Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-12
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wishes 10 come, | would have her come and
that may be more clearly understood on this
point ! add, that would not have her wait,
always for the consent of the Spanish Gov
ernment. Now, ii this is flsbusterssm then all
have to say is, make the most Of it'll"
| Great laughter
Mr.. smith is not q Conservative as was
Mr. Webster he is not Progressive, a. 10 Mr..
Cass; he is not Slavery. Propaganda, a. is
Jefferson Davis and we are sure, every one
will say, that he is not an independent Demo
crat, As il Hale, Chase, or Giddings. He may
be startled whom we say that, while he fully
sympatbizss with the deep hostility Of the last
named gentleman to Slavery and entertains
as clear conceptions Of it's enormous evils as
they, he nevertheless practically co-operates
with General Cass and those politicians at the
North, who are styled the allies Of the Slave
Power. We hate to say word that shall
pain 10 noble man. or seem to misrepresent
his position; but he loves truth 30 much, that
no would not have us refrain from the utter
ance or what we believe to be truth, even
though painful to himself
What then, is Mr.. Smiths practical posi-
ton, but an abandonment Of the policy which
protests against any Slave Territory2 What
is it, but the very position Of the Party which,
under tho lead Of Pierce, Gushing and Davis,
is now seeking the annexation Of Cobag
Let Cuba come if she wishes.
She belongs to us by force Of geographical
position.
Let her come, even if she should not pro-
vously have abolished Slavery.
Slavery under our institutions will be short
lived.
would not give $lOooO0,OOO for her, but
when she wishes, let her come
Nor would have her wait always for the
consent Of the Spanish Government.
To evory one Of these propositions, except
the negative on the $l0OO0oOOO purchase,
General Cass, General Pierce, and Gen. Cush-
ing, say, yea and amen. In what single point,
then, does the position Of Mr.. Smith pracli-
cally differ from theirs We will not COM
| pare their motives, or their principles Tho
| only question regards their policy, and here
they practically reach the same conclusion
with this exception--they are willing to give
two hundred millions, or more, for Caba, while
he would not give hundred millions. Sla
very is no insupcrable objection to Mr.. Smith,
because it will stand better chance for aboli
ton under our institutions than under Spanish
! institutions Slavery is no insuperable objec
| ton to them for what reason, Heaven knows !;
all we know is, that to their special friends ut
the North they would assign the very reason
Mr.. Smith does. Have we forgotten that the
annexation Of Texas was urged by R. J..
Walker upon the North for similar reason
The refusal Of the consent Of the Spanish
Government would be no bar to Mr.. Smith, if
Cuba wished to be annexed it is none to them.
Now, suppose the Cubans should plainly sig
nifty their desire for annexation, and 20 80 far
as to engage in q civil war against Spain, they
would then have gone as far as possible to
come to usn What would Mr.. Smith recon-
mend? After having encouraged them to
take such step-for that is the tendency Of
his speech--would he leave them without aid Z
But the attempt to extend them helping
hand would involve us necessarily in a war
with Spain
We put the question-suppose all the Anti
| Slavery men Of the country should take Mr..
Smiths position in regard to Mexico and Cuba,
and territorial acquisitions generally, where
should we be- What rcstrainst would tram
mel this Administration Full rein would be
given to the Slave Power, and its widest
dreams Of conquest and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT would
speedily become realities.
Ia special reference to Cuba we have few
words to say. We have certainly not succeed
ed 50 we'll in the management Of Slavery in
this country, that we can afford to add to our
embarrassments by complicatng with it Cuban
Slavery. Under our institutions, since tho or
ganization Of the Government, our slaves have
increased from six hundred thousand to three
millions; and now, when the public opinion Of
the South has refrigerated SO much that it ad
vocatcs the system on Principle, instead Of en-
cusing It on the plea Of necessity, the PROPOSE
ton is, to add six hundred thousand more
slaves to those we have--so evidently short
livedD IL the evil in this country
Great Britain has abolished Slavery in ia
maica and her island Colonies. Franco, moved
by the generous throcs Of Liberty at home, has
put an end to the evil in her possessions. Spain,
under the impulse Of another storm Of European
Revolution, always imminent, would probably
commence similar work for Cuba. The con.
nection Of that island with the European sys-
tenn naturally subjects il to the vicisGtudcs OF
European Revolution. In fact, it's separation
from that system and it's annexation to ours
have been urged again and again, upon tho
ground that the institution Of Slavery is safe
and stable only under tho safeguards Of tho
American Union. And yet Mr.. Smith would
annex Cuba, even with Slavery, because there
is better prospect for its abolition under our
institutions