The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-08

ana lose Cannda herself But she has more at
stake. and ! regard any threat from that quarter
as the yeriest gasconade in which any govern.
mcnt permitted itself to indulge France has re-
volcano He who occupies that must watch by day
and night or an eruption will soon come to bury him
Emperor himself held the rcins, a war with America
would be destructive to France. To land an army
here would be to give them to the sword France
acquired no glory upon the seas am that upon
the naval Of France Is immensely superior
ours. Guns and vessels do not make navy. If every
vessel named in navy register tomorrow burnt
TO the waters edge France would be no more capable of
contending with the United States upon the than
the oak Of the forest is capable Of resisting the thun
derbolts of heaven. It is seamen who make
navy, and wherever they found vessels will
not be long wanting. In this main element of success
turn out annually body of hardy mariners, unequaed
for skill for energy and daring. Our tonnage exceeds
that Of any other nation As long as these advantages
remain to us, the crumbling dynasties of the
Old World may build steamers without number
but when a contest comes, the best of them will be
manned by peasantry feeble foes and soon be
captured refer to these things with view to aggres-
has e out a TO s OF
and had apprehension that the indignation aud
resentment excited by might hurry into Incorporate
acts. wish to show that we can afford to scorn the
implied threat hanging US, and that this is
better policy than yielding to the dictates of
OF hasty resentment. Cuba viii be ours whenever it is
right and needful for take -whenever the might
Of this republic is put forth in just cause there is
human power which can prevent It, Under such circun
have sympathy with those who impatient to
grasp the territory of neighbors do my opinions
dent and self satisfied air that it is time this government
had n foreign policy / believe we have always had
aforegn pocy-nay more the very hest that pos
sbe to adopt the policy of attending to business
without attempting sort Of general all
mankind The period of trial and danger does not threat
and bright. 1t is at home that the symptoms of our
approaching hurricane manifested. These symp-
toms toms are everywhere about us and around us.
noaU hn found IN fto rnatla md
turbed state of the public mind in the speeches of
dinner orators dgnying with the name Of progress
and clothing wholesale robbery in the mantle Of patriot
ism They might have been seen in the fenzied enthu
sasm which followed the footsteps Of that sturdy beggar
Louis Kossuth-in the wild and reckless attempts Of
Americans to take possession of Cuba. deplore
their fate as much as any one, and condemn as
strongly the cruel and barbaroas conduct Of the
sTasnse sae Of & 1sr se which tS m m
ought to be directed and last, but not least, tho
signs Of this danger be found in the regulated but
indicate a spirit Of change I may be told that
s sa se hono wssa and sye sas s saa n
morality I of the chrstiaSs creed, we sa'ny may
yc would they should do unto YOU" II is not in the
Book of Revelation that we arc taught to coyet our
neghbors goods indulge spirit careless conquest
nor do we learn there the duty of progressing back.
wards wards from S peaceful to period Of bssbars
thing called progress, in the eyes Of many covers
all defects, and makes atonement for every error.
the wings Of peace shedding fe and light and
the land and the sea-which sends the mssiona
among the heather, and gathers the infdel and
believer beneath the gospels ample shiedwhch doubles
the productions OF the earh and bare the
the Church 1S Of God in the xeeI
howl OF the panther-whch carries literature and science
tohe log cabin Of the pioneer and connects every part
this wide republic by links SO strong and so close that the
traveller IN hOmp and
hand he grasps brothers. hand-if this be the pro-
gress that is meant, most gladly do enlist under its
is quite different thing. The hrst lesson they,
mankind and the imitation Of the worst practice Of
old chivary, the practice Of hanging up a glove as
challenge to every passerby to engage in mortal
bat practice based in no degree upon wrongs to be
redressed injuries to be avenged but upon pure
mgatcd love Of blood and strife They propose grasp
without shadow Of claim, but even without
the robbers plea of necessity. I wish to engage
in noexaggerated statements but let in the cant phr
seology OF the day establish foreign policy let us set
about convincing the world that indeed power
on earth Let us rob Spain Of Cuba England Of Canada
nen viii be too small theatre upon which to enact the
bloody drama of American Like the prophet of
the East who carried the sword in hand and the Ko
ran in the other American armies will be sent
forth to proclaim to freedom the serf but if he should
happen to love the land in which he born, and
hibit manly attachment to the institutions with
which be is familiar, his e's blood would saturae the
soil and his wife and children be driven forth house
less wanderers in proof of tender consideration for
the rights of humanity This Is species of progress
with which Satan himself might fall in love. He then
drew glowing picture of America she s-speudid
sciencesin freedom and in the proud prerogatiye of
free religious worship He then asked them to look upon
land offered as substitute for this, whore war is
passion, and blood welcome visiter--very avenue
for genius leading through fields OF strife-erature
moelery.relgon reproach the people strong but ter
lb!c having the tigers outward beauty and the tigers
inward ferceness. He contneded that such was the
national tendency Of modern progress The
proprcy But to US as the re
suit of and violence, instead Of being blessing it
viii prove deadly hate. He cited the reply of Caracta
address to similar appeal Possessed of territory
extending almost from tho Northern Ocean to the
region Of the tropics, embracing every variety of
envy Spain the last little island Of her once
mighty dominion. 1t was not needed for agricultu-
raj purposes for national defence 1t alacy to
say Cuba commanded the gulf trade Torugas and Key
West command the gulf trade and with those points for
tilted, hostile feet in Cuba would be powcress This
fact known and commented in England when Flo
rda coded to the Uuited States He cited various
American commanders who gave the decided
opinion. Two mionsof dollars would fortfy both those
Joints 1t the part of economy as well as OF honesty
to forify possessions and leave neghbors
in undisturbed enjoyment OF what belongs to them
Better expend two millions thys than hundred mil
lions to purchase uncounted millions in its conquest.
At present, We derive from Cuban imports annual
Of nearly SO 600 0C0-this would be lost While
he deprecated arguments addressed to the North
or South, because no argument could be good
that did not address itself to the whole Union,
he proposed to meet the sectional appeals al
ready made In possible aspect could the xaton
Of Cuba take place without the greatest injury to the
South. As slave State she could give the South no
additional power The dream of balance Of power in
the Senate long since exploded. 1t would bring
powerful rival in direct competition with the
most profitable productions of the Southern States
Remove the duties collected the articles raised in
Cuba, and their culture in the southern States would
scken and die The present tariff in sugar was
slight matter. He commented upon the tenfold addition
to the agricultural energies of Cuba, to result
from the annexation OF IL to the United States, as
detrimental 70 the South. As long Cuba remains
possession Of Spain, it will be Of nestimabc
advantage in time Of war, as neutral port,
where the commerce of the gulf could find port,
and where purchasers would to reship it, This
done in Florida during Mr. Jeersons embargo in the
or 1872 1t difficult to estimate the advantage of
such an outlet There we're 100000 free negroes, and
coo coo whites in Cuba.
He argued at length, showing that these whites
cusomed to self and attached to establish
cd religion, which would longer be supported by the
Stafc ouh n furhu liant Ia