The Cecil Whig., 1855-03-31


crs. MD sometimes X. ching our lcoplc an,
shooting en- or putting On in dungeons;
There's long account cf these things tha
you must settle ri,5ft up pint M.,lk, Or suf
fer the consequences. J|tyiv's three h,!ndrct
thousand dollars you've 10 pay for stoppin.
the steamer Back Warrior and a great man,
ether things rs had as that. These matter,
i.avc got to be :et!led right up, or Cuba S got
to stand in the zap.
SPoKEsaAN. Cant help that. If you y,
got any accounts to settle we'll leave it out
70 third party to say how we shall settle
We don't owe you cent for the Black WAR
riDr. She broke ou laws and We fined hrl
TX thousand dollars and lh,n we give the
Inc after all, when we might kept the
vessel. And you are SO ungratcful as not to
Tlank ,,s for it.
HortEY. wont stand this luolcrv no long.
cr. Leave it ont No, we know how TO set
i'c o'ir own business best. Now. SIR. YOU We
"a: t0 settle AL our accounts right M, and
IN Thugs ahGi Cuba so We Shant never have
any more truublc, or else give us up The is
!ni,d t" manage in oar own way. Now I'm
ag"!'. to give You Jest two weeks to tiiinl; of
tins business and give me your answer: and
if it is NJ settled 10y that time | shall clear
Oh, and 20 Lomc and then yostW hcer Mun-
DIR. Good by. sir.
That Scr,lry'S Il smart FILLER, Gineral. He
talked right UP to cn, and was mt af,arcd,
Well h0 waited till the two weeks was out
md no answer did Mt come: and then he slat
found and picked up his clothes, and locked
up his trunks, and cleared out. Tl.en he
come over where We had een waiting fer
him and told US how the business stood. He
said old Spain refused TO give up Cuba and
refused to sc.tlc, and he had got the quarrel
i'll such Shape NOW that we could carry 1t
on anv way TO suit ourselves And now.
s.i Mr.. Soulcy, what's to be done next?
Wal. says |. Nj Soucy, you've only Jest
got 10 look at the instruct ions drawn up by
nur Congress at Ax-lc-Shapple, and signed
by you and Mr. Buchanan and Mr.. Mason,
and you II see the course is marked out as
plain as u &C. Jcst open the dockymcnt
and read:
Cuba is as necessary to the North Amer.
lear Republic as any ofts present members
The Union can never enjoy rcroSc nor
possess reliable security as long as Cuba is
not embraced within its houndarics.
But if Spain, deaf to the voice of her own
interest, and actuated by stubborn pride and
false sense of honor. should refuse to sell
Cuba TO the United States" what then?
Self preservation is the first law of nature
with States as wtll as with individuals.
Matters and things being thus and 81,
'thcn. by every law, human and divine. we
shall be Justified in wrestling Cuba from
Spain if we possess the power"
There, says |, there's your chart. as plain
~ tho nose on mans face; and all we've
got to do is to go ahead. So we put our
heads together to draw up plan Of the cam
paign, and we WAS Mt long about it, 1t was
finally concluded that Sanders should 20 and
stir up the Southern division, head quarters
New Orleans; Sickcs should take charge of
the centre wing, headquarters at Washing
ton, and brancl, at New York and should
10 as fast as possible "down East" head
quarters DowningvilIc, and fit out naval
force that would put Cuba through. And
here | am, Gineral, and you may depend ont
the work s got to be done.
But now must ask you, Gincral, what in
tlnndcr Mr.. Marcy means by backin' and
film so. ! have just got some of lic latcs,
New York papers by an outcr-bounl vessel,
aud one of the first things see is Mr.. Mar
cy's letter to Mr.. Soulcy, dated 18th Of Nov
tn''cr, and is so full Of milk and water it
makes nc fairly sick. was always ~ little
Atraid Marcy was ali old fogy, but did
think he had little more backbone than he
shows in this letter. He's 10 christian, and
he's violated the Scriptcr, for he has put his
hand to the plough and looked back He
sc"ns now TO be for smoothing over matters:
TANKS maybe ouI country co"M manage some
hrw or other to get along without Cuba:
don t know but that old Spain means to do
iiic thing t'Iat's aLout right after all: better
dlckcr q little longer with her in friendly
Kind OF II way: but not do anything to ationt
htr; keep things quiet till Spain gets in the
right mood, and then, if She wont sell us
Cuba, perhaps she'll settle and pay up.
Now, II tell you what It's, Gineral. our
Eurup Cabinet don't swallow no such milk
and water stuff as that. What got into
Mr.. Marcy? Last year lie told Mr.. .so,llcy
TO demand three hundred thousand dollars
for the Black Warrior right down on the
Eail, and not stop to party about it. But
now he quivcrs and shakes one way and
'toihcr like leaf in the wind. Tin afraid
Mr.. Marcy is getting old. And there's poor
old lncie Joshua, postmaster Of Dowines-
vile, find he's getting old and timersum,
TOO. When got home to Downingsyilc and
t"ld the family was going to fit cut the Two
}r!l,s and be OIL the next day to take Cuba,
lncle Joshua was struck all of heap.
'"yS Hc, NaJoi, pcS Vi Sou lloI 10 20
into any Of that fillbustering business; it's
next akin to piracy, and there's the ncutrali-
ty laws dead agin you, too.
oh no." says |, "Uncle Joshua 7 aint
going to undertake any Of your low lillibus-
term: Pm only jest going out to take Cuba
r:an-fashon, because our country cant get
along without it, and self.preservation YOU
know is the first law in mater, and bccauscoll
Spain keeps insulting Of us and won't pay
up"
p. But don't you see, Major" says Uncle
Joshua, ''if yon go take Cuba, you are max
ing war npon Spain. and you can't do that
according to the Constitution. Nobody in
this country has any power to make war but
Congress.
"Buty you're mistaken there, Uncle Joshua .
gays I. Didn't MIR. Polk make war upon
Mrxico!"
No, by no MEANS" said Uncle Joshua
'lf you will look back and read the docky.
nents Of them days, you will find it reads
Whereas war eriSts between this country
and Mexico" You see that war come itself
But you have no right to make war upon
Spain or Cuba unless you get your authority
from Congress" !"
''Wal, uncle, I hare got my authority from
Congress" says l; "what more do you
want!
''Oh, no." says he; Congress ha'nt de.
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