The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-10-05

ahahAt pADff4 writer's Tor nnF other
purpose, Ieps the public mind OF the
civilized world Is poisoned against as.
There Is not only manifested. 90 TIE
part u these writers. an eDtire inseR-
sibility 10 the beAsty and grandeur d
The work that i going On-more behe-
heent. il possible. to Europe than 10 as
IN the relief IL is afordins her-bat we
are actually held Up at times as ma
tion o. land pirates. II Was partly my
object TO counferset this disposition !;
10 show that our growth had been ma
tural growth !; that our most important
accessions Of territory had taken place
BY great natienal transactions, 10 which
England. France. and Spain had been
parties, and "a other cases by the spe
ration Of causes which necessarily IN
fiuence the occupation and settlement
Gf new country. in strict conformity
with the laws Of nations and not in VI
olation of them.
You say that " il occurs 10 her Ma
iesty's Government 10 ask for what pur
pose are these arguments introduced
with 50 much. preparation and urged
with 50 much ability" and You answer
the question in the following manner :
:" Ii would appear that the purpose. MOI
fully auoased but hardly concealed. is 10
procure the admission Of doctrine that
the United States have an interest IN
Cuba to which Great Britain aud France
cannot pretend"
Here Little unintentional injustice
is done TO NV letter. in which il is dis
tinctly stated more than once, for rea-
sons set forth ar length and very par
italy c0ntroyerted by you. that the
Government Of the United States con-
sidered the condition Of Cuba las main
Ivan American question. in which they
had very deep interest and you very
limited one. Not only was no attempt
whatever made 70 conceal this doc
trine, but il MAS tally arowed and rea-
soned out in my letter Of the ist of De-
cember, 1852. -
To meet one Of the. chef grounds on
which the United States rest this clam.
that of geographical proximity. after
sGme local alius.eas Of which do not
perceive the exact bearing, YOU observe
ia<eaect, that Ceha is somewhat near
er to Jamaica than it is 10 the nearest
part Of the United States. and you CON
slider this as showing that we cannot
have greater interest in the island
than YOU have. Now, If Jamaica bore
the same relation to Great Britain which
our States on and near the Gulf oI
Mexico bear to the rest Of the AmcIi,
can Union, your reply 10 my arsunien;
would be good. But the direct reverse
is the case. Jamaica is distant CO
flony. whose entire population of which
not more than one tenth is Of European
origin does not excccdthat Of an Eng
lish city of the second class. II Is. as
perceive from your speech Of the 4th
Of August. burden on the imperial
treasury. 1t must IN is present state
stand high on the list Of The colonies,
which las appears from Lord Gre 5
recent work on the colonial policy o.
your administration are regarded BY
mere than one active and influential
party in England as membranes Of
(which she ought to get rid, IL she could
do so with credit. How different, in
jail respects, the case with the States
living on the Gulf OF Mexico! In ex.
tent of sea coast, in the amount of val
Iuable products furnished to the worlds
commerce, in the command Of rivers
\ which penetrate the heart Of the CONT
nent, they are most important, as they
are an integral portion of the Union.
They are numerically all bnt sixth
part Of it. The very illustration made
use Of by ron sirikingly confirms i'm
stead OF committing the doctrine tina
:. the condition of Cuba is mainly al
imeriean question"
| This proposition could be enfarced
by other strong arguments besides those
adduced in my letter uf December tht
first; but as those arguments, with til,
exception just commented upon, have
not been met hy ynu, deem it uaac
cessary to enlarge upon tie topic.
| But. thoagb the United States certain
lly consider that they have " an Interest
in the condition of Caba to which Great
Britain and France cannot pretend,
it is not. either in my letter nor in auy
other American State paper within my
recollection, assumed that Great Bril-
tain and France have no interest in
the maintenance Of the present aata
quo, and that the United States alone
have a right to Voice in the natter
Our doctrine is. not that we have an
absolutely exclusive interest in the sub
iect, but that we have far deeper and
more immediate interest than France
and Engiani can possibly lay CLAIM TO.
A glance at the map, one would think,
would satisfy every impartial mind oil
tlis truth.
In order to establish. for France and
England an equal interest with the Uni
ted States in the condition Of Cuba Won
saw: g Great Britain Is in pDseassioG by