Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-02-05

By purchase They are also proud and naughty ana
might be unwilling to accept even sne'r ai !, ~
their dignity and honor Were it not better TOT spain %
take counsel from the past and to turn TO pro IT, les
sons Of the history Of her relations % well rs that
Of the relations Of England WIN .ne u ss con-
OF those statesmen who advised reconciliation Of their
mutual interest and wishes upon the basis o. the inde
pendence of the colonie Had she not better brayey
face the fuure and ask herself II be not time for her
10 realize that mighty boast OF Canning with respect 10
what remains Of her colonies within the waters OF this
continent and 70 call new nation into existencef Might
she not by treaty secure what there Is valuable In the
would not this political child Of her old age willingly
come FORTH and assuming its share of the burdens which
SO heavily load her. aid towards the restoration of her
finances and thereby facilitate those improvements which
Of late have marked in the tendencies Of Span
and may prepare for her desnes worthy Of her past
To us, Mr. President the independence Of Cuba is just
desirable her annexation to this Confederacy That
there is spirit amongst its inhabitants which must
sooner later, them decisive stand against
their rulers cannot be the subject Of doubt with
any thinking The very disasters which have befa
len those Who in times past hested the banner Of rebel
tempt Misfortune but those whose breasts shell
ter noble aspraons and while great and powerful emo
tons spring from impending dangers, host Of virtues
rise in arms to brave them.
Let not Spain be deceived Let her slumber wrapt
in deceu security 1t would not do for her to indulge
in enervatng dreams One repel the invasion Of
advancing years by the remembrances Of youth Cuba
long be hers and its becoming African would not
redeem its loss We can have no wish that it become
bone of contention between her and AS long the
Powers Of Europe shall presume to interfere with the
relations which Its proximity to shore, and the posi-
bty Of it's being made obstruction to OF our great
commercial outlets bctweep her and she need
apprehend mo- tampering part with any scheme
that may be devised against its remaining longer under
her dominon Should however, her sons assert and vim
dictate the eternal rights Of reemen and being to
manhood claim be their rulers let her not take
offence at pursuing towards them the course which
towards her other colonies when they
preparing for their independence. When a. country
reaches that amplitude of consequence and power which
reveals its ability suffice to its government
deem that it becomes Of right entitled to independence Of
State.
am also unwilling to disguise that by suffering Eng
land and France assume her kind Of tutorship
and to become the guardians and sponsors of her
eighty Spain has surrenderedher main title to the domn
ion of such as she thus places under the strong
arm Of those Powers. The complications arising from
that very state things but too well calculated to pro-
duce the very necessity which, under peculiar crcumstan
and with the law ofnaons pleading for might JUS
ty part of those decided measures which are
not in the history Of nations, and might en-
rely invert the relations in which stand to her. This
most earnestly wish to avoid. And whatever there is in
for us, in less distant future, am will
ling to leave for the unrammeed wisdom Of those in
whose keeping eur destinies will soon be.
But let not Spain be unmindu of her portion and
think that she by unworthy Devices protect her pos
she direct her ministers let the island sink into the
rather than it transferred to any other Power
Should the hurricane rage the island would still be found
looming above the waters and smiling upon the angry
wave while her sovereignty might disappear in the storm
When the time comes neither the surges Of the nor
her FORTS her cannon her garrotes the edcts
Of her Gaianos, will her from our mighty grasp
Hear the historian In vain did Sabinus place ancestral
statues upon the threshold Of the gates of the capitol that
they might prevent the enemy from penetrating torch in
hand The very eagles supporting the arches took fire,
and communicated it to the edifce."
Mr. CASS said Mr.. President, l should be unwilling
to address the Senate upon the general subject at this
me when have just listened to the eloquent remarks
of the honorable Senator MR. SoULE who has but now
resumed his seat-remarks which have not heard sur
passed in this body either in power or beauty do not
intend to commit the folly of provoking contrast under
such but have prepared several extracts
from several documents touching the question which has
been raised Of the extent and duration of the Monroe
doctrine and desire to accompany them with some brief
observations which will submit to the Senate, il
can be favored with its attention Tor few minutes
For thirty years the vozldat any rate the AMERICAN
portion OF 1t, and good deal OF the European-has
talked Of the Monroe doctrine, and every schooboy
thought he understood and that it founded upon
great principle that the destiny of this hemisphere should
be controlled by the people nhabing it and that Euro
pean influence should be excluded from it, far and as
fast existing rights would permit. MIR. Monroe, in
1929 presented in message to Congress- his general
views of the relations Of the Powers Of Europe to this
continent well with respect to their interference with
independent states as OF
To be sure has been remarked these two topics are
to be found in different parts of the message, but
merely because each connected itself directly with
different practical measures but both together formed
his doctrine, which founded the great principle
advanced by Mr.. Jefferson, that America, North and
South has Of interests distinct from those of Eu
rope and peculiarly her She should therefore have
system of her separate and apart from that OF
Europe" And by Mr.. Polk, that the people Of this
continent have a right to decide their own destiny
Mr. Polk, in l848, when the g Holy Alliance" was o
matter Of almost remote history, in message to Con-
gress on the subject Of the application of the Govern
ment OF Yucatan for aid against the Indians rearmed
the Monroe doctrine, and observed
According to our established policy could not consent
TO transfer Of this dominion and sovereignty either SPAIN
Great Britain, any other European Power In the ian
gunge Of President Monroe his of December
I'VE should consider attempt their part TO extend their
system to any portion Of hemisphere dangerous to
peace and safety Our security requires that the estab
shed policy thus announced should guide conduct and
this applies with great force to the peninsula Of Yucatan
1t would be mere waste Of time to upon these
views of Mr. Polk They speak for themselveswh equal
force and clcarnes and they avowed more than
quarter Of century after Mr. Monroe had promulgated
his doctrine thus considered by Mr. Polk the perma
American policy The principles it asserts are per-
petua in their obligation and the policy itself challenges
our attention and enforcement in all time, present and
to come.
1t is now said that this Monroe doctrine far
spects the independent States of the continent embamed
IL and in the hearts Of the American people, in
of being great system Of policy enduring as
political condition. but temporary measure appi-
cable only the anticipated design of the Holy ALI
ance" II unhoy called, to restore the recently
emancpated American States TO the dominion Of Spain
Instead Of being great principle of action worthy oil
this republic it would thus become a expedient
passing away with the occasion that called 1t into being
Whether this be not is question which does not
touch the before the Senate for that must be de-
termned upon its merits and upon the authority
20 hauo IN ha ali cd