New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-07
rgr scHExE TO BUY CUBA.
.,orrpn1ycs OF THE OgTEND CON-
FERENCE.

.,orrvn1ycs OF THE OgTEND CON-
FERENCE.
TIE documents concerning sne famous os'eno
Inference were sent to Congress on the 50 INST
NJ, ,bov that meeting to have been ordered ~
49,, pierce and Marcy, and that the subject
.fn-.. the purchase Of Cuba. The great pur-
... ~ The Executive in desiring to get that
1.,.,d was TO prevent the emancipation OF the
Cub.a slaves and the importation of free Afri-
..p,. The following Is Mr.. Msr:y's letter direct
M the Conference to DO held:
pyp.srxtST or STATE WASHINGTON. Aug Is, 1884
p,,..J souLE Esq &C., Madrid;
SIR: am directed by the President to suggest TO
Won particular step, from which he anticipated much
Advantage TO the negotiations with which you are
ohsrped on the subject Of Cuba
Tfsse ard other considerations which will resdiiy
.seur 70 YOU suggest that much may be done q Lon
don and Paris either to promote directly the great o.
ject in view or ct lesst 70 clear away imPeoh
ia successful contamination
Tpdey tbese circumstances it seems desirable that
there should be full and free interchange Of views
hetveen yourself, Mr.. Buchanan, and Mr.. Mason, 10
order to secure concurrence IN reference 10 ths gen
eral object .
The simplest and only very apparent means OF at
aiming tbs end for the three Ministers TO meet as
essly may be- at some convenient point, say f0r"
70 consult together, 10 compare opinions "a TO whot
be dCvlfdDle, hDC 10 hOOpt Hcdsuoo ii P7icOs
concert Of action, in aid of your negotiations a.
Madrid. While the President, IA have before hsd
occasion TO state has full confidence IN your own IN
telligence and sagscty he conceives that II csnnot
be Otherwise than agreeable to you and TO your COL
eee ip Grea Bntan and France 10 have tue con-
eutatOn suggested, and thus TO bring your comm m
visdon and knowledge to hear simultaneously upon
the negotiations at Madrid, London and Paris.
If you concur in these views you gill please to tx
the time when you can repair 70 fafH, or 10 such
other coDveD ieDt point. ,,.,cv
Your obediept servant, W. L. MANU-
The Conference was held, as all the world
Knows and the following is the result thereof;
AK Ia CHAPELLE, Oct. IL, 1854.
70 he Hon. WIN i MARCY Secretary If STATE:
SIR: The undersigned, In cOmpuancs with the wlsn
expressed by the President il tn several CONFIDENTIAL
0itpstches YOU have addressed to respectively to
that effect have met in Conference frs. at OStend,
in Belgium Oh the 10th and 18th inst, and then at
Ak Ia Chapele, in Prussia, on the days next
following no TO the date hereof There has been
q full and unreserved interchange OF views
and sentiments between us, which we are
moot happy to inform you has resulted in cordial
coincidence Of opinion on the grave and important
subjects submitted to our consideration We hayS'
arrived at the CONCLUSION and are thoroughly con-
WINGED that an immediate and earnest effort ought t.
be made by the Government Of the United States to
purchase Cuba from Spain at any price for whsh it
can be obtained, not exceeding the SUN OF - dol
lars. The proposal should, IN our opinion, be made
necessary diplomatic forms to the Supreme Con-
stituent Cortes about to be assembled On this
Domentous question, in which the people both OF
Spain and the United States are 50 deeply ln-
terested, all our proceedings ought to be open,
frank and public They should be of such a char
acter as to challenge the appreciation OF the world.
We firmly believe that in the progress OF human
events the time has arrived when the vital interests
Of Spain are az seriously involved n the sale as those
of The United States in the purchase of the island;
ano that the transaction will prove equally honorable
to both nations Under these circumstances ecan-
not anticipate failure, unless possibly, through the
mslen influence Of foreign powers who possess no
right whatever 10 interfere in the matter We pro-
eeed 20 state Of the reasons which have brought
~ to the conclusions and for the sake OF cearness,
We shall specify them under two distinct heads
Fua: The United States ought, If practicable to
purchase Cuba with as little delay ss possible.
Second. The probability is great that the Govern
nept and Cortes Of Spain will prove willing to sell it,
because this would essentially promote the highest
and best interests Of the Spanish people.
The first 1t must be clear 10 every rejecting
mind that from the peculiarly Of is geographical po
sitioD and the considerations attendant it, Cuba is
a. necessary to the North American Republic any
OF its d eeeBt members and that it belongs naturally
70 that great family Of Slater OF which the Union Is
the providential nursery From its locality it COM
psnds the mouth Of the Mississippi, and the immense
annually increasing tire de which must seek this
nue. 70 the Ocean. On the numerous nsvg streams
measuring aggregate of come 80 600 miles,
which dsembog6e themselves through this mag
ni6cent river into the Gulf of Mexico, the in
cIeae Of the population within the last ten years
amounts 10 more than that of the entire Union,
at the time Louisiana was annexed to 1t. The
natural and main outlet TO the products Of this
entire population, the highway Of their direct in
tercOurse with the Atlantic and the Pacific States,
can never be secure, but must be endanger
ed While Cuba is dependency Of a distinct power
In whose possession II has proved to be source OF
constant annoyance and embarrassment TO their in-
terests Indeed, the Union can never enjoy repose,
possess reliable security as long as Cuba is not
embraced within its boundaries Its immediate &C.
QUESTION by Government 10 Of paramount import
ance and We cannot doubt but that il Is consu
tion deyouty wished for by its inhabitants. The in.
tercourse which its proximity coasts begets and
encourages between the citizens Of the United States
hes in the progress of time united their interests
and blended their fortunes that they look upon
each other as if they were one people, and had but
one destiny. Considerations eXist which render de-
lay in the acquisition of, Of this isand exceed.
tenn Of immigration ana labor lately organ.
ised within it limits, and the tyranny and OPP
precision which characterize its immediate rulers
result In direfu consequences to the American people.
Cuba has thus become TO US an unceaslng danger and
Q permanent GAUGE Of anxiety and alarm. But we
need not enlarge on these topics II can scarcely be
appreheDded that foreign powers in violation OF inter-
national law would interPoee their influence with
Spain to prevent acquisition of the leland. Its
inhsbitarts are now suffering under the worst Of all
possible governments-thst of absolute despotism,
delegated by distant power to irresponsible agents,
who are changed at short intervals, and who are
tempted to improve the brief opportunity thus af-
forded TO accumulate fortunes by the bssest means
As long this system shall endure, humanity
may in vain demand the suppression of the African
Elsvetsde fin the Island. This is rendered n,-
possible while that infamous traffic remains an
Irresistible temptation and source OF immense profit
10 needy and avarcicus officials who to attain their
end scruple not to trampe the mos. sacred principles
under foot. The Spanish Government at home may
be we'll disposed but experience has proved that It