The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-25

resolution has, however, been introduced into
The United States Senate, proposing to assimilate
more closely with that CT the monarch of Great Bri
tan-to invest the chief magistrate Of the Union
with the power of suspending the neutrality laws,
ana declaring war whenever he may feel Inclined
80 to de. What is the cause OF so extraordinary
proposition Are the United States drifting further
from democracy, and nearer towards monarchy
Nothing Of the kind. On the contrary as we have
before stated, never democratic principles SO
high in the ascendant in the States, as they are
in the present day SO much So that the snTest way
to get ones head broken, ano, perhaps, to receive
worse treatment would be 10 speak in favor OF mo
narchical government and against democracy IN any
hotel in New York. What, then, can be the ground
on which il is deemed necessary on the part OF q
portion Of the American people to take the power of
declaring war out of the hands OF Congress- and vest
Il in the PRESIDENT Here 1t is. An inhexible de-
termination has seized on large proportion OF the
Americans TO possess Cnba, by fair or foul means
No greater proof, indeed, could be adducei of the
sternness of this determination, than the growing
desire to invest the President Of the republic with
power so distasteful to the ultra democrats.
But it may be objected that even should this
resolution be carried by Congress, no greater ia
cility would be afforded the Uuited States OF going
to war with Spain or any other power; because tue
check which the British constitution imposes on the
so, ereqn would still remain the President OF the
United States-the privilege of granting the neces-
sary supplies being retained by Congress. This
would be an eStinguisher to the resolution of Mr..
Slidel. of Louisiana, the gentleman by whom it is
proposed if it should be carried, did the Anne
rcans, as body, propose to contine their attacks
on Cuba to those methods which civilized nations
are accustomed to consider as alone honorable in
warfare In such case, President Pierce might
declare war against Spain and yet Cuba. and other
Congress might tighten the public purse strings,
and refuse to grant single dollar for the prosecu
ton of the war. But the gentlemen who look on
Cuba with a greedy, eye and longing desire
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are BY no means SO scrupulous. They are pretty
well aware that Congress might not consent to sup
ply the sinews of war, and that President Pierce
might be thereby prevented from sending what the
law Of nations would consider legitimate expedi'
ton against Cuba; but only let the President de-
clare war, and legalize fbusterism, and, with let
ters of marque in their breeches pockets marauders
in sufficient numbers would be found to organize ex-
pedtionSa Cuba, without troubling the United
States treasury.
Never in the history of nations, was there q more
scandalous attempt to legalize robbery and murder
on grand scale-never greater instance of perse-
signed for this course of conduct, the liberation Of
hundreds of thousands of human beings from most
calling yoke, we could understand and sympathize
with the generous feeling which prompted people
fond of Boosting Of their liberty to battle for the
enfranchisement of an oppressed race but when
the avowed reason for the contemplated invasion Of
Cuba is because it is believed that England and
Spain are combined for the purpose of FRYING into
effect this benevolent object, no words are strong
enough to express our l0athing and adherence OF
the men who would perpetrate such infamy. We
need not enter into argument to prove the iujus
tce fIthe would-be flibusteros, especially as that
has been cleverly done in an article contained in
Southern paper, which we copy in another part Of
this day S impression; and in which, with the ex.
ceptiOn of some allusion to the consequences OF
emancipation in this island, we fully concur. The
United States would do we'll to carry out their own
Monroe doctrine of fnon-intervention, which the
Sc IF fpo
edifcation Of European nations; and while they
mind their own business, leave other peoples alone
or it may become the duty of England and France,
in case Of TOO active interference with Cuba on the
part of the States, to adopt means to compel them
to practice what they preach.
THE ANNEXATION OF CUBA.
[Irom the Kingston (Jamaica) Journal, June s.
The government of Spain has, at length, opened
its eyes to the danger which threatens the island
of Cuba and its to the suggestions OF prudence.
men on! account of the slave trade and slavery and
it has been coveted by the United States on account
OF this latter. The annexation Of Cuba would be
the additonof another slave State to the Union, aud
Cuba has stood. before the eyes OF the American
people "a ripe pear, ready to be plucked;" and it
has been inquired, "why has this act of plain aud
evident expediency, and of scfprotection, been so
long delayed" Hence the acquisition" of that
island has'been recommended as the coup d'etat
the Pierce administration, the act which will en-
enable it to triumph over all the petty factions
and ihtrigues, by which it is now surrounded
pelling the darkness that is gathering over its
path. and of surrounding its name and era with
halo of light and glory The difference of opin-
ion which exists in the United States of America
of the danger and the security of Cuba The South,
DESTROYS OF perpetuating slavery, and of rendering
slave property more valuable, or of continuing its
value, would annex Cuba to the Union. The North,
without any particular objection to the acquisition
OF that island on the ground Of territorial aggran
dizement. is opposed to the additional influence
which its annexation would give to the Southern
and slave holding interest. Hence the difference of
opinion which we find in the American journals
upon the question ofthe admission of Cuba into the
American Union-a difference which has been emf
nently useful in preserving that island to Spain.
The desire which has been SO plainly expressed by
portion of the American people to obtain it, and
the attempt to do so by force OF arms which was
lately made have not been without their effect upon
the British government; and, although tardily, also
upon the authorities of Madrid. England has
had three good and sufficient reasons for
urging. upon Spain the necessity of abolish
the first place, by treaty engagements, purchased
and paid for by her, SPIN was bound to put
an end TO the slave trade She has for long series
OF years openly violated those engagements and
taught England this esson that so long as slavery
exists in that island long will there exist pow
eTful inducement to continue the slave trade. The
demand for laborw create the supply 1t has done
so in Cuba, through the instrumentality Of that
trade Notwithstanding all the remonstrances Of the
British government and it will continue to do So in
greater or less degree SO long as it exists. The
only ehectual mode of putting an end to the impor-
tatiOn of slaves, is to abolish slavery. In this way
the evil is struck at its root and there will be hope
for the future faithful performance of existing en-
gagements on the part of Spain in relation to the
slave trade. Another is, that the British
gar colonies injured by the continued traffic in
slaves by the colonies of Spain in their immediate
and will never cease to complain
that they are forced to compete, in the markets OF
England, with the slave owners Of Cuba and Porto
Rico. Justice to British subjects in the British
Colonies demands that the existing engagements
between Great Britain and Spain should be faith
fully carried out by the latter the former having
long since performed her portion OF the agreement
by paying the stipulated Indemnity for any loss or
damage which the suppression Of the trade might
occasion. The third reason Is that the proximity
Of Cuba to the Bahamas and Jamaica renders 10
very undesirable that the former island should pass
into the possession Of country like America,
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