Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-08

would ne d n .ernls to DIR Unioi. ii was To-
that he wished 10 speak The gentleman al
IN led t. tie affl agitation which lniely pass
ed over; md spoke OF tue reluctance WIN
vh,cl, hc.in conformity with The vii OF NoFta
Caral;na swallowed fbc CoTpr"nlse mes
tlr..s nj the same line pa,irayl1g III" dtnIeF
~ res IN o n the acqu ston of Cuba. H'ai
+. he gr.at principle ri the Compromi-e;
Thar. 80 lar 4. III. Terriloties are concerne /,
the General Gp,e.n ut has no rl-ht To inter
FIRE nth the people moulding aud forming
thrir Govcrnnrot 81 as they please
NJ. NESABLE replied, thai tie mere ac1nsl-
lon o. territory vas. III his opinion, an open
question.
Mr.. STEPHENS resumed, saying the point
in he rrgumcot i, TN, thal The aeq rlsl'lon OF
c ba oulJ have tendency To renew section
/ feeling in any event. He repeated he was
against The acquisition Of Cuha; bul II II should
beco grett National ohjec to have Cuba
he could not conceive that danger Is to br APP
pr.hrnled from the acquisition. He Ihus re
piel t1ihe gent em1n, who spoke oil the re-
ipct,nce with v hch lie subsc tied to the Com
promise To show him that North Carolina was
right and he was wrong. O9e Of the leadlng
terms Of settlement Was thai all Territory ac-
qnrcd and belonging 10 the l. States should
be left open for The people 10 10 m such lnstl
tutions as they should see fiji. Heconsldered
this question NOT only for the South, but 'or
the North. II was the establishment OF the old
republican principle on which our institutions
rest. namely, that oil people have right to
govern themselves as they please. lie conten-
ded, then that for the General Government to
attempt to control the people and impose Re.
sirictions, would be as odious as was the al
tempt oflhe British Government to impose FAX
es on the coIonisls without representation
He held this to he the greatest triumph Of re.
publican principles STAGE the formation of the
Constitution. II We acquire Can1da, or Cuba,
OF Mexico whichever our flag Aoats--each
community can govern itself as it plcases,-
Never take ANYTHING WI ngfully; but if You
carry this principal with yon, you may have
gn oeeanbound Republic. That principal is,
lhat You shall let each govern itself as it plea
ses. With hsprncipc, there can be no afpre-
henson of danger from acquisition.
Mr. BArLY. Of Virginia, said this was qnes-
ton In which he felt vast deal OF Interest,"
He had jus returned from the Serae, where
he learned that the resolution introduced sew
cal days since by colleague in hat 10 IL,
(Mr. Mason) had passed Therefore, he pre-
ferrcd to reserve whit he desired to say until
the correspondence called for comes in; and
he begged leave TO suggest that it would lie
quite as well 10 postpone all discussion Until
We shall know precisely every hing which
has been done by lhe Administration; until We
as"cfialn officially the precise condition III
which our relations to Caba stand.
Mr. b own, of Mississippi, replied 10 sever
! al points III the speech oflhe gentleman from
North Caroiina OH. Nenrb.e,) and in the
rour>e al his marks he said he thought the
Creoe in the Isaod Of Cuba, it lhey feel them
selves oppressed, have the same right to take
up art"s, Inherited from the Almighty, as the
American colonies ha}; and that itzens Of the
United >1afcs Lave mach right toassist them
rs the French hid to aid US in The war against
Great Britain. Or toreahers " ere not buc-
cancers, nor were the French, who came to
our succorln that glorious struggle. His friend
did not draw The proper distinction between
the acts oi this Gov eminent and the acts of the
! people.
! He Was not to he understood as saying that
the United States ought to wage war against
| spun lie was speaking Of individual enter
! pslNe; the same that was m infested in the af
] iairs oil Greece, the South American republics
, and Texas. If he went for the acquisition o.
Cuba at all, or other foreign territory LEI it be
] understood it Was because he wanrel an ourler
! for slavery. There we're now threeand hall
millions OF slaves and in thirty years ther e
! would be seven or eight millions oflhem. He
came from that portion Of the conftderacv
! winch Will he the last Resting place of slavery,
4 unit sslt shall have an outlet Not having this
] IN the cotton growing States, it would be as
great calamity as dammirg up the sources
OF the Mississippi.
MIR. Venabe, The gentleman having the floor
giving way, made several explanations.
Mr. Brown said the gentleman was never
more mistaken in his lie when he supposed il
possible for his State Rights friends to counte
nance any violation Of treaty stipuatjons, or
good faith towards foreign nations, or oblipa
IONS to the States composing this Union or
any other OF mankind. He was perfectly
i ire, 10 say he was not going to second any
nnoustenng expedition against Cuba, or any
other part OF the world; but he was for de
'nahdlng and eXacting nj all times, and under
an circumstances proper respect for the fac Of
MS country; and,l IN doing TINS we become IN.