Of tho Monroe
doctrine Monroe, Jefferson, and Polk
thought there wan use in laying this doctrine
down; hut it had laid idly in the archives
Of ths nstion, and .hould now Ike put in
anne authoritative shape. The Monroe
doctrine was not violated in the Oregon
treaty. The Senator had entirely miscon>
st. urd the qu stion. The moment We con
esd.d the British line A. coming down to
40, We conceded that III. Monroe doctrine
did not apply above that line. We have
give" up nothing in the Ray lslsods affair.
for il waA not known ill within six weeks.
We have done nothing there c"nceding any
British rights. A. 10 Nicaragua. We could
get no treaty there, aud the easiest way TO
enforce the Monroe doctrine in Central
America. was to agree with Great Britain
To keep hand. oil. The gentleman WAS In
in favor o, = protect by the President or
what value was thset Il had already been
made hy M~ssrs Monroe and Polk. but
when put in thia shsp-, Il will be the pro-
test OF the American people in an auth"si>
ta,ive shsps, and no nAti"" in Europe
would disregard it. IL those days, when
no INA" knew what n morrow would bring
forth. il was proixr that this nation should
notify the world of what hs policy VA to
be. lie did mt Intend. by tho disclaimer
N any intention 10 distu'b the righss Of
Spain. 10 imply the existence Of any 'arpi
tuds IN Vhs Am~tiesn character.
Mr.. Douriss said such would b. the In.
ference ii other Nations.
NJ. Casa said that Il had not occurred 10
him IN tina, light. Hs saw nothing Of the
KIND |. Il. A. /" what was said abost Ud
aud Young America. il WAS not Al for The
Senate. DID An,~vics had 10 hear iss bur-
den u abuse. and. - young A,nssies
got old, il would hare TO stand The sams
stream.
Nr. Douglas said. ~ 10 tho remark abost
Young An,sriea. he hat never introduced Il
jsto De S%na.s I'LL sitter il had heso com>
meussd spon in spe~ch 90 sAis sshj~ss
he o,h..' day--.ths ""ly spssch ms.is an
~ sshi~et tn whIrh the senator from Mich
isan I'D not replied lie eosld not. ~
' lcrs, ssJsss.snd. certainly ID MT ssbset
I 70 sse~ivs 10 lecture Tor ssi"g thsss words
A6sn ~ Ss~ator.
NJ. Csss said hs bad not isessrsd IT.
senator. Ne Asd always taken Old fegy
70 himself.