Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-06-26

that is to say, an ambideatrous operation
upon the senses Of coniding people by
which they are made to see what IS not
and not to see what is. This is what
believe; and, not being obliging enough
to Join in scheme of self-deception or
OF to suffer a game Of deception to be
played upon ME, ! must now turn my
back UPON the illusions Of this Nebraska
bill and look out for its real object, the
particular purpose for which 1t was
manufactured, and the grand movement
of which it is to BIZ the basis.
In this search naturally lock- about
into the signs and rumors of the times,
and into tbs contemporaneou events
which may cotinect themselves with the
grand movement in question and think
/ find them III two diplomatic mis-
sions, of which the country has heard
much, but not all. speak upon ru-
NOR, but neither tell NOR believe
the half Of what I hear; but believe
enough to excite apprehension and to
justify inquiry. What is State secret
in the city of Was hington Is street talk
in the city of Montezuma.
First. The mission of Mr.. Gadsden
to Santa Anna. It must have been con-
ceiyed about the time this bill was ; and
according to transpiring accounts, must
have been grand movement in itself,
$50, 900, 900, for as much Mexican ter
ritory on our southern border as would
make FIVE or six states of first states Of
The first class. The area of the acquisi-
ton, as l understand it., was to extend
from sea to sea, on line that would give
us Santander, Monterey Saltillo, Parras,
Sonora and all l. over California. This
was certainly large movement both
in point Of money and Of terri
tory, and also large in political conse-
quence, and clearly furnishing a thea.
ire for the doctrine of nonintervention {,
if there should be any design to CONVEX
the newly acquired territory from free
soil that it is into slave soil that it might
be desired to be. Here, then, ! belle We
have found one branch Of the grand
movement; and although Mr.. Gadsden
returned from his mission with small
slice only of the desired territory, yet he
has re turned 10 his post, and may have
better luck on second trial If Santa
Anna escapes from the speckled Indians
(Los Indios Pintos who have him at
bay in Sierra. say nothing on the
merits of this new acquisition, only that
1t is an old acquaintance with me, having
first heard of it in November, 1916, and
afterwards in March, l848, at which
latter time it was proposed in the Senate
(by Mr. Davis of Mississippi on the rat
itication of the Guadalupe Hidalgo trea-
ty, and rejected by the Senate. 1 voted
against Santander and Monterey line
then, and have not seen cause to change
my opinion. Here Mr.. Benton read
the article proposed by Mr.Davis for the
new line.
Secondly. The mission Of Mr.. Soule
to Madrid-also grand movement in
itself, if reports be true--two hundre ed
and fifty millions for Cuba, and a rum
pus kicked up if the island is not got
Here again might be found case for the
non-intervention principle; but of that
] say nothing, because | know nothing
now, but did say something about forty
four years ago in a Nashville, newspaper,
published by Thomas Eastin, called the
Impartial Review {; in which / discussed
Cuba as the geographical appurtence of
the Valley Of the Mississippi, and even
tuallyto become its political appuftenance
but to be got with honor whenever it was
got (; and in all that faith l still remain
firm. No dishonor no stain on the
bright and spotless fame left US by our
fathersi
: Mr.. Chairman, discuss nothing in re-
latien to those rumored acquisitions Of
the 1sla nd Of Cuba and broad side of
Mexico; I only call attent ion to them
as probable indexes to the grand move
ment Of which the mem Der from Geor-
gia gave Us the revelation, and which
no one has denied. According to
him and according to my own
belief, this Nebraka bill is only an
entering wedge to future enterprises-a
thing manufa ctured for a particular
purpose-a stepping-stone to a
grand movement which is 10 develope
itself in this country Of oi1rs. I wish to
know what that movement is, have a
right to know, to enable me to discharge
my duties understandingly, and re-
spectfully crave the information from
those who have the conducting of the
bill.